CARDIFF CITY fans want striker Craig Bellamy, who spent the 2010/2011 campaign on loan at the Welsh club from Manchester City, to succeed Dave Jones, who was sacked as manager on Monday.

Paul Buckle has left TORQUAY UNITED to take over as manager of BRISTOL ROVERS.

MANCHESTER UNITED goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak may head for Germany rather than move to Tottenham.

PETERBOROUGH striker Craig Mackail-Smith will be the subject of a three-way Premier League bidding war between QPR, Wigan and Everton.

READING have warned CELTIC they will not get £4m-rated striker Shane Long on the cheap.

CHELSEA owner Roman Abramovich wants to keep forward Didier Drogba at the club but Nicolas Anelka may be offloaded.

ASTON VILLA'S veteran goalkeeper Brad Friedel, 40, is heading for Tottenham, despite interest from Liverpool. He believes he will see more first-team action at White Hart Lane.

MANCHESTER UNITED will lose out to Real Madrid in the race to sign Benfica's left-sided star Fabio Coentrao.

SWANSEA manager Brendan Rogers says he will not break up their promotion-winning team but admits there is “no room for sentiment” following their promotion to the Premier League.