Review of the English press at the weekend © EuroFootball.com

On Saturday and Sunday, the English press traditionally writes about J. Mourinho and the future of "Chelsea," the desired players for "Man Utd," "Arsenal's" intentions to acquire C. Gordon, and other news.

Sir Alex Ferguson believes that after extending Cristiano Ronaldo's contract, "Man Utd" could also attract Owen Hargreaves and Fernando Torres to Manchester ("Daily Mirror").

"Newcastle" will join the battle for Steve Sidwell from "Reading" ("Daily Mirror").

"Auxerre" agrees to extend the loan agreement with "Motherwell" for Hungarian keeper Krisztian Vadocz ("Daily Record").

"Man Utd" is targeting the injury-prone Michael Owen ("The People").

"Liverpool" and "Everton" are interested in Ipswich's 19-year-old defender Danny Haynes ("The People").

W.B.A. is interested in signing Moscow's "Lokomotiv" forward Garry O'Connor ("The People").

"Sydney" is considering the possibility of calling up Robbie Fowler ("News of the World").

"Arsenal" are ready to pay £4.5 million for "Hearts" goalkeeper Craig Gordon ("Daily Mirror").

"Middlesbrough" are willing to pay £8 million to redeem Jonathan Woodgate's contract ("Mail on Sunday").

J. Mourinho wants R. Abramovich to reveal whether the coach will stay at the club (Various sources).

Micah Richards will undergo surgery on both legs ("Daily Express").

Chris Coleman, released from "Fulham," may coach "Q.P.R." next season ("The Times").

"Chelsea" believes that Jose Mourinho will become the coach of the England national team if he leaves the London club ("Daily Mirror," "Daily Mail").

"Chelsea" may replace J. Mourinho with Jurgen Klinsmann ("The Sun").

Sven Goran Eriksson has rejected the opportunity to coach "Fulham" ("Daily Express").

After Saturday's match, "Bolton" coach Sam Allardyce called "Arsenal" a team with reduced power (Various sources).

David Beckham's new club "LA Galaxy" started in MLS with a 1-2 loss to the "Dallas" team. "Galaxy" officials also mentioned the possibility of calling up Zinedine Zidane ("The Times").

"Sunderland" received 20,000 applications to purchase season tickets for the next season ("The People").

When Didier Drogba was 16 years old, his parents tried to forbid him from playing football so he would focus more on his studies ("Daily Mirror").