NYHETER: Ex-player/-manager news, Part III

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[Venables is now in line to become Republic of Ireland boss. (Various)

Ireland offer sacked Venables instant return
The Irish Football Association (FAI) had previously been in touch with Venables to explore the idea and a positive response was tempered only by England's possible participation in next year's tournament.

Terry Venables has moved a step closer to becoming the new Republic of Ireland manager. The FAI management committee met in Dublin last night and to ratify the former England boss as their first choice. (Daily Mail)

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Gary McAllister favourite to take Scotland job
Former Leeds and Liverpool player Gary McAllister has been installed as the favourite to become the new manager of Scotland following the departure of Alex McLeish.

Gary McAllister, Craig Levein, Graeme Souness and Billy Davies are among the early front-runners to succeed Alex McLeish as Scotland manager.  (Daily Record)

The Scottish FA will appoint a successor to Alex McLeish quickly. SFA chief executive Gordon Smith says: "We hope to have someone in place by January at the latest." Gary McAllister and Billy Davies are the bookmakers' early favourites for the job. (The Guardian)

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Gary McAllister favourite to take Scotland job
Former Leeds and Liverpool player Gary McAllister has been installed as the favourite to become the new manager of Scotland following the departure of Alex McLeish.

Gary McAllister, Craig Levein, Graeme Souness and Billy Davies are among the early front-runners to succeed Alex McLeish as Scotland manager.  (Daily Record)
Gary McAllister and Billy Davies are the bookmakers' early favourites for the job. (The Guardian)

McAllister rules out Scotland job

Former Scotland midfielder Gary McAllister has ruled himself out of the running for the national manager's job.
The former Coventry boss was speaking only hours after ex-Liverpool boss Graeme Souness hinted that he would like to be considered.
Scottish FA chief Gordon Smith has said that the post is unlikely to be filled until early next year.
But McAllister stated: "If I'm going back into football, I'd be looking to go into the day-to-day stuff."
The SFA need to find a replacement for Alex McLeish, who resigned from his post to join Birmingham.
McAllister, who it is understood came a close second to McLeish last year, had been expected to be one of the front-runners for the vacancy.
"I was very honoured and humbled to be asked along to an interview when Walter went back to Rangers," he said.
McAllister, who won 57 caps for Scotland, cited his personal circumstances had changed since dealing with the death of his wife.
"The thought of international football appealed to me then," he said.
"It suited my situation, the troubles I've had in my family recently, but now things have moved on and times have made things change."

Meanwhile, former Scottish international Graeme Souness expressed a desire to manage at international level.
The former Newcastle boss told the club website: "I would be interested in taking a national team position."
Recently sacked Derby manager Billy Davies said he would be "flattered" if he was approached about the vacancy by the Scottish Football Association.



With Roy Aitken and Andy Watson (** begge er ex-Leeds, som h.h.v. trener/ass.manager og spiller) also leaving the Scotland set-up to join McLeish, an entirely new coaching team is required. John Collins, Mark McGhee and Craig Levein are among those already linked with the top job, along with Souness and Davies.
SFA chief executive Smith said: "There have been loads of names put about but we'll be taking our time over it.
"There's no time-frame on it at all either."
Smith also said he would prefer McLeish to be succeeded by a Scotsman but did not rule out looking overseas.
"Hopefully, it will be a Scottish person because I think that is important," added Smith.
"But we won't ignore an outstanding candidate just because he is foreign. That would not be fair."
When the position is eventually filled, McLeish believes the new man will have a bright future at international level.
Speaking on his first day at St Andrews, McLeish said: "There are several good young managers who can take Scotland on.
"I inherited a good squad from squad from Walter Smith and we added one or two of our own.
"The national team can definitely go forward and they look a very healthy bunch indeed."

BBC

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With Roy Aitken and Andy Watson (** begge er ex-Leeds, som h.h.v. trener/ass.manager og spiller) also leaving the Scotland set-up to join McLeish, an entirely new coaching team is required.

Watson happy to join McLeish for Birmingham "challenge"

New Birmingham City coach Andy Watson says Alex McLeish and his staff are excited by the challenge ahead at St Andrews.
Watson told the Daily Record: "You always like to leave something with a good feeling as it signifies you have done well. I feel that has been the case everywhere we have been up to now and hopefully it will be with Scotland.
"We lost against Italy but everybody realised we gave the best we could. We had a chance against the world champions but just fell short.
"I think the fans realise that Alex also gave everything and didn't shortchange them in any shape or form.
"But we are all looking forward to the challenge at Birmingham. This is a great opportunity for him although he looked long and hard at it before accepting. He had to weigh up nine months of inactivity before starting the World Cup qualifiers or whether to take up the chance to manage in the Premiership."

http://www.leedsfans.org.uk/leeds/players/411.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Watson

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20:48 Goal - SK Brann 2 (Eirik Bakke 72) Dinamo Zagreb 1

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ex-player lufter seg!
2. desember feirer den engelske spillerforeningen PFA sine 100 år med en jubileumskamp mellom «England Legends» og et verdenslag.

England Legends:
Keeper: Chris Woods.
Forsvar: Warren Barton, Des Walker, Dave Watson, Gary Mabbutt, Gary Pallister, John Scales, Graeme Le Saux.
Midtbane: Jamie Redknapp, Darren Anderton, Dennis Wise, Robert Lee, Ray Parlour, Steve Hodge, Tony Daley, Steve Stone.
Angrep: Alan Shearer (kaptein), Les Ferdinand, Paul Walsh, Peter Beardsley, Teddy Sheringham.
* Manager: Terry Venables

Resten av verden-laget:
Keepere: Neville Southall (Wales), Erik Thorstvedt (Norge), Thomas Ravelli (Sverige)
Forsvar: Roland Nilsson (Sverige), Lorenzo Amaruso (Italia), Richard Gough (Skottland), Arthur Numan (Nederland), Denis Irwin (Irland).
Midtbane: Jay Jay Okocha (Nigeria), Roberto Di Matteo (Italia), Ali Benarbia (Algerie), Andrei Kanchelskis (Russland), Anders Limpar (Sverige), Gary McAllister (Skottland), Neil Lennon (Nord-Irland), Dino Baggio (Italia), Stefan Freund (Tyskland), Dmitri Alenichev (Russia)
Angrep: Gianfranco Zola (Italia), Mark Hughes (Wales), Ian Rush (Wales), Niall Quinn (Irland), Ally McCoist (Skottland), Shaun Goater (Bermuda), Sergei Juran (Russland).
* Manager: Sven-Göran Eriksson

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ex-player lufter seg!
2. desember feirer den engelske spillerforeningen PFA sine 100 år med en jubileumskamp mellom «England Legends» og et verdenslag.

England Legends:
John Scales, Dennis Wise, Steve Hodge, Steve Stone.
Manager: Terry Venables

Resten av verden-laget:
Denis Irwin.
Gary McAllister, Ian Rush

SVEN STEERS HIS SIDE TO VICTORY
Sven-Goran Eriksson maintained that winning feeling at Eastlands - although his duties had changed for the day - as a Rest of the World Legends XI beat an England Legends XI 3-2 on Sunday.
The Manchester City manager has seen his team win all eight home Barclays Premier League matches this season.
And in charge of the Rest of the World side he again came up trumps when they faced an England XI led by Terry Venables.
The aim of the game, organised by the Professional Footballers' Association in their centenary year, was to raise £1million for a new unit at a children's hospital in Manchester.
Leeds manager Dennis Wise opened the scoring for England in the eighth minute and Steve Stone almost added a second 10 minutes later but Neville Southall made a good parry.
The Rest of the World, however, controlled the second half and scored twice in the space of two minutes. Lorenzo Amoruso equalised in the 50th minute and then Ian Rush gave them the lead.
Ally McCoist added a third in the 72nd minute before Jamie Redknapp pulled a goal back for England six minutes later.

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Poyet hailed as key to Spurs revival
Juande Ramos celebrated his first month in charge at Tottenham last week and the verdict so far is that it has been a resounding success.
And one of his most important decisions could prove to be his choice of former Spurs hero Gus Poyet as his assistant.
(....) Leeds' director of football, Gwyn Williams, is also a fan. He said: 'Gus is a fantastic coach and I'm sure he'll become a top manager. He has a great ability to make everyone feel part of the team. He's a very strong character.'

Hele saken: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=499095&in_page_id=1779

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ex-player lufter seg!
2. desember feirer den engelske spillerforeningen PFA sine 100 år med en jubileumskamp mellom «England Legends» og et verdenslag.
England Legends:
John Scales, Dennis Wise, Steve Hodge, Steve Stone.
Manager: Terry Venables
Resten av verden-laget:
Denis Irwin.
Gary McAllister, Ian Rush

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[Venables is now in line to become Republic of Ireland boss. (Various)

Ireland offer sacked Venables instant return
The Irish Football Association (FAI) had previously been in touch with Venables to explore the idea and a positive response was tempered only by England's possible participation in next year's tournament.

Terry Venables has moved a step closer to becoming the new Republic of Ireland manager. The FAI management committee met in Dublin last night and to ratify the former England boss as their first choice. (Daily Mail)

Venables open to Republic offer     
Terry Venables has acknowledged that he would consider any offer to take the vacant Republic of Ireland job.
Venables is being tipped to succeed Steve Staunton but he said on Sunday that he had not yet been approached by the Football Association of Ireland.
"If it comes around I will think about it then but not before," said the former England manager.

Hele saken: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7124039.stm

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Aston Villa will pay £10m to make goalkeeper Scott Carson's loan move from Liverpool permanent. (Daily Star)
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Villa wait on Carson deal
ASTON VILLA boss Martin O’Neill insists there is no deal with Liverpool to turn Scott Carson’s loan into a permanent move.
Carson, who failed to nail down a first-team spot at Anfield, has impressed at Villa Park this season despite his woes for England.
But O'Neill said: “Is the Scott Carson deal going through?
"He is here for the season and we have heard nothing from Liverpool at all.
“Of course, that doesn’t mean that you couldn’t start talking about something before the end of the season and I’m aware Rafael Benitez mentioned something about it a week or so ago.
“But Liverpool haven’t spoken to us - and haven’t spoken since Scott was capped for England.
“I will look at the situation and Liverpool will be very much in the driving seat because they can dictate what the player is going to cost.
“But there is no agreement on a fee. It is as simple as that.”
Meanwhile, Villa have signed promising Austrian keeper Thomas Dau, 16, on a three-year deal.

The Sun

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[Venables is now in line to become Republic of Ireland boss. (Various)

Ireland offer sacked Venables instant return
The Irish Football Association (FAI) had previously been in touch with Venables to explore the idea and a positive response was tempered only by England's possible participation in next year's tournament.

Terry Venables has moved a step closer to becoming the new Republic of Ireland manager. The FAI management committee met in Dublin last night and to ratify the former England boss as their first choice. (Daily Mail)

Venables open to Republic offer     
Terry Venables has acknowledged that he would consider any offer to take the vacant Republic of Ireland job.
Venables is being tipped to succeed Steve Staunton but he said on Sunday that he had not yet been approached by the Football Association of Ireland.
"If it comes around I will think about it then but not before," said the former England manager.

Hele saken: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7124039.stm

STAKKARS IRLAND

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SkySports:

Alan Black (Wigan Athletic fan) says...
My dad Eric Black is Steve Bruces assistant at wigan and he tells me he wants to look into bringing venagor of hessalink from celtic and wolves' keogh to the jjb!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Keogh

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Oster - injury blow

OSTER TO GO UNDER THE KNIFE

Reading have revealed midfielder John Oster is to undergo surgery on his ankle injury.
Oster has been troubled by the problem ever since facing Everton back in August and, despite a couple couple of comebacks since, it has failed to clear up.
As a result, he will go under the surgeon's knife, most likely next Monday, two days after his 29th birthday. But it is unclear how long he will be out for.
Physio Jon Fearn told the Royals' official website: "We saw a specialist on Tuesday to discuss the problem.
"He agreed that we've done as much as we can in terms of conservative treatment.
"Now we'll look at surgery next Monday.

Hele saken: http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/07/12/05/SOCCER_Reading.html

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Gary McAllister favourite to take Scotland job
Former Leeds and Liverpool player Gary McAllister has been installed as the favourite to become the new manager of Scotland following the departure of Alex McLeish.

Gary McAllister, Craig Levein, Graeme Souness and Billy Davies are among the early front-runners to succeed Alex McLeish as Scotland manager.  (Daily Record)
Gary McAllister and Billy Davies are the bookmakers' early favourites for the job. (The Guardian)

McAllister rules out Scotland job
Former Scotland midfielder Gary McAllister has ruled himself out of the running for the national manager's job.

Gary McAllister wants his fellow former Scotland midfielder, Graeme Souness, to be the country's new boss. (Sun)

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Ray Houghton will work with Don Howe and former U21 boss Don Givens to select the new Republic of Ireland manager (Mail).

Don er ex Leeds-trener

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Sheffield Utd back in for Bolton's Speed
Sheffield United are keeping tabs on Gary Speed's situation at Bolton Wanderers.
The People says Speed seems sure to leave The Reebok in January. He is unlikely to be a long-term regular under Gary Megson and Sheffield United are monitoring the situation.

Derby will try and sign Gary Speed and Kevin Kilbane in the transfer window (Star).

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Her må Wise "fleske" til. Speed bør avslutte i Leeds.

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From Leeds to Luton, Blackwell can't believe he's hit more financial trouble



Kevin Blackwell has admitted his "massive frustration" at once again having to deal with financial uncertainty after leaving Leeds United.
The Coca-Cola League One club was placed into administration two weeks ago to cast doubt on its future and leave Blackwell at the helm of his second club in financial crisis in just two years.
Boss Blackwell praises Luton's unpaid players
Blackwell managed to steer Leeds to the Championship play-off final in 2006 despite their own financial troubles and admits that he thought he was being handed a fresh start when he joined Luton in March.
He said: "I thought I'd left this behind me to be fair when I left Leeds.

Hele saken: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=500137&in_page_id=1779&ito=newsnow

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IFA wants Worthington to stay on   
Northern Ireland boss Nigel Worthington is set to be offered a new contract after the final Euro 2008 qualifier against Spain on Wednesday night.
Worthington's current deal ends after the game but his short period in charge has impressed the Irish FA.

Worthington starts talks with IFA   

Irish FA chiefs have started contract talks with Northern Ireland manager Nigel Worthington, but they say a deal is still some way off.
It is believed the IFA is keen to secure the services of the former Norwich City manager on a fresh two-year contract.

Hele saken: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7131495.stm

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Danny Hay scorte i dag for Waitakere United når de spilte mot Sepahan i verdensmesterskapet for klubblag.

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Danny Hay scorte i dag for Waitakere United når de spilte mot Sepahan i verdensmesterskapet for klubblag.

Må si jeg følger rimelig godt med i internasjonal fotball men her må jeg melde pass.... 

verdensmesterskap ....

Alta-White

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Tottenham's plan to capture some of the country's top young players will see them splash out £12million for Adam Johnson and Chris Gunter in the January transfer window.  (Sunday Mirror)

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[Venables is now in line to become Republic of Ireland boss. (Various)

Ireland offer sacked Venables instant return
The Irish Football Association (FAI) had previously been in touch with Venables to explore the idea and a positive response was tempered only by England's possible participation in next year's tournament.

Terry Venables has moved a step closer to becoming the new Republic of Ireland manager. The FAI management committee met in Dublin last night and to ratify the former England boss as their first choice. (Daily Mail)

Venables open to Republic offer     
Terry Venables has acknowledged that he would consider any offer to take the vacant Republic of Ireland job.
Venables is being tipped to succeed Steve Staunton but he said on Sunday that he had not yet been approached by the Football Association of Ireland.
"If it comes around I will think about it then but not before," said the former England manager.

Former England international Paul Ince says it is a "sad indictment of us as a nation" that the FA is consulting so many foreigners about who should be England boss, and would re-appoint Glenn Hoddle or Terry Venables (Times).

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[Venables is now in line to become Republic of Ireland boss. (Various)

Ireland offer sacked Venables instant return
The Irish Football Association (FAI) had previously been in touch with Venables to explore the idea and a positive response was tempered only by England's possible participation in next year's tournament.

Terry Venables has moved a step closer to becoming the new Republic of Ireland manager. The FAI management committee met in Dublin last night and to ratify the former England boss as their first choice. (Daily Mail)

Venables open to Republic offer     
Terry Venables has acknowledged that he would consider any offer to take the vacant Republic of Ireland job.
Venables is being tipped to succeed Steve Staunton but he said on Sunday that he had not yet been approached by the Football Association of Ireland.
"If it comes around I will think about it then but not before," said the former England manager.

Former England international Paul Ince says it is a "sad indictment of us as a nation" that the FA is consulting so many foreigners about who should be England boss, and would re-appoint Glenn Hoddle or Terry Venables (Times).

Sunderland boss Roy Keane says he has been told by Republic of Ireland players that they want Terry Venables as the new manager (News of the World).

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Watford won't sell King
Striker going nowhere in New Year
Adrian Boothroyd insists Watford will not be cashing in on in-form striker Marlon King in January.

Fulham, Reading go for Watford's King

Fulham and Reading are battling for £5 million Watford striker Marlon King.
The Jamaican striker, 27, signed a new deal with the Hornets last summer but is said to be frustrated at playing in the Championship and Watford's long-ball tactics.
Fulham need a striker to replace injured skipper Brian McBride. Reading want to replace Leroy Lita who snubbed a new deal.

Tribalfootball.com

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Hvis Fulham kjøper King så begynner det å bli en del spisser som er foran Healy i rekken? Regner ikke med de skal bruke £5 mill for å kjøpe en benkesliter. Så det kan bety at McBride, Kuqi, Kamara og King alle er nærmere en plass på laget enn Healy.

Begynner han å ligne en flopp?

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Hyll Healy!
Nord-Irland-sjef Nigel Worthington krever at superspissens rekordform settes pris på.
Fulhams David Healy (28) satte ny europeisk scoringsrekord i helgen. Mot Danmark scoret nordiren sitt 13. landslagsmål i inneværende kvalikrunde, og passerte med det Davor Suker på toppen av tronen.
Nå krever landslagssjef Nigel Worthington at prestasjonen verdsettes i det internasjonale fotballmiljøet.

Healy goal haul earns UEFA award

David Healy's Northern Ireland heroics received the ultimate seal of approval yesterday when Michel Platini gave the go-ahead for his latest scoring landmark to receive official recognition.
The Fulham striker's 13-goal haul in Northern Ireland's narrow failure to reach the Euro 2008 finals took him past Croatia's Davor Suker as the highest scorer in a qualifying campaign.
It led to calls for a one-off award â€" probably a golden boot â€" and UEFA president Platini readily sanctioned the idea after a meeting with IFA president Raymond Kennedy.
"He was 100 per cent in favour," said Kennedy. "He thought it was a fantastic achievement by such a small nation and felt David thoroughly deserved a lasting reminder of what was an incredible feat. When you think David scored as many goals in one qualifying tournament as our previous record holder, Colin Clarke, managed in his entire international career, it gives you an indication of the scale of his achievement."

Daily Mail

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Gary McAllister favourite to take Scotland job
Former Leeds and Liverpool player Gary McAllister has been installed as the favourite to become the new manager of Scotland following the departure of Alex McLeish.

Gary McAllister, Craig Levein, Graeme Souness and Billy Davies are among the early front-runners to succeed Alex McLeish as Scotland manager.  (Daily Record)
Gary McAllister and Billy Davies are the bookmakers' early favourites for the job. (The Guardian)

McAllister rules out Scotland job
Former Scotland midfielder Gary McAllister has ruled himself out of the running for the national manager's job.

Gary McAllister wants his fellow former Scotland midfielder, Graeme Souness, to be the country's new boss. (Sun)

Joe Jordan Wants To Be Scotland Manager  

JOE JORDAN has thrown his hat in the ring to be the next Scotland boss.
The Portsmouth coach has managerial experience after stints at Hearts, Stoke and Bristol City and enjoyed a glittering playing career with Manchester United, AC Milan and Leeds United.
Graeme Souness, Kenny Dalglish and Craig Levein are just a few to have been linked with the vacancy created by Alex McLeish's switch south to Birmingham City.
But Jordan has followed former Derby boss Billy Davies in declaring his interest in the post.
Jordan, who won 52 caps and is the only Scot to score in three World Cup finals series, said: "I'm no different from any other Scot. I would love to be associated with that job.
"To be involved as a coach or manager would be very nice but Portsmouth is a long way away from Scotland so I don't know what the SFA think.
"I've a important job to do at Portsmouth and I've a good rapport with the people here but it's a big compliment to be associated with that position."
However, Dalgish admits he'd be stunned if the SFA approached him.
Chief executive Gordon Smith has began pruning the current multitude of wannabes for the manager's job down to a shortlist.
But despite the change of personnel from the top table, Dalglish doesn't expect that to signal an approach.
The Scotland, Celtic and Liverpool great wasn't even contacted before they boobed in appointing Berti Vogts. (.....)

dailyrecord.co.uk

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Sheffield Utd back in for Bolton's Speed
Sheffield United are keeping tabs on Gary Speed's situation at Bolton Wanderers.
The People says Speed seems sure to leave The Reebok in January. He is unlikely to be a long-term regular under Gary Megson and Sheffield United are monitoring the situation.

Derby will try and sign Gary Speed and Kevin Kilbane in the transfer window (Star).

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Derby and Sheffield United are battling it out to sign Bolton midfielder Gary Speed. (Daily Star)