Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Chelsea defender David Luiz has attracted the interest of Spanish giants Barcelona, who are preparing a £27.5m offer.
  (The Sun)


• New Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas is set to splash out £80m to rebuild the side at Stamford Bridge. Top of his list of targets are Porto duo Falcao and Joao Moutinho as well as Brazilian forward Neymar, who plays for Santos.
  (The Mirror)


• Villas-Boas has targeted Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto'o, which will mean the end for Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka at Stamford Bridge.
  (Daily Star)


• Borussia Dortmund are set to make a formal bid for Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner. However, the German club are unwilling to meet Arsenal's £12m valuation.
  (The Times)


• Tottenham midfielder Wilson Palacios is on the brink of a £12m move to Italian side Napoli, which gives Spurs boss Harry Redknapp the funds to buy West Ham's Scott Parker.
  (Daily Star)


• Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is eyeing a move for Stade Brest striker Nolan Roux, who has scored 21 goals in 53 league games for the French club.
  (talkSPORT)


• Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini will battle Manchester United for the signing of Inter Milan winger Wesley Sneijder after missing out on Udinese's Alexis Sanchez.
  (Daily Star)


• And Mancini is also interested in Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi, if Sanchez does not move to Eastlands.
  (Daily Star)


• Manchester United goalkeeping target David de Gea has dropped his heaviest hint yet that he may stay at Atletico Madrid, calling the Spanish side "a big club".
  (talkSPORT)


• Queens Park Rangers are keeping tabs on Fulham striker Andrew Johnson.
  (The Times)


• Blackburn striker Nikola Kalinic, who is rated at £6m, is ready to quit Ewood Park after becoming frustrated with a lack of first-team opportunities.
  (The Sun)


• Turkish giants Fenerbahce are set to offer Tottenham misfit Jermaine Jenas an escape route with a £5m transfer.
  (talkSPORT)


• West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie says he turned down a move to Arsenal because the London club did not offer him enough money.
  (Daily Star)


• Sunderland have made an £8m bid for Ipswich striker Connor Wickham, who has also been linked to Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham. However, the Suffolk side are demanding £12m for the England Under-21 international.
  (Daily Mail)


• Turkish side Bursaspor have offered £2m for West Brom goalkeeper Scott Carson.
  (The Mirror)


• Stoke manager Tony Pulis is willing to include striker Ricardo Fuller in a player, plus cash deal for £15m-rated Birmingham defender Scott Dann, who is also wanted by Arsenal.
  (Daily Mail)


• Free agent Mahamadou Diarra is keen on a move to Stoke or Fulham after the former Real Madrid midfielder ended his six-month contract at Monaco.
  (Metro)


• West Ham have shortlisted Stoke's Thomas Sorensen, Reading's Adam Federici and Peterborough's Joe Lewis as possible replacements for goalkeeper Robert Green.
  (The Times)


• Portsmouth will replace out-of-contract striker Dave Nugent with Blackpool forward Luke Varney, who is available for about £750,000.
  (The Mirror)


• Chelsea's England Under-21 international Daniel Sturridge could be set for a season-long loan deal at Newcastle, who are short of firepower following the sales of Andy Carroll and Kevin Nolan.
  (CaughtOffside)


• West Ham defender Manuel Da Costa is set to join former team-mate Victor Obinna at Lokomotiv Moscow.
  (The Sun)

• Chelsea's pursuit of Andre Villas-Boas could result in former Blues boss Guus Hiddink being appointed the new manager of Inter Milan.
  (The Sun)


• Chris Hughton is expected to be confirmed as Birmingham's new manager.
  (The Sun)


• Hughton will be appointed ahead of former West Brom boss Roberto Di Matteo.
  (Press Association)


• Leeds manager Simon Grayson has told goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel that he has been sold to Leicester after United conceded too many goals last season. He said: "When Kasper goes, we have other alternatives that will make us better and keep us progressing."
  (The Mirror)

• Former Zimbabwe striker Benjani will leave Blackburn this summer to sign for another Premier League club as he wants to secure a British passport.
  (The Mirror)