All the latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

• Wigan have made a £2.5m bid for Fulham midfielder Michael Brown. (Daily Mirror)



• Chelsea have told Barcelona that Frank Lampard is not for sale after rejecting a £12m bid from the Spanish club. (Daily Star)



• Portsmouth are set to sign Rennes midfielder Arnold Mvuemba after agreeing a £2.5m fee with the French club. (The Sun)



• VfB Stuttgart are set to swoop for Watford striker Tamas Priskin. (The Sun)



• Jermain Defoe's future at Tottenham is in doubt after the striker, who has been linked to Aston Villa and Portsmouth, refused to start talks over a new five-year contract. (Daily Star)



• Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre is wanted by Bordeaux. (Various)



• Striker Jeremie Aliadiere has vowed to prove Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger wrong after leaving the Gunners - where he made only 19 starts in almost eight years - for Middlesbrough. (Various)



• Liverpool striker Peter Crouch has been assured he has a future at Anfield, despite the impending arrival of Fernando Torres from Atletico Madrid. (Various)



• Liverpool have agreed to compensate Stockport after 14-year-old goalkeeper Ben Robinson quit the League Two club's school of excellence to move to Anfield in June. (The Sun)



• Wolves have had a £900,000 bid for striker Matt Fryatt turned down by Leicester. (Daily Star)



• Wycombe are shelving their plans to sign QPR's Tommy Doherty after the midfielder was hit by appendicitis. (Various)



• Crystal Palace have issued a hands-off warning to Leicester and their other Championship rivals over England Under-21 midfielder Tom Soares. (Daily Star)



• Real Sociedad Mikel Alonso, who is the brother of Liverpool's Xabi Alonso, has joined Bolton at their pre-season training camp in Austria. (Daily Star)

• Former Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder has warned his successor Sam Allardyce that ex-Magpies striker Alan Shearer will be waiting in the wings if the ex-Bolton boss is not successful at the club. (Daily Mirror)
  
  
• The Arsenal board want manager Arsene Wenger, who has 12 months left on his current contract, to sign a new deal by the end of the week. (The Sun)
  
  
• Former Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour has warned the club that Wenger is irreplaceable. (Daily Star)
  
  
• Newcastle could be without Geremi, who signed for the Magpies from Chelsea this week, for up to six games early next year because the midfielder may be on African Cup of Nations duty with Cameroon. (Daily Mirror)
  
  
• Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs, 33, is determined to hang on to his place in the team, even though he knows the "finishing line is approaching" in his career. (The Sun)
  
  
• Sunderland manager Roy Keane has appointed former Manchester United team-mate Raimond van der Gouw as his goalkeeping coach. (Various)
  
  
• Sheffield Wednesday will not have to re-lay their pitch after tests confirmed it was not contaminated by the flood water that covered the Hillsborough surface last week. (Various)

• Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo has told manager Sir Alex Ferguson he will shave off his hair if he does not score 20 Premier League goals next season. In the 2006-2007 campaign, the Portuguese star won a £400 bet with the United boss after scoring 17 times in the top flight, beating his 15-goal target. (The Sun)
  
  
• Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce has banned mobiles on the club's week-long training camp in Austria. He said: "There will be no distractions. We will be totally focused." (The Sun)