Football rumours from today's newspapers.

• Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is making a new £2m bid to bring Portsmouth goalkeeper David James to White Hart Lane. (Daily Mirror )



• Another player leaving Portsmouth could be defender Sylvain Distin, who is attracting interest from Everton. (Daily Mirror)



• Meanwhile, Pompey defender Sol Campbell has held talks with Sven-Goran Eriksson over a move to Notts County. (Daily Mirror)



• Pompey are in talks to sign Bolton centre-back Danny Shittu and midfielder Gavin McCann. (The Sun)



• Chelsea aim to lure Brazilian striker Alexandre Pato from AC Milan in a £40m deal - but not until next summer. (Daily Mirror)



• Everton have agreed a £6m deal with Newcastle for centre-half Steven Taylor but the England Under-21 international's wage demands could be a stumbling block. (Daily Mirror)



• Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill is plotting a last-ditch bid for West Ham defender James Collins. (The Sun)



• The Hammers are trying to rush through the sale of Collins to Villa and the signing of Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh before Sunday's game against Tottenham. (Daily Mirror )



• West Ham are confident of agreeing a deal to sign Chamakh after raising their offer to about £7m plus a 20% sell-on clause. (The Times)



• Lyon defender John Mensah is on the verge of sealing a season-long loan move to Sunderland after passing a medical. (Northern Echo)



• Hull boss Phil Brown will bid £4m for Portsmouth striker David Nugent after being snubbed by Real Madrid forward Alvaro Negredo. (The Sun)



• Brown is aiming to make Lokomotiv Moscow striker Haminu Draman his fifth signing this summer, with the Ghanaian likely to cost around £3m. (The Independent )



• Birmingham manager Alex McLeish is ready to release forwards Marcus Bent and Gary McSheffrey. (The Sun)



• Wigan are close to a £3m deal for Crystal Palace winger Victor Moses. (Daily Mirror)



• Latics manager Roberto Martinez is set to step up his bid to sign Sheffield United defender Matthew Kilgallon in a £4m deal. (Daily Star)



• Spanish club Espanyol have made a bid to sign Newcastle defender Fabricio Coloccini - but want the English club to carry on paying part of the Argentine's £40,000-a-week wages. (Daily Mirror)



• Derby striker Rob Hulse has ruled out a switch to Middlesbrough after being linked with a £5m move to the Riverside. (The Independent )

• Liverpool defender Daniel Agger faces up to two months on the sidelines after being booked in for surgery on his back injury. (Daily Mail)



• Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole has signed a new four-year contract to make him the world's highest-paid full-back on £120,000 a week. (The Sun)



• Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung has moved closer to his £81.5m takeover of Birmingham after putting down a £3m deposit and making clear his intention to offer £1 per share. (Daily Mail)



• Newcastle managing director Derek Llambias believes a consortium being led by local businessman Barry Moat are closing in on a £100m deal to buy the Championship club. (Daily Mail)



• Magpies owner Mike Ashley has given Moat a deadline of 1700 BST on Friday to buy the club. (The Times)



• Steve Bruce has revealed his ambition to one day manage Manchester United and admits he is using Sunderland as a stepping-stone to the Old Trafford hotseat. (Daily Express)

• Premier League stars have opened a campaign to get all African children into schooling. Portsmouth's David James, Kanu and Aaron Mokoena and Mikael Silvestre and Gael Clichy of Arsenal pledged support for the 1 Goal initiative linked to next year's World Cup in South Africa. (Daily Mirror)



• Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard says Manchester United will never make up for the loss of winger Cristiano Ronaldo, unless they sign Barcelona forward Lionel Messi. (Daily Mirror)