Blackburn defender Michael Gray may go out on loan when the transfer window opens in the summer. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo has cast doubt over his future by saying he does not know where he will be in six months. (Various)

Ex-Falkirk striker Tam McManus still wants to return to Hibernian - where he is on trial - despite an offer from Russian outfit Sibir. (Daily Record)

Aston Villa keeper Thomas Sorensen expects manager Martin O'Neill to splash out on new players in the summer. (Daily Express)

Norwich and Leeds are battling it out to snatch ex-Celtic striker John Hartson from West Brom, with Football League clubs allowed to bring in players on loan from 8 February. (Daily Record)

Middlesbrough midfielder Gaizka Mendieta may join former England captain David Beckham in the United States because he is being tracked by two Major League Soccer clubs. (Daily Express)

Burnley striker Kyle Lafferty, who was the subject of a failed �500,000 bid from Celtic last month, wants a move to the Premiership rather than Scotland. (Daily Record)

Reading midfielder Steve Sidwell, who has rejected all offers of a new deal and is set to become a free agent in the summer, wants to talk to the club's hierarchy again to assess their ambition. (The Independent)

Ross County have warned Scottish Premier League and English Premiership clubs to keep their eyes off 16-year-old midfielder Gary Mackay-Steven, who has been dubbed the hottest young property in the Highlands. (Daily Record)

FC Copenhagen defender Brede Hangeland says West Ham were interested in signing him in the January transfer window. (The Independent)

American tycoons George Gillett and Tom Hicks have vowed to make Liverpool the greatest club in the world after agreeing a takeover deal for the Premiership club. (Various)

Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso believes that the takeover will propel the club to title glory in the future. (The Sun)

Coventry want to talk to Macclesfield boss Paul Ince about becoming their new manager. (Daily Mirror)

Tottenham keeper Paul Robinson's England place is under threat for the first time after Watford's Ben Foster was picked to start the friendly against Spain. (Various)

Manager Steve McClaren has admitted that the entire England set-up is on trial - and that they must get it right over the next 10 months. (Daily Mirror)

England captain John Terry, who will not start the friendly against Spain, says he wants to be remembered as a great skipper for his national side. (The Sun)

Newcastle boss Glenn Roeder has been hit by a new international injury curse after Stephen Carr picked up a thigh problem on duty with the Republic of Ireland. It follows Michael Owen being injured with England last year and Steven Taylor dislocating a shoulder with England Under-21s last season. (The Sun)

Republic of Ireland boss Steve Staunton has tipped the Republic of Ireland's crop of youngsters to provide an exciting future. (Daily Star)

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is ready to give new deals to Olof Mellberg and Gavin McCann. (Various)

Striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has told Inside United magazine that he feels this season is the last chance for the club's old guard to savour glory in the Champions League. (The Sun)

Toronto FC are set to be David Beckham's first opponents in Major League Soccer on 5 August following his decision to join LA Galaxy from Real Madrid in the summer. (Various)

Any chance of West Ham moving to the 2012 Olympic stadium is set to end but talks are still going on about Leyton Orient becoming a secondary tenant at the future athletics venue. (Daily Mail)

Rangers striker Dado Prso has been given the all-clear to play for at least one more season following fears that a knee problem could force him into retirement. (Daily Record)

Former Arsenal midfielder Robert Pires, who is now at Villarreal, hit out at Gunners boss Arsene Wenger in L'Equipe for subjecting him to "the worst moment" of his career - being substituted in the Champions League against Barcelona in 2006 after only 20 minutes. (Daily Express)

Aberdeen may enter the Intertoto Cup for the first time to end their five-year absence from Europe. (Daily Record)

Midfielder Mikel Jon Obi's Chelsea future could be in the balance after he ignored Blues boss Jose Mourinho's instruction not to play for Nigeria in Tuesday's friendly because of an injury concern. (Various)

Reading midfielder Glenn Little says the players, who are riding high in sixth place in the Premiership, have started to talk about qualifying for Europe - but only to make each other laugh. (Daily Express)

Huddersfield defender Nathan Clarke faces up to 10 weeks on the sidelines because of a knee injury. (Daily Star)

Former Portsmouth owner Milan Mandaric's takeover of Leicester will finally go through this week. (The Independent)

Football Association members are expected to defer the date that shareholders make their final vote on the Burns report on the possible restructuring of the FA by two more months. (The Guardian)

Midfielder Matt Holland wants to convince Charlton boss Alan Pardew that he deserves a new contract, with his current deal set to expire in the summer. (The Independent)

Bayern Munich have denied that they want Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho to become their manager when Ottmar Hitzfeld, who replaced Felix Magath last week, ends his stint at the end of the season. (Daily Telegraph)

Manchester City midfielder Stephen Ireland will be offered a new long-term deal. (The Independent)

West Ham hope striker Dean Ashton, who broke an ankle last August, will be fit to return to first-team action by the end of the month. (Daily Telegraph)

Wigan's Chris Kirkland and Leighton Baines should be fit to face Arsenal on Sunday after overcoming shoulder and calf injuries respectively. (The Independent)

Security teams are investigating how six of Manchester United's Opus books, which are worth �4,250 each and weigh 88lb, went missing from a distribution warehouse in London. Two of the volumes have surfaced in Memphis and China. (Daily Mail)

Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn has rejected Sky's invitation to broadcast the Championship game with Derby this month so the fans can enjoy the match at the usual time of 3pm on a Saturday. (Various).

Rangers have taken advantage of a three-week gap between home fixtures to re-lay the pitch. (Daily Record)

Developers wanted to build near the home of former England and Newcastle striker Alan Shearer, now a BBC pundit, but council officials in Northumberland vetoed the plans because the estate is home to a colony of red squirrels. (The Times)