Star players Kevin Pietersen [Images] and Andrew Flintoff [Images] are likely to lead the English influx into the Indian Premier League [Images] with its cash-rich franchises lining up six-figure offers for them.

"It is believed that Pietersen is the subject of bids from all eight IPL franchises, while reports in India suggest Flintoff is close to a deal with the Kolkata Knight Riders [Images], the glamorous team owned by Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan [Images]," the Daily Telegraph reported on Friday.

Both would command fees of more than $1.5 million per year, the paper reported.

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England [Images] one-day captain Paul Collingwood [Images] is expected to sign an IPL deal, too, with Owais Shah, Stuart Broad and Ravi Bopara also the subjects of lucrative bids believed to be in the region of $300,000.

The English flavour was absent in the inaugural edition of the IPL because the England and Wales Cricket Board had denied permission to its players to feature in the cash-rich Twenty20 competition.

But players might dictate terms when the ECB's new central contracts are signed, most probably on Monday.

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However, the paper said, until the new central contracts are signed, the ECB will not issue the non-objection certificate a player needs before joining an IPL team.