A consortium from the United States has emerged as the favourite to buy Newcastle from owner Mike Ashley - Independent

Meanwhile, Middlesbrough owner Steve Gibson says he has no intention of selling the recently relegated club - Sun

Manchester United are ready to battle it out with Real Madrid for the £45m transfer of Valencia forward David Villa - Mirror

Chelsea are leading the race to sign Portsmouth's Glen Johnson for £18m, with the right-back also wanted by Liverpool and Manchester City - Sun

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson appears to have failed in his attempts to keep striker Carlos Tevez at the club - Independent.

Tottenham have been put off Bayern Munich striker Luca Toni after learning the size of his wages at the German club - Mail

Roque Santa Cruz says he has a clause in his contract that would allow the striker to leave Blackburn for over £20m - Sun.

Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas also says he would be open to a move to Champions League winners Barcelona - Mail

Bolton are leading the race to sign Qatar-based striker Moumouni Dagano - Independent

West Brom keeper Paul Robinson has said he is keen to follow manager Tony Mowbray to Celtic - Sun

Mowbray could also take midfielder Borja Valero and former loan striker Marc-Antoine Fortune, who has returned to AS Nancy, with him to Celtic Park in the summer - Mirror

Birmingham are lining up Standard Liege centre-back Oguchi Onyewu - Mirror