Latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

• James Milner is having a medical at Aston Villa before completing a £12m move from Newcastle. (The Times)



• West Ham boss Alan Curbishley is under increasing pressure at Upton Park, with Croatia coach Slaven Bilic interested in succeeding him. (The Independent)



• Real Madrid are ready to pull the plug on Robinho's £28m move to Chelsea and make him stay at the Bernabeu. (Daily Star)



• Everton have made a £10m bid for Newcastle's James Milner in a bid to beat Aston Villa in the race for his signature. (Various)



• Veteran Swedish striker Henrik Larsson is being linked with a move to Everton or Tottenham after a fall-out with Helsingborg chairman Sten-Inge Fredin. (Daily Mail)



• Spurs have reached a verbal agreement with Manchester United to sell Dimitar Berbatov once the signing of Roman Pavlyuchenko has been finalised. (The Times)



• But Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is now becoming increasingly pessimistic that any deal will be done for the £28m-rated Bulgarian striker. (Various)



• Everton will move for Galatasaray midfield man Mehmet Topal if they fail to land their top target, Sporting Lisbon's Joao Moutinho. (The Guardian)



• Sporting Lisbon may also have to fight off interest from Spurs for Moutinho's midfield partner Miguel Veloso. (The Guardian)



• Aston Villa are weighing up a £5m move for Standard Liege's £5m-rated midfield man Marouane Fellaini. (Daily Mirror)



• Portsmouth may move for former Arsenal and West Ham forward Freddie Ljungberg. (Daily Mirror)



• West Ham could sign Uruguay striker Walter Pandiani, who is hoping to clinch a surprise move back to the Premier League. (The Times)



• Newcastle are set to swoop for Rosenberg midfield man Per Ciljan Skjelbred after they were told he is now available. (Daily Star)



• Preston want to strike a loan deal for Sunderland striker Anthony Stokes. (Daily Mail)



• Inverness are chasing Wycombe's David McCracken after failing in a move for Dundee United's Darren Dods. (Daily Record)



• Manchester City want to sign Fluminese midfield man Thiago Neves. (Daily Mail)



• Mixu Paatelainen has declared an interest in re-signing Celtic's Derek Riordan at Hibernian. (Various)

• Jose Mourinho has revealed he turned down an opportunity to quit Chelsea after their 2007 FA Cup Final win against Manchester United - and admits he should have left Stamford Bridge then. (Various)



• Liverpool's new stadium is set to be delayed further as owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett struggle to raise funds to start the next phase of the £350m project. (Various)



• Arsenal shareholder Danny Fiszman says Arsene Wenger can spend £30m on a single player if he wishes. (Various)

• Former Spurs goalkeeping coach Hans Segers has branded Dimitar Berbatov a "a big sulker" and "a loner" who is difficult to communicate with and does not pull his weight - but apart from that.... (Daily Mirror)



• Henrik Larsson's agent says the former Celtic player will not be making a return to Glasgow, but his plans could change after his club Helsingborg put him up for sale. (Mirror)