Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Juventus have joined the race to sign 28-year-old Arsenal striker Robin van Persie.
  (talkSPORT)


• Chelsea defender Ashley Cole, 31, could land a big-money move to Barcelona in the summer.
  (Daily Star)


• Liverpool and Newcastle are weighing up summer moves for Barcelona's Seydou Keita, 32, with the Catalan giants ready to listen to offers for the Mali midfielder.
  (Metro)


• Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala will pay £9m up front for Blackburn defender Chris Samba, 27, with potentially another £2m in add-ons.
  (Lancashire Telegraph)


• West Brom may return for Sunderland midfielder Craig Gardner in the summer after failing with a bid to take the 25-year-old ex-Birmingham player back to the Midlands on loan last month.
  (Daily Mirror)


• Defender Liam Ridgewell hopes West Brom sign loanee Ben Foster permanently this summer. The 28-year-old goalkeeper is currently on a season-long loan from Birmingham City.
  (Birmingham Mail)


• Fulham target Dieumerci Mbokani is wanted by Genoa. The Cottagers tried to sign the 26-year-old Anderlecht striker in January but the Belgian club rejected their bid.
  (talkSPORT)

• Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas is eyeing a switch to Inter Milan where manager Claudio Ranieri is under pressure.
  (The Times)


• Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger missed out on signing Gareth Bale, 22, from Southampton before the Welshman joined north London rivals Tottenham, opting to buy Theo Walcott instead.
  (Daily Mail)


• Wenger also rejected the chance to sign Louis Saha, 33, last month before the former Everton striker signed for Tottenham.
  (Daily Mirror)


• Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill believes 23-year-old midfielder Lee Cattermole should have been named in Stuart Pearce's England squad for next week's friendly against the Netherlands.
  (Sunderland Echo)


• Norwich manager Paul Lambert has told goalkeeper John Ruddy, 25, he can make the England squad if he maintains his form.
  (Eastern Daily Press)


• Steven Gerrard is desperate for Wembley glory after saying he felt "suicidal" following Liverpool's last League Cup final - a 3-2 defeat by Chelsea in 2005.
  (The Sun)


• Gerrard will join Tommy Smith as the only Liverpool-born player to lead the Reds out in a major Wembley final.
  (Liverpool Echo)


• Former Liverpool captain Jamie Redknapp says winning trophies is an obsession for Reds manager Kenny Dalglish.
  (Daily Mail)


• Cardiff manager Malky Mackay says a two-and-a-half-hour talk from Dalglish on a Uefa Pro-Licence course helped set him up as a boss.
  (Daily Mail)

• David Silva says winning the Premier League with Manchester City would bring him as much joy as Spain's 2010 World Cup win.
  (Metro)