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Thursday's English press is writing about L. Neill's move to "West Ham," T. Ben Haim staying at "Bolton," "Hearts" refusal to sell C. Gordon to "Fulham," an interesting action by "LA Galaxy" to make money, and other news.
Blackburn's defender chose "West Ham" instead of "Liverpool" (Various).
According to Liverpool's coach R. Benitez, "West Ham" players offered double the amount to the Australian ("Daily Mirror").
Tottenham's defender Calum Davenport may also join "West Ham" for 3 million pounds sterling (Various).
"St. Etienne" and "Real Betis" are interested in "Aston Villa's" Czech Milan Baros ("The Independent").
Bolton coach Sam Allardyce commented on Chelsea saying Talis Ben Haim is "much better than they thought," after the Blues refused to pay 2 million pounds sterling for the player ("The Sun").
Roman Abramovich has a chance to acquire the most desired player Ronaldinho after the Brazilian expressed a desire to leave Barcelona ("Daily Mirror").
Gabriel Heinze, who could move to Juventus, Valencia, Milan, or Tottenham this summer, informed Manchester United that he will not go anywhere ("Daily Star").
Manchester United failed to buy Gareth Bale from Southampton for 8 million pounds sterling (Various).
Southampton raised Bale's price to 12 million pounds sterling ("Daily Express").
Liverpool defender Jermaine Pennant will not move to West Ham ("Daily Express").
Middlesbrough are ready to loan Arsenal striker Jeremie Aliadiere ("The Sun").
Fulham are interested in West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green ("The Daily Mirror").
Mido could leave Tottenham again and move to Vigo's Celta (Various).
Reading have agreed to buy defender Greg Halford from Colchester for 2 million pounds sterling, although the initial price was 4 million ("Daily Mirror").
Portsmouth are targeting Arsenal defender Lauren ("The Sun").
After returning to Aston Villa from Stoke at the end of a loan deal, defender Lee Hendrie wants to be loaned out again ("Daily Mirror").
W.B.A captain Curtis Davies, upon hearing that Premier League teams raised his price to 10 million pounds sterling, joked and said, "I'm not that expensive" ("Daily Mirror").
Wigan are offering 5 million pounds sterling for Fulham defender Papa Bouba Diop ("Daily Mirror").
Everton want to sign Billy Jones from Crewe despite disagreements with the management (Various).
Watford have called Khalilou Fadiga for a trial ("Daily Mirror").
Watford have given Tottenham permission to try to buy A. Young. If the deal fails, the striker will remain at Watford (Various).
Portsmouth striker Nwankwo Kanu could move to PSV ("Daily Mirror").
Q.P.R. have called 39-year-old free agent goalkeeper Paul Jones (Various).
Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner is negotiating with Reading regarding the transfer of club director Nicky Hammond to his club ("Daily Star").
Reading are ready to acquire defender Daniel Bocande from Metz ("Daily Star").
West Ham are closest to acquiring Kepa Blanco from Sevilla ("Daily Star").
Sheffield Utd coach Neil Warnock has warned potential buyers of striker Geoff Hursfield that his price will not be low (Various).
Wigan are interested in Rangers striker Lee McCulloch ("Daily Record").
Kilmarnock will borrow Rocco Quinn from Celtic ("Daily Record").
Bolton are interested in Rennes defender Jean-Joel Perrier-Doumbe, who participated in Celtic's trial ("The Daily Telegraph").
Liverpool are interested in acquiring Valencia defender Roberto Ayala ("The Guardian").
Middlesbrough defender Ugo Ehiogu is close to moving to Rangers ("Daily Express").
Hearts rejected a 2.5 million pounds sterling offer from Fulham for goalkeeper Craig Gordon ("Daily Mirror").
Andriy Shevchenko says he is considered a scapegoat for Chelsea's problems (Various).
If J. Mourinho leaves Chelsea, he could be replaced by Sven-Goran Eriksson ("The Guardian").
Jack Kachkar, a Canadian entrepreneur who is set to acquire Marseille in the near future, denied rumors that he wants S. Eriksson as the team's coach ("The Times").
Arsenal striker Robin van Persie will miss the weekend match against Manchester United due to an injury sustained during training ("The Sun").
Helsingborg president Sten-Inge Fredin is unwilling to extend Henrik Larsson's loan agreement with Manchester United (Various).
According to Paul Scholes, his Manchester United teammate Cristiano Ronaldo has earned the right to be crowned the best player of the year ("Daily Mirror").
Arsenal are negotiating a new contract with striker Nicklas Bendtner. Lyon, Milan, and Juventus are interested in this player ("Daily Express").
West Ham striker Dean Ashton, who broke his ankle in August, is preparing to return to the field later this month ("Daily Telegraph").
David Beckham's new club LA Galaxy will hold trials for anyone willing to pay 65 pounds to partially cover the amount spent on the player's salary ("The Times").
Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone, who watched the Everton and Reading matches, called the spectacle amazing, although he admitted that he has not liked football since the 1980 movie "Escape to Victory" ("Daily Mail").
