Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is preparing a move for Arsenal's in-form striker Robin van Persie as he looks to build a side capable of conquering Europe.
  (Mail on Sunday)


• Liverpool have joined Tottenham in the race for £15m striker Emmanuel Adebayor, who is currently on loan at White Hart Lane from Manchester City.
  (Caughtoffside)


• AC Milan want Carlos Tevez to undergo rigorous psychological tests before they are prepared to sanction a £25m move for the Manchester City striker.
  (Mail on Sunday )


• Manchester United are preparing a £9m bid for Atalanta's teen sensation Manolo Gabbiadini.
  (Metro)


• Manchester City are seeking to sell as many as 20 players in the next two transfer windows as they look to reduce their wage bill.
  (Sunday Telegraph)


• Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp insists striker Jermain Defoe will not be sold in the January transfer window.
  (Full story: Evening Standard )


• Redknapp has also ruled out bringing new players into Tottenham when the transfer window opens for business.
  (Sunday Mirror)


• Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says he has enough strikers to maintain the club's title challenge ­without buying a replacement for wantaway frontman Carlos Tevez.
  (Manchester Evening News )


• Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish is unlikely to sign any new players in the January transfer window.
  (Birmingham Mail)


• Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins says Swansea will go to work in the January transfer market to ensure they are ready for the second half of the Premier League season.
  (Swansea Evening Post)


• Arsenal are interested in signing Udinese's 22-year-old Romanian winger Gabriel Torje, according to the player's agent.
  (Inside Futbol)


• Paris St Germain are set to make a £10m move for Arsenal's 27-year-old striker Marouane Chamakh.
  (Sunday Mirror)

• Blackburn manager Steve Kean says that striker Yakubu is proving his critics wrong, following a run of positive personal performances at Ewood Park.
  (Lancashire Telegraph)


• Wigan striker Victor Moses remains on course to sign a new deal with the Latics despite contract talks being put on hold.
  (Wigan Evening Post)


• Bolton manager Owen Coyle says that he could go through this season without naming his strongest team, as he laments his "worst-ever" injury list.
  (Bolton News)


• Newcastle manager Alan Pardew says the influence of veteran goalkeeper Steve Harper could be crucial to the continued success of the club this season.
  (Newcastle Chronicle)

• Hollywood actor Brad Pitt has said he "might be disowned" if he did not support Premier League side Liverpool.
  ( Liverpool Echo )