Bayern Munich midfielder Owen Hargreaves will sign for Manchester United today. (The Sun)

Liverpool are set to land Feyenoord striker Dirk Kuyt after beating off competition from Newcastle. (Various)

Iran World Cup star Andranjik Teymourian claims he will join Bolton within two weeks on a two-season contract. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal are ready to lower the asking price for Ashley Cole - not for Chelsea but for a foreign club, with Inter Milan believed to have shown an interest in the England defender. (Daily Mirror)

Meanwhile, Cole may be in the Gunners squad for Saturday's Premiership opener against Aston Villa. (Various)

Manager Arsene Wenger has told the Arsenal board to complete the sale of Cole by the end of this week. (The Independent)

Celtic have told former Parkhead boss Martin O'Neill, who is now manager of Aston Villa, that he can forget about signing midfielder Stilian Petrov. (Daily Record)

Wolves are set to complete the loan signing of 21-year-old Liverpool midfielder Darren Potter. (Various)

Ipswich want to sign Crystal Palace striker Jon Macken on loan. (Various)

Luton have made a �300,000 offer for Ipswich striker Sam Parkin, who has also been linked to Preston. (Daily Star)

Chelsea have taken 16-year-old Argentine defender Maximiliano Oliva on trial from River Plate. (Daily Mail)

Celtic have increased their offer for Wolves left-back Lee Naylor to �600,000. (Daily Express)

Sheffield United will sign out-of-favour Rangers defender Olivier Bernard within 48 hours. (Daily Express)

Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell has admitted that he is in talks with Real Madrid midfielder Thomas Gravesen. (Daily Record)

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan in Prague last night to assess Stuttgart striker Daniel Ljuboja in action for Serbia against the Czech Republic. (The Sun)

Celtic have given Lech Poznan midfielder Filip Burkhardt a week to seal a �400,000 transfer after his trial. (The Sun)

Hibernian are considering signing defender George Santos, now on trial with Brighton. (The Sun)

Dundee United forward David Fernandez will complete his move to Kilmarnock before the weekend. (The Sun)

Aberdeen are poised to sign defender Dan Smith and striker Dyran Daal today. (The Herald)

Dundee United still hope to sign goalkeeper Allan McGregor despite being unhappy at Rangers' �200,000 valuation. (Various)

Motherwell could move for Hibernians midfielder Udo Nwoko after Falkirk dropped their interest despite the Maltese club reducing their �150,000 fee demand. (Daily Express)

Dundee hope to take Rangers striker Moses Ashikodi on loan. (Daily Record)

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has revealed that only a last-minute plea from manager Jose Mourinho prevented him from leaving Stamford Bridge this summer. (The Sun)

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has warned Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo he must cut out the diving in matches - if he wants to be forgiven by English fans following his role in team-mate Wayne Rooney's sending off in England's World Cup quarter-final with Portugal. (Various)

Former England captain David Beckham, who was omitted from the squad to face Greece, trained alone at Real Madrid on Wednesday night because his private jet from London was caught up in the airport chaos and so he was late returning to Spain for the scheduled session with his club. It may lead to him being fined by the club. (Various)

American billionaire Randy Lerner has moved closer to a �62.6m takeover of Aston Villa. (The Sun)

Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder admits he may have to write off Michael Owen for the whole season because of the England striker's cruciate ligament injury. (Various)

Chelsea fear they may be without Petr Cech for the opening month of the season because the goalkeeper's recovery from groin surgery took longer than expected and he has only just resumed training. (Daily Mirror)

West Ham striker Dean Ashton will have an operation today to have a pin inserted in the broken ankle he suffered while training with England. (Daily Star)

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill will discover in the next 24 hours if striker Milan Baros and midfielder Gareth Barry want to be part of the revolution at the club following talks with the duo. (Daily Star)

Chelsea defender Wayne Bridge is to be thrown in to face Manchester City on Sunday, even though his future is in doubt - and he will only be allowed to leave if a replacement is found. (Daily Express)

Shaun Maloney is close to agreeing a contract extension with Celtic. (The Sun)

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan has decided against appealing two-game touchline ban. (The Sun)

New Rangers signing Filip Sebo says his hat-trick in Slovakia's 3-0 win over Malta on Tuesday may have been down to chocolate. He said: "Before the Malta game I ate some white chocolate. I probably had too much but maybe, in a strange way, that helped me to score the hat-trick. I should try this before every game to see if it works." (Daily Record)

A sign that Cristiano Ronaldo will stay at Manchester United this season is that manager Sir Alex Ferguson has had a �200 charity bet on him, with the 6-1 wager being for the winger to score 15 goals for his club this season. (Daily Mail)