World Football Headlines--Week of May 29, 10 DAYS to World Cup

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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 to 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)

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Whoa, some stuff in here today.....Sol Campbell too old for Magbies, but the Nerazzuri are interested......DAMN.

ManU looking at Riquelme, interesting.

Martin O'Neill turns DOWN 'Boro. Was MacClaren the right choice for England????????????

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I like that Pele is giving some professional advice

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after reading, years ago, that he was so good with ball handling because he used to dribble oranges around I started doing the same thing -- the results could never be more different

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Wayne Rooney has told friends he will be fit enough to kick a football as early as next week. (Daily Mirror)

Michael Owen has been told by England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson that he can duck out of tackles in the final World Cup warm-up game. (Daily Star)

Chelsea have a clause which means they can claim back £7m of the transfer fee for Andriy Shevchenko, should he be injured at the World Cup. (Various)

Liverpool are to launch a £9.5m bid for Charlton striker Darren Bent. (The Sun)

AC Milan will use the money from the sale of Andriy Shevchenko to bid for Steven Gerrard. (Daily Star)

Watford boss Aidy Boothroyd has had a £1m bid for West Brom defender Paul Robinson rejected - but he will increase the offer. (Daily Mirror)

Blackburn have joined the race to sign 6ft 8ins, £7m-rated Red Star Belgrade striker Nikola Zigic. (Independent)

Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock wants to sign Matthew Kilgallon from Yorkshire rivals Leeds. (The Sun)

Blackburn are to double the wages of Morten Gamst Pedersen in a bid to keep him at Ewood Park. (Daily Mirror)

Wigan striker Jason Roberts is set for talks with Turkish club Besiktas after they tabled a new bid of £2m - with wages of £30,000 a week. (Various)

Bolton are interested in signing Lazio's Ousmane Dabo - who wants £30,000 a week. (Various)

Newcastle are the latest club to join the race for Chelsea defender Robert Huth. (Daily Mirror)

Liverpool keeper Chris Kirkland has agreed a season-long loan deal with Wigan Athletic. (Daily Mail)

Didier Drogba's future at Chelsea is in doubt after the Ivory Coast striker failed to attend a pre-World Cup training camp. (Guardian)

Jason Euell has snubbed a £1.5m move to Cardiff as he fights for his place at Charlton Athletic. (Daily Star)

Alan Curbishley is the latest person to turn down the vacant manager's post at Middlesbrough. (Express)

QPR want to take Manchester City's Bradley Wright-Phillips to Loftus Road on a one-year deal. (Daily Star)

Former Met Police commissioner Lord Stevens will tell the Premier League that 60 top-flight transfers in the past two years were corrupt. (Express)

Aston Villa are ready to offer Danny Mills a contract after he was told he is surplus to requirements at Manchester City. (Express)

A new report says job security for football bosses is diminishing. (Times)

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Looks like Liverpool have a lot to watch....Darren Bent would be a great addition to the side, but, MAN, if they lose Gerrard.....

What's going on at 'Boro? Nobody wants that job?

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Chelsea are set to complete the sensational £20m summer signing of Arsenal's Ashley Cole. (Daily Star)

Wayne Rooney told Prince William he expects to play in the World Cup. (The Sun)

Manchester United have told AC Milan they must cough up at least £20m if they want Ruud van Nistelrooy as a replacement for Andriy Shevchencko. (Daily Express)

Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted for the first time that a series of bust-ups with Ruud van Nistelrooy preceded the Holland striker's fall from grace at Manchester United. (Daily Mail)

French giants Marseille and Lyon are battling to land Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse. (Star)

Aston Villa are bracing themselves for a £3.5m bid from Tottenham for Gareth Barry. (Daily Mirror)

Liverpool have been alerted to the availability of Argentina forward Pablo Aimar, who may be allowed to leave Valencia for as little as £5m. (The Times)

Portsmouth are ready to offer striker Lomana LuaLua a lucrative three-year contract to keep him at Fratton Park. (Express)

Joseph Yobo will be offered a massive wage rise by Everton to tempt him into forming a new-look defensive partnership with Joleon Lescott. (Sun)

Manchester City skipper Sylvain Distin has refused to sign a new three-year deal. City boss Stuart Pearce has offered Birmingham £2m for Dutch full-back Mario Melchiot. (Star)

Wigan boss Paul Jewell is ready to sell Jason Roberts - a target for Birmingham and Turkish side Besiktas - and make a move for his old strike partner Nathan Ellington from West Brom. (Mirror)

Middlesbrough are close to completing the transfer of Roudolphe Doula, the Sporting Lisbon forward they narrowly failed to sign last summer. (Times)


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