Alan Curbishley has been targeted as West Ham's next manager by the consortium poised to buy the London club. (The Sun)

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is targeting Livorno's Marco Amelia to solve his goalkeeping crisis. (Daily Mirror)

Reading and Everton are battling to sign the Icelandic Birkir Bjarnason. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea's Michael Essien claims his reputation as a "hard man" will attract the attentions of the Premiership's hatchet-men. (Daily Express)

Thierry Henry believes David Beckham should be given another chance in the England team. (The Sun)

Andriy Shevchenko insists he will prove his critics wrong once he starts regularly scoring goals for Chelsea. (Daily Star)

A radical review, which calls for controls to prevent billionaire owners from buying the best talent, has been presented to a meeting of European sports ministers in Moscow. (The Independent).

Fulham manager Chris Coleman has warned Senegal midfielder Papa Bouba Diop about returning unfit from international duty (Daily Mail).

Former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson may be offered a consultancy role with Maccabi Haifa in Israel. (Daily Mail)

Sheffield Wednesday will interview Bryan Robson for their manager's job after Nigel Worthington ruled himself out of contention. (Daily Mail)

Sheffield Wednesday chairman Dave Allen wants to talk to Scunthorpe boss Brian Laws about their vacancy. (Daily Mirror)

The deal to bring about the �100m takeover of West Ham will be made official as soon as the Stock Exchange can be informed. (Daily Express)

West Ham have become the front-runners to move into London's 2012 Olympic Stadium after the Games. (Daily Express)

Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov is still getting to grips with city life in London. The Bulgarian international reckons he could have a few fines waiting for him because he has been driving around London blissfully unaware of the congestion charge. (Daily Mail)

Chelsea's Michael Essien has revealed his incredible energy comes from his 14 hours of sleep every day. (Daily Star)

Bolton's 6ft 9in Chinese import Yang Changpeng had some problems adapting to Western food until he discovered KFC. (Daily Mirror)