Sunday review of the British press © EuroFootball.com

On Sunday, the English press writes about the news of the transfer market, internal intrigues at Chelsea, Newcastle coach G. Roeder's proposal to introduce a winter break in the Premier League, the declining popularity of D. Beckham in Madrid, and other news.

W.B.A. have named the price of 8 million pounds for Curtis Davies, a dominant defender of Tottenham ("The People").

Tottenham and Bolton are competing for Djibril Cisse, who is currently playing for Marseille ("News of the World").

Watford are willing to sell Ashley Young to West Ham for 8 million pounds ("Various").

However, Tottenham or Aston Villa could still swoop in for the striker of the English youth national team ("NotW").

West Ham defender Matthew Etherington could move to Fulham this week ("NotW").

Alexei Smertin will choose Fulham over West Ham ("Daily Express").

West Ham hope to acquire Mark Viduka through a swap deal, with Middlesbrough offering Nigel Reo-Coker in exchange ("The People").

However, the Australian refuses, as he would not want to live in London (NotW).

Liverpool will transfer midfielder Darren Potter to Wolves and loan out defender Gabriel Paletta to Gimnastic de Tarragona ("Daily Mail").

Blackburn defender Lucas Neill is expected to move to Liverpool this week, while Stephen Warnock will have to find another club ("The People").

Blackburn are interested in Teddy Sheringham and Paul Konchesky from West Ham ("NotW").

Mark Hughes will bring in defender James Beattie from Everton to Blackburn for 5 million pounds ("NotW").

M. Hughes did not sell Andy Todd to Rangers, but released another defender Dominic Matteo ("NotW").

Blackburn are also eyeing Feyenoord forward Ali Boussaboun ("NotW").

Michael Richards will stay at Man City ("NotW").

Additionally, M. Richards has talked about extending his contract with Man City ("The People").

Man City are in talks with Claudio Reyna, who has returned to the US ("Mail on Sunday").

Will Real Madrid's forward Ronaldo move to Newcastle? The Magpies are ready to pay 5 million pounds for him ("NotW").

In the summer, Man Utd will offer 8 million pounds for Southampton defender Gareth Bale ("Daily Mirror").

Gabriel Heinze is seriously attracting interest from Inter, Milan, Juventus, PSG, and Valencia ("NotW").

Sheffield Utd have announced that their January signings will be Colchester defender Greg Halford and Leeds striker David Healy ("The People").

Aston Villa will offer 12 million pounds to Liverpool for Craig Bellamy ("NotW").

Charlton are confident they can loan Sevilla forward Kepa Blanco ("NotW").

But the Spaniard will likely be called up by Man City ("Sunday Mirror").

Middlesbrough have made a 3 million pound offer to W.B.A. for Hungarian goalkeeper Zoltan Gera ("News of the World").

W.B.A. want to bring in Everton goalkeeper Richard Wright ("Sunday Mirror").

Crystal Palace have rejected offers from Reading, Charlton, and Bolton for defender Tom Soares ("NotW").

Reading, Middlesbrough, and Wigan want to sign Arsenal forward Jeremie Aliadiere, but he does not want to move anywhere ("The People").

Arsenal have sold defender Fabrice Muamba to Birmingham for 2.5 million pounds ("The People").

Wigan failed to sign Alan Smith from Man Utd for 7 million pounds ("NotW").

If J. Mourinho leaves Chelsea in the summer, he will be replaced by Italian Marcello Lippi ("The People").

J. Mourinho, who is wanted by six clubs, had a decisive conversation with Roman Abramovich about his future ("Sunday Mirror").

If the Portuguese coach is dismissed, he will receive a compensation of £25 million ("Sunday Times").

R. Abramovich has halted the acquisition of M. Baros because Sh. Wright-Phillips will be transferred to another club ("News of the World").

According to J. Mourinho, A. Shevchenko arrived at Chelsea to "holiday" ("Sunday Independent").

A Russian might take the assistant position instead of Steve Clarke in Chelsea ("The Independent").

J. Terry and his teammates support J. Mourinho and want to keep him in the club (Various).

Tommy Burns and Alex McCleish will compete for the position of Scotland's national team coach ("News of the World").

Joe Jordan is also a contender for this position ("The People").

John Kennedy has returned to the Celtic main squad after almost three years of recovery from injuries ("Sunday Mail").

Milan Mandaric is offering the Leicester manager position to Iain Dowie ("The People").

Financial crisis and bankruptcy threaten the Fourth Division team Boston ("Sunday Mirror").

Newcastle coach Glenn Roeder told a senior FA official that the Premier League will need a winter break in the future (Various).

Fulham defender Jimmy Bullard is preparing to return to the field after recovering from a knee injury suffered last September ("Sunday Mirror").

When F. Capello announced that D. Beckham would no longer play for his club, only one replica shirt was sold on Saturday. The first Anglo arrival at Real Madrid saw 8 thousand shirts sold ("Daily Mail").

West Ham and Arsenal's under-16 match was interrupted with 10 minutes remaining, with Arsenal leading 9-0 ("The People").

Henrik Larsson says he could play until 42 years old ("News of the World").

Man City's loaned player Djamel Abdoun from Ajaccio is introducing himself as the new C. Ronaldo ("Sunday Mirror").