ASTON VILLA are preparing a £3.5m bid for Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Lee Camp. Manager Gerard Houllier sees Camp as a replacement for Brad Friedel, who is leaving the club this summer.

Craig Bellamy says he wants to stay with CARDIFF next season despite interest from BOLTON.

MANCHESTER CITY striker Carlos Tevez has turned down an incredible £20m a year offer from Juventus and is now set to stay at Eastlands.

QPR are planning a double swoop for Bolo Zenden, out of contract at Sunderland, and Lyon's John Mensah - whose loan at the Stadium of Light has ended.

Sam Allardyce is ready to take the WEST HAM manager's job - if he gets total control of transfers and can bring in his own backroom team.

Salomon Kalou will wait to see who takes over as CHELSEA manager before deciding whether to stay, with Arsenal ready to make a move if the forward chooses to leave Stamford Bridge.

BARCELONA'S players will earn an extra £650,000 each if they win the Champions League final.

LIVERPOOL are poised to make a bid for Birmingham centre-back Scott Dann, who is a lifelong fan of the Anfield club, after his side's relegation to the Championship.

Inter Milan hope to land ARSENAL full-back Gael Clichy, who is out of contract next summer.

Alex Ferguson has settled on his MANCHESTER UNITED line-up for Wembley, with Fabio da Silva expected to start at right-back and Michael Carrick holding off a late challenge from Darren Fletcher in midfield.