Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Manchester United have made a shock bid for Barcelona's Spanish Euro Under-21 Championships star Thiago Alcantara.
  (The Mirror)


• Arsenal have made Valencia midfielder Juan Mata, another star of Spain's U21 side, their top summer transfer target. The Gunners have offered £18m for the 23-year-old.
  (Daily Mail)


• Robbie Keane's career at Spurs looks set to be coming to an end, with Blackburn keen on signing the 30-year-old.
  (Metro)


• Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas will make a double raid on Tottenham with a £60m bid for midfielder Luka Modric and the left-sided Gareth Bale.
  (CaughtOffside)


• Spurs boss Harry Redknapp hopes to offload Mexican midfielder Giovani Dos Santos to Seville, but the Spanish club have yet to meet the £6.5m asking price.
  (The Sun)


• Chelsea are set to offer Didier Drogba - and £7m - in exchange for Galatasaray winger Arda Turan, 24.
  (Daily Express)


• Meanwhile, Chelsea defender Jose Bosingwa could move to Besiktas after he was only given a one-year contract extension by the Blues.
  (The Sun)


• Manchester City are lining up a triple swoop for Fiorentina midfielder Alessio Cerci, 23, Partizan Belgrade defender Stefan Savic, 20, and 24-year-old Argentina international keeper Sergio Romero.
  (The Sun)


• Aston Villa will buy Birmingham keeper Ben Foster after a 'cooling-off period' with boss Alex McLeish and they will also sign Charles N'Zogbia from Wigan.
  (The Mirror)


• Aston Villa are also interested in signing Stoke winger Matthew Etherington as a replacement for Ashley Young.
  (Daily Mail)


• West Brom have joined the race to sign Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge, who scored eight goals on loan at Bolton last season.
  (The Sun)


• Stoke, Blackburn and West Brom are keen on Monaco centre-half Cedric Mongongu, 22, who has also been watched by Arsenal and Aston Villa in recent seasons.
  (Daily Mail)


• Manchester United are confident of being able to sign Arsenal midfielder Samir Nasri, 23, for £20m.
  (CaughtOffside)


• Liverpool are close to completing the signing of Charlie Adam, the Blackpool midfielder, with Jonjo Shelvey moving in the opposite direction on a season-long loan. The Anfield club are also set to sign Aston Villa winger Stewart Downing.
  (The Independent)


• Stoke will make a joint bid for Birmingham duo Scott Dann and Cameron Jerome.
  (The Mirror)


• West Brom defender Gabriel Tamas could leave the Hawthorns for Lazio.
  (The Times)


• Norwich will bid £2m for Newcastle keeper Fraser Forster, who was loaned to the Canaries in 2009-10.
  (The Sun)


• Manchester City are the latest bidders for Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto'o.
  (The Mirror)


• Manchester City must also spend a club record £36m to land Porto forward Hulk.
  (Daily Star)


• Aaron Lennon has joined the long list of players Liverpool are hoping to sign, with the Reds rumoured to be planning a £20m bid for the Spurs winger.
  (Metro)


• Mirko Vucinic's agent has ruled out a move to Blackburn, saying the Roma striker deserves a "more prestigious" club.
  (Daily Express)

• Celtic manager Neil Lennon is confident of holding on to Premier League targets Emilio Izaguirre (Manchester United) and Beram Kayal (Liverpool).
  (talkSPORT)


• Birmingham City acting chairman Peter Pannu has denied claims he interfered with team affairs when Alex McLeish was manager, and said the club only signed players with the former manager's written authorisation.
  (Daily Express)

• While Sir Geoff Hurst took his place in the Royal Box at Wimbledon on Saturday, former Chelsea player Gary Chivers, who played under Hurst when he was manager at Stamford Bridge, has been helping out spectators queuing for shared taxis at the All England Club.
  (Daily Express)