Saturday's gossip column

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Incoming Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho will try to hijack Manchester United's attempt to bring Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo, 28, back to English football.

Full story: Daily Mail

Arsenal are expected to sign Queens Park Rangers' 33-year-old Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Liverpool's Spanish goalkeeper Pepe Reina, 30, is top of Barcelona's wish-list as the Spanish giants try to sign three new goalkeepers.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Italian Serie A side Fiorentina will try to buy either Chelsea striker Fernando Torres, 29, or Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko, 27, if they lose Montenegrin striker Stevan Jovetic, 23, to Arsenal this summer.

Full story: talkSPORT

Forward Andreas Weimann's Aston Villa future has been cast into doubt after his agent revealed the 21-year-old striker has had offers of a summer transfer.

Full story: Metro

Incoming Manchester United boss David Moyes will attempt to lure Everton's 19-year-old midfielder Ross Barkley to Old Trafford for £12m this summer as he seeks to adopt a youthful transfer policy at his new club.

Full story: Caught Offside

Reading manager Nigel Adkins insists goalkeeper Alex McCarthy is going nowhere despite the 23-year-old's shock England call-up.

Full story: Daily Star

Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan, who was on the verge of leaving the club last summer, is set to earn a new pay deal after the 28-year-old turned his fortunes around to become one of Paul Lambert's key players.

Full story: Daily Star

OTHER GOSSIP

Retiring Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher, 35, says there is no chance of him taking a penalty in his last game for the club against QPR at Anfield on Sunday.

Full story: Daily Telegraph

Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy has revealed how Carragher tried to play on despite breaking his leg during a fixture against Blackburn in 2003.

Full story: Liverpool website

Carragher's son James, a striker at Liverpool's Academy, tried to talk his father out of retirement.

Full story: the Sun

Manchester City players joked that the game against Reading on Tuesday got in the way of celebrating Roberto Mancini's dismissal such was the ill-feeling towards the Italian.

Full story: Daily Mail

But Malaga manager Manuel Pellegrini, who is the favourite to take over at the Etihad Stadium, has warned the City players he is not afraid to stamp his authority on the club.

Full story: the Sun

Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas wants the club to appoint a technical director in order to make them bigger in the transfer market with Roma general manager Franco Baldini, who held a similar post alongside Fabio Capello in the England set up, favourite for the job.

Full story: The Guardian

Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs, 39, admits that retirement has not crossed his mind and he wants to continue playing.

Full story: Daily Telegraph

Chelsea will bring their three England stars home early from their United States tour to aid Roy Hodgson. Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole and Gary Cahill will be released after the first of two matches on 23 May.

Full story: Daily Express

AND FINALLY

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson was presented with a hairdryer cake at his final press conference.

Full story: the Sun

Brighton are set to launch an investigation into an incident in the away dressing room ahead of Monday's Championship play-off against Crystal Palace at the Amex Stadium where excrement was smeared on the walls.

Full story: the Sun