Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is to make Lyon's Aly Cissokho his prime target to fill the vacant left-back position after the departure of Gael Clichy to Manchester City.
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• Wenger also wants to sell Samir Nasri to an overseas club, rather than to Manchester United or Manchester City, if he cannot be persuaded to sign a new contract with the Gunners. Italian giants Inter Milan are one of the clubs said to be interested.
  (The Mirror)


• Cesc Fabregas is to confirm his desire to leave the north Londoners for Barcelona in a meeting with Wenger today.
  (The Guardian)


• But Wenger will aim to show Arsenal fans that the club still have ambition by making big money offers for Lille playmaker Eden Hazard and Valencia attacker Juan Mata.
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• Premiership newcomers QPR are reported to be interested in both Newcastle United's Wayne Routledge and Liverpool's Joe Cole as they look to secure their future after returning to the top flight.
  (footybunker)


• Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has targeted Real Madrid defensive midfielder Pepe as he looks to bolster his midfield. The interest in the Portugal international may signal the end for John Obi Mikel, who has been linked with a move to Italy.
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• Tottenham face a battle with Juventus to sign Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi after his agent refused to rule out a move to the Italian giants.
  (talkSPORT)


• Manchester City are set to miss out on Marek Hamsik. The Slovakian midfielder says he wants to join AC Milan if he leaves Napoli this summer.
  (talkSPORT)


• Paris Saint-Germain are interested in Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka and Manchester United's Dimitar Berbatov as new boss Leonardo looks to spend big this summer.
  (Caughtoffside)


• Stoke City have joined Celtic, Sunderland and Blackburn in the race to sign Craig Bellamy on loan from Manchester City.
  (The Guardian)


• Frustrated Bolton manager Owen Coyle has urged clubs tracking £17m-rated defender Gary Cahill to put up or shut up.
  (The Mirror)


• Newcastle have offered about £7m for the Paris St Germain striker Mevlut Erdinc.
  (Daily Telegraph)


• Rafael van der Vaart fears Tottenham team-mates Luka Modric and Gareth Bale could leave the club in search of trophies.
  (The Mirror)

• Jose Enrique has returned to pre-season training with Newcastle but his agent has refused to rule out the defender leaving the club this summer.
  (talkSPORT)

• Liverpool owner John W Henry has taken to social networking site Twitter to discuss the club's transfer and
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• He says he is bemused over the Premier League season break being so short. Ahead of the Reds' pre-season tour of China, the American says: "Unbelievable. A month-and-a-half after the season ends, the first day of LFC 2011-2012 training begins. MLB [Major League Baseball] has four months off."
  (Daily Mail)