Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo fears for his safety if he stays at Manchester United. (The Sun)

Arsenal are prepared to loan Theo Walcott to West Brom to secure the �8m transfer of defender Curtis Davies. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea defender Robert Huth's �5m move to Middlesbrough has broken down after the German failed a medical. (Various)

Meanwhile Middlesbrough have made a �2.5m bid for Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton. (Daily Mirror)

Charlton are adamant �10m-rated striker Darren Bent will remain at The Valley in the immediate future. (Daily Mail)

Newcastle have abandoned their pursuit of Fulham midfielder Steed Malbranque and now hope to sign Chelsea's Shaun Wright-Phillips on loan. (The Guardian)

Man Utd defender Gabriel Heinze wants to stay despite interest from Real Madrid and Barcelona. (The Sun)

West Ham are hoping to agree a cut-price fee of �1.5m with Blackburn to sign Brett Emerton. (Daily Mail)

Spurs are set to bid �2m for Juventus defender Lilian Thuram. (Daily Star)

Middlesbrough have signed 18-year-old midfielder Herold Goulon from French champions Lyon. (Various)

Watford and Plymouth are both interested in signing Manchester United's 20-year-old striker Sylvain Ebanks-Blake. (Daily Mirror)

Bolton are expected to complete the �1.5m signing of Marseille's Ivory Coast defender Abdoulaye Meite on Thursday. (Various)

Bayern�Munich�have�offered�Marseille �7m�for�French international winger�Franck�Ribery. (The Times)

Chelsea's French international defender William Gallas is ready to agree a new contract with the club. (Various)

Prospective suitors interested in signing Sol Campbell have been put off by his �80,000-a-week wage demands. (Various)

PSV Eindhoven's Peruvian striker Jefferson Farfan has turned down a �7.5m move to Portsmouth. (The Times)

Fulham have knocked back Birmingham's �3m swoop to sign striker Collins John. (The Sun, Daily Star)

Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric says he will be making an improved offer for Celtic's Stilian Petrov. (Daily Record)

Celtic have joined the chase to sign �2m striker Diego Tristan from Deportivo La Coruna. (Daily Record)

Rangers have been told they have no chance of signing Austria Vienna Filip Sebo. (Daily Record)

Newcastle midfielder Kieron Dyer's scheduled comeback has been put back a month to mid-September. (The Guardian)

Clive Woodward has agreed to hold talks with England coach Steve McClaren, who is keen to use every method to improve his squad's preparation. (The Sun)

Bolton chairman Phil Gartside insists boss Sam Allardyce will not be joining Sunderland. (Daily Telegraph)

Italy's World Cup winners have adopted Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes as their unofficial anthem.

Francesco Totti, who is a big fan of the group, sung the top 10 hit after Italy's dramatic penalty shoot-out win over France, substituting the words to say "Siamo I Campioni Del Mondo" - which translates as "We Are The Champions Of The World".

'A source close to the band' said: "There were 500,000 people singing the riff in the streets. It's become Italy's second national anthem." (The Sun)

Marco Materazzi broke off from defending his role in Zinedine Zidane's sending off to join the Rolling Stones on stage during a gig in Milan. Materazzi and team-mate Alessandro Del Piero received a rapturous welcome from the 70,000 fans.

And just to prove football really is the new rock 'n' roll, Del Piero's close pal Noel Gallagher from Oasis - who was described as 'Italy's lucky mascot' for the final - treated the team to an acoustic rendition of Don't Look Back In Anger after the match.