1625 BST: Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has revealed he would love to coach Roma one day. "I would love to return to Roma," Ancelotti told Sportmediaset.it. "It would be the only Italian club I would go to." The 50-year-old, who spent eight years as a player for the Giallorossi, also said he would consider the Italy job after the World Cup, if he was offered it.
TRANSFER GOSSIP
Manchester City are prepared to pay up to £65m to sign France winger Franck Ribery from Bayern Munich in January.Full story: The Sun
Manchester United look set to step up their interest in Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev, with CSKA Moscow indicating they are prepared to let United speak to the £10m-rater stopper in the January transfer window. Full story: Daily Mirror
United have revived their attempt to sign Valencia's £35m-rated striker David Villa. Full story: Daily Mail
West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola faces a battle with Napoli to sign Bayern Munich striker Luca Toni. Full story: Daily Mirror
Blackburn midfielder David Dunn is being offered a lucrative move to Dubai club Al-Nasr when his contract at Ewood Park expires in the summer, although the 29-year-old's early-season form has also alerted several European clubs. Full story: Daily Mail
Wolves striker Sylvain Ebanks-Blake is being tracked by Serie A side Palermo but the Premier League club insist he is going nowhere having signed a new four-year contract in July. (Daily Mirror)
Non-league Woking are lining up an ambitious move for former Chelsea and Leeds United striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink. Full story: Daily Mirror
OTHER GOSSIP
Speculation mounts that former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson may decide to leave Notts County. Full story: MirrorFootball
Former Tranmere striker David Kelly is set to take over as Rovers boss after John Barnes was sacked. Full story: MirrorFootball
England coach Fabio Capello intends to start the 2010 World Cup in South Africa with David James as his first-choice goalkeeper. Full story: The Times
The Football Association has indicated it is willing to provide a £5.5m bonus pot if England win the World Cup and, with it being split on a pro-rata basis depending on number of games played, Capello's top stars could each earn around £400,000. Full story: The Sun
England midfielder Steven Gerrard has prepared for his country's World Cup qualifier in Ukraine by studying a DVD of his disappointing performance for Liverpool against Chelsea last Sunday. Full story: The Sun
Portsmouth's new director of football Avram Grant will take a place in the dugout alongside manager Paul Hart during matches. Full story: The Sun
John Barnes was sacked as Tranmere manager after chairman Peter Johnson had a change of heart: Johnson met Barnes on Thursday and told him he would be carrying on, only to dispense of the former England midfielder's services after being besieged by angry supporters at a fans' forum that evening. Full story: Daily Mail
Leeds City Council has demanded that Leeds United reveal who the club's ultimate owners are before the council proceeds with the £6m purchase of the Thorp Arch training ground. Full story: The Guardian
AND FINALLY
England defender Rio Ferdinand says there will be no "distractions" for his side at the 2010 World Cup, insisting Capello will not allow the squad to be thrown off course by WAGs, injudicious predictions of victory or debates over broken metatarsals and players carrying injuries. Full story: Daily Telegraph
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo can be seen playing the guitar and singing for a new tongue-in-cheek television advert. Full story: Daily Star
Members of the 1966 England World Cup-winning squad have branded the decision to show England's match in the Ukraine on the internet only as a "disgrace." Full story: MirrorFootball
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