Real Madrid and Juventus are locked in a record-breaking tug of war over world player of the year Zinedine Zidane, it was reported yesterday.
Spanish giants Real have offered their Italian rivals a staggering $50 million plus three players as they seek to land the French midfield maestro.
But Juventus have countered by demanding $50 million for the player - plus Real's Portuguese international Luis Figo.
As well as the $50 million transfer fee, Real are offering Brazilian Flavio Conceicao, Frenchman Claude Makelele and Spaniard Michel Salgado into the deal.
Fulham have won the race to sign giant Czech international Jan Koller from Anderlecht, according to reports in Belgium.
It had been reported earlier yesterday that the striker had elected to join German giants Borussia Dortmund, who could offer him Champions League football next season.
Gary Neville is set to become the latest Manchester United player to commit his future to the Premiership champions.
It is understood Neville is ready to sign a new six-year contract - which will reportedly be worth £11 million sterling - taking the 26year-old England defender's weekly salary to £32,000.
Terry Venables has made his decision about whether or not to stay on as Middlesbrough coach. But the former England coach is waiting for chairman Steve Gibson to return from South Africa before revealing his choice.
Colin Hendry's World Cup dream is alive again - but now he must rely on his team-mates to make it become a reality.
The Scotland skipper learned earlier yesterday that the six-match ban imposed on him for hospitalising an opponent had been halved.
The Scots have three World Cup qualifiers remaining, which means that Hendry could make a dramatic return to the fold in the first game in Japan and Korea 2002.
English first division runners-up Blackburn Rovers have agreed to sign Turkish international midfielder Tugay and Irishman Alan Mahon.
The Ewood Park club are expected to pay about £1.3 million to Rangers for Tugay and about £1.5 million to Sporting Lisbon for Mahon, who has been on loan at Blackburn since December.
