Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Arsenal will tell Samir Nasri he is going nowhere. Even a bid of £25m for the midfielder - who is a target for Manchester United, Manchester City and Inter Milan - is unlikely to be enough to change their mind.
  (The Mirror)


• Liverpool could turn to Valencia winger Juan Mata unless Aston Villa lower the asking price for Stewart Downing.
  (The Mirror)


• Manchester City are willing to sell Carlos Tevez - but only if someone pays £50m for the want-away striker.
  (The Mirror)


• Porto striker Falcao says he would love to play in the Premier League next season, paving the way for Chelsea to make a £26.5m move.
  (talkSPORT)


• Tottenham will swoop for Liverpool midfielder Joe Cole if Luka Modric quits for Chelsea.
  (talkSPORT)


• Inter Milan admit they need to sell before they can buy this summer, opening the door for Manchester United to bid for £35m-rated midfielder Wesley Sneijder.
  (The Mirror)


• QPR have inquired about a £6m move for West Ham striker Carlton Cole.
  (The Guardian)


• QPR manager Neil Warnock thinks Adel Taarabt will quit the Loftus Road outfit club to join his 'friends' at Arsenal.
  (Metro)


• Injury-plagued former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves has posted a video on YouTube to prove his fitness to potential new clubs.
  (The Mirror)


• Bologna are leading the chase for Birmingham's Serbian striker Nikola Zigic.
  (The Mirror)


• Arsenal's left-sided player Armand Traore is being looked at by German clubs Hamburg and Werder Bremen. Both sides are considering making an official approach for the Frenchman.
  (Footie-Online)


• Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish may make a £3m offer for Tottenham's former Rangers defender Alan Hutton, having previously tried to sign him for Birmingham.
  (The Sun)


• Midfielder Niko Kranjcar has complained that Tottenham's £12m valuation of him is jeopardising his chances of a move from White Hart Lane.
  (The Mirror)

• Tottenham captain Ledley King has given the club a major boost by returning for the start of pre-season training this week after missing the end of the last campaign because of a groin problem.
  (talkSPORT)


• West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has ruled out the possibility of Sammy Lee joining him as his first-team coach.
  (talkSPORT)


• Bolton boss Owen Coyle says he hopes his long-standing friendship with new Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas could help his club get more loan deals from Stamford Bridge following Daniel Sturridge's successful spell last season.
  (Daily Star)


• Newcastle managing director Derek Llambias says "not one penny" of the £35m received for Andy Carroll is being spent on anything other than reinvestment in players.
  (Daily Telegraph)

• Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich's luxury yacht has moored in Croatia - as Tottenham wait for their Croatian midfielder Luka Modric to fly to London from his homeland for talks about his future.
  (The Mirror)


• Everton's goalkeepers will wear a camouflage-style shirt next season.
  (Metro)


• Bayern Munich's unlikely proposed signing of Tranmere teenager Dale Jennings came about after the former Liverpool academy player was recommended to them by new Stockport boss Dietmar Hamann.
  (Daily Telegraph)