The British press on Friday writes about the attempts of "Man Utd" to keep C.Ronaldo, "Fulham's" desire to acquire L.Thuram, the referee's admission that "Milan" defender P.Maldini played with his hand in the penalty area in the Champions League match against "Celtic", and other news.
"Man Utd" may change their salary payment position and in order to keep Cristiano Ronaldo at their club, they will pay him more than £120,000 per week ("The Times").
"PSV" coach Ronald Koeman is a candidate to replace Jose Mourinho if he leaves "Chelsea" this summer ("Daily Express").
"Fulham" will try to bring in "Barcelona" defender Lilian Thuram ("The Sun").
"Everton" has included Michael Kightly in their list of potential players to acquire ("Daily Star").
"Preston" admitted that they could lose their forward David Nugent if the team does not make it to the Premier League ("Daily Mirror").
"Crystal Palace" rejected offers from "Chelsea" and "Arsenal" to sell 15-year-old defender John Bostock ("Daily Express").
Andriy Shevchenko says he has complaints against coach Jose Mourinho ("Daily Mirror").
44-year-old J. Mourinho intends to end his coaching career at the age of 55, when he achieves everything with the Portuguese national team ("The Guardian").
"West Ham" defender Lucas Neill confirmed that there are no disputes among the players in the team ("Daily Express").
David Beckham believes that Alex Ferguson and "Man Utd" this year could once again win three trophies in one season - the so-called "treble" (Various).
"Birmingham" executive director Karren Brady promised to spend a lot of money in the summer if the team returns to the Premier League ("The Sun").
"Sheffield Utd" will offer young defender Jacob Mellis a huge salary to prevent him from moving to "Liverpool" ("Daily Mirror").
John Arne Riise has filed a £3 million lawsuit against his former agent Einar Baardsen ("The Independent").
Peter Crouch will undergo nose surgery on Friday, after which he may not be able to play for a month ("Daily Star").
Referee Conrad Plauntzas admitted that in Wednesday's Champions League match between "Milan" and "Celtic", Milan's defender Paolo Maldini played with his hand in the penalty area ("Daily Record").
"Reading" coaching staff has been supplemented with Ian Wright until the end of the season ("Daily Mirror").