Liverpool striker Michael Owen will leave Anfield at the end of the season for �30m with Inter's Alvaro Recoba being lined up as a replacement (Daily Star on Sunday, Sunday Express).

Manchester United are lining up a deal to take 17-year-old Anderlecht centre-back Vincent Kompany to the club (Sunday People).

Arsenal could face a multi-million pound investment from an other Russian billionaire, Vladimir Potanin (The Mail on Sunday).

Man Utd defender Rio Ferdinand will be charged with deliberately missing his drugs test leading to the possibility of a two-year ban (The Mail on Sunday).

Barcelona are interested in Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard with the club hoping that the player's Catalan fianc�e will help swing the deal in their favour (News of the World).

The Nou Camp club are also said to be prepared to pull out all the stops to bring Arsenal's Thierry Henry with Patrick Kluivert heading in the opposite direction. (Sunday Mirror).

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Former Middlesbrough player Alen Boksic could make a return to the Premiership with Wolves at the front of the queue. (Daily Star on Sunday)

Sacked Inter Milan boss Hector Cuper is in the running to take over from Glenn Hoddle at Tottenham (News of the World).

Spurs and Fulham are running the rule over Preston striker Ricardo Fuller (Daily Star on Sunday).