Football rumours from today's newspapers.

• Fulham boss Roy Hodgson is ready to bid £3m for Middlesbrough striker Jeremie Aliadiere. (The People)



• Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is planning to use some of the £80m raised by the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to launch a shock raid for Liverpool striker Fernando Torres. (Sunday Express)



• Ferguson has instructed United chief executive David Gill to complete a £24m deal for Valencia's David Silva. (The People)



• Manchester United are also tracking Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes after the 27-year-old's contract talks broke down. (News of the World)



• Lyon have told Manchester United that striker Karim Benzema is not for sale this summer. (Sunday Mirror)



• Newcastle want former West Ham and Charlton boss Alan Curbishley to take charge of the club as the relationship between caretaker manager Alan Shearer and owner Mike Ashley has become strained. (News of the World)



• Manchester United forward Carlos Tevez will sign for rivals Manchester City when his loan deal at Old Trafford finishes at the end of June. (Sunday Mirror)



• But Tevez will also be the subject of a £30m bid from Chelsea. (Sunday Mirror)



• However, Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o has rejected Manchester City's offer, leaving Chelsea, Liverpool and Inter Milan battling it out for the Cameroon striker. (The People)



• Eto'o has apparently asked Manchester City for 1m euros a month (that's about £850,000)



• after tax if they want him at Eastlands. (News of the World)



• Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery has been told by Real Madrid the Spanish club will sign him next year, as they cannot pay out more than £50m twice in one summer. (News of the World)



• Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp will go for Bayern Munich's Luca Toni, if he cannot sign former Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy from Real Madrid. (The People)



• Spurs midfielder David Bentley is set to end his disappointing spell at White Hart Lane by signing for Aston Villa on 1 July. (News of the World)



• Roberto Martinez, who is set to take over at Wigan next week, wants to make former Sunderland striker Djibril Cisse his first signing. (The People)



• Real Madrid and Barcelona have been told by Inter Milan they will have to pay £80m if they want to sign striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic. (Sunday Times)



• Liverpool are preparing a £5m bid for Manchester City's England Under-21 defender Micah Richards. (News of the World)



• West Ham defender Matthew Upson is wanted by Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill. (The People)



• Upson is also wanted by Manchester City, while West Ham are keen on City striker Daniel Sturridge. (News of the World)



• Bayern Munich are interested in Stoke goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen. (News of the World)



• Birmingham are ready to make a £1.5m bid for Espanyol midfielder Jordi Gomez following his impressive loan spell at Swansea last season. (The People)



• Blackburn could make a loan swoop for Chelsea youngster Franco Di Santo should Roque Santa Cruz leave the club this summer. (The People)



• Chelsea are in talks with AZ Alkmaar over striker Moussa Dembele, who is valued at about £15m. (The People)



• Celtic managerial target Tony Mowbray is already planning a transfer raid at on current club West Brom, with £3m-rated Spanish midfielder Borja Valero top of his list. (News of the World)



• Baggies' captain Paul Robinson also says he would be interested in a move to the Scottish Premier League runners-up. (Sunday Mail)



• Meanwhile, out-of-contract Celtic midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura is set to move to Espanyol after talks with Japanese club Yokohama F Marinos broke down. (News of the World)

• Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano wants to leave Anfield as his pregnant wife Fernanda has been unable to settle on Merseyside. (News of the World)



• Sir Alex Ferguson says he was resigned to losing Cristiano Ronaldo and had been battling for the last two years to keep him at Old Trafford. (Mail on Sunday)



• Arsenal have started new contract talks with forward Robin van Persie in a bid to fend off the interest of Italian side Inter Milan. (Sunday Mirror)



• Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic says he will be staying at Old Trafford, amid reported interest from Barcelona and Real Madrid. (News of the World)



• Middlesbrough owner Steve Gibson could put the club up for sale after he decided to become a tax exile in Guernsey. (Sunday Express)



• West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green has rejected a new contract with the club, but insists he wants to stay at Upton Park. (The People)



• Portsmouth will sell stars such as defender Glen Johnson and striker Peter Crouch if the takeover of the club does not go ahead. (Sunday Express)



• Newcastle are paying midfielder Joey Barton £675,000 per year for his image rights. (Sunday Telegraph)

• Striker Michael Owen's management company has sent out a 34-page brochure, highlighting his goal-scoring skills and commercial value, to eight Premier League clubs as he looks to resurrect his career following Newcastle's relegation from the Premier League.



• Aston Villa, Portsmouth, Everton and West Ham are four of the clubs to have received the document. (News of the World)