Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Liverpool and Tottenham are back in the chase to sign January transfer target Mirko Vucinic after his agent hinted that Roma may listen to offers for the 27-year-old striker in the summer.
  (Metro)


• Italian giants Juventus are weighing up Bolton's Swedish striker Johan Elmander, who is available on a free transfer this summer.
  (The Mirror)


• Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City could all come in with big-money bids for Borussia Dortmund's £20m rated central defender Neven Subotic.
  (Metro)


• Real Madrid are interested in Arsenal's Japanese winger Ryo Miyaichi, who is currently on loan at Dutch club Feyenoord.
  (caughtoffside)


• Middlesbrough are hoping to sign Birmingham goalkeeper Maik Taylor on loan after first choice Jason Steele was injured at the weekend.
  (Daily Mail)


• Liverpool have been knocked back by Middlesbrough after attempting to sign the Teessiders' 18-year-old winger Cameron Park.
  (The Times)


• Championship sides Burnley and Ipswich are targeting Aston Villa's 20-year-old striker Nathan Delfouneso on loan.
  (The Mirror)

• Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says rivals Tottenham are still in with a shout of winning the Premier League title, even though the White Hart Lane outfit are currently 12 points off the pace.
  (Metro)


• Manchester United winger Nani is unhappy that the club refused to complain publicly about Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher's tackle in Sunday's match that left the Portuguese player with a badly gashed shin. Neither Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson nor any of his players spoke to the media in the wake of the 3-1 defeat.
  (The Guardian)


• Carragher attempted to apologise to Nani after the match at Anfield but was refused access to the Manchester United dressing room.
  (DailyTelegraph)


• Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe, 28, says he was so frustrated after being left out of key games by manager Harry Redknapp that he almost quit the north London club in January.
  (Daily Mail)


• Former Arsenal defender Nigel Winterburn says the speedy return from injury of 27-year-old striker Robin van Persie will be "massive" for the Gunners in their Champions League tie with Barcelona.
  (talkSPORT)


• Manchester United are missing a Roy Keane-style midfield general, according to ex-Red Devils striker Teddy Sheringham.
  (The Mirror)


• Everton look set to give 33-year-old French defender Sylvain Distin a new contract because manager David Moyes is so impressed with the player's consistent performances.
  (Daily Mail)


• AC Milan midfielder Mathieu Flamini has said that matches against Tottenham are special for him as he still has former club and Spurs' north London rivals Arsenal "in his heart". Milan play Tottenham in the Champions League on Wednesday.
  (Daily Mail)


• Celtic striker Georgios Samaras is set to be offered a new four-year contract at Parkhead.
  (Daily Record)

• Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has had enough of people saying he wants to move back to his boyhood club Barcelona. "I'm fed up of people saying what I feel because they don't know what I feel," he declared.
  (The Mirror)


• Meanwhile, Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola says Fabregas's Arsenal colleague Jack Wilshere would be in the reserves if the teenager was a player at the Spanish club.
  (The Mirror)


• Former Arsenal striker Jeremie Alladiere is back training with the Gunners after finding himself without a club. The Frenchman, 27, was released by Middlesbrough at the end of last season and a move to West Ham collapsed.
  (Daily Mail)