Aston Villa, Newcastle and Middlesbrough battle it out for newly-appointed England spokesman Joey Barton [Mail]
Blackburn want to sign former player David Dunn from Birmingham [Mirror]
And, in a happy turn of events, Birmingham want to sell him [Planet Blues]
Villa boss Martin O’Neill wants to sign Leicester City defender Richard Stearman, not to be confused with celebrity knee-fixer Richard Steadman (pictured) [Mirror]
‘Arry wants £21 million pint-sized benchwarmer Shaun Wright-Phillips, but he’ll only pay £5 million for him [Guardian]