Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Manchester United make Gareth Bale their key summer target but the Old Trafford club will have to pay Tottenham £40m for the 21-year-old.
  (Sunday Mirror)


• The Red Devils will also return with a summer bid for Aston Villa's Ashley Young after failing with an offer in January.
  (Sunday Mirror)


• Manchester United are poised to edge out Arsenal in the £10m race to sign Southampton's 17-year-old forward Alex Oxdale-Chamberlain. Full story: Sunday Express Newcastle want Ipswich's 17-year-old striker Connor Wickham as a replacement for Andy Carroll.
  (News of the World)


• Chelsea face a battle with AC Milan in their bid to sign Ajax defender Gregory van der Wiel, who is also coveted by Manchester United and Barcelona.
  (Sunday Mirror)


• Arsenal will stick to their guns and demand £80m from Real Madrid for their midfielder Cesc Fabregas.
  (The People)


• Juventus are poised to make a £5m move for Tottenham defender Alan Hutton.
  (The People)


• West Ham are trying to send Benni McCarthy, 33, out on loan - and will pay more than 80% of his £60,000-a-week salary.
  (The People)

• Former Bolton, Newcastle and Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce is being lined up to take over as manager of the Qatar national team.
  (News of the World)


• Chelsea could attempt to poach chief scout Steve Rowley from Premier League rivals Arsenal and are looking to ex-Ajax coach Marco van Basten should manager Carlo Ancelotti leave in the summer.
  (Mail on Sunday)


• Chelsea sporting director Frank Arnesen is being headhunted by three clubs and could quit Stamford Bridge in the next fortnight.
  (The People)


• The 2013 FA Cup final will kick off at 1730 BST, instead of the more traditional 1500 BST, to satisfy demands from broadcasters, and as part of the biggest overhaul in the competition's 140-year history.
  (The People)

• Crawley Town's 26-year-old captain Pablo Mills, whose non-league side play Manchester United in the FA Cup on 19 February, admits that the last time he visited Old Trafford it was on a stadium tour with his mum and brothers.
  (Sunday Mirror)


• Everton skipper Phil Neville's principles stopped him from pursuing a move to Tottenham when manager Harry Redknapp came in for him in the January transfer window.
  (Sunday Mirror)