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On Saturday and Sunday, the English press writes about another rejection of "Bayern" to sell O.Hargreaves to "Man Utd," a possible transfer of R.Fowler to MLS, promised unexpected swaps between "Aston Villa," "Lyon," and "Liverpool," "Juventus" interest in S.Gerrard, and other news.
Munich's "Bayern" once again rejected "Man Utd" £20 million offer for Owen Hargreaves but promised to release this player to Manchester in the summer ("Daily Express," "Daily Star").
"Portsmouth" manager Harry Redknapp offers £6 million for "Auxerre" defender Younes Kaboul ("Daily Mail").
"Wigan" manager Paul Jewell refused to pay "Rangers" £1.1 million for Lee McCulloch ("Daily Record").
"West Ham" defender Anton Ferdinand is on "Newcastle's" radar ("The Times").
"Man Utd" offered Cristiano Ronaldo a five-year contract extension and to pay him £100,000 per week ("News of the World").
"Chelsea" plans to rent USA national team defender Oguchi Onyewu from "Standard" Liege for £3 million ("News of the World," "Daily Star Sunday").
"Man Utd" secured the right to buy "Southampton" talent Gareth Bale for £8 million ("Sunday Express").
"Man Utd" is also interested in "Deportivo" midfielder Aldo Duscher, who broke David Beckham's leg before the 2002 World Cup ("News of the World").
"Wigan" plans to buy "West Ham" forward Marlon Harewood for £3 million ("Sunday People").
"Liverpool" striker Robbie Fowler is also preparing to move to MLS ("Sunday Mirror").
"Middlesbrough" offer £4 million for "Arsenal" forward Jeremie Aliadiere, as Massimo Maccarone will leave the club ("Daily Star Sunday").
"Birmingham" raised the price for Matthew Upson to £8 million ("Daily Star Sunday").
According to the proposed swaps by "Lyon," "Aston Villa" could receive John Carew instead of Milan Baros, "Lyon" could get Peter Crouch instead of the former, and "Liverpool" could get back M.Baros ("Sunday Mirror").
John Terry, Frank Lampard, and Michael Essien are expected to extend their contracts with "Chelsea" soon, despite uncertainty about J.Mourinho's future ("Sunday Mirror").
"Bolton" and "Blackburn" rejected plans to sign "Man City" defender Sylvain Distin ("Sunday People").
Andorra and England will play their Euro Championship qualifying match at Barcelona's "Nou Camp" stadium ("NOTW").
"Juventus," returning to Serie A, hope to acquire Steven Gerrard for £30 million ("Various").
"Milan" seeks to attract J.Mourinho as someone who can help them regain the Champions League title ("Daily Express").
JLloyd Samuel told "Aston Villa" coach Martin O'Neill that he would like to leave the club if he doesn't get playing time in the main team ("Daily Mirror").
Andriy Shevchenko hinted to friends that coach Jose Mourinho is very disappointed in him ("Daily Star").
Tickets to the FA Cup final at the new "Wembley" stadium will cost £100 ("Daily Express").
J.Terry will return to the pitch only in the second half of February ("Daily Star Sunday").
Arsene Wenger would not leave "Arsenal" even if they win the Premier League ("Various").
The group "Queen" will present the FA Cup in the final of this tournament in May ("Mail on Sunday").
Paul Scholes named "Arsenal" striker Thierry Henry as the best player in the Premier League for the year ("The Sun").
New "Middlesbrough" signing Lee Dong-Gook met the team on the tennis court ("Daily Mirror").
