What the papers say!

Daily Mirror

-Birmingham have told Aston Villa to cough up £5million forAlex McLeish - or they will stick him on gardening leave.

-Nottingham Forest vowed new boss Steve McClaren will have plenty of financial muscle - then took a parting shot at Billy Davies.

-Chris Hughton is the favourite to succeed Alex McLeish as boss at Birmingham.

-Liverpool's pursuit of Charlie Adam should finally pay dividends this week.

-Barcelona plan to step up their efforts to finally lure Cesc Fabregas back to the Nou Camp - convinced that Arsenal will do business.

-Jordan Henderson has declared he won't be pressured by his £20million price tag.

-Manchester United will pay £20million for new oy Phil Jones - if he goes on to win trophies and England caps galore.

-Manchester City have opened talks with Udinese over their £30million-rated winger Alexis Sanchez.

-Portsmouth are weighing up a move for Burnley defender Andre Bikey.

-Arsene Wenger has been told he will have to pay £13million to take St Etienne's Blaise Matuidi to Arsenal.

-Steve Bruce will attempt to slash Sunderland's wage bill - with high-earners Craig Gordon and Steed Malbranque vulnerable in the clearout.

-Didier Drogba emerged last night as a potential pawn in Chelsea's bid to land Luka Modric from Spurs.

-Tottenham could move for Emmanuel Adebayor with Real Madrid refusing to meet Man City's £14million asking price.

-Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers is targeting Iceland striker Eidur Gudjohnsen.

-Alex Ferguson has had an enquiry for Real Madrid midfielder Mesut Ozil rebuffed as he searches to replace Paul Scholes.

-Blackburn boss Steve Kean wants Brazil defender Miranda to replace Man Utd-bound Phil Jones.

-David Moyes faces a fight with Atletico Madrid for Real Madrid's 20-year-old starlet Sergio Canales.

-Fulham are ready to snap up DJ Campbell from Blackpool - and beat Sunderland to his £1.25million signature.

The Sun

-Furious Birmingham last night accused Alex McLeish and Aston Villa of a "conspiracy".

-Cristiano Ronaldo last night told Manchester City: I'm not going to sign for you.

-Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has promised fans a busy summer in the transfer market.

-Chelsea are ready to offer Luka Modric £130,000 a week to defect to Stamford Bridge.

-Nani has revealed how he would love to work with Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho one day.

-Connor Wickham will snub Sunderland in the hope of landing a move to Liverpool.

-Sunderland are trying to snatch PSG striker Mevlut Erding from under the noses of bitter rivals Newcastle.

-Blackburn boss Steve Kean has vowed to fight to keep skipper Chris Samba out of the clutches of Arsenal and Tottenham.

-Michael Essien is set to snub Real Madrid and stay at Chelsea.

-Manchester City officials were last night in Italy trying to thrash out a deal for Udinese's £30million-rated winger Alexis Sanchez.

-Wigan are expecting a scramble for £9million-rated Charles N'Zogbia after granting his wish to go.

-Gervinho wants to snub Tottenham and join Arsenal in a £14million move from Lille.

-Arsenal are heading the chase for the £3.5million-rated Swedish teenager Alexander Milosevic.

-Charlie Adam could become a Liverpool player by the end of the week.