Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Chelsea are preparing a £30m offer for Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain.
  (Daily Star)


• Sir Alex Ferguson will make a £20m January bid for Everton midfielder Jack Rodwell as the Manchester United boss looks to settle a midfield crisis that has seen three of his main first team options sidelined with injuries.
  (Caught Offside)


• Manchester United youngster Paul Pogba is set to reject a chance to sign a new contract and open talks about a Bosman move to Inter Milan.
  (The Mirror)


• Meanwhile, United are readying a bid for Roma contract rebel Daniele de Rossi.
  (Caught Offside)


• Tottenham midfielder Vedran Corluka could be heading to Roma in January, with his agent set to sit down with Spurs and sort out his future in the coming days.
  (Talk Sport)


• Spartak Moscow are ready to go head-to-head with Queens Park Rangers for Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko.
  (Metro)


• Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has rubbished rumours of David Villa being sold to Liverpool, Chelsea or Aston Villa.
  (Metro)


• Everon are chasing £500,000 French defender Yohan Tavares from Portuguese club Beira Mar.
  (The Sun)


• Wolfsburg manager Felix Magath is keen to sign Arsenal's Czech Republic midfielder Tomas Rosicky in January.
  (Inside Futbol)


• Sunderland will look to buy a striker in January after discovering they cannot recall Asamoah Gyan from his season-long loan at UAE club Al Ain.
  (The Mirror)


• AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi has warned Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez not to put the money available at Paris Saint-Germain ahead of the glory at stake at the San Siro.
  (The Mirror)


• Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has admitted he would love to bring Tevez to White Hart Lane - but concedes that a January move for the Blues outcast is unlikely.
  (Daily Mail)


• Meanwhile, Tevez has told Argentine magazine Gente he is fed up of travelling and will never be returning to England once he leaves City because he wants to play for Boca Juniors.
  (Gente)

• West Brom defender Jonas Olsson has revealed he has reservations about extending his contract despite starting talks over a new deal.
  (Daily Express)


• The Baggies have earmarked £4m Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha as a replacement.
  (The Mirror)


• Wolves manager Mick McCarthy has made it clear in-form striker Steven Fletcher is not for sale.
  (Express and Star)

• Andy Carroll will pick up a £150,000 loyalty bonus from Liverpool next month despite making only 13 starts since his £35m move from Newcastle.
  (Daily Mail)


• Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo and other stars of yesteryear dusted off their boots for a charity match in Hamburg that also involved current Premier League star Didier Drogba.
  (Metro)


• Brazilian striker Pottker got himself sent off for unsportingly competing for a drop-ball and then scoring for Figueirense, but the referee still allowed the goal.
  (The Sun)