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Wednesday and Thursday, the English press writes about the possible quick return of M.Owen to the field, upcoming England and Brazil matches, numerous transfer market announcements, rumors, and other news.
"Bolton" is hoping to add Harry Kewell from "Liverpool" and Henri Camara from "Wigan" ("Daily Mail"), as well as Israeli goalkeeper Dudu Aoate from "Deportivo" ("The Independent").
"Arsenal" is finalizing contract details with 17-year-old defender from Norway, Havard Nordtveit ("Daily Mirror").
"Aston Villa" defender Lee Hendrie is a target for "Sheffield Utd" ("Daily Star").
"Everton" defender Gary Naysmith could return to his homeland Scotland, to the "Rangers" club ("Daily Mirror").
"Birmingham" is preparing to buy "Fulham" defender Zat Knight ("The Sun").
"Chelsea" is interested in the future of 15-year-old Dutch football talent Jeffrey Bruma, who belongs to "Feyenoord" ("Daily Mirror").
"Sheffield Wednesday" wants to extend the contract with borrowed goalkeeper Iain Turner from "Everton" ("Daily Star"), he is also wanted by "Crystal Palace" (Various).
Florent Malouda from "Lyon" dismissed rumors about his move to "Chelsea" due to uncertainties about J. Mourinho's future ("Daily Star").
"Celtic" has agreed on a contract with Scott McDonald - the footballer will arrive in Glasgow before the next season ("The Sun").
"Celtic" will acquire Ghana's national team captain Stephen Appiah from "Fenerbahce" for £3 million sterling ("The Sun").
"Clyde" defender Craig Bryson has reached a pre-contract agreement with "Kilmarnock" ("Daily Record").
"Norwich" wants to extend the loan contract with "Celtic" goalkeeper David Marshall ("Daily Record").
"Tottenham" is interested in Dortmund's "Borussia" and German national team defender Christoph Metzelder ("Daily Mirror").
"Liverpool" will seek to acquire "Scunthorpe" striker Billy Sharp for £2 million ("The Sun").
"Tottenham" is prepared to pay £2 million in the summer for "Leyton Orient" defender Brian Saah ("The Sun").
Jamie Mullanas from "Man Utd" will move to "Swansea" (Various).
Istanbul's "Besiktas" coach Jean Tigana wants to see "Sheffield Utd" and Turkey's under-21 national team striker Colin Kazim-Richards in his team ("Daily Mirror").
If "Portsmouth" manages to acquire McDonald Mariga from "Helsingborg" for £250,000, he would be the first player from Kenya in the Premier League ("Daily Star").
"W.B.A" seriously interested in defender Curtis Davies from "Newcastle", "Portsmouth", and "Tottenham" (Various).
"Everton" plans to add "Crewe" defender Billy Jones ("Daily Mail").
Carlo Nash from "Preston", after the end of the loan agreement with "Wigan", will move to "Fulham" ("Daily Mail").
"Derby" wants to bring in Matthew Etherington from "West Ham" if they leave the Premier League to "save" his football career ("Daily Mirror").
"Coventry" wants to add "Birmingham" midfielder Julian Gray, whose contract with the club expires after the season ("Daily Mail").
Michael Owen is likely to return to the field on April 22nd in the match between "Newcastle" and "Chelsea" ("The Times").
"Preston" coach Paul Simpson worries that it may not be possible to keep David Nugent in the team ("Daily Star").
Due to injury, "Man City" defender Micah Richards will need a leg operation in the summer (Various).
Sir Alex Ferguson promises to allow Wayne Rooney to rest in the match against "Blackburn" on the weekend due to his exhaustion ("Daily Mirror").
Leicester City owner Milan Mandaric will sack coach Rob Kelly after the season and replace him with Bryan Robson or Glenn Hoddle ("Daily Mirror").
According to West Ham Chairman Eggert Magnusson, injured striker Dean Ashton will stay at the club ("Daily Express").
The Football League promises to hold its play-off finals at Wembley Stadium ("Daily Telegraph").
"Portsmouth" will offer new contracts to David James and Sol Campbell ("Daily Mail").
After England's victory over Andorra, Steve McClaren left the press conference after just two questions (Various).
Martin O'Neill would not leave "Aston Villa" if offered the chance to manage the England national team ("Daily Express").
Defender Olof Mellberg has extended his contract with "Aston Villa" in April ("Daily Mirror").
"Bolton" manager Sam Allardyce says his team needs to collect 60 points in the English championship to qualify for the UEFA cup ("The Sun").
Liverpool goalkeeper Scott Carson, on loan from "Charlton," says his teammates believe they can stay in the Premier League (Various).
Arsenal defender Cesc Fabregas complains about the intense match schedule (Various).
American magnate Stan Kroenke is still interested in acquiring "Arsenal" ("The Sun").
Arsene Wenger admits his fault for "Arsenal" finishing the season without trophies and dropping out of the Champions League ("Daily Mirror").
"Celtic" has lost Evander Sno until the end of the season due to injury in the Netherlands U-21 national team matches ("Daily Record").
Due to a groin injury, "Dundee" player Scott Robertson, who cannot play this season, has promised to stay in the club and continue ("Daily Record").
Due to a groin injury, "Plymouth" striker Nick Chadwick will not play until next season ("Daily Star").
"Southampton" leader Grzegorz Rasiak, representing Poland, caught a virus during the qualifiers and was not allowed back into England ("Daily Star").
The Football Association promises that England's first international match at Wembley Stadium on May 31st will be against Brazil ("Daily Mail").
The Premier League promises to invest £50 million to eliminate large skill gaps between the divisions ("Daily Telegraph").
Due to a knee injury, "Middlesbrough" defender Jonathan Woodgate will likely miss the match against "West Ham" on the weekend ("The Independent").
Glenn Roeder believes that "Newcastle" players are not fully displaying their potential (Various).
England's last five matches before the Andorra game were played as poorly as Zanzibar, a little-known African country that has not yet been recognized by FIFA ("The Sun").
ITV and "Setanta Sports" hope to win the right to broadcast FA Cup and England national team home matches for over £400 million. These rights currently belong to "Sky" and BBC (Various).
