TRANSFER RUMOURS

Arsenal winger Alex Hleb says he has fallen out with Gunners boss Arsene Wenger and would like to play for Barcelona next season. (Daily Mirror)

Inter Milan are prepared to pay up to £8m to sign Frank Lampard from Chelsea (Daily Mirror), £9m (The Sun) or £11m. (The Independent)
Inter begin Lampard negotiations

Chelsea insist they have not received an offer for Lampard and expect him to see out his contract at Stamford Bridge. (Daily Star)

New Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari wants Lampard to stay and the England midfielder is also looking for a new deal with the Blues but is yet to be offered a new contract. (The Independent)

Scolari will allow Andriy Shevchenko, Florent Malouda, Claudio Pizarro, Steve Sidwell and Carlo Cudicini to leave Chelsea. (Daily Mirror)

Newcastle are lining up a £5m move for Sidwell. (Daily Mirror)

But Sidwell is on the verge of a £5m move to Aston Villa to replace Liverpool-bound Gareth Barry. (Daily Star, The Times)

Martin O'Neill is considering accepting Liverpool's £15m bid for Barry now that Steve Finnan has been offered in addition in a part-exchange deal. (The Times)

Chelsea are demanding £24m for want-away striker Didier Drogba but are yet to receive any offers. (The Independent)

Fenerbahce's Brazilian defender Roberto Carlos, 35, claims Chelsea want to sign him. (Daily Star)

Blackburn are willing to sell England winger David Bentley but have told Tottenham, Liverpool and Aston Villa that their asking price is £17m. (Daily Mirror)

Tottenham have offered an assortment of players, including striker Darren Bent, goalkeeper Paul Robinson and defender Anthony Gardner, in part-exchange for Bentley. (The Guardian)

Russian star Andrei Arshavin will cost any club wishing to sign him from Zenit St Petersburg a total of £41.5m in transfer fees and wages. (Daily Telegraph)

Real Madrid are still chasing Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo even though the Portuguese winger is out injured for the next six weeks. (The Sun)

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon says United should be "proud" to let Ronaldo join them in what he says could be the "transfer of the century". (Daily Mirror)

Birmingham will sell Olivier Kapo to Wigan to fund a £3.5m move for Reading striker Dave Kitson. (Daily Mirror)

Aston Villa are lining up a season-long loan deal for Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster but are also eyeing Tottenham's Paul Robinson and United States international Brad Guzan. (The Sun)

Crewe are demanding £2m for striker Nicky Maynard after rejecting bids from Bristol City and Ipswich. (Daily Mirror)

Everton boss David Moyes hopes to persuade Manchester United to sell him Scotland midfielder Darren Fletcher. (The Sun)

Sunderland are hoping to hijack Hull City's £2m bid for Middlesbrough midfielder George Boateng. (The Sun)

Hull have agreed a £1m fee for Boateng but face competition from Celtic and Fulham. (Daily Mirror)

Sunderland, Celtic and Rangers are all in the race to sign Watford centre-back Danny Shittu. (Daily Star)

Wigan are willing to pay up to £10m to sign Everton striker Andrew Johnson. (The Sun)

Sunderland are also closing in on a deal for Johnson after indicating they are prepared to match the Toffees' £10m asking price. (Daily Mail)

Auxerre defender Gabriel Tamas is keen on a £3.5m switch to Celtic after being transfer-listed by his French side. (Daily Record)

Crystal Palace have dropped their interest in Hearts striker Christian Nade after the Jambos rejected a £300,000 offer. (Daily Record)

Liverpool goalkeeper Charles Itandje is poised to join Turkish side Galatasaray. (Daily Mail)

West Brom are lining up a £2.5m bid for Newcastle striker Shola Ameobi and also want £3m-rated Bolton defender Abdoulaye Meite. (The Sun)

Fulham goalkeeper Antti Niemi says he will turn down a move to Liverpool to fight for his place at Craven Cottage. (Daily Star)

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp is keen on Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul. (Daily Telegraph)

Redknapp is also chasing Chelsea winger Shaun Wright-Phillips, Reading defender Nicky Shorey and Lens left-back Nadir Belhadj. (The Guardian)

Linfield have rejected Kilmarnock's latest offer for striker Peter Thompson. (Daily Record)

Aston Villa are considering signing midfielder Steed Malbranque, who will be allowed to leave Tottenham, as well as Sheffield Wednesday defender Frank Simek. (The Times)

Want-away Swansea midfielder Ferrie Bodde will join up with his team-mates on their pre-season tour of Sweden, despite saying he wants to join Derby County. (Western Mail)

Spartak Moscow have attempted to head off interest from Celtic by offering their £4million-rated Austrian defender Martin Stranzl a new three-year deal. (Various)

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OTHER GOSSIP

Arsenal have told Emmanuel Adebayor that they will pay him £3m per year to sign a new contract - less than half the money he is demanding. (The Sun)

New Newcastle chairman Derek Llambias insists the club's owner Mike Ashley has no plans to sell the Magpies. (The Independent)

Everton midfielder Tim Cahill could miss the start of the season with the broken metatarsal that ruled him out of the end of last campaign. (Daily Star)

Hearts' majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov has unveiled plans to increase his holding in the club from £81.5% to 95.1%. (Daily Record)

Motherwell have turned down a £300,000 offer to rename their Fir Park ground after a radio station. (Daily Record)

Bob Malcolm has turned down offers from England and will sign a 12-month deal with Motherwell this week. (Various)

Aberdeen's Alan Maybury could have blown his chance to stay at Pittodrie by delaying his decision on a new deal. (Sun)

Ex-England striker Robbie Fowler will head to Dubai to finish his career, after one final season with Cardiff City. (Western Mail)

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AND FINALLY

Aston Villa had their training session disrupted by two giant Rottweilers on Monday. The dogs had escaped from a nearby farm and the club called a dog warden to collect them. (Daily Mirror)

New Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari was intrigued when he walked into the dressing room at the club's training ground on his first day in charge and found a game of darts going on - he had only ever seen the game being played on TV before. (The Sun)

Crystal Palace winger Ashley-Paul Robinson has been forced to apologise after posting details of a proposed move to Fulham on his Facebook page. (The Guardian)

BREAKING GOSSIP

Tottenham are being linked with Real Mallorca winger Juan Arango, who has admitted he wants to move to England this summer. (Clubcall, 1515 BST)

Liverpool are expected to complete the £3m signing of Palmeiras goalkeeper Diego Cavalieri after sources in Brazil confirmed the player completed his medical on Tuesday and a work permit has been acquired. (Press Association, 1121 BST)

Birmingham have signed veteran striker Kevin Phillips on a free transfer from West Brom. (Various, 1107 BST)

Portsmouth are expected to tie up the signing of Peter Crouch from Liverpool in the next two days after the Liverpool striker agreed personal terms with the club. (BBC Sport, 1025 BST)
Crouch agrees terms with Pompey
Former QPR, Leicester and Plymouth manager Ian Holloway is in the running to take over the vacant coaching post at Scottish Premier League side Hearts. (Scottish Daily Express)

TRANSFER RUMOURS

Frank Lampard is furious Luiz Felipe Scolari said at his unveiling as Chelsea boss that the England midfielder would be staying at the club. (Various)
Lampard future remains in doubt

Lampard looks to be on his way out of Stamford Bridge as Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has refused to sanction the new five-year deal the midfielder is demanding. (The Sun)

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has boasted to Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal that Cristiano Ronaldo has already signed for the Spanish club. (Various)

AC Milan claim Arsenal have written to them to discuss selling Emmanuel Adebayor, but the fee could still be a stumbling point as the Gunners want £35m for the striker. (The Sun)

Manchester United and Arsenal target Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has ruled out signing a new contract with Ajax as the Amsterdam club want to include a £20m release clause in the new deal. (Daily Mirror)

Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill has demanded £17m plus defender Steve Finnan for Gareth Barry and wants the money to be paid in two instalments over two years. (Daily Mirror)

O'Neill will use the money from the Barry sale to buy Portugal right-back Miguel from Valencia for £11m. (Daily Mirror)

Everton are tracking Real Zaragoza striker Diego Milito as David Moyes considers potential replacements for wantaway striker Andy Johnson. (Various)

Wigan are confident of capturing Johnson, who is believed to be unwilling to uproot his family from the north west, for a club record fee of about £11m. (Daily Telegraph)

West Brom boss Tony Mowbray has admitted he is resigned to losing Kevin Phillips after the striker rejected Albion's final offer of a new one-year contract. (Various)

Villa and Blackburn are on alert after talks to increase goalkeeper Robert Green's salary at West Ham stalled on Tuesday night. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester United will allow Chris Eagles to leave Old Trafford as Burnley boss Owen Coyle wants to sign the midfielder in a £1m-plus deal. (Daily Mirror)

Ipswich are closing in on Greece striker Angelos Charisteas after agreeing a £2.25m fee with the striker's club Nuremburg. (Daily Mirror)

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp is trying to do a cut-price £6m deal for Real Zaragoza's Argentine forward Pablo Aimar. (Daily Mirror)

Blackburn manager Paul Ince hopes to land Birmingham's Swedish midfielder Sebastian Larsson, 23, as a £4.5m replacement for wantaway winger David Bentley. (Various)

Arsenal and Tottenham will battle it out to sign Real Madrid's £15m-rated midfielder Ruben de la Red. (The Sun)

Stoke and Hull are ready to pay Portsmouth £3m for their striker David Nugent. (The Sun)

Wigan manager Steve Bruce will offer Kevin Kilbane to Birmingham City in a player-plus-cash deal for midfielder Olivier Kapo. (Daily Telegraph)

Leicester striker DJ Campbell is a £1.5m target for Championship rivals Watford and Cardiff with Charlton also waiting in the wings. (Daily Star)

Charlton are set to sell Madjid Bougherra to Real Betis after the Spanish side offered £2.3m for the Algeria defender. (The Times)

West Brom want to sign West Ham and Wales defender James Collins on loan. (Daily Star)

Aberdeen have opened talks with Darlington as they target striker Tommy Wright. (Press & Journal)

Rangers are expected to sign Watford defender Danny Shittu before the weekend. (Daily Express)

Hamilton Accies are lining up a loan deal for Reading teenager Tom Hateley - son of former Rangers and AC Milan striker Mark. (Daily Record)

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OTHER GOSSIP

Luiz Felipe Scolari claimed he would have become England coach two years ago had the Football Association been willing to wait until after Portugal were eliminated from the 2006 World Cup. (Daily Mirror)

Former Liverpool No2 Pako Ayesteran is a candidate to become Alex Ferguson's new assistant manager at Manchester United, while Bordeaux boss Laurent Blanc is also in the frame. (The Sun)

Phil Brown is in line for a 100% pay rise at Hull after the Tigers offered him a new three-year deal worth an annual £500,000. (Daily Mirror)

Paul Ince's transfer kitty has received a £3m boost after Jack Walker's family, who still own the club, renewed their backing. (Daily Mirror)

Billionaire businessman Peter Cullum is in talks with Norwich owner Delia Smith to buy the club for £20m. (Daily Star)

The former Sunderland and Manchester City manager Peter Reid is to be appointed the new coach of Thailand at the end of July on a four-year deal, according to reports in Bangkok. (The Guardian)

Blackburn Rovers could be the next Premier League club to come under American ownership after a consortium from the United States registered its interest in buying the club. (The Times)

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AND FINALLY

Middlesbrough striker Mido is determined to make his critics eat their words. The striker has lost two stone thanks to a gruelling summer fitness regime in a bid to be in tip-top shape for the start of the new season. (Various)