Friday's gossip column

TRANSFER RUMOURS

Both Chelsea and Middlesbrough are eyeing up a possible move for £3m-rated Danish centre-half Simon Kjaer, 19, from FC Midtjylland. (The Sun)

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is planning a £2.5m raid on Steaua Bucharest for Romania midfielder Nicolae Dica. (Mirror)

Manchester United are to offer a contract to Carlos Tevez's attacking midfielder brother Miguel. (Mirror)

Manchester City are keeping tabs on Palermo's Brazilian striker Amauri and Australian midfielder Mark Bresciano. (Daily Mail)

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OTHER GOSSIP

Glenn Hoddle and Gary Megson have joined the list of possible Bolton targets to replace axed manager Sammy Lee. (Mirror)

Arsene Wenger insists there will one day be a strong contingent of English players coming through the youth ranks into his first team squad. (Mirror)

Sven-Goran Eriksson has backed Steve McClaren by insisting expectations of England success are too high. (Daily Star)

Wales boss John Toshack says the fans were right to boo his side's lacklustre 2-1 win in San Marino. (Mirror)

Goalkeeper Paul Robinson is likely to be the first casualty if Steve McClaren is axed as England boss. (Times)

Republic of Ireland manager Steve Staunton could be fired before his team's final Euro 2008 match away to Wales on 17 November. (Times)

Nemanja Vidic believes the demands of international football on Manchester United's players could ruin their title hopes. (Daily Mirror)

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AND FINALLY

Sunderland players have their wages cut the lower down the Premier League they drop, chairman Niall Quinn has revealed.

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