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NEWS OF THE WORLD
- Manchester City’s hopes of landing £107million Kaka are on a knife edge after Real Madrid attempted to hijack the deal.
- Rafael Benitez has vowed not to walk away from Anfield – if Liverpool’s owners back down on his contract demands.
- Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho is plotting a raid on Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo.
- Manchester City are set to hijack Tottenham’s bid for Wigan midfielder Wilson Palacios.
- Gianfranco Zola has blasted rival managers as ‘dishonourable’ for trying to tap up his West Ham stars.
- Andrei Arshavin is on the verge of completing a record-breaking move to Arsenal in a deal that will make him the club’s highest earner.
- Blackburn could make a surprise move to bring Florent Sinama-Pongolle back to the Premier League.
- Newcastle chiefs will fly to France in an attempt to sign Stephane Mbia and Adil Rami.
- Manchester United have Wigan winger Antonio Valencia in their sights.
- Sunderland boss Ricky Sbragia intends to sign French starlet Kevin Rimane.
- Niko Kranjcar will turn his back on a £12million move to Arsenal to sign a new deal with Portsmouth.
- Joey Barton has vowed to rebuild his Newcastle career after snubbing three top-flight clubs during the transfer window.
- Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp wants to sign Aston Villa’s Nigel Reo-Coker.
- Gareth Southgate is keen to take Crystal Palace midfielder Ben Watson to Middlesbrough.
- Everton boss David Moyes will sign Seamus Coleman from Sligo Rovers this week.
- Robbie Fowler plans talks with North Queensland coach Ian Ferguson.
- QPR midfielder Mikele Liegertwood is in the middle of a tug-of-war between Bolton and Wolves.
- Celtic are favourites to sign Manchester City striker Ched Evans.
- Nigel Clough wants to make Stoke’s Liam Lawrence his first signing for Derby.
- Hull manager Phil Brown wants to sign Wigan’s Michael Brown for £3million.
- Reading boss Steve Coppell hopes to snatch Portsmouth defender Hermann Hreidarsson to strengthen his side’s Premier League promotion push.
- Liverpool defender Jack Hobbs looks like staying at Leicester.
- Sami Hyypia has been earmarked for a Liverpool player-coach role.
- Aidy Boothroyd will be named Norwich manager this week.
DAILY STAR SUNDAY
- Didier Drogba is set for a £15million transfer-window move to Inter Milan.
- Manchester United are set to make a £15million bid for Wigan winger Antonio Valencia.
- Sir Alex Ferguson has warned Manchester City not even £120million will buy Cristiano Ronaldo.
- Chelsea could be forced into the transfer market after Joe Cole was ruled out for the season.
- Manchester City have moved ahead of Tottenham in the £12million race for West Ham striker Craig Bellamy.
- Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho has dismissed reports linking him with Manchester City.
- Darren Bent’s days at Spurs look numbered.
- Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has declared: “I will not walk out.” Benitez expects Jermaine Pennant to join Portsmouth but says Daniel Agger is staying.
- Lucas Neill is hoping to land a new deal at West Ham.
- Roy Hodgson won’t be leaving Fulham despite being linked with the Norway job.
- West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola has taken a swipe at “rogue” bosses who are threatening to rip his team apart.
- Portsmouth boss Tony Adams wants old team-mate Patrick Vieira.
- West Ham defender James Collins is a £3.5million target for Sunderland.
- Hull boss Phil Brown wants Michael Brown in a £3million deal.
- Newcastle will decide this week whether to offer Peter Lovenkrands a contract.
- Leeds are ready to table a £1million bid for Oldham winger Chris Taylor – but face a battle from Wolves.
- QPR are poised for a second swoop on Sunderland – for Daryl Murphy.
- Middlesbrough have told Burnley they won’t trade Tony McMahon for Chris Eagles.
- Southampton’s Jason Euell wants to know where his future lies.
- Alex McLeish is preparing to boot Marcus Bent out – with QPR ready to pounce.
- Nottingham Forest are lining up a £250,000 bid for Hibs defender Rob Jones.
- Huddersfield are plotting an ambitious bid for Kevin Phillips.
- Robbie Fowler is set for talks with Queensland.
THE PEOPLE
- Steve Bruce would quit Wigan in the summer if he was offered the Newcastle job.
- Manchester City have upped their bid for Craig Bellamy to £14million.
- Chelsea’s Brazilian stopper Alex is a £15million target for Manchester City.
- Sir Alex Ferguson has told Manchester City: Not even £120million could buy you Cristiano Ronaldo.
- Rafael Benitez has warned he will walk away from Anfield if he is not given total control of the transfer budget.
- Wigan midfielder Antonio Valencia could be heading for Manchester United.
- Rafa Benitez reckons Daniel Agger is ready to turn his back on a move to Milan.
- Wilson Palacios has turned down a new contract at Wigan – and opened the door for a move to Manchester City.
- Portsmouth boss Tony Adams wants former team-mate Patrick Vieira.
- Diego Maradona reckons Sergio Aguero will leave Atletico Madrid for either Chelsea or Manchester City.
- Liverpool are eyeing up a move for Sevilla left-back Fernando Navarro.
- Jimmy Bullard is prepared to leave Fulham and head north for the deal he wants.
- David Moyes is planning a double raid on Tottenham for Darren Bent and David Bentley.
- Kamil Zayatte is set to quit Hull at the end of the season because he wants more money.
- Bolton are ready to make an improved £3million bid for Joey Barton.
- Blackburn are keen on Florent Sinama-Pongolle.
- West Brom are set to miss out on Pegguy Luyindula.
- Everton boss David Moyes is making Republic of Ireland Under-21 right-back Seamus Coleman his first signing of the window.
- Norwich will lose Mark Fotheringham – because they sacked Glenn Roeder.
- QPR are making a move for Southampton ‘keeper Kelvin Davis.
- Burnley boss Owen Coyle is closing in on Celtic defender Darren O’Dea.
SUNDAY MIRROR
- Tottenham fans have bombarded club websites in mass protests against the possible signing of Craig Bellamy.
- AC Milan believe Kaka will reject a move to Manchester City but former City boss Joe Royle has questioned the “morality” of the deal.
- Rafael Benitez insists he isn’t a control freak – but reiterated he wants full authority on Liverpool’s transfer policy.
- Manchester United are poised to scoop Real Madrid and sign Wigan’s Antonio Valencia.
- West Ham lead the race for Brescia prodigy Savio Nserenko and could move for Sweden Under-21 star Mikael Lustig.
- Newcastle striker Andy Carroll is in talks over a new five-year contract.
- Everton chairman Bill Kenwright insists Mikel Arteta is not for sale.
- Newcastle boss Joe Kinnear will fly to France for a “double-your-money” bid for Stephane Mbia.
- Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is keen on Newcastle goalkeeper Steve Harper.
- Sam Allardyce will ask for Manchester City whizz-kid Daniel Sturridge in any deal that takes Roque Santa Cruz to Eastlands.
- Elyaniv Barda has accused Genk of trying to block his move to Everton.
- Robert Earnshaw could be set for a £3million move to Portsmouth.
- Manchester City have the chance to turn PSG into a feeder club.
- Wolves are preparing a £1.5million bid for Crystal Palace star Ben Watson.
- Sheffield United have turned to Swansea’s £1.5million-rated Jason Scotland.
- Leeds boss Simon Grayson is leading the chase for Hartlepool’s Michael Nelson.
SUNDAY EXPRESS
MAIL ON SUNDAY
- Arsenal are confident they will agree a deal to sign Andrei Arshavin this week.
- Kaka has been reduced to tears by the enormity of the £100million deal that will see him exchange Milan’s world-famous San Siro for Eastlands.
SUNDAY TIMES
- As Milan fans mobilised last night against the sale of Kaka to Manchester City for a world-record transfer fee of about £100million, it emerged that City were set to sign Craig Bellamy from West Ham for a fee of £14million.
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
- AC Milan will use the £103million they expect to receive from Manchester City for Kaka to make a series of raids on the Premier League and thoroughly restructure their ageing squad.
THE OBSERVER
- The prospects of Kaka making a world-record January transfer from Milan to Manchester City appeared to be over last night after a highly-placed source close to City's owner claimed that widespread reports of a £100million bid were “absolutely ridiculous”.
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
- The owner of Milan, Silvio Berlusconi, appeared to clear the way for Kaka’s departure to Manchester City yesterday, declaring it would be difficult for him to say no to the club's riches.
SUNDAY MAIL
- Celtic boss Gordon Strachan insists he does not want to lose any of his players – including Aiden McGeady.
- Steven Davis claims there is nowhere Kris Boyd would rather be than Rangers.
- Hearts are on the trail of Sporting Braga striker Albert Meyong-Ze.
- Hamilton look like pipping Inverness to the signing of Izzy Iriekpen.
- FC Utrecht could follow up their initial interest in Aberdeen boss Jimmy Calderwood this week.
- Celtic striker Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink wants to prolong his Parkhead love affair.
- Paul Gallagher has been told he is surplus to requirements at Blackburn.
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