Monday Review of the English Press © EuroFootball.com

On Monday, the English press writes about A. Young's agreement with "Aston Villa", this club's interest in P. Hartley, repeated attempts by businessman G. Gilletto to acquire "Liverpool", and other news.

"Aston Villa" coach Martin O'Neill is prepared to pay 1 million pounds for "Hearts" defender Paul Hartley ("Scottish Sun").

"Man City" and "Blackburn" are interested in "Wycombe" club's striker Jermaine Easter, who is performing well in the League Cup (Various).

"Watford" striker Ashley Young has reached an agreement with "Aston Villa" for a contract worth 9.65 million pounds (Various).

"Blackburn" would like to replace Andre Oijer, who broke his leg on Sunday, with Chris Samba from Berlin's "Hertha" (Various).

"Blackburn" can bring in "Liverpool" defender Stephen Warnock for 1.2 million pounds in the next two days (Various).

"Middlesbrough" is interested in striker Massimo Maccarone from "Torino", "Empoli" and "Siena" ("Daily Mail").

"Wigan" has reached an agreement with South Korea's club "Ulsan Hyundai" for defender Lee Chun-Soo ("Daily Mail").

"Newcastle" should offer 9 million pounds and Titus Bramble for "W.B.A" defender Curtis Davies ("Daily Mail").

"Southampton" coach George Burley has come to terms with the idea of losing Gareth Bale ("Daily Star").

"Fulham" should sell Papa Bouba Diop to "Wigan" for 5 million pounds within the day ("Daily Mirror").

George Gillett, owner of the ice hockey team "Montreal Canadiens", has reopened negotiations for the acquisition of "Liverpool", even though his previous offer was rejected (Various).

"Celtic" legend Murdo MacLeod admitted that 25 years ago, he had offers to play for "Rangers" ("Daily Record").

According to agent Steve Kutner, Frank Lampard is finalizing details for a new contract with "Chelsea" ("The Guardian").

Referee Uriah Rennie is criticized for not seeing "Newcastle" footballer Scott Parker in an offside position when James Milner scored a goal against "West Ham" on Saturday ("The Guardian").

Wayne Rooney knows all of the "Oliver" songs and enjoys watching the TV show "The Sopranos" ("The Sun").

On Saturday, a 60-year-old fan named Andy Waring became the talisman of "Hamilton Academical" ("Daily Record").