Thursday's English press review © EuroFootball.com

The Thursday English press writes about "Fulham" desire to loan C.Cudicini, "Sevilla" coach's desire to work in England, C.Ronaldo's salary, G.Neville's thought that M.Hughes could coach "Man Utd" and other news.

"Fulham" intends to unexpectedly borrow goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini from "Chelsea" until the end of the season ("Daily Mirror").

"Birmingham" announced that Matthew Upson is not for sale (Various).

"Tottenham" offered £10 million for Gareth Bale, who is seriously interested in by "Man Utd" (Various).

"Everton" is finishing negotiations with "Sheffield Utd" for defender Madjid Bougherra ("Daily Star").

"Newcastle" is close to reaching an agreement with Liege's "Standard" for defender Oguchi Onyewu (Various).

"Portsmouth" offered £10 million for "Udinese" midfielder Sulley Muntari, when the Italian club rejected a previous offer of £7 million ("Daily Mail").

"Everton" is interested in "Derby County" defender Dean Leacock ("Daily Mirror").

"Southampton" would like to borrow "Toyes" and Poland national team striker Marek Saganowski until the end of the season ("Daily Star").

"Reading" is prepared to pay £200,000 for "Cork City" defender Alan Bennett ("Daily Star").

"Man Utd" wants to loan defender Danny Simpson to "Sunderland" until the end of the season ("Daily Mirror"), and midfielder Lee Martin to "Stoke" ("Daily Mail").

"Newcastle" told "Tottenham" that they will not cause any problems regarding the signing of Damien Duff ("Daily Express").

"Charlton" will acquire "Birmingham" defender Julian Gray, and is targeting "Groningen" defender Stefano Seedorf ("The Independent").

According to Bolton coach Sam Allardyce, no player will leave his team during this transfer window ("The Independent").

"Fulham" and "Everton" are competing for "West Ham" defender Matthew Etherington ("The Guardian").

"Rangers" rejected a £1.5 million offer from "Lyon" for French defender Jeremy Clement, as he would like to join former coach Paul Le Guen at "P.S.G" ("Scottish Daily Express").

"Rangers" coach Walter Smith included "Mottherwell" striker Scott McDonald in the list of players he wants to acquire ("Scottish Daily Express").

Roman Abramovich, as a successor to J.Mourinho, if he were to leave "Chelsea", points to Roberto Mancini, currently coaching "Inter" ("The Sun").

"Sevilla" coach Juan de la Cruz Ramos would like to work in England ("The Times").

According to Bayern Munich president Franz Beckenbauer, Michael Ballack made a mistake by moving to "Chelsea" (Various).

"Chelsea" desperately tries to keep J.Terry, who stated he will stay at the club if manager J.Mourinho stays too ("Daily Star").

"Chelsea" will sign a contract with J.Terry regardless of who will manage the team next season ("The Independent").

In the near future, "Liverpool" is expected to be taken over by Dubai businessmen, although the club is actively interested in Canadian businessman George Gillett ("The Independent").

Gary Neville believes that "Blackburn" coach Mark Hughes could coach "Man Utd" in the future (Various).

Under the new contract, Cristiano Ronaldo will earn £100,000 per week (Various).

"Liverpool" defender Harry Kewell, with ankle problems, believes he can help the team in the Champions League match against "Barcelona" ("Daily Mirror").

Peter Taylor has stepped down from his position as coach of the England under-21 national team and will focus on work with the "Crystal Palace" team ("Daily Mail").

"Wigan" is worried that striker Henri Camara, due to a knee injury suffered before Christmas, may not play for another month ("Daily Star").

"West Ham" striker Carlos Tevez will return to the field on February 13 against "Fulham" after a thigh injury ("The Times").