
TRANSFER RUMOURS
Blackburn are to send 18-year-old defender Eddie Nolan to Stockport on loan to give him some first-team experience ahead of next season. (Daily Mirror)
Rangers are ready to gamble on troubled West Ham goalkeeper Roy Carroll with a summer swoop to bring him to Ibrox. (Scottish Daily Express)
OTHER GOSSIP
England midfielder Frank Lampard has insisted that he wants to remain at Chelsea, despite reports linking him to Barcelona. (The Sun)
Everton striker Victor Anichebe, 18, wants a bumper new contract after breaking into the first team. (Daily Mirror)
Sylvain Distin says Manchester City's foreign players did not take kindly to fellow defender Richard Dunne's recent criticism of them. (Star)
Blackburn's Stephen Warnock wants refs who blunder to serve bans after his side's controversial loss to West Ham in which Howard Webb officiated. (Sun)
Preston striker David Nugent is set for a call-up to the England squad because of an injury to Darren Bent. (Various)
Rangers bosses are set to meet with fans as fears grow that Ibrox may be closed because of sectarian chanting. (Daily Record)
Celtic boss Gordon Strachan has denied any title nerves after the loss to Falkirk. (Daily Record)
AND FINALLY...
Tottenham boss Martin Jol "hates" it when Chelsea's Jose Mourinho calls himself the Special One. He added he thinks Watford boss Aidy Boothroyd has done "maybe a better job than the champions of England".