Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Bayern Munich are set to make a move to sign Chelsea winger Florent Malouda in January.
  (talkSPORT)


• Barcelona and Tottenham will have to dig deep if they are to capture Brazil international Leandro Damiao with his current club Internacional insisting that he is worth his 50m euro release clause.
  (Inside Futbol)


• Arsenal and Fiorentina are locked in a battle to sign Padova teenage midfielder Ousmane Drame.
  (talkSPORT)


• Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has refused to rule out making Yossi Benayoun's loan switch permanent, on the same day the midfielder revealed joining the Gunners instead of Liverpool was 'an easy choice'.
  (Metro)

• Spain international midfielder Cesc Fabregas has revealed he left Arsenal for Barcelona this summer because he cannot see the Gunners winning the Premier League in the next few years.
  (The Mirror)


• Anzhi Makhachkala striker Samuel Eto'o insists he came close to signing for an English club - believed to be Manchester City - before he joined Inter Milan in 2009.
  (Metro)


• Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has played in a practice match and could make his Reds comeback after seven months out this weekend.
  (The Mirror)


• Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini could be set to follow Mikel Arteta to Arsenal in January after Toffees' boss David Moyes admitted he could be forced to sell.
  (Metro)


• Chelsea new boy Juan Mata says this will turn out to be team-mate Fernando Torres' season despite his ongoing goal drought at Stamford Bridge.
  (The Mirror)


• Aston Villa striker, Gabriel Agbonlahor, claims that he may have ended his 14-year spell with the club had Gerard Houllier stayed as boss. He also accused the Frenchman and his former assistant, Gary McAllister, of damaging his England career.
  (Daily Telegraph)


• Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson admits it is agony for him to keep not picking striker Dimitar Berbatov.
  (The Mirror)


• Newcastle's £5m new boy Davide Santon faces a third knee operation in two years. He has yet to kick a ball for the club.
  (The Mirror)


• Former Chelsea defender Frank Leboeuf thinks £50m striker Fernando Torres is not the star player Blues owner Roman Abramovich thought he was buying from Liverpool.
  (Daily Star)

• Wigan players have been reportedly left unable to train after thieves stole four sacks containing 48 footballs from their training ground.
  (The Mirror)


• A picture showing a Wolves badge appearing in the clouds has got excited fans hoping their season will be getting a bit of extra support from higher powers.
  (Metro)


• Frank McAvennie says he has lost an old friend because Rangers manager Ally McCoist has not spoken to him since an angry exchange of words while the former Celtic and West Ham striker played a role in the negotiations over a new contract for winger Gregg Wylde.
  (Daily Record)


• Former Celtic and West Ham striker Frank McAvennie has denied that he sought to engineer a move away from Rangers for Gregg Wylde, claiming that he could not have recommended to the young winger that he accept the Ibrox club's initial offer of a new contract.
  (Daily Mail)