All the latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

• Manchester United have made an inquiry about Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins.(The Sun)



• United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is ready to up his bid for want-away Bolton striker Nicolas Anelka.(Daily Star)



• Derby boss Billy Davies is ready to make a shock move for Portsmouth striker David Nugent.(Daily Mirror)



• Sevilla defender Daniel Alves has hinted that he may join Real Madrid after his club snubbed Chelsea's £21.5m bid.(Various)



• Yakubu's move to Everton is set to collapse as Middlesbrough are demanding £12m for the striker.(Various)



• Birmingham are set to sign 6ft 7ins Czech international striker Jan Koller.(Daily Mirror)



• Newcastle will sign Abdoulaye Faye from Bolton for £2m this week - with Brazilian defender Juliano Belletti to follow.(The Times)



• Middlesbrough are favourites to sign £6.5m hotshot Afonso Alves from Dutch side Heerenveen.(Various)



• Carlo Cudicini wants to leave Chelsea by the end of the month - but has missed out on the chance to join Man City.(Daily Mirror)



• Cudicini has been told he cannot leave Stamford Bridge as he is needed as Petr Cech's understudy.(The Sun)



• Sunderland are to snap up Stoke defender Danny Higginbotham for £2.4m.(The Sun)



• Roy Keane's Black Cats are also closing in on former England striker Andrew Cole.(Various)



• Man City are ready to make a £7.5m bid for Italian keeper Marco Amelia this week.(Various)



• Striker John Hartson is fed up at West Brom and wants manager Tony Mowbray to rip up his £1m-a-year contract.(Daily Mirror)



• Watford's Jay DeMerit says he will leave Vicarage Road if his £10,000-a-week wage demands are not met.(Daily Mirror)



• Leicester are poised to make a £700,000 offer for out-of-favour Celtic forward Derek Riordan.(Daily Express)



• Plymouth are planning a £200,000 bid for Kilmarnock winger Willie Gibson.(The Sun)



• Norwich boss Peter Grant wants to sign the versatile Ian Murray on loan from Rangers.(Daily Mirror)



• Swindon boss Paul Sturrock expects to sign Derby winger Lee Holmes on loan and Wycombe striker Jermain Easter.(Daily Star)

• Tottenham manager Martin Jol is on the brink of the sack after he stunned chairman Daniel Levy by saying he wanted to sell star striker Dimitar Berbatov.(The Sun)



• Jol could be forced out of White Hart Lane before Sunday's trip to Manchester United.(Daily Mirror)



• Tottenham have drawn up a three-man shortlist to replace Jol - with Italy's World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi and Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp joining Sevilla manager Juande Ramos as candidates.(Daily Mail)



• Former Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock says he would be interested in the managerial vacancy at Inverness Caley Thistle.(Daily Express)



• Inverness Caley Thistle will ask Aberdeen for permission to approach striker Craig Brewster to return as head coach.(The Sun)



• Celtic and Scotland defender Steven Pressley has been lined up as a potential successor to Charlie Christie at Inverness.(Daily Mail)



• Charlie Christie has recommended Derry boss John Robertson as his successor as Inverness head coach.(The Herald)



• Referee Rob Styles may not take charge of a Premier League match for another month following his performance at Anfield on Sunday.(The Guardian)



• New Newcastle owner Mike Ashley is ready to sell the club to an Icelandic entrepeneur, just two months after taking over.(The Times)



• American-based whizz-kid Dan Williams is eyeing a £45m bid to take over Blackburn Rovers.(Daily Mirror)



• Former Hull owner Adam Pearson is planning a shock £30m takeover of Leeds.(Daily Mirror)



• Germany's players hope to take 'revenge' for England's 5-1 World Cup qualifying win in Munich five years ago in Wednesday's friendly.(Daily Mirror)



• German keeper Jens Lehmann says England struggle at major football tournaments because they cannot handle the pressure.(Various)



• Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves says the club cannot use the absence of Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo as an excuse for their poor start to the season.(Various)



• Hibernian, Hearts and Falkirk face an anxious wait to find out if they will be fined for poor disciplinary records by the SFA.(Daily Record)



• Celtic striker Kenny Miller fears losing the title if manager Gordon Strachan suffers a 10-game touchline ban.(Daily Mail)

• Prime Minister Gordon Brown will take German chancellor Angela Merkel to Wembley on Wednesday to watch the England-Germany friendly. And Scottish-born PM Brown will be rooting for England.(Various)



• Under-fire ref Rob Styles is on the board of the firm which paved the driveway of Chelsea's billionaire owner Roman Abramovich - although referees' chiefs have cleared him of any conflict of interest.(Various)



• Man City's billionaire owner Thaksin Shinawatra will have to wait four years to earn membership to the exclusive golf course near his £4.5m home in Surrey.(Daily Mail)



• Red Star Belgrade midfielder Ognjen Koroman says Alan Hutton is in for the beating of his life in the second leg after the Rangers full-back complained of being constantly kicked in their Champions League qualifier.(Various)