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On Friday, the English press writes about Dirk Kuyt's loyalty to Liverpool, Valdas Ivanauskas' refusal to sell Craig Gordon, the confrontation between Pedro Mendes and Ben Thatcher, David Beckham's anger towards "Real" president, and other news.
Newcastle coach Glenn Roeder claims that after a disastrous defeat to Birmingham, the team will not panic and rush into transfer market shopping (Various).
Man Utd will seek to buy Gareth Bale for 9 million pounds and maybe later loan him back to Southampton after signing a contract (Various).
Middlesbrough defender Ugo Ehiogu will move to Rangers on Monday ("Daily Record").
Blackburn defender Dominic Matteo is on Stoke's radar ("Daily Mirror").
Liverpool is preparing to sell Stephen Warnock to Blackburn for 1.5 million pounds ("The Guardian").
West Ham will offer 6 million pounds for Matthew Upson to Birmingham, not 4 million as previously stated ("Daily Star").
Tottenham is offering 2.5 million pounds to Benfica for defender Ricardo Rocha ("Daily Mirror").
Glenn Roeder offers 6 million pounds to W.B.A for defender Curtis Davies ("Daily Star").
Valdas Ivanauskas rejected a 2.5 million pounds offer from Fulham for Craig Gordon, stating that he is not for sale ("Daily Record").
Reading coach Steve Coppell will pay 100,000 pounds for young Danish Mikkel Andersen ("Daily Mirror").
Fabio Rochemback refused to play for Middlesbrough in favor of Sporting Lisbon ("Daily Mirror").
Dirk Kuyt admitted that he would like to stay at Liverpool until the end of his career ("Daily Mirror").
Petras Cechas says that playing after a skull fracture will not pose a threat to his life ("The Sun").
Steven Gerrard contradicts critics who claim that Liverpool's season is already over ("Daily Star").
Pedro Mendes of Portsmouth does not want to forgive former Man City player Ben Thatcher for the elbow strike in the fall, after which the Portuguese ended up in the hospital. This weekend, these players will meet again on the field, but Thatcher will now represent Charlton ("The Sun").
Ben Thatcher's current teammate Marcus Bent says that people are overreacting to that incident (Various).
According to A. Ferguson, most Liverpool fans would like Man Utd to win the title this year, not Chelsea (Various).
Glenn Roeder denies supporting Emre, who is accused of making racist remarks (Various).
Liverpool's Xabi Alonso states that in order to succeed in the Premier League, Andriy Shevchenko should look up to Dirk Kuyt ("The Sun").
David Beckham began to angrily criticize Real president Ramon Calderon after a meeting between players and president on Wednesday (Various).
Cesc Fabregas says that Paul Scholes is his English football ideal (Various).
Lucas Neill will earn 60,000 pounds a week at West Ham ("The Sun").
Man City coach Stuart Pearce says that when asked by a young player what he would choose - play for the England national team or a Ferrari car, he received the answer - "Ferrari"? Aren't they fantastic?" (Various).
