Wednesday's review of the English press © EuroFootball.com

Wednesday's English press writes about the plans of "Sunderland" to strengthen upon returning to the Premier League, as well as possible purchases by other elite clubs, "Newcastle"'s interest in S.Allardyce, and other football news.

Jose Mourinho would like to acquire Brazilian defender Alex from "PSV" ("Daily Mirror").

"Lyon" will pay 6 million pounds sterling for Louis Saha ("Daily Express").

The new "Bolton" manager Sammy Lee is eager to purchase "Preston" forward David Nugent ("Daily Mirror"), who is also being pursued by "Sunderland" ("The Sun", "Daily Star").

Istanbul's "Fenerbahce" wants to add "Middlesbrough" forward Yakubu ("Daily Mirror").

After this season, "Everton" goalkeeper Richard Wright will move to "Ipswich Town" ("The Independent").

"West Ham" offers 3 million pounds sterling for "Watford" defender Danny Shittu ("Daily Mirror").

D. Shittu is also of interest to Glasgow's "Celtic" ("The Scottish Sun").

"Sunderland" is tempting Artur Boruc and Thomas Gravesen from "Celtic" ("Daily Star").

"Leeds" manager Dennis Wise is negotiating with "Man Utd" defender Jamie Mullan ("Daily Mirror").

"Aston Villa" wants to add "W.B.A" defender Paul McShane ("Daily Mirror").

"Birmingham" will offer Andrew Cole a new year-long contract ("Daily Star").

"Rangers" will bring in former Turkish national team defender Erol Bulut for a trial ("Daily Record"), while "Falkirk" will bring in former Swiss national team defender Stephan Keller ("Daily Star").

Joey Barton's career at "Man City" is over after striking teammate Ousmane Dabo ("Daily Mirror").

"Everton" forward Andrew Johnson will miss the England national team matches against Brazil and Estonia due to a shin operation ("Daily Express").

"Newcastle" will release Glenn Roeder in the summer and will seek to attract Sam Allardyce ("The Sun").

Two consortiums are interested in the possibility of acquiring "Leeds" club ("Daily Star").