Manchester United have moved into overdrive to try and sign Newcastle's Kieron Dyer for �20m - and the England midfielder wants a move to Old Trafford (The Sun).

Chelsea will ask Newcastle to name their price for Kieron Dyer when the clubs meet this week in Kuala Lumpur for the Asia Cup (Daily Mail).

Chelsea have been left on tenterhooks over the �17m signing of Damien Duff because the winger cannot decide whether to stay at Blackburn or make a �65,000-a-week move (Daily Express).

Juventus have stepped up their attempts to sign Arsenal playmaker Robert Pires with a �4m bid (Daily Mirror).

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Arsene Wenger has admitted that he is in negotiations with Valencia about bringing keeper Santiago Canizares to Arsenal (The Guardian).

Manchester City boss Kevin Keegan hopes to complete the signing of Feyenoord's Paul Bosvelt in time for the match against the Dutch side on Friday (Daily Star).

Chelsea will continue to pay �1m per year of Graeme Le Saux's wages at Southampton in order to seal their �7m purchase of Wayne Bridge. Portsmouth showed an interest in Le Saux but Chelsea did not want to jeopardise the Bridge deal (The Guardian).

Birmingham boss Steve Bruce has solved his keeper crisis by swooping for Bordeaux free agent Frederic Roux (The Sun).

Charlton boss Alan Curbishley has warned Chelsea, Spurs and Everton target Scott Parker that he could ruin his career by leaving the Valley too soon (Daily Mail).