All the latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

• Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson is plotting an £80,000-a-week loan deal for Juan Riquelme.(The Sun)



• Eriksson plans a fresh bid to sign Mark Bresciano in January.(Daily Mirror)



• Thomas Sorensen is ready to quit Aston Villa after falling out with manager Martin O'Neill.(The Sun)



• Chelsea are set to incur the wrath of Barcelona by trying to snatch boy wonder Giovani Dos Santos.(The Sun)



• Ex-Real Madrid star Roberto Carlos came close to joining Middlesbrough this summer.(The Sun)



• Nicky Shorey has hinted he wants to quit Reading for West Ham.(Daily Mirror)



• Stoke have not given up hope of signing former Liverpool midfielder Salif Diao.(Daily Mirror)

• Arsene Wenger's new deal at Arsenal is worth £4.5m a year - the same as Sir Alex Ferguson's but £2m a year less than Jose Mourinho.(Daily Mail)



• US billionaire Stan Kroenke is to reassure the Arsenal board he has no intention of mounting a takeover bid for the club at present.(The Independent)



• Paul Jewell has turned down the chance to manage Derby because he did not want to stab Rams boss Billy Davies in the back.(The Sun)



• George Burley is poised to quit Southampton after growing tired of the internal politics at the club.(Daily Mirror)



• Peter Reid has had secret talks with Leicester owner Milan Mandaric, who is also interested in Iain Dowie.(Daily Mirror)



• Former England skipper Tony Adams says the current coach Steve McClaren reminds him of Graham Taylor.(The Sun)



• McClaren may wait until the last minute to decide whether to risk injured midfielder Steven Gerrard against Israel.(The Sun)



• But Gerrard has already declared himself fit to play, possibly even without painkillers.(Daily Mail)



• The FA will play Luciano Pavarotti's Nessun Dorma before the England-Israel game in tribute to the opera singer, who died on Thursday.(Daily Mail)



• Sir Alex Ferguson has jokingly told Man Utd's defender Patrice Evra not to bother coming back to Old Trafford if he helps France beat Scotland next week.(Daily Record)



• Sir Bobby Charlton says England need to win Euro 2008 in order to get computer-obsessed kids interested in football again.(Various)



• But Charlton has piled the pressure on McClaren by claiming the players lack the self-belief to win the tournament.(Various)



• Leeds have been kicked out of the FA for not paying their debts.(The Sun)

• Wayne Rooney's brother Graham will represent Everton when he stars on a celebrity football show.(The Sun)



• Ryan Babel says reading The Bible has helped him cope with his move to Liverpool.(The Sun)