Liverpool are set to go head to head with Manchester United for Aston Villa winger Ashley Young. The 25-year-old tops a list of summer targets for the the Merseysiders that also includes Wolves wideman Matt Jarvis, Bolton defender Gary Cahill and Blackpool midfielder Charlie Adam. Full story: the Times (requires subscription)
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti wants £60m-rated Palermo playmaker Javier Pastore to provide the ammunition for misfiring Fernando Torres but hopes to land him for £30m. Full story: Daily Mirror
Manchester City have started to sound out possible replacements for controversial forward Mario Balotelli, with Napoli striker Ezequiel Lavezzi at the top of their list. Full story: talkSPORT
Arsenal and Bayern Munich are leading the way in the chase for Bolton defender Gary Cahill after sending representatives to watch him in action against Manchester United at the weekend. Bolton are tracking Real Mallorca's Ivan Ramis as a possible replacement. Full story: Daily Mail
Juventus have Liverpool and England's Glen Johnson and Chelsea's Jose Bosingwa on their list of right-back targets for next season. Full story: Daily Mirror
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew is understood to have approached French club Lille about the possibility of securing both Moussa Sow and Gervinho on a deal that would result in the pair spearheading a £40m-rated Magpies attack next season. Full story: Metro
AC Milan centre-back Thiago Silva has suggested he may be open to a summer move to Manchester United. Full story: Caught Offside
Five teenage Brazilians - Gladstony, Aguilar, Lucas Evangelista, Agnaldo and Rafael Leao - from Sao Paulo academy Desportivo Brasil were guests of Manchester United at the club's recent match against Bolton. The quintet are set to link up with Dutch side Twente before switching to Old Trafford as part of United's plan to develop their own South American talent. Full story: Daily Mail
Scouts representing Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham will watch Ipswich striker Connor Wickham on England Under-21 duty against Denmark on Thursday night. Full story: Daily Mirror
Arsenal have agreed a £220,000 deal to sign 15-year-old centre-back Leander Siemann from German side Hertha Berlin, according to reports in Germany. Full story: Daily Mirror
Charlton's teenage left-back Carl Jenkinson has rejected the offer of a new contract and could be poised for a dream summer move to Arsenal. Full story: Daily Mail
OTHER GOSSIP
Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard will be dropped by England coach Fabio Capello for Saturday's Euro 2012 qualifier against Wales after more than seven years as an automatic selection. Full story: Daily Mirror
Real Madrid's former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says that his next job will definitely be back in England. Full story: talkSPORT
Liverpool's £50m sale of striker Fernando Torres to Chelsea lifted a cloud over Anfield, according to the club's newly appointed director of football Damien Comolli. Full story: the Sun
Everton striker Louis Saha has admitted that it is "going to be difficult" for him to play again this season after suffering an ankle injury against Fulham on Saturday. Full story: L'Equipe (in French)
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand could yet return for the closing stages of the season. The 32-year-old is ahead of schedule in his recovery from a calf injury after visiting leading specialist Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt in Germany this week. Full story: the Guardian
England under-21 manager Stuart Pearce is to risk the wrath of Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger and Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish by calling up Gunners midfielder Jack Wilshere and Reds striker Andy Carroll for the Under-21 European Championship this summer. Full story: the Sun
Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli has promised to stop behaving badly for the rest of his playing career if he gets words of advice from his Brazilian idol Ronaldo. Full story: Daily Mirror
The Professional Footballers' Association and the Football Association have launched an investigation into footage posted online that appears to show Port Vale defender Exodus Geohaghon being racially abused by his own fans. Full story: Daily Mail
A new £50m television rights deal, set to run for four years from 2014, will be used by Scotland coach Craig Levein to restructure Scottish football from top to bottom. (Daily Record)
AND FINALLY
Former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne will perform a tell-all stage show to help him get over his troubles, teaming up with fellow ex-international Jimmy Greaves for the no-holds-barred performance in Bournemouth called the Gazza and Greavsie Show, which will include jokes, anecdotes and questions from the crowd. Full story: Daily Mirror
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson will meet with BBC director general Mark Thompson to discuss his refusal to speak to the broadcaster for the past six years. Ferguson's decision not to give interviews to the corporation followed a documentary that made allegations about his football agent son Jason. Full story: Daily Mail
The Football Association has admitted that it will be "very difficult" to prevent some England fans succeeding in their plans to bring inflatable sheep to the Millennium Stadium for Saturday's Euro 2012 qualifier against Wales. Full story: the Sun
England manager Fabio Capello, criticised by some for his strict regime during England's unsuccessful 2010 World Cup campaign, refused to allow his players to play golf in the sun on Wednesday, instead instructing them to stay in their rooms at their hotel in Watford. Full story: the Independent
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