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Grimsby Town manager Mike Newell has confirmed that he aims to sign Peter Sweeney from Leeds United during the close season.
Huddersfield want to nab Stockport's former Nostell Miners Welfare striker Oli Johnson from under the noses of West Brom and Fulham. (Daily Star)
Leeds have joined West Brom, Celtic and Leicester in the battle for Swindon striker Simon Cox. (Daily Star)
Sheffield United have rejected a 2m bid from Aston Villa for defender Kyle Naughton. The Blades have put a 6m price tag on the full-back. (Daily Express)
Cristiano Ronaldo is set to throw Manchester United into turmoil and demand a move out of Old Trafford. The 24-year-old forward is a 50m target for Real Madrid.
(The Sun)
Although Ronaldo will go on holiday before making a decision on his United future.
(Daily Telegraph)
However the prospect of Ronaldo joining Real Madrid may have receded with the Spanish side opting for the 40m signature of Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery.
(Independent)
In fact, Real Madrid will reject Ronaldo this summer as club president elect Florentino Perez has targeted Milan forward Kaka and Ribery instead.
(Daily Express)
Ribery was Chelsea boss-in-waiting Carlo Ancelotti's first-choice summer signing but the Blues have lost out to Real Madrid. Ancelotti may look to CSKA Moscow's Russian left-back Yuri Zhirkov.
(The Times)
Chelsea have been told they will need to put up 20m for AC Milan midfielder Andrea Pirlo. Milan boss Carlo Ancelotti is keen to take the 30-year-old to Stamford Bridge when he is named Chelsea boss next week.
(Daily Telegraph)
If Manchester United do not complete the permanent signing of Argentine striker Carlos Tevez this summer they will turn their attentions to Lyon striker Karim Benzema and Wigan's Antonio Valencia.
(Daily Express)
Manchester City and Liverpool are among five clubs who are willing to meet the 25m price tag for Tevez.
(The Times)
Tevez said a tearful goodbye to his Manchester United team-mates before leaving Rome alone after the Champions League final.
(The Sun)
Paul Scholes must decide if the Champions League final is to be his final game for Manchester United. Stoke want the 34-year-old midfielder as a player-coach.
(Daily Mail)
Sir Alex Ferguson may ditch Nani and Ji-Sung Park as the Manchester United boss reshapes his squad while Polish goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak will also leave this summer. (Daily Mirror)
Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry is holding out for a summer move to Arsenal. Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is considering a 12m bid for the 28-year-old.
(Full story: Daily Star)
Fulham boss Roy Hodgson will try to bolster his defence by moving for AC Milan defender Digao, the younger brother of Brazilian forward Kaka. The 23-year-old has been on loan at Standard Liege. (Daily Mirror)
Bolton are lining up a 6m bid for Sporting Lisbon midfielder Miguel Veloso.
(Daily Mail)
Portsmouth defender Djimi Traore hopes to make his loan move to Birmingham permanent. (Daily Star)
Stoke boss Tony Pulis has lined up a 2m bid for 20-year-old Manchester City striker Ched Evans. (Daily Express)
Portuguese defender Nuno Valente will leave Everton this summer but the 34-year-old will play on for another year elsewhere.
(The Times)
Greek side Panathinaikos have bid 1.5m for Sunderland keeper Marton Fulop. (Daily Star)
Birmingham will step up their pursuit of Middelsbrough's David Wheater, 22, after the 6m-rated defender successfully came through a knee operation. (Daily Star)
Burnley boss Owen Coyle wants to sign Middlesbrough right-back Rhys Williams, who was a big hit during a loan spell with the Clarets. (Daily Mirror)
Middlesbrough utility man Matthew Bates will quit the club as the 22-year-old does not want to play in the Championship. (Daily Mirror)
Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins is being linked with an 8m move to Italian side Fiorentina.
(Independent)
The Magpies have warned the clubs chasing defender Sebastien Bassong that they will not take anything less than 15m for him.
(The Sun)
West Bromwich Albion winger Chris Brunt is wanted by Rangers in a player-plus-cash deal that could see Barry Ferguson move to the Hawthorns. Brunt, 24, is also being tracked by Fulham.
(Daily Mail)
Dundee have made a 100,000 take-it-or-leave-it offer for Partick thistle midfielder Gary Harkins. (Daily Record)
Former England and Mexico boss Sven-Goran Eriksson is favourite to become the new Portsmouth manager.
(The Times)
Alan Shearer is expected to discover today if he will become the permanent manager of Newcastle United.
(The Times)
Wigan manager Steve Bruce will be named Sunderland boss in the next 48 hours.
(Guardian)
The Premier League will test out its strengthened fit-and-proper-persons rules on Portsmouth's new owner Sulaiman Al Fahim.
(Guardian)
Croatia coach Slaven Bilic wants to be considered for the vacant managerial post at Sunderland. (Daily Star)
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