One can ignore the tittle tattle only for so long when the press pack are united in their persistence of a story and they just won’t let ‘JT to City’ go.

The Sun is reporting this morning that Terry and City boss Mark Hughes were both holidaying in Dubai last week, though there is no mention of a late night whisper-off down on the beach.
Jason Dyer, from Hertfordshire, said he saw Terry one night at dinner then Hughes the next morning at breakfast. He subsequently found it “amazing” to learn City had made a bid just a few days later. I take it Jason isn’t a football fan.

According to The Guardian, as soon as Carlo Ancelotti has set up his email account and placed a selection of family photos on his new Stamford Bridge desk he’ll summon JT to the office for a chinwag about his commitment to the cause.

The Daily Star reckon Ancelotti and Chelsea will wave goodbye if City stump up a whopping £40million for the 28-year-old, while Sparky’s attention will turn to Barcelona’s premier perm, Carlos Puyol, should Terry stay put.

One man who is almost certain to pitch up in west London this week is CSKA winger Yuri Zhirkov, say The Independent. Making the opposite journey, probably via electronic transfer, will be £18million big ones.

Despite his recent declaration of love for all things Arsenal (apart from their recent lack of silverware, of course) The Sun report the Gunners will flog Cesc Fabregas to Real Madrid if they are offered £40million. The ubiquitous “insider” says Arsene Wenger will come under “enormous pressure” to sell if he receives an offer of that size.

The Daily Mirror reckon Roy Hodgson is agahst after defender Brede Hangeland rejected a new contract, but the £3.5million signing of Polish striker Pawel Brozek should soften the blow.

Harry Redknapp has been unusually quiet this close season, but The Telegraph say he’s been trying to talk 36-year-old Luis Figo out of retirement. He also fancies a flutter on Athletico Bilbao striker Fernando Llorente.

If Harry does snare Llorente he'll consider letting Darren Bent leave for Sunderland. Steve Bruce apparently wants to pair him with Pompey's Peter Crouch.

The Times claim Bruce won't be getting Marouane Chamakh from Bordeaux though, and to end today's blog I'll let their president Jean-Louis Triaud explain why: “What the f*** would he do at Sunderland? You have heard him say he will only sign for a big English club. I don’t want to insult Sunderland, but I don’t even know where they finished last season.”