Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Blackburn and Manchester United are ready to agree a compromise £20m fee to end their bitter dispute over 19-year-old Rovers defender Phil Jones.
  (The Mirror)


• Chelsea are ready to match the £30m asking price from Santos for 19-year-old Brazilian striker Neymar.
  (Metro)


• The Stamford Bridge club have also joined Tottenham in the race to sign Everton's 20-year-old midfielder Jack Rodwell.
  (Daily Mail)


• Arsenal's majority shareholder Stan Kroenke is ready to open his chequebook in a bid to keep contract rebel Samir Nasri at the club, amid interest from Manchester United.
  (Daily Mail)


• The Gunners are ready to listen to offers in excess of £25m for the 23-year-old French midfielder, however, Nasri will not be sold to another Premier League club.
  (Footybunker)


• Manchester City are lining up a £35m bid for Napoli's 23-year-old Slovakian midfielder Marek Hamsik.
  (Footylatest)


• West Ham and England midfielder Scott Parker, 30, is waiting for the chance to join Tottenham, despite the Upton Park club receiving an offer from Turkish side Fenerbahce.
  (Metro)


• Liverpool and Aston Villa will battle to sign Real Madrid defensive midfielder Fernando Gago, 25.
  (Footylatest)


• Villarreal midfielder Santi Cazorla, 26, could be one of the arrivals at Liverpool this summer after goalkeeper Pepe Reina apparently recommended him to manager Kenny Dalglish.
  (Metro)


• Everton are making a second attempt to sign attacking midfielder Sergio Canales, 20, on loan from Real Madrid.
  (The Mirror)


• Lorient striker Kevin Gameiro, 24, has joined Paris St Germain on a four-year deal, ending rumours of a possible move to the Premier League. Tottenham, Newcastle and Arsenal had been linked to the player.
  (talkSPORT)


• Bolton are making a £4m bid to sign striker Rodrigo Moreno from Benfica. The 20-year-old Spaniard had a season-long loan spell with the Trotters in 2010/2011.
  (The Mirror)


• Newcastle hope to fend off late interest from Everton to sign West Ham striker Demba Ba, 26.
  (Daily Mail)

• Birmingham may take legal action against former manager Alex McLeish if he tries to take over at rivals Aston Villa after quitting Blues.
  (The Sun)


• The Glazer family are considering returning Manchester United to the stock market in a £1.7bn flotation that would result in the club being listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, rather than in London.
  (Daily Mail)


• Steve McClaren is set to be unveiled as the new Nottingham Forest manager, only one day after Billy Davies was sacked. Former England manager McClaren has been out of work since being sacked by German side Wolfsburg in February.
  (The Sun)


• Former Chelsea assistant manager Ray Wilkins has backed Daniel Sturridge to become one of the best strikers in the Premier League if he knuckles down.
  (talkSPORT)


• Injury-plagued Tottenham defender Jonathan Woodgate has until the end of the month to sort his future out at White Hart Lane.
  (The Mirror)

• Birmingham City star Liam Ridgewell has called off his £170,000 wedding by sending a text to guests only eight days before the ceremony.
  (The Mirror)


• England strikers Wayne Rooney and Andy Carroll have been 'treating' holidaymakers in Barbados to a few Beatles tunes. The duo belted out some of the band's classics as they recharged their batteries on the Caribbean island.
  (Daily Mail)