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On Tuesday, the English press writes about the interest of English clubs in F.Torres, praises for C.Ronaldo, impending troubles for "West Ham" and "Fulham" due to player registrations, and other news.
Madrid's "Atletico" forward Fernando Torres stated that he is not interested in moving to "Man Utd" for 25 million in the summer and would prefer "Arsenal" (Various), although "Chelsea" is also interested in him ("Daily Star").
"Charlton" coach Alan Pardew hopes to recruit "Celtic" defender Thomas Gracesen at the end of the season ("Daily Mirror").
"Leeds" wants to borrow "W.B.A" forward John Hartson ("The Sun").
"W.B.A" goalkeeper Pascalis Zuberbuhler, who has been joined by Dean Kiely, has mentioned his desire to leave the team ("Daily Star").
"Middlesbrough" forward Mark Viduka is prepared to leave the club because they are delaying negotiations for a new contract ("The Sun").
"Man City" goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson, who is not part of the team, is preparing to find a new club ("Daily Mirror").
Steve Sidwell has decided not to extend his contract with "Reading". He is being sought after by "Aston Villa", "Man City", "Charlton", "West Ham" and "Middlesbrough" ("Daily Star").
"Arsenal" will sign a contract with 15-year-old Frenchman Gilles Sunu next month (Various).
England will play with a 4-3-3 system against Spain ("The Guardian").
"Barcelona" director Txiki Begiristain will arrive in Manchester to watch Frank Lampard play against the Spanish national team; Cristiano Ronaldo's performance in the match against Brazil in London will also be closely watched ("The Sun").
According to Carlos Queiroz, Cristiano Ronaldo is the same in European football as Michael Jordan in the NBA ("Daily Star").
Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari would like to work in England (Various).
"Brighton" and "Bury" may issue a statement to the Football Association claiming that "West Ham" player Carlos Tevez did not have the right to play in the FA Cup matches ("Daily Express").
"West Ham", in turn, intend to complain to "Fulham" because during their recent match "Fulham" did not have the right to field Luis Boa Morte ("Daily Express").
Michael Ballack is satisfied with "Chelsea" and says he has found his role there ("Daily Telegraph").
Goalkeeper Stefan Klos may return to "Rangers" ("Daily Record").
Scotland coach Alex McLeish wants the European Championship qualifier against Italy to be played in an empty stadium ("Daily Record").
A pregnant woman in the United Arab Emirates refused to be admitted to the hospital when she found out there was no television to watch the Gulf Cup final between the UAE and Oman. After the final, she returned to the hospital and named her newborn son Matar in honor of UAE footballer Ismail Matar, who scored the decisive goal ("Khaleej Times").
""Chelsea" are not as good as we thought," such reports appeared in the Chinese press when the country's Olympic team began training at a London club base ("Titan", "Daily Mail").
