Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Bolton centre-back Gary Cahill has been cleared to join Arsenal after the Trotters signed Middlesbrough's David Wheater as his replacement.
  (metro)


• Meanwhile, Arsenal have put a £15m price tag on Nicklas Bendtner after a number of Premier League clubs asked about taking the 23-year-old Denmark striker on loan. However, Bendtner's father says his son is not interested in leaving the London club.
  (The Sun)


• Zenit St Petersburg are interested in taking Russia striker Andrey Arshavin back from Arsenal.
  (The Mirror)


• Liverpool are still in negotiations with Ajax to sign Uruguay striker Luis Suarez, although the Reds' offer is £8m short of the Dutch side's £21m asking price.
  (The Independent)


• German side Borussia Dortmund claim they are fighting off interest from Manchester United for £20m-rated playmaker Shinji Kagawa, 21.
  (The Mirror)


• Manchester City are set to step up their interest in Netherlands right-back Gregory van der Wiel, 22, who has a fixed price of £17m written into his contract at Ajax.
  (Daily Mail)


• Chelsea's Gael Kakuta could be sent out on loan to Fulham to get more first-team action.
  (Daily Mail)


• Tottenham target Giuseppe Rossi has a £33m buy-out clause in his contract but the Italian striker's Spanish club Villarreal are willing to accept £16.5m for the former Manchester United man.
  (The Independent)


• Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn has ruled out a move for Tottenham striker Robbie Keane, saying he "doesn't quite suit us now."
  (talkSPORT)


• Sunderland boss Steve Bruce has upped his bid for winger Charles N'Zogbia to £9m, although it is thought Wigan want £10m for the French 24-year-old.
  (The Sun)


• Aston Villa striker John Carew will become the highest-paid player in Stoke history when he signs a £52,000-a-week loan deal, with Ricardo Fuller being sold to Sunderland to make room for him.
  (The Mirror)


• Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers is hoping to snap up highly rated midfielder Ryan Harley from League One side Exeter in a £300,000 deal.
  (The Mirror)


• Wigan boss Roberto Martinez is lining up a £2m bid for Ipswich midfielder Grant Leadbitter, 25.
  (Daily Express)


• Celtic and Burnley are both interested in signing Everton striker James Vaughan following the end of his loan spell at Crystal Palace.
  (talkSPORT)


• QPR and Ipswich are interested in French defender Pascal Chimbonda after he was released by Blackburn.
  (Daily Mail)

• Fifa bosses are working on a secret plan to turn football into a summer sport which would run from March to October.
  (The Sun)


• Manchester City's Mario Balotelli is seeing a knee specialist in the United States in an effort to avoid the need for surgery.
  (Daily Telegraph)


• Manchester United's Owen Hargreaves could miss out on a place in their Champions League squad despite making progress in his recovery from a hamstring injury.
  (Daily Telegraph)


• Spain goalkeeper Pepe Reina has reiterated his commitment to his long-term Liverpool contract which still has over five years to run.
  (The Times)


• David Beckham was prevented from playing for a behind-closed-doors friendly for Tottenham against QPR this week because of an insurance query.
  (The Guardian)

• Portsmouth boss Steve Cotterill has banned his players from using Twitter, telling them they face being fined £1,000-per-word if they tweet.
  (Daily Star)