All the latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

• Fulham's Papa Bouba Diop has snubbed a £4.4m move to struggling Wigan. (Daily Express)
  
  
• Real Madrid will offer £35m to Man Utd in the summer for winger Cristiano Ronaldo. (The Independent)
  
  
• Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy has urged former team-mate Ronaldo to join him in Spain. (Various)
  
  
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• Man City boss Stuart Pearce is ready to offer Sylvain Distin plus £3m for Spurs striker Mido. (Daily Mirror)
  
  
• Inter Milan chief Roberto Mancini says he wants to become Chelsea's new boss. (The Sun)
  
  
• Celtic have bid £4m for Hibs duo Kevin Thomson and Scott Brown - and will let them stay at Hibs until the end of the season. (Daily Record)
  
  
• Arsenal have entered the race to sign £10m-rated Southampton teenager Gareth Bale. (The Sun)
  
  
• Wigan boss Paul Jewell is ready to bring ex-Spurs man Thimothee Atouba back to the top flight in a shock deal from Bundesliga strugglers Hamburg. (Daily Mirror)
  
  
• Birmingham boss Steve Bruce has rejected West Ham's £8m bid for Matthew Upson. (Daily Mirror)
  
  
• Man Utd will have to wait until next week to discover if they can sign Owen Hargreaves from Bayern Munich. (Daily Star)
  
  
• Newcastle misfit Albert Luque is wanted on loan by Spanish club Racing Santander. (Daily Mirror)
  
  
• Arsenal's on-loan striker Julio Baptista is desperate for boss Arsene Wenger to sign him permanently. (The Sun)
  
  
• Man Utd winger Lee Martin is signing on loan from Stoke on Friday. (Daily Mirror)
  
  
• Preston boss Paul Simpson wants Wigan's veteran keeper John Filan to replace unsettled Fulham target Carlo Nash. (Daily Mirror)
  
  
• Arsenal are trying to scupper Man Utd's bid for Deportivo La Coruna midfielder Aldo Duscher. (The Sun)
  
  
• Watford's Aidy Boothroyd is ready to sign Ray Parlour from Middlesbrough. (Daily Mirror)
  
  
• Luton expect to land Sheffield Wednesday striker Drew Talbot in a £250,000 deal on Friday. (Daily Mirror)
  
  
• Dundee United defender David Proctor is set to leave the club after falling out of favour. (Daily Record)
  
  
• QPR are to make a second bid for Nottingham Forest defender Danny Cullip. (Daily Star)
  
  
• Bristol Rovers will make a £150,000 bid to sign Hereford striker Andy Williams. (The Sun)
  
  

OTHER GOSSIP

• Didier Drogba has begged Roman Abramovich and Jose Mourinho to make their peace - or risk tearing Chelsea's season apart. (Various)
  
  
• John Terry could be back for Chelsea for Sunday's FA Cup tie with Nottingham Forest. (Daily Mirror)
  
  
• Chelsea's secret shotlist of managers to replace Jose Mourinho includes Dutch legend Marco van Basten. (Daily Star)
  
  
• England will recall Jonathan Woodgate for the February 7 friendly with Spain. (The Telegraph)
  
  
• Robbie Savage has admitted that some people will see his broken leg from a challenge with Watford's Al Bangura and say "he had it coming". (Daily Star)
  
  
• Man Utd's Gary Neville says he wants to help his side overhaul Liverpool's 18 league titles - United currently have 15. (Daily Mirror)
  
  
• Man City boss Stuart Pearce and Bolton number two Sammy Lee are both in the running for the England Under-21 manager's job. (Various)
  
  
• Milan Mandaric's £25m takeover of Leicester has been put on hold as his mother is unwell. (The Sun)
  
  

AND FINALLY...

• Portsmouth goalkeeping coach David Coles won a competition among players in which they tried to kick a ball into a small trailer from 100 yards. But he had some inadvertent assistance - his attempt bounced off the head of an unsuspecting local photographer. (The Times)