Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Wesley Sneijder will sign for Manchester United in the next 48 hours for a fee believed to be around £32m.
  (The Mirror)


• Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas is set to go head-to-head with former boss Jose Mourinho in a transfer battle over Porto midfielder Fredy Gaurin.
  (talkSPORT)


• Chelsea are prepared to use midfielder Yossi Benayoun as bait in their attempt to prise Luka Modric from Tottenham.
  (Daily Mail)


• Lassana Diarra is a step closer to a move to Spurs after Real Madrid cut their asking price for the midfielder.
  (talkSPORT)


• Spurs are plotting a £35m bid for Porto striker Hulk as manager Harry Redknapp seeks to boost attacking options.
  (Daily Mail)


• Arsenal have told Manchester City they can buy Samir Nasri for an initial fee of £22m after conceding the midfielder will not sign a new contract.
  (The Mirror)


• Arsenal are monitoring Birmingham's £8m defender Scott Dann, who is also interesting Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish.
  (Daily Mail)


• Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala will step up their interest in Arsenal midfielder Andrey Arshavin this week.
  (talkSPORT)


• Blackburn Rovers are lining up a £3m move for Leicester's Ivory Coast defender Sol Bamba.
  (The Sun)


• Aston Villa have joined Bundesliga club Hamburg SV in the hunt for Arsenal forward Nicklas Bendtner.
  (footy-bunker)


• Bolton are set to bring ex-Stoke forward Tuncay back to the Premier League after less than a season with German side Wolfsburg.
  (The Sun)


• Stoke have joined the race for Manchester City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips and are also in talks with Spurs midfielder Wilson Palacios.
  (The Mirror)

• Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh believes Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri will both leave the Emirates, despite both being included in Arsenal's squad for this month's Champions League tie with Udinese.
  (Daily Telegraph)


• New Arsenal signing Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain believes everything is in place for the club to win trophies, saying that is the reason he joined the Londoners.
  (talkSPORT)


• Rafael van der Vaart has urged team-mate Luka Modric to stay at Spurs for one more year before making his dream move to Chelsea.
  (Metro)


• Bolton boss Owen Coyle has told clubs interested in Gary Cahill either to make an offer or leave the defender to concentrate on his career at the Reebok Stadium.
  (talkSPORT)

• Hollywood actor Gerard Butler turned out for a Celtic legends XI as they won 5-2 against a Manchester United legends team featuring Roy Keane and Teddy Sheringham.
  (Metro)