All the latest football rumours from today's newspapers.
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QPR have tried to bring Lee Cook back on loan from Fulham.(Daily Express)
- Manchester United are chasing Barcelona's latest prodigy - in the shape of 18-year-old Mexican sensation Giovani Dos Santos.(Daily Mirror)
- Stoke want to sign Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Glenn Whelan on loan after failing with a permanent offer.(Daily Star)
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Tottenham are ready to sign Ghana starlet Ransford Osei - the top scorer at the Under-17 World Cup.(Daily Mirror)
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Manchester City reject Hatem Trabelsi is set to sign for French side Le Mans after turning up for a trial.(Daily Mirror)
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Nottingham Forest are lining up a loan move for Leicester striker Matty Fryatt after their horror start to the new season.(Daily Mirror)
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Cameroon World Cup star Patrick Suffo has gone on trial at Dundee United.(Daily Record)
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Dundee trialists Nathan Koo-Boothe and Marc Elston have been told they are not being offered deals.(Daily Record)
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Released Hibernian striker Gerard Rossi has snubbed Dundee and moved to Slovakian third division side FC Neded.(Daily Record)
OTHER GOSSIP
- Owen Hargreaves has emerged as a doubt for England's crucial Euro 2008 qualifiers after being sent for a scan on a damaged thigh.(The Sun)
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Actually, Hargreaves has suffered a recurrence of a hamstring problem and has no chance of being fit for Saturday.(Daily Mirror)
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Aston Villa's Gareth Barry has been put on standby to start his first competitive England game for seven years.(Various)
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Israel midfielder Gal Alberman believes his side can win at Wembley.(Daily Mirror)
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Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko claims he is fit - but boss Jose Mourinho will not play him.(Various)
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Wigan boss Chris Hutchings will ask refs' chief Keith Hackett to help overturn the red card Kevin Kilbane picked up at Newcastle.(The Sun)
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Martin O'Neill is ready to offer injury-plagued defender Martin Laursen a new deal at Aston Villa.(The Sun)
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Patrick Vieira has claimed clubs like Arsenal are damaging the future of the English game by not bringing local talent through.(Daily Star)
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Sir Alex Ferguson has finally admitted he was wrong to drive Jaap Stam out of Man Utd because of a personal vendetta.(Daily Mirror)
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Meanwhile, Ferguson reckons David Beckham has no chance of making soccer a major sport in the US.(Daily Star)
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Sheffield United are poised to buy Hungarian club Ferencvaros in a £20m deal.(Various)
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Falkirk chiefs hope manager John Hughes will find time over the international break to sign a two-year contract extension.(Daily Record)
AND FINALLY...
- Sir Alex Ferguson says David Beckham was never the same after he got married to Victoria.(Various)