Football rumours from today's newspapers

• New Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill will investigate the possibility of recalling Asamoah Gyan to boost his striking options.
  (The Mirror)


• Roman Pavlyuchenko's agent has alerted Newcastle and QPR after revealing the Tottenham striker has still not agreed a deal to join Russian side Lokomotiv Moscow.
  (Metro)


• Manchester United are preparing a £25m January transfer window bid for Inter Milan midfielder Wesley Sneijder.
  (Caught Offside)


• Fulham are leading the chase for Bristol City winger Albert Adomah. Aston Villa, Everton, Bolton, Sunderland and Stoke are also interested.
  (Daily Mail)


• Blackburn manager Steve Kean is weighing up a short-term deal for ex-Juventus midfielder Stephen Appiah.
  (The Sun)


• Edin Dzeko's agent has been forced to deny reports the striker is planning to leave the Premier League leaders. Reports in the Italian media on Wednesday suggested that the Bosnian forward had been in contact with Juventus defender Andrea Barzagli.
  (talkSPORT)


• Everton boss David Moyes could make a January transfer move for striker Jeremy Perbet, who plays for Belgian side Mons.
  (The Mirror)


• Simon Cox has conceded that he might need to move away from West Brom to fulfil his ambitions of playing in Euro 2012. The Republic of Ireland international has remained loyal to Albion in the past, despite being linked with several clubs last season.
  (Birmingham Mail)

• Swansea City manager Brendan Rodgers has turned down the chance to be the part-time manager of Northern Ireland.
  (Daily Expresss)


• Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger may need to promote 17-year-old Swiss defender Martin Angha to the first team to face Everton on Saturday because he is so short of recognised full-backs.
  (Daily Mail)


• Gunners midfielder Yossi Benayoun insists Arsenal fans have already forgotten about former stars Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri.
  (The Sun)


• Olof Mellberg hopes Wayne Rooney loses his appeal against the severity of his Euro 2012 suspension, because he believes that it would help Sweden's chances of progress from Group D.
  (The Guardian)


• Liverpool face being without striker Luis Suarez for most of January after he was hit with a second Football Association charge.
  (The Mirror)

• Blackburn Rovers' famous blue and white halves will soon be dominating the junior football scene in India - with 400 teams set to sport the club's colours. Rovers' Indian owners Venky's are determined to help develop football in their country and have started to introduce a Blackburn Rovers Football Club league across the nation.
  (Lancashire Telegraph)


• Fulham striker Bryan Ruiz has stunned his club by admitting he wanted to join Tottenham instead.
  (Daily Star)