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The Friday English press writes about "Juventus" interest in F.Lampard, A.Shevchenko's plans to stay at "Chelsea", the decision to hold the FA Cup semifinals in Birmingham, and other news.
"Juventus" is negotiating with Frank Lampard's agent ("The Sun").
"Juventus" intends to allocate 70 million pounds sterling to its targets from the Premier League - F.Lampard, Gilberto Silva, and Gabriel Heinze ("Daily Mirror").
Andriy Shevchenko states that he does not intend to leave "Chelsea" and feels satisfaction working with Jose Mourinho ("Daily Star").
Sources in Spain report that Real Madrid has reached a verbal agreement with Cristiano Ronaldo ("The Guardian").
If Peter Crouch moves to Tottenham in the summer, Liverpool may replace him with Dimitar Berbatov ("The Independent").
Liverpool will transfer six players to Ross County in exchange for 17-year-old midfielder Gary Mackay Steven ("Daily Star").
Bolton and Southampton are interested in Dundee defender Paul Dickson ("Daily Star").
Everton will bring in 17-year-old Swindon forward Lukas Jutkiewicz for 500 thousand pounds sterling in the summer (Various).
Chris Coleman, Fulham's coach, is also considered a candidate to replace Man City's coach Stuart Pearce ("The Guardian").
Reading coach Steve Coppell has extended his contract for two years ("Daily Star", "The Sun").
Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster, belonging to Man Utd, will extend his contract with the Manchester team in the summer ("Daily Mirror").
Steve McLaren will have only one full training session before England's national team selection match against Israel ("Daily Express").
The Football Association has decided to hold both FA Cup semifinals at Villa Park Stadium in Birmingham ("The Guardian").
Arsenal's largest shareholder, Danny Fiszman, lost 3.9 million pounds sterling and will sell his share of the stocks ("The Times").
Fulham defender Franck Queudrue wants to be included in the England national team, even though he is French ("The Times").
Rangers fans want "Osasuna" to be removed from the UEFA Cup, as during the match in Pamplona, the police stormed the Scottish fans' stand ("Daily Record").
The Spanish police justify their actions and believe they acted appropriately (Various).
UEFA representative Manos Mavrokoukoulakis says that Rangers should stop their fans' trips abroad without officially declared tickets (Daily Express).
Each Kilmarnock player would receive a 5 thousand pounds sterling prize in case of winning the Scottish League Cup final against Hibernian ("Daily Star").
Henrik Larsson believes that Celtic could freely compete in the Premier League (Various).
West Ham forward Carlos Tevez has developed a taste for fish and chips in England ("Daily Star").
Sheffield Utd coach Neil Warnock, who rejected an offer to coach Chelsea 15 years ago, admitted that he would not refuse such an offer now ("The Sun", "Daily Express").
