Chelsea are planning a �20m bid for Arsenal's England full-back Ashley Cole, who is also wanted by Real Madrid. (Mirror)

Niall Quinn wants Martin O'Neill to be his manager at Sunderland when he takes full control of the Black Cats. (Mirror)

Charlton have told Newcastle that striker Darren Bent will not be leaving the club. (The Sun)

West Ham are turning their attentions to Preston defender Tyrone Mears, having failed to land Charlton's Luke Young. (Mail)

Real Madrid's newly-elected president Ramon Calderon has declared Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas and Chelsea winger Arjen Robben as his imminent transfer targets. (Independent)

Talks between Wolves and former boss Glenn Hoddle have been put back after Hoddle revealed a "family issue" would prevent him from meeting chief executive Jez Moxey. (Independent)

Tottenham have increased their bid for West Brom defender Curtis Davies to around �5.5m. (Times)

Rangers are on the brink of signing Lyon midfielder Jeremy Clement. (Daily Record)

Hearts rebels Rudi Skacel and Andy Webster have played their last game for the club. (Daily Record)

World Cup referee Horacio Elizondo insists that Cristiano Ronaldo's actions did not influence his decision to send off Wayne Rooney in the World Cup quarter-final.

Sven-Goran Eriksson, who will continue to be paid by the English FA until his contract expires in 2008, has been told by his replacement Steve McClaren that it was wrong to pick Theo Walcott for the World Cup (Express).

Rooney has denied there is a rift with Ronaldo after the acrimonious match between England and Portugal (Guardian).

The USA intend to lure Jurgen Klinsmann away from the German team with a lucrative offer to replace Bruce Arena as their national boss (Telegraph).

Jamie Carragher has been labelled a "bottler" by former England fitness coach Ivan Carminati. (The Sun)

German businesses will miss out on an estimated �90m worth of spending from England fans of varying degrees of wealth and status, now that the team are out of the World Cup. (Times)

Meanwhile, England hope they will break even on the tournament, despite paying out for a block-booking at the team's luxury hotel, relaying the practice pitches and arranging for a state of the art media centre. (Guardian)

United States keeper Kasey Keller has labelled David Beckham "a total poser". (Express)