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Wednesday's English press review widely presents daily more and more intriguing transfer market news and rumors from the world of British football.
"Man Utd" will pay an additional £1.2 million to keep Henrik Larsson until the end of the season ("The Sun").
If "Arsenal" decide to buy Franck Ribery, valued at £15 million, they would agree to sell Freddie Ljungberg to "Tottenham" for £4.5 million, with whom he still has a 1.5-year contract ("Daily Mirror").
F. Ljungberg admitted to coach A. Wenger that he does not want to go anywhere ("Daily Star").
"Chelsea" is negotiating to acquire Benni McCarthy (Various).
"Fulham" is prepared to pay £2.5 million for Jerome Thomas from "Charlton" and Shaun Maloney from "Celtic" ("Daily Mirror").
"Man Utd" is now looking at Antonio Mavuba from "Bordeaux" instead of O. Hargreaves ("The Times").
"Portsmouth" striker Andrew Cole, despite constant bench sitting, will not leave the club ("The Times").
"Chelsea" is close to a deal with "Bolton" for Tal Ben Haim and now aims for Milan Baros ("Daily Mirror").
Harry Redknapp received extra money from Alexander Gaydamak for strengthening "Portsmouth" (Various).
Nigel Reo-Coker rejected all offers and will stay at "West Ham" until summer ("Daily Express").
"Newcastle" is interested in Birmingham defender Matthew Upson ("Daily Express").
"Hibernian" once again offers "Birmingham" £2 million for defender Scott Brown ("Daily Record").
Cameroon national team defender Jean-Joel Perrier-Doumbe is on the list of players being considered by "Celtic" ("Daily Record").
"Sheffield Utd" will try to acquire "Preston North End" forward David Nugent (Various).
"Sheffield Utd" is tempting "Aston Villa" defender Lee Hendrie ("Daily Star").
"Tottenham" is prepared to pay £3 million for "Deportivo" defender Fabricio Coloccini (Various).
"Tottenham" striker Jermain Defoe is worried he may be exchanged for Darren Bent ("Daily Star").
D. Bent will not play due to a knee injury until the end of February and may be sold as a result ("Daily Express").
D. Bent will stay at "Charlton" ("Daily Mail").
"Newcastle" is back in the race for D. Bent ("The Times").
"Middlesbrough" defender Chris Riggott may end up at "Newcastle" ("The Times").
"Aston Villa" hopes to call up Shaun Wright-Phillips in the next 48 hours ("Daily Mail").
"Aston Villa" has stopped being interested in Sh. Wright-Phillips ("The Guardian").
"Newcastle" is ready to buy "West Ham" defender Anton Ferdinand ("Daily Mirror").
"Aston Villa", unsuccessful in acquiring Kevin Doyle from "Reading" for £5 million, is now trying to buy Craig Bellamy from "Liverpool" ("The Sun").
"Middlesbrough" announced that they will not sell Stewart Downing ("The Sun").
One of the "Birmingham" directors, David Sullivan, promised to buy forward Rowan Vine from "Luton" for the team's fans ("The Sun").
"Charlton" wants to borrow "Benfica" midfielder Manuel Fernandes ("Daily Mirror").
"Southampton" rejected "Hull's" £400,000 offer for David Prutton (Various) and hopes to call up defender Chris Luckett from "Sheffield Utd" for the same price ("The Sun").
"Tottenham" manager Martin Jol will consider all offers for Mido after their disagreements ("Daily Mirror").
"Juventus" is prepared for Gabriel Heinze's transfer from "Man Utd" to Turin (Various).
"Liverpool" agreed on the purchase of Argentine defender Sebastiano Eduardo Leto for £1.85 million (Various).
"Watford" striker Ashley Young has attracted serious interest from "Tottenham", "Aston Villa", "West Ham" and "Liverpool" ("The Guardian").
"Tottenham" defender Calum Davenport is convinced he will stay at the club ("The Independent").
"Wigan" failed to buy back their former striker Nathan Ellington from "W.B.A." ("The Independent").
David Beckham received an ultimatum from Real Madrid, forcing him to decide on his future ("The Sun").
Graeme Souness is still considered the favorite to buy "Wolves" club for £20 million ("Daily Mirror").
Jose Mourinho punished midfielder Lassana Diarra for disobedience ("The Sun").
J. Mourinho publicly defends the team's midfielder Michael Ballack, criticized for poor form (Various).
Five "Ipswich" players were suspended by coach Jim Magilton for going to Amsterdam before the FA Cup match against "Chester" (Various).
"Portsmouth" striker Nwankwo Kanu extended his contract for another year, fulfilling the condition of playing at least 20 matches in the season (Various).
"Sheffield Wednesday" forward Steve MacLean earns the most at the club - £8,000 a week ("The Sun").
"Rangers" are confident that Walter Smith will become their new coach, with Ally McCoist as his assistant ("The Guardian").
"Blackburn" defender David Bentley hopes to extend his contract with the club for another year until 2010 (Various).
"Blackburn" will earn £650,000 from TV broadcast of the next UEFA Cup match against Bayer Leverkusen (Various).
While recovering from injury, Michael Owen received valuable advice from his sister Lesley, who is a medic ("The Guardian").
