Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Barcelona are looking at ways of raising cash to fund a massive summer bid for Tottenham's £50m-rated winger Gareth Bale, 22.
  (Daily Express)


• Barca are not prepared to pay more than £35m and Bale wants to stay at Spurs rather than make the move
  (Daily Mirror)


• Chelsea are believed to be lining up a £50m swoop for 25-year-old Atletico Madrid striker Falcao.
  (Daily Star)


• Liverpool are keen on Barcelona's Seydou Keita. The £2m-rated midfielder, 32, currently playing for Mali in the African Nations Cup, has been frozen out at the Nou Camp.
  (The Sun)


• Bolton manager Owen Coyle is believed to have issued a "come and get them" invitation to Championship clubs for some of their out-of-favour stars.
  (Bolton News)


• Hamburg hope to tempt 22-year-old midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson back to Germany when his loan deal at Swansea expires at the end of the season.
  (talkSPORT)


• Former Blackburn captain Garry Flitcroft insists Rovers must resolve their differences with wantaway defender Chris Samba, 27, immediately or face a daunting task in avoiding Premier League relegation.
  (Lancashire Telegraph)


• Several top clubs are already lining up to sign Blackburn's highly-rated 21-year-old striker Junior Hoilett, who could leave the club for a bargain price when his contract expires in the summer.
  (Metro)


• Striker Dimitar Berbatov, 31, expects to remain at Manchester United beyond this season but has reiterated his disenchantment at his lack of playing time at Old Trafford.
  (Manchester Evening News)


• Arsenal striker Andrey Arshavin, 30, is holding on for a summer move back to former club Zenit St Petersburg rather than move to Anzhi Makhachkala over the next three weeks while the Russian transfer window remains open.
  (Daily Mirror)


• Manchester City's 26-year-old defender Aleksandar Kolarov is a transfer target for Serie A giants Juventus.
  (talkSPORT)


• Anderlecht's 26-year-old striker Dieumerci Mbokani is being targeted by Liverpool. The 26-year-old's agent has also admitted that his client is being scouted by English clubs and could move abroad.
  (Inside Futbol)

• Jose Mourinho will not leave Real Madrid at the end of the season, according to midfielder Jose Callejon, 24.
  (talkSPORT)


• Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish is hoping to convince 25-year-old striker Gabriel Agbonlahor about the benefits of yoga - using Ryan Giggs as the prime example.
  (Birmingham Mail)


• West Ham midfielder Ravel Morrison, 19, looks set to be hauled in front of senior Hammers staff to explain comments he made on Twitter.
  (Daily Mail)


• Former Norwich City winger Adrian Forbes, 33, believes the Canaries have bagged themselves a bargain in the form of transfer deadline day signing Ryan Bennett.
  (Eastern Daily Press )


• Everton fan group 'Trust Everton' has launched a plan to buy the club's £15m Finch Farm training ground.
  (Liverpool Echo )


• Blackburn are believed to have have cancelled a visit from the Indian national team due to fresh fears over the future of boss Steve Kean.
  (Daily Star)


• French winger Sylvain Marveaux, 25, has admitted his season could already be over with Newcastle.
  (Newcastle Chronicle )


• Swansea's 29-year-old midfielder Ferrie Bodde faces a fight to save his career after news that he has suffered a third cruciate ligament injury which will rule him out until next season.
  (South Wales Evening Post )


• The Brazilian club Corinthians are keeping their striker Adriano "detained" inside the team's hotel in an effort to force him to lose weight.
  (The Guardian)


• Manager Alex McLeish has urged French winger Charles N'Zogbia, 25, to do his talking on the pitch for Aston Villa rather than on Twitter.
  (Express & Star)

• The now world famous 'Anfield cat' may have found a home after a former Liverpool steward came forward claiming he was a local stray - and he's named after manager Kenny Dalglish.
  (Metro)


• Harry Redknapp will be offered the England job - but on the FA's terms. "The FA will tell Redknapp they want him to lead a coaching set-up with staff they have already picked as part of an England revolution".
  (Daily Mirror)


• Tottenham are braced for an approach from England for Harry Redknapp but are desperate to hang on to their manager until the end of the season.
  (Goal)


• Stuart Pearce and Trevor Brooking will team up as caretaker bosses for England's friendly against the Netherlands at Wembley on 29 February.
  (Daily Mail)