Leeds boss Terry Venables fears the collapse of Robbie Fowler's �7m move to Manchester City could scupper his swoop for Brazilian World Cup star Kleberson (Daily Mirror).

Middlesbrough have launched a shock move to sign Tottenham striker Les Ferdinand until the end of the season (Daily Star).

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Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink will have to take a �5,000-a-week pay cut if he wants to seal his dream move to Barcelona (Daily Mirror).

Middlesbrough are hoping to take advantage of the Robbie Fowler saga by renewing their bid to sign Leeds midfielder Seth Johnson (The Times).

Japanese international midfielder Kazuyuki Toda is set to become a Sunderland player after impressing boss Howard Wilkinson in a two-week trial (The Times).

Everton are ready to sell midfielder Alex Nyarko - on-loan at Paris St Germain - for less than half the �4.5m they paid for him (Daily Mail).

And Ipswich have cut their losses on �3m Nigerian striker Finidi George - by giving him a �1m pay-off (The Sun).

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