The English press on Wednesday writes about English clubs' interest in Spanish K.Blanco and "Lyon" - M.Baroš, about the impending changes and disagreements in the "Chelsea" club, D.Beckham's potential lawsuit against the "Real" club and other news.
In the battle against "Juventus" and "Valencia" for "Man Utd" defender Gabriel Heinze, "Tottenham" (Various) has also intervened.
"Man City" has the best chances to invite "Sevilla" attacker Kepa Blanco ("The Times").
23-year-old Spanish is also interested in "Charlton" ("The Sun"), and "West Ham" ("Daily Mail").
"West Ham" offers £4 million for Matthew Upson. "Birmingham" is asking for £8 million (Various).
"Fulham" is skeptical whether it's worth paying £14 million to "Charlton" for Darren Bent ("The Times").
Dennis Rommedahl has informed the "Charlton" club that if the club drops to a lower league, he will transfer to the "Copenhagen" club in Denmark in the summer ("The Times").
"Charlton" has stopped being interested in Edgar Davids ("The Independent").
Negotiations between "Charlton" and "Portsmouth" for the exchange of footballers Souleymane Diawara and Andy O'Brien broke off ("Daily Mail").
"Leeds" reported that instead of defender M.Kilgallon they would like to see A.O'Brien ("The Times").
"PSV" inquires of "Portsmouth" about the possibility of inviting N.Kanu ("Daily Mail").
"Portsmouth" and "Wigan" are fighting for Oslo "Lyn" striker Edu ("Daily Mail").
"Wigan" will try to loan defender Papa Bouba Diop from "Fulham" and sign a contract with him in the summer ("Daily Mail").
Arsenal defender Lauren rejected offers from "Bolton" and "Newcastle". He is still being considered by "Portsmouth", "West Ham", "Villarreal" and "Sevilla" ("The Times").
"Real Sociedad" contacted "Arsenal" about renting midfielder Abou Diaby ("Daily Mail").
Lyon coach Gerard Houllier became interested in the possibilities of acquiring Milan Baros from "Aston Villa" ("The Times").
Emile Mpenza will move from "Al Rayyan" to "Blackburn" ("The Times").
Emre will stay at "Newcastle", despite racist remarks against him and interest from "Bayern" ("The Times").
"Chelsea" is finalizing contract details with £2 million-rated "Bolton" defender Tal Ben Haim (Various).
Birmingham defender David Dunn has chosen "Bolton" (Various).
Andriy Shevchenko told Roman Abramovich that "The Blues" coach Jose Mourinho could be replaced by Carlo Ancelotti (Various).
C.Ancelotti will leave "Milan" in the summer, and his place will be taken by either Frank Rijkaard or Marco van Basten ("Daily Mirror").
J.Mourinho may sub in A.Sheva in the match against "Liverpool" and give him a chance (Various).
R.Abramovich does not intend to watch the game at Anfield and hopes for the understanding of the fans ("Daily Mail").
"Charlton" and England national team striker Darren Bent is recovering from a knee injury and hopes to return to the pitch in the match against "Man Utd" on February 10 ("The Independent").
Micky Adams has decided to leave his position as "Coventry" coach (Various).
D.Beckham may sue the "Real" club for compensation for moral damage ("The Sun").
It is certain that Sven-Goran Eriksson will become the coach of "Marseille" as soon as Jack Kachkar buys the club for £66 million ("The Times").