Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Derby are lining up a shock move for Manchester United striker Michael Owen after manager Nigel Clough said he wanted "six or eight players, with at least one 'biggish' signing" over the summer.
  (Metro)


• Manchester City will not consider selling club captain Carlos Tevez for less than £50m this summer with the Argentine forward attracting the interest of Inter Milan.
  (Daily Telegraph)


• Porto president Pinto da Costa has revealed he will listen to offers for the club's star trio - defender Rolando and strikers Hulk and Radamel Falcao.
  (Metro)


• Manchester United's chief European scout Martin Ferguson is keeping tabs on Espanyol striker Pablo Daniel Osvaldo, who is also attracting the interest of Tottenham, Everton and Fulham. United are also watching Athletic Bilbao midfielder Javi Martinez.
  (Daily Mail)


• AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi, who is also Italy's prime minister, has promised a summer of spending to turn the side into Champions League winners - and Tottenham winger Gareth Bale is on their hit list.
  (The Mirror)


• But Welshman Bale insists he will not be leaving White Hart Lane this summer.
  (The Mirror)


• Liverpool flop Alberto Aquilani's permanent move to Juventus could be off after the Italian side said they would not pay the agreed fee.
  (The Mirror)


• Former Tottenham and West Ham striker Freddie Kanoute is to leave Spanish side Sevilla in the summer - but says he has already turned down offers to return to English football.
  (talkSPORT)


• Spanish side Sevilla are interested in signing Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko.
  (Daily Mail)


• Tottenham themselves are ready to offer £500,000 for Ipswich's 18-year-old forward Caolan Lavery.
  (The Sun)


• Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is preparing to hijack Manchester United's rumoured £20m transfer of Everton midfielder Jack Rodwell.
  (CaughtOffside)


• Leeds forward Max Gradel is ready to turn down Newcastle and sign a new contract at Elland Road.
  (Daily Mail)


• The Professional Footballers' Association Scotland player of the year Emilio Izaguirre, who has been linked with several English teams, says he has no wish to leave Celtic after his impressive debut season.
  (Daily Express)


• Aston Villa's Ashley Young, who is out of contract at the end of next season, is a summer target for Real Madrid.
  (Daily Mail)


• Fulham manager Mark Hughes is stepping up his interest in Young Boys of Berne striker Henri Bienvenu Ntsama.
  (Daily Mail)


• Newcastle manager Alan Pardew is tracking Toulouse's £5m-rated defensive pair Cheikh M'Bengue and Franck Tabanou.
  (The Sun)


• Magpies defender Jose Enrique, who is being courted by Liverpool, Arsenal and Bayern Munich, has admitted his Newcastle future is in doubt and that he would be "happy" with a move.
  (The Mirror)


• Newcastle United will step up their attempts to sign highly-rated Saint-Etienne midfielder Blaise Matuidi in the summer.
  (Inside Futbol)


• QPR playmaker Adel Taarabt is attracting the interest of several top European clubs with Lazio plotting a summer move for the Rangers captain.
  (The Mirror)


• Or, Real Madrid could be set to beat Liverpool and Manchester United to the signature of QPR's Taarabt.
  (Metro)


• Premier League bound QPR are themselves hopeful of bringing £12m-rated Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh to Loftus Road this summer.
  (CaughtOffside)


• Tottenham are interested in swapping forward Giovani dos Santos or winger Niko Kranjcar for £13.5m-rated Sevilla midfielder Diego Perotti.
  (goal)

• Former West Ham captain Julian Dicks says the team's relegation struggle is because players who are good enough to keep them up are not working hard enough.
  (Daily Star)


• West Ham, meanwhile, are interested in replacing current boss Avram Grant with QPR manager Neil Warnock.
  (The Sun)


• Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish says he wants the final say on all future transfer deals and that is believed to be the reason behind the delay in owner John W Henry giving the Scot the Anfield managerial post on a permanent basis.
  (The Sun)

• Norwich manager Paul Lambert is set to be given the freedom of the city after the club's back-to-back promotions to reach the Premier League.
  (The Mirror)


• Norwich should build a statue of celebrity cook and club director Delia Smith at Carrow Road after reaching the top flight, according to Canaries chief executive David McNally.
  (The Sun)