Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Liverpool are tracking Newcastle left-back Jose Enrique and are confident of sealing a £6m deal for the Spaniard in the summer.
  (Goal)


• Barcelona are finally ready to give up their chase for Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas and turn their attention to Tottenham winger Gareth Bale.
  (FootyLatest)


• Arsenal could bolster their attacking options with the purchase of £15m-rated Lorient striker Kevin Gameiro.
  (Daily Mail)


• Bolton will have to pay £10m to convert their loan deal for Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge's into a permanent switch to the Reebok.
  (Daily Star)


• Chelsea's Yuri Zhirkov, who can play as either a left-back or left midfielder, has admitted that he may leave Stamford Bridge if he fails to secure a regular starting place with the defending Premier League champions.
  (The Sun)


• Chelsea winger Florent Malouda is a £7m summer target for Spanish side Hercules.
  (talkSPORT)


• Jose Bosingwa could be another to leave Chelsea as Juventus line up a £10m bid for the full-back.
  (Daily Mail)


• Aston Villa are keen on £6m-rated West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green as a summer replacement for the outgoing Brad Friedel.
  (The Mirror)


• Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp expects to be involved in a bidding war with Liverpool for the signature of Blackpool midfielder Charlie Adam.
  (Metro)


• Lille playmaker Eden Hazard, a target for Arsenal, has said that a move to Spain would suit him better than a switch to the Premier League.
  (The Sun)


• Tottenham could swoop to sign Inter Milan striker Victor Obinna at the end of the season after the Nigerian impressed on loan at West Ham.
  (Caught Offside)


• Liverpool have stepped up their pursuit of Rennes midfielder Yann M'Vila, who has been described as the new Patrick Vieira.
  (talkSPORT)


• Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has admitted striker Carlos Tevez could turn his back on the club and leave in the summer.
  (Metro)


• Fulham and West Ham are set for a summer transfer tussle over Nigeria international striker Kalu Uche, who plays for Spanish side Almeria.
  (talkSPORT)


• Ipswich boss Paul Jewell has insisted teenage striker Connor Wickham is not for sale. Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester United have all been linked with the England Under-21 forward.
  (The Mirror)

• The Qatari royal family is preparing to offer Manchester United owner Malcolm Glazer £1.5bn for the club.
  (Daily Mail)


• Chelsea captain John Terry believes they can still make up the 12-point gap on Premier League leaders Manchester United but must beat the Red Devils at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday to stand a chance.
  (The Mirror)


• West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has warned that he may resort to legal action against the Football Association as they chase compensation for the injury suffered by former Hammers striker Dean Ashton while training with England.
  (The Guardian)


• Fernando Torres was overpriced in £50m move to Chelsea from Liverpool, says Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.
  (Metro)


• Newcastle United winger Hatem Ben Arfa could return to the Magpies' starting line-up in April as he continues his recovery from a double leg-break suffered against Manchester City in October.
  (TheTimes)


• A group of gay Polish football fans have called on the organisers of Euro 2012, being held in Poland and the Ukraine, to set aside seating for gay men and lesbians to protect them from possible aggression at the tournament.
  (Daily Telegraph)


• Former Ipswich boss Jim Magilton says in-form Celtic full-back Emilio Izaguirre showed he had what it takes to succeed in British football during a trial at Portman Road.
  (Daily Record)

• Aston Villa's Darren Bent, a £18m January signing from Sunderland, believes that fellow strikers Fernando Torres and Andy Carroll's moves later in the transfer window, for £50m and £35m respectively, have taken the pressure off him. "A lot of people seem to have forgotten about my transfer now, so I have just got on with it," he said.
  (Daily Star)


• Former Manchester City player Lee Crooks, who played 73 times for the club between 1994 and 2001, is due to embark on his first tour of Afghanistan early next year after joining 1 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment.
  (Daily Mail)


• Birmingham striker Matt Derbyshire's wife Melissa has revealed that she publicly rowed with a Blues' season-ticket holder who criticised her husband during the team's Premier League draw with city rivals Aston Villa at St Andrew's in January.
  (The Mirror)