Thursday and Friday the English press continues to discuss C. Ronaldo's possible move to Spain, writes about V. Romanov's controversial statements, G. Neville's dissatisfaction with football agents, and other news.
Gary Neville wants Henrik Larsson to stay at "Man Utd" until the end of the season ("The Sun").
"Chelsea" will invite 16-year-old Paris Cowan – Hall from "Rushden" for a second trial ("The Independent").
"Hull" hopes to sign "W.B.A" striker John Hartson ("Daily Mirror").
J. Hartson will stay at "W.B.A" ("The Sun").
"Cardiff" wants to loan "Sheffield Utd" defender Chris Morgan ("Daily Mirror").
"Birmingham" defender Neil Danso could move to "Nottingham Forest" ("Daily Star").
According to "Man Utd" assistant coach Carlos Queiroz, Cristiano Ronaldo rejected a move to "Real" this summer ("Daily Star").
"Blackburn", "West Ham", "Charlton", and "Reading" are interested in 17-year-old "Swindon" forward Lucas Jutkiewicz ("Daily Star").
"Tottenham" continue to explore the possibility of loaning "Liverpool" defender Harry Kewell ("The Times").
"Leicester City" failed to sign Svetoslav Todorov from "Portsmouth" ("Daily Star").
According to Jose Antonio Reyes, now is the right time for Cristiano Ronaldo to move to Real Madrid ("The Sun").
"Real" could have signed C. Ronaldo back in 2003 when he was recommended by one of the Lisbon "Sporting" youth coaches ("Daily Telegraph").
"Barcelona" may sell Ronaldinho or Samuel Eto'o to bring in C. Ronaldo ("Daily Mirror").
"Middlesbrough" are interested in signing "Reggina" striker Rolando Bianchi ("Daily Mirror").
"Zaragoza" wants to extend the loan deal with "Man Utd" defender Gerard Pique ("Daily Mail").
"Real" forward Robinho says he will not move to "Tottenham" as he wants to join "another big club" ("Daily Mirror").
"Portsmouth" will have Nigerian Chinedu Ogbuke at a second trial ("Daily Star").
After losing to Spain, Steve McClaren sent each England national team player DVD discs with instructions on what to improve in their game (Various sources).
"Wigan" will ask the Premier League for permission to sign another goalkeeper ("Daily Mirror").
"Rangers" need to progress in the UEFA Cup to avoid major financial losses ("Daily Record").
Vladimir Romanov accused "Celtic" and "Rangers" teams of bribing referees and players ("Daily Record").
Leading Scottish coaches want V. Romanov to be disqualified for his statements about corruption ("Daily Record").
In the FA Cup match against "Man Utd," Steve Coppell will field a second "Reading" team (Various sources).
Gary Neville says that "football agents make millions for nothing" and wants to stop it (Various sources).
"Chelsea" announces that they will not reduce ticket prices as they want to offset the expenses incurred in acquiring expensive players ("The Sun").
One quarter of tickets for England national team fans for the match against Israel in Tel Aviv at the end of March are still unsold ("Daily Mirror").
According to representatives of "Leicester City," Milan Mandaric paid £4.5 million more for the club ("Daily Express").
According to Jermaine Pennant, "Liverpool" is the best team in Europe (Various sources).
Former "Leeds" and "Norwich" managers Kevin Blackwell and Nigel Worthington, Mickey Adams and former "Swansea" forward Dean Saunders are candidates to become the new manager of "Swansea" ("Daily Mirror," "Daily Mail," and "Daily Telgrapf").
Roman Abramovich returned to England to smooth things over with manager Jose Mourinho ("The Times").
According to the German press, no Bundesliga club is interested in Jens Lehmann ("The Independent").
Despite missing two penalty kicks in the FA Cup match against "Bristol City," Yakubu Ayegbeni still wants to be the penalty taker for "Middlesbrough" ("The Sun").
During a meeting with the "Arsenal" team, Queen of Great Britain spoke to Thierry Henry, saying, "you are a very international team" (Various sources).
Arsene Wenger says that conversations with team players will never last longer than seven minutes, as they cannot concentrate for longer ("Daily Mirror").