All the latest football rumours from today's newspapers.
- Fulham are targeting Manchester City defender Sylvain Distin. (Daily Mirror)
- Arsenal are weighing up a £6m summer swoop for Ajax winger Ryan Babel. (Daily Mirror)
- Chelsea will recall striker Hernan Crespo from his loan spell at Inter Milan in the summer. (Daily Express)
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Leicester are poised to sign former Celtic and Aston Villa winger Didier Agathe on a free. (Daily Mirror)
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Bolton are favourites to sign highly-rated Crystal Palace midfielder Tom Soares. (Daily Mirror)
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Portsmouth want West Ham midfielder Yossi Benayoun. (Daily Mail)
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Valencia striker David Villa says he is flattered that Liverpool and Chelsea want to sign him. (Daily Star)
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Rangers will sign St Mirren defender Kirk Broadfoot on Tuesday on a pre-contract agreement. (Daily Record)
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OTHER GOSSIP
- West Ham boss Alan Curbishley's strict new regime includes a ban on playing cards and fines if players are late for training. (Sun)
- West Ham will axe 16 players in the summer. (Daily Express)
- Among them will be Anton Ferdinand, Nigel Reo-Coker, Dean Ashton, Carlos Tevez and Lucas Neill - but Matthew Upson will stay. (The Sun)
- Hammers chairman Eggert Magnusson may also be on his way in the summer as the club's owners are unhappy with his running of the club. (Daily Express)
- Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has been told he can have the cash to sign the best players in Europe in the summer. (The Sun)
- England coach Steve McClaren was already going off the idea of recalling David Beckham even before the Real Madrid man was injured. (Daily Mail)
- Reading striker Dave Kitson is poised to sign a new three-year contract. (Daily Mirror)
- Manchester United have ruled out any last-ditch attempt to keep Henrik Larsson at Old Trafford. (Daily Mail)
AND FINALLY...
- Arsenal and Chelsea's reserves staged a re-run of the Carling Cup final brawl in a match at Aldershot on Monday. The flashpoint came when Mart Poom dropped a corner. This time, there were no red cards, only bookings for Arsenal's Gavin Hoyte and Chelsea's Ben Sahar and Sam Hutchinson. (Sun)