Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Tottenham head a list of six Premier League teams attempting to sign midfielder David Beckham on a two-month loan deal from Major League Soccer side Los Angeles Galaxy.
  (The Mirror)


• Lassana Diarra will be at the centre of a bidding war in January as Manchester United and Tottenham both prepare bids for the Real Madrid midfielder.
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• Arsenal and Manchester United are on the trail of Barcelona midfielder Thiago Alcantara.
  (talkSPORT)


• Arsenal striker Carlos Vela is being chased by a host of La Liga clubs, including Valencia, Villarreal and Atletico Madrid.
  (talkSPORT)


• Meanwhile, the Gunners are set to sell 20-year-old Norwegian defender Havard Nordtveit to German side Borussia Monchengladbach in an £800,000 deal.
  (Daily Mail)


• However, striker Nicklas Bendtner says he will not be leaving Arsenal in January after vowing to fight for his place. The Dane has previously voiced his frustration over his lack of first-team football.
  (The Mirror)


• Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini believes Wolfsburg striker Edin Dzeko, who is set to join the Eastlands outfit, can fire his team to the Premier League title if he joins in a £35m deal.
  (Daily Mail)


• Espanyol defender Victor Ruiz has cooled speculation linking him with Manchester City.
  (talkSPORT)


• New Inter Milan boss Leonardo has earmarked a summer move for Liverpool striker Fernando Torres as he seeks to freshen up things at the San Siro.
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• Hatem Ben Arfa will make his loan move from Marseille to Newcastle permanent next week in a £5.1m deal. The midfielder has been out injured since October with a broken leg.
  (The Mirror)


• Fulham boss Mark Hughes is lining up a £2m move for Cardiff striker Jay Bothroyd.
  (The Sun)


• Tottenham's Robbie Keane is prepared to take a pay-cut in order to play regular first-team football, with Birmingham and Wolves leading the chase for the striker.
  (Daily Mail)


• Italian Serie A side Bari are poised to swoop for Wigan's Argentine striker Mauro Boselli, who has scored only once since arriving for £6m last summer.
  (The Sun)


• West Ham co-owner David Gold has revealed the club have targeted 15 different players for manager Avram Grant in the January transfer window.
  (The Mirror)


• One of those 15 may be Everton striker Yakubu, who has expressed a desire to leave Merseyside to gain more first-team action.
  (Daily Mail)


• Manchester City have rejected an offer from West Ham to take left-back Wayne Bridge on loan for the rest of the season.
  (The Sun)


• Arsenal are considering a move for Real Madrid centre back Ezequiel Garay as manager Arsene Wenger scours Europe for a top-notch defender.
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• Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier is lining up promising Le Havre midfielder Gueida Fofana as one of his first January signings.
  (The Mirror)


• Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva has been linked with a move to Spanish side Villarreal.
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• Everton striker James Vaughan is ready to sign for promotion-chasing Championship side Cardiff City in a £1m-plus deal.
  (The Mirror)


• Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge is looking to force his way out of Stamford Bridge in the hopes of making a move to Liverpool, who have expressed an interest in signing the former Manchester City youngster.
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• Manchester City will allow Michael Johnson to move to Leeds on loan in a bid to rebuild his wrecked career. The midfielder has been sidelined for two years with a serious knee injury.
  (talkSPORT)


• Newcastle are ready to offer striker Leon Best in exchange for Leeds winger Max Gradel in January.
  (Daily Mail)


• Bolton are leading the race to sign Sporting Lisbon's Montenegro striker Simon Vukcevic.
  (talkSPORT)

• Sam Allardyce, who was recently sacked as manager of Blackburn, wants to be the next boss of Burnley after the Clarets axed Brian Laws on Wednesday.
  (The Mirror)


• However, former Hull boss Phil Brown, who was Allardyce's assistant at Bolton, is also high on the shortlist to replace Laws at Turf Moor.
  (The Sun)


• Preston could offer former Burnley boss Brian Laws an immediate return to management as Darren Ferguson's successor after the latter was also sacked on Wednesday.
  (The Sun)


• However, Paul Jewell is also in the running to take over at Preston after the dismissal of Ferguson.
  (Daily Mail)


• Teenage Manchester United striker Federico Macheda, 19, wants to head for his native Italy on loan. Macheda's agent Marcello Bonetto stated: "United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said Kiko can go for six months to gain experience."
  (The Sun)


• Under-fire Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier may be running out of time to turn things around at Villa Park, with club owner Randy Lerner growing increasingly concerned by his team's league position.
  (Daily Mail)


• Villa midfielder Stiliyan Petrov is urging the club's young players to "show they are men" in their relegation fight. Boss Houllier has fielded a number of young players over recent weeks but the club have slipped to the foot of the table following five defeats in six matches.
  (The Mirror)


• Striker Eidur Gudjohnsen is ready to cancel his contract with Stoke as he is frustrated at the lack of first-team football he has played for the club.
  (The Mirror)

• Former Liverpool striker Titi Camara has been appointed sports minister of Guinea. The 38-year-old, who also played for West Ham, had a four-month spell as his home country's national coach last year.
  (Daily Mail)