All the latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

• Fulham are set to complete the £4m signing of striker Diomansy Kamara from West Brom. (The Sun)



• Sunderland will make a late bid to pip Fulham to the signature of Southampton defender Chris Baird. (Daily Mirror)



• Blackburn want £4m for striker Jason Roberts after turning down a £2.5m bid from Fulham. (Daily Mirror)



• Manchester United are set to swoop for West Ham striker Carlos Tevez and want to complete the deal - believed to be worth more than £20m - inside 48 hours. (Daily Mirror)



• Chelsea have upped their bid for Tottenham defender Pascal Chimbonda to £12m after being priced out of a move for Sevilla's £20m-rated full-back Daniel Alves, who is wanted by Liverpool. (The Sun)



• Sven-Goran Eriksson, who is poised to become the manager of Manchester City, believes he will need to sign at least 10 players to bring success to the club. (Daily Mirror)



• Aston Villa striker John Carew is being targeted by Porto - only six months after arriving in England from Lyon. (Daily Mirror)



• Fiorentina are set to make a £3m bid for Arsenal midfielder Freddie Ljungberg. (Daily Mirror)



• Preston striker David Nugent will seal a move to Portsmouth within the next 24 hours. (Daily Mirror)



• Reading are targeting West Ham forward Bobby Zamora in a £2.5m swoop. (Daily Mirror)



• Birmingham are in talks with Brazilian defender Rafael Schmitz, who plays for Lille. (Daily Mirror)



• Wigan are willing to pay West Brom about £4.5m for midfielder Jason Koumas. (Daily Mirror)



• Former Leeds captain Kevin Nicholls has been left in limbo by the challenge from HM Revenue and Customs to Ken Bates' buy-back of the club. He had agreed to join Preston and was waiting for the Elland Road outfit to come out of administration. (Daily Mirror)

• Bolton chairman Phil Gartside has hit out at former manager Sam Allardyce, now boss of Newcastle, for going back on the agreement not to take any of the backroom staff from the Reebok Stadium and the Trotters chief is insisting such people work 12 months' notice. (Daily Mirror)



• Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger allowed Thierry Henry to join Barcelona because physiological statistics and read-outs suggested the striker was past his best. (Daily Mirror)



• Wenger will hand Cesc Fabregas the Arsenal vice-captaincy as a reward for the midfielder pledging his future to the club. (The Sun)



• Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has admitted he can give no guarantees that striker Michael Owen will stay at St James' Park. (The Sun)



• Portsmouth's former technical director Avram Grant will join Chelsea as director of football next week - and could take over as manager if Jose Mourinho leaves. (The Sun)

• Midfielder David Beckham may launch his career in the United States in LA Galaxy's friendly against Chelsea on 21 July after a scan on his ankle injury showed no long-term damage. (Daily Mirror)



• West Ham striker Dean Ashton, who has been sidelined since breaking an ankle on England duty in August 2006, is set to make his comeback in the friendly against Dagenham and Redbridge on 14 July. (The Sun)