Speculation continues to surround United's much-admired strike force and the fall-out from the weekend's newspapers sees Teamtalk claiming that Birmingham City have scouted the pair several times. Additionally Division Two high-flyers Preston North End are rumoured to have joined the hunt for Martin Butler, while the local press in Reading claim that the Royals have switched targets from Trevor Benjamin to Butler and are close to signing our top scorer.

It is widely reported today that Brentford had another bid for Benjamin turned down yesterday, and this time their bid was reportedly in the region of £650,000. Plus, according to Teamtalk, Portsmouth can now be added to the long list of clubs said to be tracking the 20-year-old striker.