Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Tottenham have agreed a loan deal for Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor.
  (The Sun)


• Manchester United are hoping to lure Samir Nasri to Old Trafford despite Manchester City agreeing a deal with Arsenal for the midfielder.
  (Daily Mail)


• QPR are stepping up their efforts to sign unsettled Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton and have made a new £5m offer for West Ham's Scott Parker.
  (Daily Mail)


• Forward El-Hadji Diouf has criticised Blackburn manager Steve Kean for freezing him out at Ewood Park.
  (The Sun)


• Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli says he fancies a move to Serie A side Palermo - the city where he was born.
  (The Mirror)


• But Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini insists the club have little chance of signing Balotelli because he is too expensive.
  (talkSPORT)


• Aston Villa are set to make a £3.5m bid for Manchester United midfielder Darron Gibson.
  (Daily Mail)


• QPR have launched a bid to sign Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas on loan.
  (The Sun)


• Midfielder Luka Modric needs a pay rise to prevent him leaving Spurs, says manager Harry Redknapp.
  (Metro)


• Meanwhile, it has also been reported that Tottenham will reject a £30m bid from Chelsea for Modric.
  (Daily Mail)


• Arsenal target Eden Hazard has once again reaffirmed his commitment to Lille by ruling out a move to the Emirates this summer.
  (talkSPORT)


• Sunderland want frozen-out Manchester City striker Roque Santa Cruz - but so do Scottish giants Celtic.
  (The Mirror)


• Misfit Liverpool midfielder Joe Cole wants a permanent move away from Anfield - and wants to join Tottenham.
  (The Mirror)


• Arsene Wenger will look to sign Everton pair Phil Jagielka and Mikel Arteta as he looks to strengthen his Arsenal side before the transfer window closes at the end of the month.
  (CaughtOffside)


• Joe Cole, Christian Poulsen, David N'Gog and Alberto Aquilani are all strongly linked with Liverpool exits.
  (CaughtOffside)


• AC Milan have accepted Liverpool's terms for former Roma midfielder Aquilani, according to sources in Italy.
  (Insidefutbol)


• Lyon have told Newcastle to up their bid for Aly Cissokho or forget about signing him before the window shuts.
  (talkSPORT)


• Chelsea are close to signing promising Mexico striker Ulises Davila in a deal that would result in him being loaned to affiliate club Vitesse for a season.
  (talkSPORT)


• Meanwhile, Chelsea have lodged a bid of around ?20m [£16.6m] for the highly rated Porto wing-back Alvaro Pereira.
  (The Guardian)

• Jose Mourinho denies he is set to quit as coach of Real Madrid despite his official spokesman supposedly suggesting he was unhappy and planning to leave the Bernabeu.
  (The Guardian)


• Samuel Eto'o will become the highest-paid player in the sport's history, on £336,000-a-week AFTER tax, if, as expected, he signs a three-year deal worth £18million a year with Anzhi Makhachkala, of Russia.
  (The Times)

• Rumours that striker Andy Carroll was leaving Liverpool erupted on Twitter after he was 'spotted' outside Manchester City's stadium. But thankfully for Kopites, it was just a case of mistaken identity after his namesake's tiling firm rocked up outside City's club shop.
  (Metro)


• Chris Smalling has warned the rest of the Premier League that Man United's current crop of youngsters are destined for greatness.
  (Daily Star)


• Louis Saha has waged war on Everton fans insulting him on social networking site Twitter.
  (Daily Star)