ummm... a lot of these sound more interesting. From BBC:
Charlton's Darren Bent will join West Ham for £18m in a deal that will net the striker £80,000 a week. (Star)
Hayden Mullins and Marlon Harewood will head the other way across London and link up with former boss Alan Pardew at the Addicks in a £12m deal. (Mirror)
Charlton's Dennis Rommedahl will join Rennes in a £500,000 deal. (Sun)
New Juventus boss Claudio Ranieri will offer Liverpool David Trezeguet in the hope of luring Peter Crouch. (Mail)
But Arsene Wenger wants to bring striker Trezeguet to Arsenal in a move which he hopes will appease unsettled skipper Thierry Henry. (Sun)
And the Gunners are also lining up a £6m deal for Ajax's Dutch international forward Ryan Babel. (Mirror)
Babel's arrival would force Freddie Ljungberg out of the door, with West Ham and Portsmouth interested. (Star)
Portsmouth are mulling over a £1.5m move for Maccabi Haifa striker Roberto Colautti. (Express)
And Pompey boss Harry Redknapp is increasingly confident he will beat off opposition from Werder Bremen to sign Lyon midfielder Alou Diarra. (Star)
Sunderland will sign striker David Nugent from Preston for £6m after the England U21 Championships. (Star)
And Black Cats boss Roy Keane will raid former club Manchester United for £7m-rated striker Alan Smith. (Mirror)
Newcastle want Reading left-back Nicky Shorey, which may alert West Ham who will be happy to stump up £6m. (Sun)
The Magpies may not have it all their own way in signing Paris St Germain defender David Rozehnal. Borussia Dortmund are also interested. (Sun)
Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce will go head-to-head with former club Bolton in the race to sign Trabzonspor winger Goldeniz Karadeniz. (Various)
Fenerbahce and Besiktas want Sheffield United's Colin Kazim-Richards. (Star)
Middlesbrough are closing in on Turkish international striker Tuncay Sanli on a free deal from Fenerbahce. (Telegraph)
Boro will offer James Morrison and Adam Johnson in an effort to land West Brom striker Diomansy Kamara. (Mirror)
Birmingham have given up on signing Albion striker Diomansy Kamara but will go back in for Jason Koumas. (Sun)
Wigan have bid £4m for Welsh international midfielder Koumas and are also chasing Fulham's Michael Brown and Danny Murphy of Tottenham. (Daily Mail)
West Brom want a combined £10m for star duo Jason Koumas and Diomansy Kamara after both Birmingham and Fulham were reported to have offered £5m for them. (Daily Star)
One definite arrival at Wigan's JJB Stadium is defender Mario Melchiot, who will join from Rennes. (Various)
Coventry are favourites ahead of Wigan, Rangers and Sunderland to sign Blackburn defender Andy Todd. (Mirror)
West Brom are going to step up their interest in Celtic striker Craig Beattie with a £750,000 offer. (Record)
Hamburg's Dutch midfielder Nigel de Jong will not be moving to the Premiership. Aston Villa and Tottenham were said to be interested. (Sun)
Keeper Kaspar Schmeichel could leave Manchester City for Aberdeen. (Record)
Osasuna are demanding £3m from Rangers for striker Carlos Cuellar. The Ibroz outfit have offered £1m. (Record
West Ham forward Carlos Tevez will resolve his future in the next week, with Manchester United and Inter Milan both keen to sign him. (The Times)
Inter will offer £30m for the Argentine, but Premiership champions United favour a loan deal. (Express)
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OTHER GOSSIP
Sevilla coach Juande Ramos remains top of Manchester City's wishlist, although the club are also looking at former Fulham boss Chris Coleman. (Various)
Raddy Antic says he would like the chance to manager Hearts. (Record)
'Insiders' say Blackburn are being targeted by American buyers. (Mirror)
Lakshmi Mittal, Britain's richest man, has entered the race to buy Birmingham City. (Various)
Kieran Richardson has denied that he has had a bust-up with England Under-21 boss Stuart Pearce. (The Sun)
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AND FINALLY
Five months after moving to Reading, Greg Halford had just got the keys to his new house days before moving to Sunderland. (Daily Mail)
Manchester United stopper Edwin van der Sar had to squeeze his giant frame into a cattle-class seat on the way back from a family holiday in Alicante as his efforts to pay the £16 for extra leg room were thwarted when he was told all those seats had all been sold. (Express)
Prime Minister Tony Blair may be asked a question in Parliament next Wednesday over Sheffield United's controversial relegation from the Premier League. (Star)
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba wants the team to go a bit "crazy" next season and play more flamboyant football. (Mirror)