Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Barcelona are planning to sell a number of their younger players to Premier League clubs to help fund a new, improved bid for Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas.
  (The Mirror)


• Meanwhile, Barca vice-president Josep Maria Bartomeu and director Raul Sanllehi have been in London to put the finishing touches to a third offer of £33.5m for 24-year-old Fabregas.
  (Daily Mail)


• Liverpool forward Milan Jovanovic, 30, has been handed the chance to maintain his current £60,000-a-week earnings after receiving an offer from Saudi Arabia club Al-Shabab Riyadh.
  (Daily Mail)


• Manchester City are set to make a raid on AC Milan for 20-year-old striker Luca Scapuzzi who is available for £1m.
  (talkSPORT)


• Arsenal winger Samir Nasri, 24, still believes he could join Manchester City this summer and has told friends he has no intention of performing a U-turn over his Gunners future by signing a new contract.
  (Daily Expressl)


• Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas is set to return to his former club Porto and attempt to sign Brazilian striker Hulk. However, the 24-year-old is contracted to the Portuguese club until 2016 and has a staggering 100m Euros buyout clause.
  (footie-online)


• Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has told Chelsea they will need to bid more than £35m if they want to buy 25-year-old Luka Modric. Spurs have turned down two bids, the latest being £27m for the Croatian playmaker.
  (Daily Star)


• Out-of-favour Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor, 27, could make a sensational return to north London with Tottenham plotting to sign him on loan.
  (Daily Mail)


• Tottenham are considering a monstrous move for Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben, 27, in the hope the Netherlands international is prepared to swap Champions League football for a shot at Champions League qualification.
  (footybunker)


• Spurs are also set to make an offer for Roma striker Mirko Vucinic. The Italians want a reported £17.5m for the 27-year-old but Tottenham are reportedly only prepared to go to £13m.
  (talkSPORT)


• Aston Villa boss Alex McLeish has made an inquiry about Spartak Moscow's Republic of Ireland winger Aiden McGeady, 25, as he waits on his bid for Wigan star Charles N'Zogbia.
  (The Mirror)


• QPR midfielder Adel Taarabt, 22, has revealed he is close to joining Paris Saint-Germain, but manager Neil Warnock is not expecting to be able to spend any of the reported £13m transfer fee.
  (Metro)


• Warnock wants to offer Peter Crouch, 30, a return to QPR but a £6m deal for the Tottenham striker would only work out if Crouch was willing to halve his wages.
  (The Sun)


• Former Aston Villa midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker, 27, is to hold talks with Bolton over a possible move. The midfielder, who made 30 appearances for Villa last season, is available on a free transfer.
  (talkSPORT)


• Everton will resist any attempt to lure defender Phil Jagielka, 28, away from Goodison Park but manager David Moyes could be ready to sell England Under-21 midfielder Jack Rodwell, 20, whose progress last season was held back by injury.
  (The Mirror)

• Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, 33, insists he wants to stay and fight for his place - and is in talks over extending his £120,000-a-week contract which has one year left to run so he can finish his career at Stamford Bridge.
  (The Mirror)

• Blackburn striker Nikola Kalinic, 23, refused to fly to the Asia Cup in Hong Kong with the rest of the Rovers squad, because of a row with the club over his desire to join Ukrainian club Dnipro.
  (The Mirror)