Rumour Mill - Thursday October 4

• THE SUN - Chelsea will appoint Ajax boss Henk Ten Cate next week - just 14 days after Avram Grant was put in charge.

• DAILY MIRROR - Didier Drogba proved there is Chelsea life after Jose Mourinho last night with the stunning goal that proved the players are willing to play for Avram Grant.

• Manchester United will sign Micah Richards in the January transfer window, according to a football rumours website.

• DAILY MAIL - Avram Grant has taken the first steps towards appointing a backroom staff as it emerged last night that Chelsea have approached Ajax manager Henk Ten Cate to become first-team coach.

• Arsene Wenger will bring in one new player in January and that will be Luka Modric for a fee of 11 million, says a rumours website.

• THE MIRROR - Ashley Cole felt "paranoid" at Arsenal because no one spoke in the dressing room and he feared the foreigners were talking about him, his wife Cheryl has revealed.

• DAILY TELEGRAPH - Avram Grant cast off some of the doubt surrounding his appointment as Chelsea manager last night when his team brilliantly repeated last season's 2-1 Champions League victory against Valencia in the intimidating Mestalla Stadium.

• THE SUN - Sam Allardyce insists HE will decide if Michael Owen is fit for England duty - not Steve McClaren.

• THE MIRROR - Cristiano Ronaldo has warned the Premier League's bully boys they will not succeed in kicking him out of football.

• THE SUN - Jose Mourinho has targeted Real Madrid or AC Milan to make his return to football.

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