Rumour Mill - Wednesday September 12

• BRYAN Robson hopes to sign ex Brazil international Jose Ze Maria to Bramall Lane within weeks, says The Mirror.

• THE Sun says Sheffield United are favourites to sign Aston Villa defender Gary Cahill, who is wanted by SEVEN clubs.

• ROMAN Abramovich is offering each Russian player a 40,000 bonus to beat England tonight. A Russian paper claims the Chelsea boss will pay out the best part of 1 million for a Wembley win.

• THE Daily Mirror reports that Steve McClaren has ordered his players to "get in the faces" of Russia tonight - and kill them off after just 20 minutes.

• GUUS Hiddink has warned England they are lagging behind Russia when it comes to stemming the flow of foreign imports, says The Daily Star. In the Russian league teams have no more than seven foreigners in their line-ups - and that number will drop by one a year to four over the next three years.

• THE Daily Telegraph reports that Emile Heskey has held off the challenge of Peter Crouch and will start up front alongside Michael Owen against Russia at Wembley tonight.

• JOHN Terry has ordered England to launch an all-out attack on the Russians straight from the kick-off at Wembley tonight.

Terry says England have to build on Saturday's morale-boosting 3-0 win over Israel with another Euro 2008 Group E victory over Russia, and cement a five-day turnaround in fortunes that puts Steve McClaren back in control of their own destiny in the qualifiers.

• MANCHESTER United boss Alex Ferguson yesterday confirmed SunSport's exclusive that Wayne Rooney has recovered from his broken metatarsal.

• STEVE McClaren was doing his best to keep Guus Hiddink guessing last night as he prepared for his most critical match to date as England head coach, but, barring any last-minute change of plan, he appeared certain to turn once more to Emile Heskey against Russia at Wembley this evening, imploring the Wigan Athletic forward to "get in the faces" of the opposition, says The Times.

• THE Independent says Russia's coach Guus Hiddink insisted yesterday that he had no regrets about turning down the possibility of managing England, whom his men meet in tonight's Euro 2008 qualifier at Wembley.