Sunday Rag round up..

[Scottish Mag 3]

Rafa Benitez has demanded Liverpool give him a massive £30m transfer kitty or risk losing him to Real Madrid on Inter Milan. (Various)

 

Ronaldinho has re-ignited the bitter war with Chelsea by insisting he will never sign for the Blues because they are cheats. (News of the World)

 

Blackburn's Steven Reid is the shock new midfield target for Manchester United. (Star)

 

Newcastle head a trio of clubs chasing Egypt's Ahmed Hassan. (Star)

 

Jay-Jay Okocha wants to open talks with Bolton over a new deal at the Reebok Stadium. (Star)

 

Newcastle's top stars want Scott Parker to take over from Alan Shearer as captain next season. (NotW)

 

Bolton are chasing Marseille duo Abdoulaye Meite and Franck Ribery. (News of the World)

 

Chelsea's Jiri Jarosik would like to make his loan deal at Birmingham permanent - provided they stay in the Premiership. (Star)

 

Sir Alex Ferguson has entered the scramble to sign Atletico Madrid's Fernando Torres. (Sunday Express)

 

Stuart Pearce last night warned the Manchester City board it will take £20m to turn them into title challengers. (News of the World, Express)

 

Steven Gerrard played for England last week against the wishes of Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez. (News of the World)

 

Newcastle will make a summer swoop to land former defender Jonathan Woodgate on a pay-as-you-play basis. (NotW)

 

Alex Ferguson is planning a move for Lille midfield duo Mathieu Bodmer and Jean Makoun. (News of the World)

 

Tottenham boss Martin Jol is set to capture Ajax full-back Hatem Trabelsi from under the noses of Arsenal. (Mail)

 

Controversial Southampton chairman Rupert Lowe is confident he has defeated plans to have him thrown off the club's board. (Mail on Sunday)

 

Nigel Clough could follow in the footsteps of dad Brian as Nottingham Forest boss. (The People)

 

Sheffield Utd will hand Neil Warnock a two-year deal worth £1.5m if they make the Premiership next season - and try to move him upstairs if not. (People)

 

Chelsea's England Under-21 international Carlton Cole could be packed off to play his football in Israel next season by Chelsea. (People)

 

Jose Mourinho will be offered the job as AC Milan boss this summer. (Mirror)

 

And Milan are ready to rescue Ruud van Nistelrooy from the humiliation of being frozen out an Man Utd. (Mirror)

[Shearergol 0]

Stuart Pearce last night warned the Manchester City board it will take £20m to turn them into title challengers.

 

 

[Geordie Boyo 24]

Newcastle head a trio of clubs chasing Egypt's Ahmed Hassan. (Star)

 

Who?

 

Newcastle's top stars want Scott Parker to take over from Alan Shearer as captain next season. (NotW)

 

Sounds good to me. You want a midfield general in the centre of the action captaining the side and I see Scotty Parker being a great influence as captain there.

 

Newcastle will make a summer swoop to land former defender Jonathan Woodgate on a pay-as-you-play basis. (NotW)

 

Total bollocks, like. If he did come back here thou the pay as you play basis certainly sounds like a fair deal and I'm sure he'll agree due to the amount a bad luck he's had throughout his career.