Striker Andriy Shevchenko had already wrapped up his move from AC Milan to Chelsea before the competition for a reported 42 million euros (55 million dollars) but Manchester United are running the rule over Spartak Moscow's Maksim Kalinichenko, according to German newspaper Bild.

"Kalinichenko reminds me of David Beckham," Bild quoted an Old Trafford insider as saying.

The daily added that the Russians would likely do business at 11 million euros for the 27-year-old wing wizard -- but United are set to face competition from Valencia, according to Bild.

Shakhtar Donetsk midfield linchpin Anatoliy Tymoschuk has admirers in the English Premiership, with Arsenal and Newcastle leading the chase.

Skakhtar are in no hurry to offload their prized asset, having already turned down an AC Milan offer of nine million euros two years ago.

And although striker Andrei Voronin, currently with Germany's Bayer Leverkusen, is out of the rest of the tournament with a thigh injury, his role in rescuing Ukraine after their opening thrashing by Spain has attracted Italy's Udinese, his agent says.

Striker Artem Milevsky, just 21 and at national coach Oleg Blokhin's former club Dynamo Kiev, is under the microscope at former European champions Porto.

The club have in the past regularly looked east for talent, particularly to Russia for stars such as Dmitri Alenichev and Sergei Ovchinnikov, but also to Bulgaria, for former stars such as Emil Kostadinov.

Portuguese media say that Porto would pay eight million euros for Milevsky, who starred in Ukraine's run to the Euro 2006 Under-21 championships final.

Spanish top flight outfit Getafe, coached by former Germany and Real Madrid and Barcelona star Bernd Schuster, are meanwhile said to be mulling a five million euro swoop for fringe player Oleksiy Byelik, a striker with Shakhtar Donetsk.