From today's rags..

[Rio's Back Pocket]

Andriy Shevchenko will complete his move to Chelsea within 24 hours after the Blues agreed a fee of £35m with AC Milan. (The Sun)

Andriy Shevchenko will undergo a medical at Chelsea on Wednesday after the Blues agreed a fee of £45m with AC Milan. (Daily Mirror)

Football legend Pele says England midfielder Joe Cole is good enough to play for Brazil. (Various)

Glenn Roeder has told Sol Campbell he is too old to join Newcastle. (The Sun)

Paraguay striker Roque Santa Cruz says he is winning his fitness battle and hopes to face England in the opening Group B World Cup game. (Various)

Inter Milan are the latest club to express an interest in signing Sol Campbell. (Daily Express)

Martin O'Neill has turned down a £2m contract to become new Middlesbrough manager. (Various)

Liverpool face a battle with Barcelona and AC Milan in the race to sign Daniel Alves from Seville. (Various)

Leeds boss Kevin Blackwell says Spurs and England winger Aaron Lennon took a pay cut when he moved south to join the London club. (The Sun)

Tottenham are hoping to secure a £2.5m deal for Portsmouth left-back Matthew Taylor. (Daily Mirror)

Cardiff will use £3m of the money received for Cameron Jerome to secure a £2m deal for Jason Koumas. (The Sun)

Jamie Redknapp is considering teaming up with dad Harry at Portsmouth as first-team coach. (Various)

Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson is to interrupt his summer holiday to look at transfer target Juan Roman Riquelme at the World Cup. (Daily Mirror)

Tottenham are ready to sell defender Calum Davenport. (Daily Mail)

Ukraine's World Cup players have been promised time alone with their wives if they reach the semi-finals. (Guardian)

Rangers boss Paul le Guen has launched a bid to snap up Brondy striker Johan Elmander. He is currently at Sweden's pre-World Cup squad. (Daily Record)

Another player on the move is John Hartson, who is set to be shipped out by Celtic to West Brom for a cut-price £500,000. (Daily Record).

Celtic are also in the market for Real Madrid midfielder Thomas Gravesen but reportedly face competition from Galatasaray. (Daily Record).

At least rumours of Graveson to United have died off. ;D How long before the Riquelme one does?

[JoshReddevilz]

i think the Riquelme rumours wont die off, if Argentina get far in the WC , but if Argentina flop, (unlikely) the rumours will gradually die off

[Busby Boy]

Riquelmé would be a good signing but Gravesen...no thanks!

[donkeadrogba]

I think Gravesen would be a better signing than Riquelme, he'd be cheap, we know he's good in the premiership and he's got a great range of passing and is a bit of a hard man

Jamie Redknapp is considering teaming up with dad Harry at Portsmouth as first-team coach. (Various)

Good get him off Sky sports, he can't comentate and his punditry is awful! He just repeats the last thing that was said

[onenedkelly]

Smite - Graveson over Riqueleme

donkeadrogba said:

I think Gravesen would be a better signing than Riquelme, he'd be cheap, we know he's good in the premiership and he's got a great range of passing and is a bit of a hard man

Jamie Redknapp is considering teaming up with dad Harry at Portsmouth as first-team coach. (Various)

Good get him off Sky sports, he can't comentate and his punditry is awful! He just repeats the last thing that was said

[ibrahiy]

I would say neither gravesen nor riqueleme both are much older than what we need, they would only be temporary solutions like VDS

[roonaldo]

I think that Riquelme would be good for the next 3-4 years, which is good enough and will give players like Rossi and Jones to become more established players.

Riquelme is also exactly the sort of player we need in Europe as he can unlock defences, and we wont have to rely on Rooney to create everything himself.

ibrahiy said:

I would say neither gravesen nor riqueleme both are much older than what we need, they would only be temporary solutions like VDS

[manuxtreme]

donkeadrogba said:

I think Gravesen would be a better signing than Riquelme, he'd be cheap, we know he's good in the premiership and he's got a great range of passing and is a bit of a hard man

Same feelings myself. Riquelme might end up just like Veron.

[JoshReddevilz]

he could end up like veron if united dont do well, but Riquelme is better than Veron and i hope he comes

[mancunian]

According to the MEN Diarra favours Madrid.

[JoshReddevilz]

yh but i dont think SAF will buy him, too much money