Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Spain striker Fernando Torres has told Liverpool that he will not discuss his future until after he has had a holiday following the World Cup. Torres is wanted by Chelsea, Manchester City and Barcelona - although no official bids have been made.
  (The Sun)


• Arsenal are ready to pay £20m for German playmaker Mesut Ozil, having trailed the 21-year-old for months. Ozil has one year left on his contract at Werder Bremen.
  (Daily Star)


• Manchester City have been linked with a £16.5m move for Cologne's Germany forward Lukas Podolski.
  (Daily Mail )


• Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson is lining up a £13m move for FC Twente winger Bryan Ruiz.
  (The Mirror)


• Manchester United have made discreet enquiries about the possibility of signing Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema, who they were keen on recruiting before he moved to Spain from French side Lyon.
  (The Mirror)


• Sunderland are exploring the possibility of a season-long loan deal for Ghana's young striker Dominic Adiyiah, who is at AC Milan.
  (Daily Mail )


• Portsmouth left-back Lenny Sowah has rejected a move to Wigan in favour of a switch to German side Hamburg.
  (The Mirror)


• West Ham are expecting a bid from Aston Villa for Scott Parker. The Hammers are bracing themselves for the move when Villa midfielder James Milner makes his expected £25m switch to Manchester City.
  (The Sun)


• Villa manager Martin O'Neill, who accepts he is fighting a losing battle to keep Milner, is ready to strike a £30m deal with City for the England international. He wants £15m and Stephen Ireland and Nedum Onuoha in return.
  (Daily Star)

• England boss Fabio Capello's frustration with his side's performances apparently surfaced before the World Cup had started, when he smashed a glass tray in anger at half-time of the warm-up match with Platinum All-Stars.
  (The Mirror)


• Injured onlooker Michael Ballack has been ousted from the Germany's World Cup camp after a big rift with current captain Philipp Lahm, who insists he will not give the armband back to the former Chelsea star when he is fit again. The midfielder joined up with the squad last week to act as a cheerleader - but will not be present for the semi-final against Spain.
  (The Sun)


• England Under-21 defender Dan Gosling has walked out on Everton for nothing because the club failed to put a new contract offer to him in writing. Everton made a verbal offer to Gosling but the Premier League sided with the player because of the club's administrative error.
  (The Mirror)


• Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says Uruguayan World Cup star Diego Forlan - who left Old Trafford in 2004 after an unsuccessful spell - could have been a Red Devils hero and the club sold him too cheaply.
  (The Mirror)


• France captain Patrice Evra has been ­handed a month off by his Manchester United manager Sir Alex ­Ferguson to help him recover from his World Cup nightmare and marathon season - one more week than other United players who starred in South Africa.
  (Daily Star)


• West Ham co-owner David Sullivan insists that he wants to retain the services of Robert Green despite the goalkeeper's blunder against the United States at the World Cup.
  (The Guardian)

• American space agency Nasa has joined in the criticism of the Jabulani World Cup ball. Aerodynamic experts from Nasa's Ames Investigation Centre stated the ­Jabulani becomes unpredictable at speeds above 44 mph and also blamed the ball's light weight of only 440g for its poor flight and lack of ­consistency - known as the 'knuckle effect'.
  (The Mirror)


• Germany's Mesut Ozil has ridiculed England for saying they were bored between games in South Africa. Ozil said: "If you find the greatest tournament on earth boring, then you probably shouldn't be there."
  (Daily Mail )