
TRANSFER RUMOURS
The Premier League agreed to push back the transfer deadline by 10 minutes to ensure Ashley Cole's move from Arsenal to Chelsea was completed. (Daily Telegraph)
Cole now needs Chelsea's approval before publishing his controversial autobiography. (Daily Telegraph)
William Gallas will be paid more at Arsenal than Cole at Chelsea. (Daily Express)
But Gallas' wage demands of �100,000 a week almost scuppered the deal. (Daily Mirror)
Arsenal promised Cole a move to Manchester United if he turned down Chelsea - but the England left-back refused. (The Sun)
Cash-strapped Dundee United allowed Lee Miller to join Aberdeen for free to get him off the wage bill. (Daily Telegraph)
OTHER GOSSIP
Manchester City's Ben Thatcher is likely to escape an FA charge for his elbow on Pedro Mendes - but he could yet receive a police caution. (The Times)
The Iranian-born businessman linked with a takeover of West Ham insists he is "in no position to bid for a football club". (Daily Telegraph)
Said businessman, Kia Joorabchian, is an Arsenal fan. (The Sun)
Scotland manager Walter Smith says he will be out of a job if his side do not win their first two Euro qualifiers. (Daily Record)
Players who wave imaginary cards to get opponents booked or sent off will be booked, under new Uefa rules. (The Sun)
FUNNIES
Bookmakers are offering odds of 8/11 that Argentine pair Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano will not be at Upton Park next season. (Daily Express)
On the plus side, West Ham are now 8/1 to finish fifth in the Premiership, behind the 'big four'. (Daily Express)
New Wigan signing David Cotterill's full name is David Rhys George Best Cotterill. The Welsh winger's father was a Manchester United fan. (Daily Express)
Old Trafford holds more people than the entire population of Andorra, who play England at Manchester United's home ground on Saturday. (Daily Mirror)
An anonymous Dunfermline fan financed the deal to take striker Stevie Crawford back to the club. (Daily Record)