What the papers say

If you're an Arsenal fan avert your eyes: Arsene Wenger will be leaving for Real Madrid any day now, as successor to the very…

If you're an Arsenal fan avert your eyes: Arsene Wenger will be leaving for Real Madrid any day now, as successor to the very-soon-to-be-sacked John Toshack (according to the Daily Mirror); Marc Overmars is off to Barcelona (according to the Sunday Mirror), as is Dennis Bergkamp (copyright the Sunday People) - which means they won't be at Highbury to greet Inter Milan midfielder Ousmane Dabo, who, the Star tells us, is soon to sign for Arsenal in a £4 million deal.

For the eighth week running Chelsea are about to secure the services of Barcelona's Luis Enrique while Leeds could soon have the pleasure of Pierre Van Hooijdonk's company - the People reckons David O'Leary has renewed his interest in the Vitesse Arnhem striker who left many friends at Nottingham Forest last season.

The Mirror, though, claims O'Leary is actually after AC Milan's Oliver Bierhoff . . . or PSV Eindhoven's Ruud Van Nistelrooy (they're not sure which) now that both clubs are out of the Champions League and may be prepared to let their top men go. Defender Ugo Ehiogu will be awaiting Pierre/Oliver/Ruud when they arrive at Elland Road because he's all set for a £7 million move from Aston Villa.

Busy times ahead for Joe Kinnear who will soon be managing both Blackburn Rovers and Aston Villa, who are about to sack John Gregory, unless Villa opt for Terry Venables instead.

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Celtic are preparing to tempt Roy Keane with a £10 million four-year contract (Daily Mirror), but that won't top Lazio's £72,000 a week offer (the Star). Keane's current team-mate David Beckham, meanwhile, has been spotted with "another bird on his arm," according to the People. Fear not, this is not a marital infidelities story - Posh Spice has booked him on to a falconry course.