Latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

• Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will start his radical transfer-window surgery with a raid on Newcastle: keeper Shay Given and defenders Steven Taylor and Charles N'Zogbia are all targets. (News of the World)



• Manchester City will test Newcastle's resolve to keep Michael Owen by making a £4m bid for the England striker in the January transfer window. (News of the World)



• Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill has warned Spanish giants Real Madrid not to try to poach his England winger Ashley Young. (News of the World)



• Spurs boss Harry Redknapp admits Tottenham are running third in a three-horse race to sign Jermain Defoe from Portsmouth, behind Aston Villa and Manchester City. (News of the World)



• Liverpool are closing in on Portsmouth's England defender Glen Johnson. The Reds could soon make a £9m bid for the right-back. (News of the World)



• Chelsea could be surprise runners in the chase to sign Wigan striker Emile Heskey in the January transfer window. (Sunday Express)



• Manchester City are ready to start their new year spending with a £12m deal for Spain's Euro 2008-winning midfielder Marcos Senna from Villarreal. (Daily Star Sunday)



• Bayern Munich are lining up an £8m move for Chelsea winger Florent Malouda. (Daily Star Sunday)

• Fulham midfielder Jimmy Bullard has sensationally offered to take a 20% pay cut to stay at Craven Cottage. (News of the World)



• Jose Mourinho, currently boss at Inter Milan, has emerged as a managerial target for Manchester City's Arab owners. And discreet soundings have already been made in the direction of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. (Mail on Sunday)



• Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has vowed he will never change the way he plays football. "I am a player with lots of energy and aggression and I am never going to stop putting in tackles," he said. (News of the World)



• Roy Keane is a shock contender for the vacant Nottingham Forest manager's job following Colin Calderwood's dismissal. (News of the World)

• Hull boss Phil Brown nearly quit football to move into horse racing after a disastrous spell at Derby. (News of the World)



• Former Middlesbrough striker Fabrizio Ravanelli now rides more the 13,000 miles a year in his native Italy in his new guise as a racing cyclist. (Sunday Express)