So, Chelsea want John Terry to stay. The manager does. The fans do. His fellow players do. No, all we need is for the player himself to say he's going nowhere. The silence, therefore, is deafening from the club's skipper.

It really is a quiet day, though, with most of the sports pages taken up with the golf and the cricket.

It all means that while good old "Mr Chelsea" stays silent we have no option but to continue with this tedious tale of rumour and counter rumour. Today's Dail Mail confidently predicts that Mark Hughes will up their bid to £40m.

The Daily Mirror expects City to up their bid for Everton's Joleon Lescott, expecting an offer in the region of £18m. They will double the England international's wages.

Manchester United have been tracking Douglas Costa for some time, but now the Guardian says that the Red Devils have asked Gremio to lower their demands. The problem is that Chelsea are now waiting in the wings.

One of Manchester City's strikers, Craig Bellamy, has vowed to fight for his place. We think he'd be better off leaving - you can read it in the Daily Mirror.

Arsenal sold Emmanuel Adebayor to City over the weekend and although Arsene Wenger said there is no need to replace him, the Daily Mail seems to think otherwise. The rag predicts that the Gunners will make a move for Toulouse striker Andre-Pierre Gignac or Bordeaux's Marouane Chamakh.

The Sun says that Manchester United were forced to dock Carlos Tevez's wages after the star's mansion was trashed prior to him moving out. The rented property needed £30,000 worth of repairs.

Everton need more numbers and could add to their squad with the signing of Sweden Under-21 midfielder Rasmus Elm. They face competition from PSV Eindhoven, Ajax and Fulham for the Kamarr FF star, who has been shown around the club. It's in the Daily Mail.

Lots of talk about Peter Crouch recently, and the Daily Mirror claims he is demanding £90,000-a-week to make the long trek north from Portsmouth to play for Sunderland.

And Portsmouth will have to wait to find out if Sulamain al-Fahim's takeover will get the go-ahead. The Premier League have promised to leave no stone unturned before approving the takeover, it's in the Guardian.

According to the Daily Mail, Fulham have spent £1.5m on Bjorn Helge Riise from Lillestrom and will also test West Brom with a new £3.25m bid for Jonathan Greening. Bobby Zamora is to have talks with Hull.

The Tigers, according to the Daily Mirror, will look to sign Andriy Voronin on loan from Liverpool.

The Daily Mirror says Blackburn Rovers have turned their back on Christian Vieri - he must be finished if even Big Sam does not feel he can get his career back on track - and may look to loan Chelsea's Franco di Santo.