All the latest football rumours from today's newspapers.
- Manchester United defender Gabriel Heinze is close to a £5m switch to Real Madrid. (Sun)
- Italian giants Juventus are leading the chase for Frank Lampard after his contract talks stalled at Chelsea. (Daily Mirror)
- Carlos Tevez believes Chelsea, Liverpool and Real Madrid are battling it out to sign him from West Ham. (Sun)
- But Craig Bellamy insists he has no intention of quitting Liverpool if boss Rafa Benitez plots to use him as bait to land Tevez. (Sun)
- Radostin Kishishev is set to be one of new Leicester boss Martin Allen's first signings. (Daily Mirror)
- Nolberto Solano has revealed he wants to sign up for one more season at Newcastle under Sam Allardyce. (Daily Mirror)
- Tottenham are poised to make a £12m swoop for Portuguese wonder kid Nani from Sporting Lisbon. (Daily Mirror)
OTHER GOSSIP
- Steven Gerrard has welcomed David Beckham's return to the England fold and believes it will be a big boost to the squad. (Sun)
- But Beckham's future American employers Los Angeles Galaxy are to block any plans for him to go on loan to an English Premiership club next season in a bid to help him towards 100 England caps (The People)
AND FINALLY...
- Reading left-back Nicky Shorey says he will have the quiestest stag do ever. He has been allowed the day off by England boss Steve McClaren so he can get married to fiance Emily. But the night before he is on duty as England play Brazil.