Latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

• Veteran Liverpool defender Sami Hyypia is fast becoming the most wanted man in the January transfer window - Stoke, Fulham, Sunderland, Blackburn and Tottenham all see him as a cut-price option to bolster their defensive options. (Daily Star)



• Manchester United are set to offload Carlos Tevez after the striker admitted he would love to play for Real Madrid. (The Sun)



• And Real Madrid will hand Tevez the £25m, five-year deal he wants as United try to knock down the Argentine's price. (Daily Star)



• Russian playmaker Andrei Arshavin is on standby for a £12m move to Arsenal from Zenit St Petersburg. (The Sun)



• Arsenal look set to miss out on Arshavin because of cash demands - the 27-year-old is currently on wages of about £100,000-a-week. (Daily Star)



• But Arshavin has been shown around Arsenal's London Colney training ground in an attempt to convince the forward that his future lies in north London. (Daily Mail)



• Wigan boss Steve Bruce will sell striker Henri Camara to Stoke for £1m as a soon as the Latics tie up a deal for Colombia forward Hugo Rodallega, who is set to arrive to discuss a £4.5m move from Mexican club Necaxa this week. (Daily Mail)



• Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has failed to land Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing with a £14.5m bid. (The Sun)



• Birmingham are on the verge of capturing Rangers top scorer Kris Boyd for £3.5m. (The Sun)



• West Ham's Calum Davenport is poised to join Bolton for £3m. (The Sun)



• Stoke are close to agreeing a £2m deal for West Ham winger Matthew Etherington. (Daily Star)



• Barnsley are poised to sign Chesterfield striker Jamie Ward, 22, after upping their bid to £500,000. (Daily Star)



• Bolton are giving a trial to 31-year-old Brazilian winger Denilson - once the world's most expensive footballer. (Various)

• Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez insists he does not need to sign any new players in the January transfer window in order to seal the club's first league title since 1990. (The Sun)



• Matt Derbyshire has issued a last-ditch plea to fellow Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz urging his team-mate to reject interest from other clubs and stay at Ewood Park. (Daily Star)



• Manager Mark Hughes will reassess Richard Dunne's position as Manchester City captain at the end of the January transfer window to weigh up if the extra responsibility has affected his form. (Daily Mail)

• Manchester City defender Micah Richards has hit back at suggestions he is becoming "a fatty". The player insisted: "If anything, I have lost weight and have less body fat than last year." (The Sun)



• The Football Association has responded to the current economic crisis by slashing up to 25% off the price of a ticket to watch England at Wembley. (Daily Mail)