Paper Talk: Pompey eye Zaki swoop

Portsmouth are set to have their transfer embargo lifted and are ready to swoop for Amr Zaki, while Chelsea want Sao Paolo star Lucas Piazon.

Zaki: On Pompey's wanted list
Zaki: On Pompey's wanted list

DAILY STAR:

Fabio Capello has warned David James he will blow his World Cup dream if he does not get fully fit.

Robin van Persie will be out until at least February after tearing ankle ligaments over the weekend.

Argentina coach Diego Maradona has been banned from football for two months following a foul-mouthed rant.

Fabio Capello was dismayed at the way his B team bottled their Brazilian job.

THE SUN:

Ben Foster admits being mothballed by Manchester United is breaking his heart and putting his World Cup dream in danger.

Carlos Queiroz expects Portugal to suffer in Bosnia on Wednesday.

Kieran Gibbs is happy to be a jack of all trades if it helps him achieve his World Cup dream.

Gilberto Silva reckons England blew their big chance to prove they can compete with Brazil.

Wayne Rooney fears England's snail-paced stars will get left behind at the World Cup.

DAILY MAIL:

Arsenal's title hopes were dealt a huge blow with the news that top scorer Robin van Persie will be out for up to three months.

Welsh football united in the praise of Aaron Ramsey, who team-mate David Edwards believes is better than Cesc Fabregas.

Fabio Capello is concerned that David James could miss out on the World Cup due to a knee problem.

DAILY EXPRESS:

John Terry has backed Wayne Rooney to succeed him as England captain when he hangs up his boots.

Blackburn midfielder Keith Andrews has hit back at France's Lassana Diarra for insulting the Irish nation.

Carlo Ancelotti has pledged not to miss his next appearance in court, in the Italian match-fixing trial.

DAILY MIRROR

Portsmouth goalkeeper David James has emerged as a huge World Cup worry for Fabio Capello.

Robin van Persie has dealt Arsenal's title hopes a huge blow after being ruled out for three months.

Portsmouth are set to have their transfer embargo lifted and are ready to swoop for Amr Zaki.

Chelsea are ready to sign brilliant Brazilian wonderboy Lucas Piazon from Sao Paolo.

Middlesbrough owner Steve Gibson is spending over £50,000 a week on loan strikers after agreeing a deal to sign Dave Kitson.

Brendan Rodgers is ready to offer Huddersfield a 'double-your-money' bid for Jordan Rhodes.

DAILY RECORD

George Burley is facing the sack this week after it emerged that SFA top brass will hold another round of crisis talks over his future.

St Mirren have revealed a whopping £9million drop in their profits - but are still in the black.

Your Comments

Yasenal (Arsenal fan)

"Rvp six weeks max not 3 months.these papers will print any crap just to make people buy their bloody papers.get your rumors(cuz they r not facts) straight."

heartless (Arsenal fan)

"truth of the matter is that wen your use to havin quality players like pires, vieira n petit & henry its hard to put up with players like sendros (who gets to put on his ass by drogba every time the meet), silvestre (man u reject) and bendtner (who cudn score on a dart board) its hard to be paitent. i think diaby is slowly gettin beta, eboube is twice the player he was last season but the thing with bendtner is he gets himself in to the rite positions but then misses (now sum of us think give him time and he must score as hes always comin out in the press sayin how hes gunna be the wortlds best and pl top scorer) the prob wit him is he talks to much instead of lettin his football do the talkin then he misses sitters! adebayor played like he was on holiday and kept sayin how milan was like beyonce dunno wot citeh is then! i think he shud give vela and wiltshere a run in the team as they are gunna be the best players in the world soon"

joypadd

"RVP out for three months?? Thought it was more like 6 weeks (max). I dunno, you just can't believe what you read in the papers these days (?!)"

bayoba1 (Arsenal fan)

"Thats it! Eastmond better than Diaby? I've had it with this forum! You guys are the worst fans ever! You arsenal fans always insist on running players out of the club. Two seasons ago, it was senderos, last season, adebayor and eboue and now, we're on diaby and bendtner! "

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