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Cole: Eyed by Real Madrid
Cole: Eyed by Real Madrid

Paper Talk: Real to dig deep for Cole

Real Madrid have made Ashley Cole one of their top summer transfer targets, while Brian Laws is already on the brink of the sack at Burnley.

DAILY EXPRESS

Real Madrid have made Chelsea defender Ashley Cole their top summer transfer target.

Iain Dowie will today be named as the man to succeed Phil Brown at Hull after the board decided he had the right credentials to rescue the Tigers at a meeting late last night.

Wales could be forced to host their Euro 2012 qualifier against England away from the Millennium Stadium.

DAILY MIRROR

Hull are ready to name Iain Dowie as their new manager today - after failing to land England coach Stuart Pearce.

THE SUN

Iain Dowie will today be named as Hull's new manager.

Brian Laws is on the brink of the sack at Burnley after just 10 league games in charge.

Manchester City defender Wayne Bridge has been hit by a fresh blow after a hernia operation ruled him out for a month.

Portsmouth will today become the first club to be docked Premier League points after their move into administration was cleared by the High Court.

DAILY MAIL

Iain Dowie will be unveiled as Hull's new manager today after ex-Manchester City boss Mark Hughes turned the Tigers down and Avram Grant underlined his wish to stay at Portsmouth.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is looking to a future at Eastlands after attending the club's under-11s and under-14s matches.

DAILY STAR

West Ham are plotting a swoop for striker Halil Altintop when his short-term contract with Eintracht Frankfurt expires.

Matt Taylor is ready to quit Bolton this summer and is a £2.5m target for Sunderland and Birmingham.

Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce is ready to save James Beattie from his Stoke nightmare with a £2million bid for the striker.

DAILY RECORD

Rangers have halved the amount of bonus cash up for grabs if they win the Co-operative Insurance Cup final against St Mirren on Sunday.

St Mirren captain John Potter says the club's board have refused to cave in to the team's bonus demands.


Your Comments

greekgooner (Arsenal fan)

"He'll go for an extra 50 quid a week."

wandering_soul (Bolton Wanderers fan)

"Matt taylor is worth more than 2.5 Million...and Bolton keep him"

RELLIK (Manchester United fan)

"Ashley Cole could pretty well be the new Roberto Carlos at Madrid. He is a fantastic player and probably the best left back in the world along with Evra. He can defend and attack aswell as score goals, Real could easily take advantage of Cole's problems off the field and help him get away from here and also with Cole being made the scapegoat for the off field football that him and Terry have been playing i'm sure Cole would consider this move. P.S. Madrid please take Cole and leave Evra alone"

siegylfc (Liverpool fan)

"One day it's Gerrard, then its Ashley Cole, then Rooney. The tabloids are getting pretty predictable "

chadthered (Liverpool fan)

"Young single man (by then) he will have a ball in Madrid"

burmesebob

"First it was Gerrard top of Reals list, then Rooney, now Cole... All inside a week. Just how many lists do they have!"

bluminati (Everton fan)

"A club with too much money & no clue, a player with too much money and.. im sure you see where this is going"

its_milla9_time (Arsenal fan)

"GrahamLondon (Arsenal fan) I was just about to post something very similar. As much as I dislike him he would be tremendous in Spain"

g_u_n_n_e_r (Arsenal fan)

"If they sack Laws now it just proves what a ridiculous decision it was to take him on the first place. "

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