All the latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

• Fulham striker Brian McBride has signed a one-year extension to his Cottagers' contract. (Daily Mail)
  
  
• Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has urged Manchester United's in-form winger Cristiano Ronaldo to join Barcelona in the summer. (The Sun)
  
  
• Arsenal striker Thierry Henry has told Gunners' fans "you know where my heart is" after renewed speculation linking him with Barcelona and Real Madrid. (Daily Mirror)
  
  
• Birmingham will make a renewed approach to Aston Villa this week to take central defender Liam Ridgewell on loan. (Daily Mirror)
  
  
• West Brom striker John Hartson has been told he can leave the club on loan if he gets an offer. (Daily Mirror)
  
  
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• Italian football chief are planning to halt the championship for two weeks and order clubs to play behind-closed-doors in order to tackle their hooliganism problem. (The Sun)
  
  

• Manchester City are ready to open talks with midfielder stephen Ireland about a new deal. (Daily Mirror)
  
  
• Bayern Munich have become the latest club to signal their desire to recruit Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho if he leaves Stamford Bridge in the summer. (The Times)
  
  
• Newcastle midfielder Emre has launched his defence against an FA charge of racism by saying his words have been misunderstood in England. (Daily Mirror, The Times)
  
  

• Vietnam coach Alfred Riedl will be out of action for two months while he undergoes a kidney transplant. Truck drivers, bankers and even Buddhist monks had offered to go under the knife for the popular Austrian Riedl, who has led the country to silver medals in the 1999, 2003 and 2005 Southeast Asian Games.