Football rumours from today's newspapers.

• Brazilian midfielder Anderson has been told he can leave Manchester United after reacting badly to being omitted from the starting line-up for the Community Shield defeat by Chelsea. (Daily Mirror )



• Arsenal have made a fresh move for St Etienne's Blaise Matuidi, although the French side want £6m for the midfielder. (Daily Mirror )



• Manchester City have completed the £24m signing of England defender Joleon Lescott from Everton. (The Sun)



• Chelsea are keeping tabs on Benfica's talented trio - Angel di Maria, who plays in midfield, defender David Luiz and winger Fabio Coentrao. (The Sun)



• West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola has flown out to Italy to complete the signing of Livorno striker Alessandro Diamanti. (Daily Mirror )



• Burnley manager Owen Coyle is trying to tempt Tottenham into selling £1m-rated goalkeeper Ben Alnwick. (The Sun)



• Everton are preparing a £5m bid for Middlesbrough defender Robert Huth. They may be put off bidding for Bolton's Gary Cahill (£10m)



• and Stoke's Ryan Shawcross (£12m)



• as their clubs will hold out for big sums. (Daily Mirror )



• Fulham manager Roy Hodgson has made a £2m move for Le Mans centre-back Gregory Cerdan, 27, as well as making a £3m bid for Almeria's Nigerian striker Kala Uche. (Daily Mirror )



• Hodgson faces competition from Blackburn for Cerdan - Rovers boss Sam Allardyce will make his move after selling defender Stephen Warnock to Aston Villa. (Daily Mail )



• Everton are closing in on a season-long loan deal for Valencia's Argentine midfielder Ever Banega. (The Independent )



• Bolton boss Gary Megson will step up his chase for Leeds United striker Jermaine Beckford. (The Sun)



• Portsmouth boss Paul Hart has finally signed a player - Ivory Coast striker Aruna Dindane has joined the south-coast club from French side Lens for £4m. (The Sun)



• Portsmouth defender Sylvain Distin has stunned the club by handing in a transfer request, with Aston Villa, Everton and Sunderland interested. (The Sun )



• Blackburn striker Benni McCarthy is on Ajax's hit-list - the South African started his career with the Dutch giants. (Daily Mirror )



• Tottenham are keen to sign Honduras defender Osman Chavez, 25, for £1.5m after a tip from his fellow countryman Wilson Palacios. (Daily Mirror )



• Ex-Fulham winger Hameur Bouazza has quit Turkish club Sivasspor after after only five days. Sheffield United, Plymouth and Preston are keen on him. (Various)



• Atletico Madrid want to sign Newcastle's Spanish left-back Jose Enrique in a cut-price £3m deal. (Daily Mirror )



• Leeds are set to offer League One rivals Oldham £500,000 for winger Chris Taylor, 22. (Daily Star)



• Crystal Palace are expected to sign Derby defender Claude Davis and former Millwall winger Ryan Smith. (The Independent)

• Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic, linked this summer with Barcelona, has pledged his immediate future to the Old Trafford club. (Daily Star )



• Ipswich boss Roy Keane has axed several members of his first-team squad and told them they will never play for him again. (Daily Mail )



• Newcastle businessman Barry Moat is close to completing his £80m takeover of the Magpies. (The Sun )



• Hong Kong tycoon Carson Yeung will complete his takeover of Birmingham City in the next 48 hours. (The Sun)



• Outgoing Birmingham chairman David Gold is deciding whether to try to buy West Ham, which could cost him £150m. (The Guardian)



• Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka, 30, says he is ready to finish his career at Stamford Bridge. (The Sun)



• Football Association of Thailand president Worawi Makudi says he is confident coach Peter Reid will not quit, despite reports linking Reid with the assistant manager's job at Stoke City. (Bangkok Post)



• Portsmouth keeper David James has told England boss Fabio Capello he will be fit to play in the World Cup qualifier against Croatia next month, despite a knee injury. (The Independent )

• Sunderland boss Steve Bruce has paid tribute to a new slimline Andy Reid after the midfielder lost 9kg and 22mm of body fat in the summer. Reid celebrated by scoring twice in the 4-1 Carling Cup win over Norwich on Monday. (The Sun)