Latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

• Having cooled his interest in Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is weighing up a shock £15m bid for Barcelona's ex-Arsenal forward Thierry Henry. (Daily Star)



• United, meanwhile, are ready to sell their injury-prone forward Louis Saha to Paris St Germain, freeing up funds for new arrivals. (Daily Mirror)



• Striker Robbie Keane is expected at Liverpool for a medical to seal his £20m move from Tottenham. (Daily Star)



• Wantaway Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry, who has been targeted by Liverpool, is to be offered a new four-year contract at Villa Park that would result in him earning as much as a 50% pay rise. (Various)



• Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas has hinted he may be interested in a move to Real Madrid but not this summer. (Various)



• Newcastle are prepared to pay £7m for Real Madrid's former Arsenal forward Julio Baptista, although the Spanish club want closer to £12m. (Daily Telegraph)



• Real themselves want a new striker and will turn to Valencia's David Villa in a £30m deal that will end their interest in Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo. (Daily Star)



• Sunderland will complete the signing of El-Hadji Diouf from Bolton for £2.5m on Monday (Various)



• After months of uncertainty about his future, Portsmouth striker Kanu will turn down a lucrative move to the United States and sign a rolling 12-month contract extension this week. (The Sun)



• Tottenham have enquired about the availability of 27-year-old IF Elfsborg goalkeeper Johan Wiland. (Telegraph)



• Palermo have triggered a Premier League scramble to sign Mark Bresciano after confirming the Australia midfielder can leave for £5m, with Blackburn, West Ham and Fulham all in the hunt. (Daily Mail)



• Manchester City have entered the race to sign Marseille's Nigerian left-back Taye Taiwo for £6m. (Daily Mirror)



• West Brom's attempts to sign Polish international Radoslaw Majewski appear to have stalled after the Premier League side and Groclin Dyskobolia failed to agree a fee. (Daily Telegraph)



• Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock has made a last-ditch bid to sign Coventry's Michael Mifsud from under the noses of Bristol City. (The Sun)



• The finance for that deal would come from Birmingham, who have lined up a £2m bid for Palace midfielder Ben Watson. (Daily Mirror)



• Wolves boss Mick McCarthy is ready to hijack a bid from Ipswich to land former Manchester City defender Ben Thatcher, who is now a free agent. (The Sun)



• Bolton are to launch a new bid, thought to be in the region of £3m, for Reading midfielder James Harper now Middlesbrough appear to have lost interest. (Daily Mirror)

• Newcastle and England striker Michael Owen will sign a new deal at St James' Park in the next two or three weeks (The Sun)



• Former Derby chairman Peter Gadsby has offered to buy the club back after accusing the new American board of failing to invest in the club since their £50m takeover. (Various)



• Manchester United have moved quickly to finalise the details of Carol Tevez's £32m British record transfer after Real Madrid were among those enquiring about his availability. (Daily Mail)



• Walsall have signed former England striker Michael Ricketts for a third time. (Daily Mirror)



• Thomas Gravesen's agent says the Dane will see out his contract at Celtic, despite the Scottish Premier League champions' manager Gordon Strachan insisting the midfielder has played his last game for the club. (Daily Telegraph)



• Former Newcastle and Chelsea full-back Celestine Babayaro will be offered a one-year deal with Portsmouth after overcoming malaria. (Various)

• In a bid end their seemingly endless tale of injury misery, West Ham have linked up with Roehampton University, which has assessed the club's set-up and recommended installing modern equipment, using yet more medical staff and moving the training ground. (The Times)



• Six years after the collapse of his career in the Premier League following a failed drug test, Mark Bosnich, 36, saved a penalty and kept a clean sheet during a spectacular comeback to football on Sunday. The former Aston Villa, Manchester United and Chelsea goalkeeper starred in Central Coast's 3-0 win against Sydney in an Australian A-League pre-season cup match. (The Guardian)