Latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

• Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso is an £8m target for Spanish giants Real Madrid, who will also offer Ruben de la Reid as part of the deal. (The Sun)



• Defender John Arne Riise is another player who could leave Anfield, with the Norwegian unhappy at his continued spell on the bench. (The Sun)



• Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is lining up a £7m move for Barcelona's Mexican wonderkid Giovani Dos Santos. (Daily Mirror)



• But Manchester City's out-of-favour striker Emile Mpenza has told Eriksson that he will not leave the club for a Championship side. Cardiff and Leicester are said to be interested in the Belgian. (Daily Mirror)



• Chelsea are said to be keen on Hajduk Split striker Nikola Kalinic. (The Sun)



• Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is close to agreeing a £5m deal for Serbian midfielder Zdravko Kuzmanovic. (The Sun)



• Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill is preparing a £3m bid for Crystal Palace's Sean Scannell. (Daily Star)



• Derby County are prepared to lose £2m in an attempt to offload out-of-favour striker Robert Earnshaw. (Daily Star)



• Promotion-chasing Stoke are trying to sign striker Diomansy Kamara on loan from Fulham for the rest of the season. (Daily Mail)



• West Ham are lining up Colchester keeper Dean Gerken for £500,000. (The Sun)



• Leeds United are hoping to land striker Enoch Showunmi from Bristol City until the end of the season as they bid to boost their promotion push. (Daily Mail)



• Ipswich and Norwich are leading the race to sign Newcastle's out-of-favour striker Shola Ameobi. (Daily Mirror)



• Ipswich boss Jim Magilton is also lining up a £1m bid for Nottingham Forest midfielder Sammy Clingan. (Daily Star)

• Sunderland's Trinidad and Tobago duo Carlos Edwards and Kenwyne Jones could be barred from playing against West Ham on Saturday. Their country want Fifa to impose the five-day rule after the pair withdrew from Wednesday's friendly with Jamaica. (Various)



• Arsenal's Gilberto wants to prove that he is worthy of a new contract, despite spending much of this season on the substitutes' bench. The midfielder will get a chance to impress in Brazil's friendly with Sweden at the Emirates Stadium. (The Sun)

• Arsenal's Eduardo says he has yet to receive an apology from Birmingham's Martin Taylor, who broke the striker's leg in a challenge in February. However, Eduardo says that when an apology finally arrives he will forgive and forget. (Daily Mirror)



• Coventry defender Arjan de Zeeuw will pursue a career in medicine after he retires from football at the end of the season. (The Sun)



• Caring Didier Drogba has revealed how he once donated a kitbag to a homeless man after a Champions League match. (Daily Express)



• Coach Fabio Capello is said to be behind England's new smart look, with players travelling in suits as opposed to the tracksuits they donned during Steve McClaren's reign. (The Sun)