Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Daniel Sturridge has hinted he could try to make his loan move from Chelsea to Bolton permanent. The striker has scored four goals in as many league games and says he is revelling in the freedom given to him by Trotters boss Owen Coyle.
  (Metro)


• Juventus are preparing a £17m summer bid for Barcelona midfield misfit Javier Mascherano, who used to play for Liverpool.
  (Daily Mail)


• Arsenal are hoping to arrange a swap deal that would result in Brazilian midfielder Denilson moving to Juventus and his compatriot Felipe Melo heading in the opposite direction.
  (talkSPORT)


• Tottenham are considering a move for Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner who is frustrated at the lack of first-team opportunities at the Emirates.
  (caughtoffside)


• Liverpool are leading Tottenham and Manchester United in the race for France and Toulouse midfielder Moussa Sissoko.
  (Daily Mail)


• Chelsea have stepped up their interest in Napoli's Slovakian playmaker Marek Hamsik, sending scouts to watch the 23-year-old in his side's 3-0 defeat by AC Milan.
  (talkSPORT)


• Former Celtic winger Aidan McGeady, now playing for Spartak Moscow, has been linked to a big-money move to Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg. The 24-year-old could treble his wages to £120,000 a week.
  (Daily Record)


• Manchester United are close to agreeing a £600,000 compensation package for Anderlecht winger Adnan Januzaj. The 16-year-old, dubbed the Belgian David Beckham, will sign a four-year deal at Old Trafford.
  (Daily Mail)

• England manager Fabio Capello is considering calling up Celtic striker Gary Hooper, who has scored 15 goals in 22 games for the Bhoys since his summer move from Scunthorpe.
  (The Times)


• Fifa's executive committee will begin a two-day meeting on Wednesday to decide on the number of berths each continent will be allocated for the 2014 World Cup.
  (The Mirror)


• Wolves forward Kevin Doyle believes his side, who are third from bottom in the table, require four more wins to ensure their Premier League survival this season.
  (The Mirror)


• Liverpool are hopeful £35m January signing Andy Carroll will make his debut for the club in Sunday's Premier League home game against leaders and bitter rivals Manchester United.
  (The Guardian)


• Tottenham winger Gareth Bale is losing his race to be fit for the second leg of his side's Champions League last-16 tie against AC Milan on 9 March at White Hart Lane.
  (The Mirror)


• Leyton Orient midfielder and boyhood West Ham fan Jimmy Smith has admitted that he laughed as Arsenal succumbed to a farcical late winner against Birmingham in Sunday's Carling Cup final. Orient face the Gunners in an FA Cup reply on Wednesday.
  (Daily Telegraph)


• Carling Cup winners Birmingham will not open talks with midfielders Lee Bowyer and Sebastian Larsson until the end of the season, when they hope their Premier League status will have been secured.
  (The Mirror) AND FINALLY

• Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh has revealed his team's Carling Cup final defeat by Birmingham was met by a silence in the losers' dressing room, with not even manager Arsene Wenger uttering a word to his deflated players.
  (Metro)


• The Gunners, meanwhile, are planning to sell off more land around their Emirates Stadium after announcing a £2.5m half-yearly loss on Monday.
  (The Sun)


• The world's most expensive season ticket has gone on sale at Peterborough United. For £15,000, a well-heeled Posh fan can watch their team from the directors' box and eat as many meat pies as they like.
  (Daily Mail)


• West Ham co-owner David Gold is recovering well after being admitted to hospital on Sunday night suffering from cholangitis - an internal inflammation - and blood poisoning condition septicaemia.
  (Daily Mail)