Arsenal ace for Juventus; Man United fancy Anelka; McLeish for Birmingham; Tevez in Boca vow

OK, first off let's get all this England manager guff out of the way before getting on to the usual transfer rumour frenzy. Chelsea captain John Terry wants Jose Mourinho to manage England (The Sun) with the Special One telling the FA to 'make him an offer he can't refuse' (Daily Express).

Fabio Capello is the man to restore English pride, according to Terry Venables. (The Sun). And The Guardian's Sid Lowe says that Capello will rule with an iron fist, giving the example of what he said to Ronaldo at Real Madrid when he waddled out of the shower: "Aren't you ashamed of being so fat?"

Aston Villa's Martin O'Neill has said 'no' (various), but the FA still retain the slim hope that they can bag him (Independent). And the FA are looking to Real Madrid manager Bernd Schuster (Marca) or perhaps fellow German Jurgen Klinsmann (various).

Moving on to non-boring, non-England matters, Arsenal's Gilberto Silva is ready to jump ship and get aboard the Juventus speedboat (various). Moaning Nicolas Anelka reckons that he shouldn't have left the Gunners back in the last century (The Sun) - and Sir Alex Ferguson has started his very own rumour after claiming he is a big admirer of aforementioned Anelka (Mirror)

Birmingham City reckon that they'll have nabbed Alex McLeish to replace Steve Bruce in the next few days (The Guardian). And while Everton Manager David Moyes is weeping into his cornflakes about the fact that he tried and failed to get Roy Keane when he left  Manchester United (Mirror), an unplayed Anderson Da Silva could be leaving Everton for Barnsley...again (Mirror).

Striker Carlos Tevez wants to stay at United for five more years before scampering off to Boca Juniors when he's 28. Said Tevez: "I want to return to Boca at my peak not as some fatso" (The Sun).

It looks like those blasted guttersnipe journos have been spending way too much time and effort on the England malarkey to give us any decent transfer morsels.