Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson's pre-season plans are in chaos with his summer-long pursuit of Ronaldinho on the brink of collapse. And Chelsea have pulled out of a deal for Juan Sebastian Veron which would have put �15m in United's coffers (Daily Star).

West Ham have accepted a �2.5m bid from Manchester City for Trevor Sinclair despite interest from Middlesbrough (The Sun).

Chelsea have offered Graeme Le Saux to Southampton in an attempt to secure the services of Saints left-back Wayne Bridge in a �7m deal (Various).

Manchester United have struck an �8m deal to land Belgian defender Daniel van Buyten from Marseille next summer (The Sun).

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Arsenal have such financial problems that boss Arsene Wenger has been banned from strengthening his squad (Daily Star).

French defender Philippe Christanval has flown in from Barcelona to sign for Bolton on a one-year loan, with the Spanish club agreeing to pay half his �30,000-a-week salary (Daily Mirror).

Blackburn winger Damien Duff is stalling on a �17m move to Chelsea because he is hoping Manchester United will come in with a last-minute bid (The Independent).

Pini Zahavi, the agent authorised to deal for Chelsea, has met Roma to discuss the availability of Brazil midfielder Emerson (Daily Mail).

Chelsea will not take no for an answer in their pursuit of Arsenal pair Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira - but they do not want Deportivo La Coruna striker Roy Makaay (Daily Express).

Barcelona have wrapped up the details of the �4.6m signing of Manchester United target Ricardo Quaresma from Sporting Lisbon (Daily Telegraph).