Thursday England press review © EuroFootball.com

Thursday's English press writes about "Chelsea" plans to reinforce and ultimatum to J.Mourinho, "Rangers" interest in A.Smith, that S.Allardyce could become the coach of "Newcastle" and other football news.

"Milan" turned to "Chelsea" asking to assess the price of John Terry ("The Sun").

"Chelsea" is interested in £15 million-rated "Man City" defender Micah Richards and £10 million-rated "Tottenham" striker Jermain Defoe ("Daily Express").

"Celtic" showed interest in Joey Barton, who was suspended by "Man City" ("Daily Record").

If David Villa moves to "Liverpool", "Valencia" would like to replace him with "Newcastle" striker Obafemi Martins ("Daily Mirror").

"Chelsea" informed Milan's "Inter" that they will regain Hernan Crespo, as in the middle of the next season they will be without Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou, who will be playing in the African Cup of Nations ("Daily Express").

El Hadji Diouf may leave "Bolton" as he is being sought after by several European clubs ("Daily Mirror").

"Rangers" express ambitions for "Man Utd" forward Alan Smith ("Scottish Sun").

"Rangers" are interested in "Zenit" from St. Petersburg striker Nacho Novo ("Daily Express").

"Everton" wants to acquire Michael Chopra from "Cardiff City" ("Daily Mirror").

"Aston Villa" will buy defender Luke Young for £2 million from "Charlton" ("Daily Star", "Daily Express").

Martin O'Neill is also interested in Craig Bellamy and Artur Boruc ("Daily Mirror").

"Blackburn" will bring in 20-year-old goalkeeper Gunnar Nielsen from the Faroe Islands for a trial ("The Independent").

Jose Mourinho has been given one more season to win the Champions League ("The Times").

After the end of the Premier League season, Sam Allardyce will be announced as the new coach of "Newcastle" ("The Sun").

After Joey Barton hit Ousmane Dabo during a "Man City" training session, the Frenchman was knocked unconscious (Various sources).

Former "Arsenal" defender Remi Garde wants to become the club's new football director ("Daily Mirror", "Daily Mail").

Michael Owen will return to the national team on May 26th with the B team for a friendly match ("The Sun").

Arsene Wenger has promised to cause misery for "Chelsea" in their match on Sunday at the "Emirates" stadium ("The Sun").

Former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton intentionally did not include Diego Maradona in the best eleven of all time footballers in "FourFourTwo" magazine's survey, because the Argentine scored a handball goal against him in the 1986 World Cup ("The Independent").