Terry is upset Chelsea have not been in contact with him since City’s recent £30m bid for him and wants talks with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. The Sun

Left-back Wayne Bridge, who signed for Manchester City from Chelsea in January 2009, gave the Eastlands club, on his arrival, reason to believe they could sign Chelsea captain John Terry from his former club. City are now preparing a third bid for Terry. Independent

Find it interesting soon after Claude Makelele said John Terry was the main cause of Jose Mourinho’s dismissal he came out to shoot down those rumours. I understand John Terry is on vacation right now but his silence on this rumours is interesting.

Everton have tabled a £13m bid for Standard Liege midfielder Steven Defour after having an initial £9m offer rejected by the Belgium outfit. Independent

I’m sure Everton would love to pair Defour with international team mate Marouane Fellaini. Plus Everton would have an easier time making a deal with Standard Liege than they would with Sporting over João Moutinho.

Wigan chairman Dave Whelan has told Egyptian striker Amr Zaki to forget any thoughts about a return to the club because of his lack of discipline. The Sun

Zaki did get a big head after his fast start with Wigan. Interesting to see that they hasn't been a flood of other teams looking to sign Zaki this off season either.

Bordeaux boss and ex-Manchester United defender Laurent Blanc says midfielder Gabriel Obertan, who the French club are set to sell to the Old Trafford outfit, has a lot to learn. Daily Star

Not a glowing reference but then again a coach rarely is happy losing a talented young player before he can get the best out of him.

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba says his behaviour after the Champions League defeat by Barcelona was “not right” and still bothers him. Daily Mirror

Good luck with the UEFA appeal is what I’m thinking when reading this comment.

Arsenal fans have launched their own Michael Owen-style brochure in a send up trying to sell striker Emmanuel Adebayor to any interested club. Daily Mirror

Very nice as the special one would say.