TRANSFER RUMOURS

The president of Real Madrid Ramon Calderon remains confident the Spanish champions can lure Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo to the Bernabeu. - Daily Mirror

Roy Hodgson is ready to pay out £10.5m to take Everton striker Andrew Johnson to Fulham. - The Sun

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Should he sell Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov, Tottenham manager Juande Ramos will spend the £57m he would expect for the two players on strikers Diego Milito and Roman Pavlyuchenko and wingers David Bentley and Diego Capel. - The Sun

Everton manager David Moyes also wants Real Zaragoza star Diego Milito but would prefer to have him on loan first at Goddison Park, but the Spanish club are not keen. - Daily Mirror

Everton are preparing to smash their transfer record to land £18m-rated Sporting Lisbon playmaker Joao Moutinho. - Daily Express

Chelsea's hopes of signing Brazilian striker Robinho were boosted when the player told he Real Madrid he is desperate to make the move to Stamford Bridge. - The Sun

But Chelsea forward Didier Drogba looks to be on his way out of Stamford Bridge after the Ivory Coast striker was left out of the club's tour to China. - Daily Mirror

Spanish giants Barcelona are thought to be preparing a £22m bid for Chelsea front man Didier Drogba. - Daily Express

Inter Milan are prepared to wait for England midfielder Frank Lampard's contract at Chelsea to run out before signing him next season. - Daily Telegraph

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp will let up to seven players leave to finance an £8m move for Chelsea winger Shaun Wright-Phillips. - Daily Telegraph

Aston Villa could be back on the trail of Newcastle winger James Milner after abandoning their attempts to sign Blackburn midfielder David Bentley. - Daily Telegraph

Stoke want Sunderland reserve keeper Marton Fulop for £3m. - Daily Mirror

Huddersfield will make a £700,000 bid for Ipswich pair Alan Lee and Gary Roberts. - Daily Mirror

Leeds have made a £100,000 bid for Dean Windass and Hull could sell if they cannot offer the 39-year-old first-team football. - Daily Mirror

Striker Marlon King will be at Hull today for a medical ahead of his £3m move from Wigan. - Daily Express

Liverpool are poised to sign 19-year-old French striker David Ngog. - Daily Mail

Sunderland remain hopeful of clinching a £23m deal for Tottenham's Steed Malbranque, Pascal Chimbonda, Younes Kaboul and Teemu Tainio. - The Times

Bordeaux president Jean Louis Triaud has told Celtic they have no chance of signing Fernando Cavenaghi. - Daily Record

Winger Peter Lovenkrands wants a move back to Rangers from Schalke. - Daily Record


FOOTBALL GOSSIP

Brazil legend Pele has told England and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney he needs to "learn how to defend himself, not attack his opponent". - Various

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has told striker Theo Walcott to establish himself in the first team this season. - Daily Star

England manager Fabio Capello is under no pressure to get his squad to the World Cup semi-finals, according to the Football Association's director of football development Sir Trevor Brooking. - Daily Star

Former Newcastle midfielder Kieron Dyer will be back in training this week, almost a year after breaking his leg on his second appearance for West Ham. - The Times


AND THE REST

Blackburn's imminent new signing Carlos Villanueva is nicknamed 'pineapple head' in Chile. - The Independent