Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Tottenham are in talks with AC Milan over bringing Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to White Hart Lane on a season-long loan deal. The move will include the option to buy at the end of the spell, with the sum of £12m thought to be the asking price.
  (The Mirror)


• Newcastle and West Ham are keen on signing Tottenham striker Robbie Keane on loan before the transfer window shuts on Tuesday.
  (talksport)


• Liverpool and Newcastle will find out soon who has won the race to sign Marseille winger Hatem Ben Arfa. The 23-year-old has gone on strike at his French club in an effort to force through a move. German side Werder Bremen are also interested.
  (talksport)


• Fulham boss Mark Hughes is set to raid his former club Manchester City to sign striker Roque Santa Cruz and goalkeeper Shay Given.
  (Daily Mail)


• Ajax goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg is not interested in leaving the Dutch side for Arsenal following their Champions League qualification.
  (talksport)


• West Ham are poised to make a move for Hamburg's 29-year-old right-back Guy Demel.
  (talksport)


• Stoke and Portsmouth are lining up a swap deal with winger Liam Lawrence and striker Dave Kitson set to head for the south coast and Marc Wilson moving to Staffordshire.
  (The Mirror)


• Arsenal have made an inquiry for Lille goalkeeper Mickael Landreau - but have not given up on signing Fulham's Mark Schwarzer.
  (Daily Mail)


• AC Milan and Barcelona have agreed a deal to take striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic to the San Siro, according to reports in the Spanish media.
  (IM Scouting)

• Barcelona forward Lionel Messi wants Liverpool to be humane and let fellow Argentine Javier Mascherano leave Anfield for the Nou Camp.
  (The Mirror)


• Former Hull manager Phil Brown, who is currently out of work, has reiterated his desire to become England manager.
  (talksport)


• England manager Fabio Capello can forget about recalling Paul Scholes to the national squad. The veteran Manchester United midfielder has no intention of going back on his 2004 decision to retire from international football.
  (The Sun)


• Wigan manager Roberto Martinez called Birmingham boss Alex McLeish "disrespectful" over his pursuit of Latics winger Charles N'Zogbia.
  (The Sun)


• Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has reopened his feud with Stoke, accusing them of turning football into 'rugby'.
  (Daily Star)


• New Manchester United striker Bebe, who manager Alex Ferguson paid £7.4m for without seeing him play, was not included in the club's recent 16-man reserve squad to face Manchester City - and was this week taken out of a training match because he was 'off the pace'.
  (Daily Mail)

• Along with reacting angrily to the taunts of former Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho - who said that Rafael Benitez was lucky to inherit such a good side - the club's new manager has slammed a decision to allow television cameras into changing rooms at Serie A games, insisting it breaches a "priestly sanctuary".
  (The Sun)


• With the help of the legendary Pierluigi Collina, Uefa president Michel Platini has launched a new initiative that he claims will produce referees who are just as fit as footballers - and who will be able to provide a "99 to 100 per cent" guarantee of no more mistakes.
  (Daily Mail)