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On Wednesday, the English press writes about "Man Utd" interest in A.del Piero, A.smertino's return to the "Premier" league, interest from four Italian clubs in G.Rossi, the fact that R.van Persie's rehabilitation may take longer than expected, and other news.
Juventus forward Alessandro del Piero revealed that he is interested in "Man Utd" but admitted that he would not want to leave his club ("The Sun").
"Man City" coach Stuart Pearce plans to acquire the Egyptian Mido from "Tottenham" for 3 million pounds sterling ("Daily Mirror").
"Bolton" plans to offer "Tottenham" 1.5 million pounds sterling for Anthony Gardner if Tal Ben Haim moves to "Chelsea" ("Daily Star").
Former "Celtic" player Mark Fotheringham has received an offer from "Rangers" ("Daily Record").
Aleksejus Smertinas will return to the "Premier" league - he is finalizing details of a 1 million pound sterling contract with "Fulham" ("Various").
"Charlton" is offering Marcus Bent to "St. Etienne" for Frederic Piquionne (Various).
"Charlton" is also negotiating with Clarence Seedorf's half-brother Stefano Seedorf ("The Sun").
"Milan," "Juventus," "Roma," and "Inter" would like to acquire Giuseppe Rossi from "Man Utd" ("The Guardian").
"Everton" has its eyes on "Leeds" star David Healy (Various).
"Sheffield Utd" is considered the main candidate to acquire "Man Utd" defender Chris Eagles (Various).
"Man City" wants to bring in "AZ" defender Tim de Cler ("Daily Mail").
"Blackburn" is finalizing details of a 2.5-year contract with "Hertha" star Christopher Samba ("The Sun").
According to Sheffield Utd president Dave Allen, "Charlton" is holding secret negotiations with defender Madjid Bougherra ("The Times").
"Portsmouth" is prepared to pay 1.8 million pounds sterling to Oslo's "Lyn" team for Nigerian forward Chinedu Ogbuke ("Daily Mirror").
"Middlesbrough" hopes to acquire Zoltan Gera from "W.B.A" for 2 million pounds sterling in the next two days ("Daily Star").
"W.B.A" coach Tony Mowbray has submitted a new offer worth 2.5 million pounds sterling for "Hibernian" defenders Scott Brown and Kevin Thomson ("Daily Mirror").
Preston goalkeeper Carlo Nash is asking for permission to move to "Fulham" (Various).
"Lincoln" should loan Dany N'Guessan from "Rangers" today ("Daily Record").
If J. Mourinho leaves "Chelsea," John Terry will follow in his footsteps (Various).
Alan McLeish will become the new Scotland national team coach on Wednesday ("Daily Record").
"Blackburn" will reduce ticket prices to attract spectators ("The Guardian").
Robin van Persie may not play this season after breaking his foot on Sunday ("Daily Star").
"Sheffield Utd" defender Keith Gillespie has been suspended for six games for criticizing the FA (Various).
Wigan player Paul Scharner criticizes his teammates for poor performance (Various).
"Celtic" defender John Kennedy, who has not played since 2004 due to a serious knee injury, is slowly returning to the squad and has played all matches for the reserves ("The Herald").
"Chelsea" has banned Frank Lampard from participating in the reality show "Dancing on Ice" ("The Sun").
"Tottenham" defender Hossam Ghaly, after visiting the dentist, will play with all his teeth intact - he lost four teeth in the match against "Portsmouth" on January 1st ("Daily Star").
"Fulham" defender Jimmy Bullard, despite a knee ligament injury, participated in carp fishing ("Daily Mail").
