Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Chelsea could face competition from Manchester City for one of their long-term transfer targets - Santos striker Neymar.
  (Metro)


• Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish is considering a move for Celtic's Northern Ireland international winger Paddy McCourt after the 27-year-old starred for his country against the Faroe Islands last week.
  (The Mirror)


• One man who appears to be on his way out of Anfield is midfielder Christian Poulsen, who hopes to seal a move away from the club this month. The Denmark international, who only joined last summer, is surplus to requirements and is keen for regular first-team football having only made nine league starts.
  (Daily Mail)


• Shakhtar Donetsk head coach Mircea Lucescu has confirmed that Arsenal are in contention to sign their Brazilian playmaker Jadson.
  (Metro)


• Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp may try to sign West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie if Peter Crouch leaves.
  (The Mirror)


• Tottenham have accepted a £1.8m bid from LA Galaxy for striker Robbie Keane.
  (Daily Mail)


• Stoke defender Ryan Shotton is a £1m target for Championship sides Burnley and Ipswich, the 22-year-old has only made three league appearances for Stoke although he was a late substitute in Sunday's draw against Chelsea.
  (The Sun)


• Newcastle have raised their bid for PSV Eindhoven left-back Erik Peters to £7m in the hope of tying up a deal in time for the Tyne-Wear derby on Saturday. The club sold regular left-back Jose Enrique to Liverpool last week.
  (Daily Mail)


• Fulham are considering a move for Aston Villa right-back Luke Young. The ex-Charlton and Spurs defender, whose family live in Wimbledon, is keen on a return to the capital.
  (The Mirror)


• Blackburn's ambitious hopes of landing Raul from Schalke have been boosted by a stand-off between the Spaniard and coach Ralf Rangnick. The 34-year-old striker made a point of not celebrating after scoring against Cologne on Saturday and the Ewood Park club, Malaga and Russian side Anzhi are showing an interest in signing him.
  (Daily Mail)

• Defender Kolo Toure is back in training at Manchester City, even though his six-month drugs ban does not officially end until 2 September.
  (Daily Mail)


• Arsenal forward Theo Walcott has revealed the strict regime run by England coach Fabio Capello and that his confidence was dented by the Italian's criticism before his omission from the 2010 World Cup squad.
  (The Sun)

• Bolton defender Zat Knight says Gary Cahill's goal in their 4-0 win over QPR was no surprise - because he scores ones like it in training all the time.
  (talkSPORT)