All the latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

• Fulham boss Lawrie Sanchez remains confident of signing QPR winger Lee Cook after making a final offer of £2.2m. (Daily Express)



• AC Milan are waiting for the green light from Chelsea to buy back striker Andriy Shevchenko for £15m. (Daily Star, Daily Express)



• Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich will hold crunch talks with Sheva next week before deciding whether to let him go back. (Daily Mirror)



• Carlos Tevez will be unveiled as a Manchester United player on Thursday. (Daily Mail)



• Spurs target Curtis Davies is pleading with West Brom not to price him out of a move to the Premier League. (Daily Mirror)



• Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is hot on the trail of Manchester United's £8m striker Alan Smith. (Daily Star)



• Middlesbrough will turn their attentions to Everton striker James Beattie after failing to land Smith. (Daily Star, Daily Mail)



• Boro boss Gareth Southgate is ready to move for Charlton right-back Luke Young. (The Sun)



• Southgate is interested in Preston right-winger Simon Whaley, too. (Daily Mail)



• Boro are bracing themselves for a £10m bid from Manchester City for striker Yakubu. (Daily Star)



• Arsenal's Freddie Ljungberg will not join Manchester City - he says he could never play for another Premier League side. (Daily Mirror)



• Sunderland boss Roy Keane has won the race to sign Kieran Richardson from Manchester United for £5.5m. (Various)



• Manchester City are lining up a £3m swoop for Tottenham central defender Anthony Gardner. (Daily Mail)



• Sven-Goran Eriksson may also be set to swoop for Barcelona's French flier Ludovic Giuly and Thiago Motta, who has been allowed to leave Barca. (Daily Mail)



• Birmingham boss Steve Bruce is targeting Arsenal left-back Armand Traore. (Daily Mail)



• Spurs are set to sign Leeds whiz-kid Danny Rose, 17, in a shock £1m deal. (Daily Mirror)



• Ex-Hearts keeper Antti Niemi has told current stopper Craig Gordon to join Sunderland. (Various)



• Leeds have sold Robbie Blake to his former club Burnley for £250,000. (Daily Star)



• Southampton boss George Burley wants to replace Chris Baird with unwanted Reading defender Sam Sodje for £1m. (Daily Mirror)



• Eric Djemba-Djemba is quitting Aston Villa to join French side Lille on loan. (The Sun)



• Cardiff boss Dave Jones is eyeing Blackburn outcast Francis Jeffers as Michael Chopra's replacement. (Daily Mirror)



• Cardiff have rejected Liverpool's £1m bid for 16-year-old midfielder Aaron Ramsey. (Daily Star)



• Sheffield United will this week decide whether to sign trialist Jean-Joel Perrier-Doumbe, 28. (The Sun)



• Abebayo Akinfenwa's move to Swindon could collapse because of doubts over his recovery from a broken leg. (Daily Star)



• On trial centre-back Tamas Vasko, 23, will play for Southampton against Eastleigh on Saturday. (The Sun)



• Frustrated Hearts striker Calum Elliot could return to motherwell this season, but Gretna are also keen to secure the player on a loan deal. (Daily Record)



• Kilmarnock striker Steven Naismith is heading for a bitter bust-up with mentor Jim Jefferies over Killie's refusal to let him move to Rangers. (The Sun)

• Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas snubbed a deal at Real Madrid that would have put him on a par with legendary club captain Raul on £100,000-a-week. (Daily Star)



• Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has claimed Arsenal will be better off without striker Thierry Henry. (Various)



• Ferguson also says Jose Mourinho's dig at United's spending shows the Chelsea boss is feeling the pressure. (Daily Star)



• United could be charged with "tapping up" Tevez if they continue to push for the Argentine's £35m transfer without the agreement of the Premier League. (Independent)



• Newcastle defender Steven Taylor will be rewarded with a long contract to ward off interest from Chelsea. (Daily Mirror)



• Striker Kanu is poised to agree a new deal to stay at Portsmouth. (The Sun)



• Former Portsmouth striker Svetoslav Todorov has blamed Harry Redknapp for forcing him out of Fratton Park. (Daily Star)



• Wembley groundstaff are laying a new pitch for the Community Shield contest between Manchester United and Chelsea on 5 August. (Various)



• Scott Parker is favourite to be named West Ham's new captain. (The Sun)



• Czech winger Libor Sionko admits he faces another season at Rangers - because no-one wants to sign him. (Daily Record)



• St Mirren have appointed Grant Cassidy as their new video analyst. (Daily Record)

• Supporter John Mayall is taking Manchester United to the County Court over their scheme to charge season-ticket holders for all cup games. (Daily Mail)