* The People:
Bolton
However, that still might not put off Sir Alex Ferguson, who has been told by Manchester United's owners that there is cash available for one last dive into the transfer market before it closes at the end of the month.
Anelka is also wanted by Portsmouth
and West Ham, with Sam Allardyce's Newcastle United lurking in the shadows waiting for the auction to start.But Fergie could yet trump them all.
With Wayne Rooney
ruled out for another two months with a hairline fracture of his left foot, Ferguson will this week make a decision on whether to make a move.
* The Observer:
Kia Joorabchian and Sheffield United are working together against West Ham and the Premier League, in a bid to overturn what they see as the injustice of the Carlos Tevez affair. Significantly, Joorabchian has drawn to United's attention a document dated 1 December 2006, reputed to be an amendment to the player's original contract made after West Ham had been acquired by their new owners.
Joorabchian is co-operating with Sheffield United because he is unhappy that the Premier League made him pay West Ham £2m before allowing Tevez's transfer to Manchester United and because he is thought to be under pressure from the financial backers of his MSI organisation. As predicted in Observer Sport on 6 May, Sheffield United started legal action against West Ham this week, seeking millions of pounds in compensation for their relegation from the Premier League.
* Marco Materazzi has revealed the exact words he used to provoke Zinedine Zidane in the World Cup final.
"I prefer the whore that is your sister," he said in a interview with the TV Sorrisi e Canzoni magazine, to be published tomorrow.