Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Liverpool have joined Arsenal in the race to sign £10m-rated Southampton teenager Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
  (The Mirror)


• Genoa are keen to sign Wigan's Argentine striker Mauro Boselli, who has scored only once for the Latics since they broke their club record to bring him to the DW Stadium in a £6m move from Estudiantes in the summer of 2010.
  (The Sun)


• Manchester United are lining up a bid for Lyon's Brazilian wing-back Michel Bastos.
  (caughtoffside )


• Stoke City boss Tony Pulis has made a £4m bid for West Ham midfielder Mark Noble and is also keen on Hammers striker Carlton Cole.
  (The Mirror)


• West Ham are poised to make a move for Udinese striker Antonio Floro Flores, who is keen to leave the Italian club.
  (talkSPORT)


• West Ham are confident they will complete the loan signing of Manchester City and England left-back Wayne Bridge in time for him to face Arsenal on Saturday.
  (The Mirror)


• Bolton are hoping to finalise a deal to sign Argentine defender Santiago Gentiletti from Argentinos Juniors.
  (talkSPORT)


• Chelsea will make a renewed attempt to sign 20-year-old Lyon midfielder Miralem Pjanic, who they see as the perfect long-term replacement for Frank Lampard.
  (caughtoffside )


• Aston Villa are interested in Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko but the Russian striker is expected to sign a new contract at White Hart Lane.
  (Daily Mail)


• Leicester manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has pulled off a major coup by persuading Everton striker Yakubu to join the club on loan.
  (The Mirror)


• Everton have bluntly told Tottenham that veteran midfielder Phil Neville is going nowhere, despite the London club's willingness to pay up to £2m for the 34-year-old.
  (The Mirror)


• Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is aiming to bring in at least one of his three top targets this month - Bolton's Gary Cahill, Werder Bremen's Per Mertesacker or Emir Spahic of Montpellier - after defender Thomas Vermaelen suffered another setback in his recovery from an Achilles tendon injury.
  (metro)


• AC Milan look set to scupper Tottenham and Manchester City's moves for Bayern Munich midfielder Mark van Bommel by taking the Dutch international to Italy.
  (The Mirror)


• Aston Villa have had a bid rejected for Peterborough's England Under-21 goalkeeper Joe Lewis.
  (Daily Mail)


• Leeds and Leicester are interested in taking midfielder Michael Johnson on loan from Manchester City following his recovery from long-term injury.
  (The Sun)


• Tottenham have agreed a deal in principle to sign Everton midfielder Steven Pienaar, having seen off competition from Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid. Full story: the Guardian Birmingham still hope to persuade Rangers striker Kenny Miller to move to England, despite him rejecting two deals since the clubs agreed a fee and being close to joining Fiorentina instead.
  (Daily Record)

• Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has blamed the rush of managerial sackings on foreign club owners. "I don't think they have the patience of older generations," he said.
  (Daily Telegraph)


• Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe is determined to make up for what has been an injury-ravaged season so far by scoring the goals to help the club win major silverware.
  (talkSPORT)


• Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted ahead of the Carling Cup semi-final, first leg against Ipswich on Wednesday that he is feeling the pressure of having to win a trophy after six years without silverware.
  (The Mirror)


• Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky says he began to study physiotherapy during his 18-month absence with a knee injury in an effort to sort out his own problems.
  (The Sun)


• Chelsea captain John Terry concedes his side's recent poor form has been "unacceptable" and they have to think about winning games before they can think about winning trophies.
  (Daily Star)


• Blackpool manager Ian Holloway says Liverpool caretaker manager Kenny Dalglish was "the skeleton in the closet" who meant former Reds boss Roy Hodgson never stood a chance of success at Anfield.
  (Daily Express)


• Celtic hope Georgios Samaras will stay at Parkhead, despite the striker turning down a 12-month contract offer because he wants a longer deal.
  (The Independent)

• There is only one Torres left in this season's FA Cup - and it is not Liverpool's Fernando. Sergio Torres, Crawley Town's match-winner in their shock third round win over Derby, used to stack the shelves at Boots in Basingstoke and worked at his father's brick factory in his native Argentina.
  (The Mirror)


• Former Foreign Secretary David Milliband, an Arsenal fan and the MP for South Shields, has been offered a position of vice-chairman at Sunderland.
  (Daily Mail)