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The English press on Friday writes about "Real" intentions to acquire C.Ronaldo, "Man City" offer for Mido from "Tottenham", A.Luque's desire to return to Spain, candidates for the England youth team coach position and other news.
"Real" Madrid will offer £35 million to "Man Utd" for Cristiano Ronaldo ("The Independent").
"Real" striker Ruud van Nistelrooy urges former teammate C.Ronaldo to come to Madrid (Various).
"Man City" coach Stuart Pearce is prepared to give up Sylvain Distin and pay £3 million for "Tottenham" striker Mido ("Daily Mirror").
Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini says he would like to become the new "Chelsea" coach ("The Sun").
"Celtic" will buy Scott Brown and Kevin Thomson from "Hibernian" for £4 million, but will allow them to stay with their current team until the end of the season ("Daily Record").
However, "Portsmouth" is preparing £2.5 million for S. Brown ("The Scottish Sun").
"Hibernian" is participating in a trial for Hungarian national team striker Thomas Sowunmi ("Daily Mirror").
"Arsenal" has joined the race for Gareth Bale ("The Sun").
Wigan coach Paul Jewell is preparing to acquire former "Tottenham" player Thimothee Atouba from "Hamburg" ("Daily Mirror").
"Birmingham" rejected a £8 million offer from "West Ham" for Matthew Upson ("Daily Mirror").
"Man Utd" will investigate the possibilities of bringing in Owen Hargreaves by next week ("Daily Star").
Fulham defender Papa Bouba Diop refused to move to "Wigan" for £4.4 million ("Daily Express").
"Newcastle" outcast Albert Luque wants to be loaned to Racing Santander ("Daily Mirror").
Julio Baptista wants to stay with "Arsenal" for a longer period of time ("The Sun").
"Stoke" borrowed "Man Utd" defender Lee Martin ("Daily Mirror").
"Arsenal" will try to outbid "Man Utd" in the race to sign Aldo Duscher ("The Sun").
Watford aims to sign a contract with Ray Parlour released by "Middlesbrough" ("Daily Mirror").
Didier Drogba asks R.Abramovich and J.Mourinho to reconcile (Various).
John Terry could return to the field on Sunday in the FA Cup match against "Nottingham Forest" ("Daily Mirror").
In a confidential list of potential successors to J.Mourinho, Marco van Basten's name is mentioned ("Daily Star").
Jonathan Woodgate will return to the England team in a friendly match on February 7 against Spain ("The Telegraph").
"Man Utd" defender Gary Neville says he wants to help his team surpass "Liverpool" in the number of English league titles - "Liverpool" has won 18 championships, "Man Utd" - 15 ("Daily Mirror").
"Man City" coach Stuart Pearce and "Bolton" assistant coach Sammy Lee are considered contenders to become coaches of the England under-21 national team (Various).
Milan Mandaric has postponed the acquisition of "Leicester" due to his mother's illness ("The Sun").
"Portsmouth" goalkeeper coach David Coles won a competition against footballers in which they had to kick the ball into the goal from over 100 meters away ("The Times").
