Jose Mourinho has had a change of heart and will tell the Football Association he is not interested in the England job after receiving an offer to coach a major club next season (News of the World).

If Mourinho does rule himself out, FA chief executive Brian Barwick will turn to Martin O'Neill or Jurgen Klinsmann (Mail on Sunday).

But if Mourinho does take the job, he will appoint a prominent ex-England international as his assistant (Observer).

Former England international Paul Ince says it is a "sad indictment of us as a nation" that the FA is consulting so many foreigners about who should be England boss, and would re-appoint Glenn Hoddle or Terry Venables (Times).

Valencia midfielder Joaquin says he turned down a �30m move to Chelsea last year because he felt he would have a better quality of life staying in Spain (News of the World).

Portsmouth's �4m misfit David Nugent could join Derby on loan with a view to a permanent move (News of the World).

A Singaporean business consortium is interested in buying Newcastle for �200m from owner Mike Ashley just six months after he took over the club (Express).

Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has joked Liverpool would need to give him Anfield and Steven Gerrard if they wanted midfielder Michael Johnson (Express)

Aston Villa are now favourites to sign Derby winger Giles Barnes, who had been tipped to join West Ham (News of the World)

Birmingham and Newcastle could face FA charges over allegations they gave false information over transfer deals (Mail on Sunday).

Chelsea's Claudio Pizarro has been suspended from the Peruvian national team for indiscipline at the team hotel after a recent World Cup qualifier (Times).

Celtic are interested in Burnley's Northern Ireland striker Kyle Lafferty (News of the World).

Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson says former England boss Steve McClaren used the club "as a stepping stone" in his managerial career and has not been back since he left (Times).

Chelsea could be without Didier Drogba for 11 Premier League matches because of his knee operation and the African Cup of Nations (Telegraph).

Liverpool co-owner George Gillett will make a surprise trip over from America for Tuesday's vital Champions League game with Marseille (Telegraph).

Sunderland boss Roy Keane says he has been told by Republic of Ireland players that they want Terry Venables as the new manager (News of the World).

Fifa president Sepp Blatter says he has spoken to "your Prime Minister Gordon Banks" about England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup (Express).

Sir Bobby Robson says Ronaldo is the best player he has ever worked with, having signed him for Barcelona in 1996 after failing to land Alan Shearer from Blackburn (Mail on Sunday).

Brentford boss Terry Butcher says young players should be made to do things like clean senior players' boots to give them some sense of value (Mail on Sunday).