Arsenal will complete the signing of Marseille and France midfielder Franck Ribery for a minimum fee of �13.5m. (The Guardian)

Real Madrid have insisted they will hold talks with Arsenal winger Jose Antonio Reyes this week over a possible transfer. (Daily Mirror)

New Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill wants to begin his reign with a �4m swoop for Fulham midfielder Steed Malbranque. (The Sun)

Portsmouth are ready to make a �7m swoop for Ghana World Cup midfielder Sulley Muntari. (Daily Mirror)

Marseille have made Newcastle defender Jean-Alain Boumsong their number one transfer target. (Daily Express)

Rangers keeper Allan McGregor has pleaded with boss Paul Le Guen to be allowed to leave the club. (Daily Record)

Blackburn are close to signing defender Andre Ooijer from PSV Eindhoven. (Various)

Watford are set to sign Hungarian international striker Tamas Priskin, 19. (Various)

Manchester City are targeting Swedish keeper Andreas Isaksson as a replacement for David James, who looks set to join Portsmouth. (The Sun)

Ex-Everton midfielder Thomas Gravesen moved closer to a �2m transfer to Newcastle after being left out of Real Madrid's tour of the United States. (The Sun)

Portsmouth are leading a host of Premiership clubs chasing Inter Milan's Obafemi Martins, who could leave the Italian club following Hernan Crespo's move to the San Siro. (The Guardian)

QPR are lining up Fulham defender Zesh Rehman as a replacement for departed Dan Shittu. (Daily Star)

Celtic's Mo Camara and Adam Virgo are set to leave Parkhead, leaving boss Gordon Strachan able to bring in new faces. (Daily Record)

Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo will not play in Tuesday's friendly at Oxford because of security concerns. (The Sun)

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will be hit with a three-match ban following his sending off during the pre-season tour of Amsterdam. (Various)

England boss Steve McClaren met with Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard on Monday as he prepares to unveil the new national captain - with Chelsea's John Terry and Manchester United's Gary Neville also in the frame. (Daily Express)

Wigan winger Gary Teale will miss the start of the season because of an ankle injury. (The Sun)

Everton winger Andy van der Meyde faces a carpeting from his club after breaking a club curfew and ending up in hospital over claims that his drink had been spiked. (Various)

Winger Shaun Wright-Phillips admits he would feel a failure if he quit Chelsea in search of regular first-team football. (Daily Express)

Former Arsenal star Nigel Winterburn has hit out at Gunners winger Jose Antonio Reyes, who was photographed wearing a Real Madrid shirt before Arsenal played the Spanish side - who have been repeatedly linked to the player - last season. (The Sun)

Reading's Steve Sidwell could face action from Royals' boss Steve Coppell after branding the club's pre-season preparations as "a joke". (Daily Star)

Star players will be greeted by posters in the dressing room warning them to behave this season. The Premier League has introduced the move to "encourage an element of self-policing" in the game. (The Guardian)