All the latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

• Liverpool have left West Ham fuming after launching an "insulting" £1m bid for midfielder Yossi Benayoun. (Daily Mirror)



• West Ham are set to pay striker Darren Bent £75,000 a week when they sign him from Charlton for £16m to £17m. (Various)



• West Ham and Tottenham will battle to land Darren Bent. (The Independent)



• Bolton defender Tal Ben Haim will snub former Trotters boss Sam Allardyce at Newcastle and instead join Chelsea. (Daily Mirror)



• Allardyce wants to steal Ben Haim from under the noses of Chelsea. (Daily Mail)



• Portsmouth striker Kanu is ready to move to Ajax on a two-year deal. (Daily Mail)



• Chelsea hope to sign Hertha Berlin striker Marko Pantelic for £2.5m. (The Sun)



• Manchester United will intensify their bid for a new striker after Louis Saha was ruled out for up to six months following knee surgery. (Daily Mirror)



• Manchester United are ready to bid £10m for Sampdoria striker Fabio Quagliarella. (Daily Express)



• Goalkeeper Ian Walker is ready to leave Bolton to revive his career. (The Sun)



• West Brom are bidding to sign Celtic striker Craig Beattie for £750,000. (Various)



• Rangers' bid to land Carlos Cuellar is back on after Osasuna caved in on the defender's demands to be allowed to leave the Spanish club. (Daily Record)



• Hearts have insisted they have no plans to sell injury-hit winger Mirsad Beslija. (Daily Record)



• Tottenham want Jermain Defoe to sign a new three-year contract but will sell the striker this summer if he does not commit himself to the club. (Various)



• Bolton are heading the chase for Rangers winger Thomas Buffel. (Daily Mirror)



• Portsmouth want to lure back striker Yakubu by offering Middlesbrough a cash-plus-plus players exchange, with midfielder Sean Davis one of the fringe players who may be offered. (Daily Mirror)

• Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood and managing director Keith Edelman have held secret peace talks with American tycoon Stan Kroenke, whose acquisition of a 12 per cent stake in the club sparked takeover talk. (The Sun)



• Barcelona midfielder Deco will be glad to see the back of Real Madrid rival David Beckham, who is set to join Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy, because he believes the England star "has shown he is still among the best in the world". (Daily Mirror)



• Real Madrid midfielder Beckham is confident he will be fit to face Real Mallorca as his side aim to win the title on Sunday, despite an ankle injury. (Daily Star)



• Beckham has taken a pay cut in his basic salary to move to the United States. (The Independent)



• Blackburn hope a takeover with American bidders can be agreed by August so manager Mark Hughes can splash out on players. (Daily Mirror)



• Manchester City's managerial target Juande Ramos has said he is likely to stay at Sevilla. (Daily Mail)



• Manchester City's managerial shortlist consists of Ramos and Dutchman Co Adriaanse, who has managed Ajax, AZ Alkmaar, Porto and who left Ukrainian side FC Metalurgh Donetsk in May. (The Independent)



• Oasis star and Manchester City fan Noel Gallagher is ready to rescue the Premiership club with a cheeky cut-price bid with M People founder Mike Pickering. (Daily Star)



• Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has claimed he is unmoved by the £50m spending spree by rivals Manchester United. (Various)



• Leicester want to sign midfielder Trevor Sinclair on a free transfer following his release from Manchester City. (Daily Star)

• Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich hopes to bring some unity to the club by attending captain John Terry's wedding on Friday but manager Jose Mourinho will not be there. (The Sun)
  
  
• Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson came on as a substitute to help Boro old boys' five-a-side beat German opposition, containing two of their Euro 96 team, to win a tournament in Singapore. (Daily Mail)
  
  
• Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov has been named transfer of the season after Professor Tom Cannon and researchers from Buckingham University calculated the value to their clubs of last season's signings based on certain criteria. Chelsea forward Andriy Shevchenko was labelled a flop. (Daily Express)