Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Manchester City will make an audacious £35m offer for Barcelona defensive midfielder Sergio Busquets in January.
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• England boss Fabio Capello has been targeted for one huge final pay-day by big-spending Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala.
  (Daily Mail)


• Striker Emmanuel Adebayor - on loan at Tottenham from Premier League rivals Manchester City - has declared his career at Etihad Stadium "over". "The love between myself and Manchester City is broken," he said.
  (Daily Mail)


• Italian giants AC Milan are keeping tabs on Chelsea striker Fernando Torres and could make a loan bid for the Spaniard, who has yet to find his best form at Stamford Bridge.
  (Inside Futbol)


• Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has confirmed his interest in signing former England captain David Beckham. "If David wants to come to Tottenham, I'd welcome him with open arms," said the White Hart Lane boss.
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• But Beckham's club, Los Angeles Galaxy, are trying to tempt the 36-year-old to stay in the United States by offering him a new one-year contract worth £5.6m.
  (Metro)


• Spurs goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes wants to leave the club in January after losing his place to summer signing Brad Friedel.
  (The Mirror)


• Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish will make another attempt in January to persuade Rangers to part with midfielder Steven Davis.
  (The Sun)


• Danny Wilson is a loan target for Championship outfit Leeds United as the Scotland defender continues to find himself out of the Liverpool first team.
  (Daily Record)


• Scotland striker James McFadden will have talks with Wolves this week about a trial following long-term injury and his release by Birmingham City.
  (The Sun)

• Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has hinted that Fernando Torres could be left out of their Champions League match with Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday.
  (The Sun)


• Queens Park Rangers' boss Neil Warnock says he trusts midfielder Joey Barton not to do anything stupid when he makes his debut against former club Newcastle on Monday.
  (The Sun)


• Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke has broken his silence on the Gunners' deadline-day transfer spending. Manager Arsene Wenger brought in Mikel Arteta and Per Mertesacker but Kroenke admitted: "There's a risk of going backwards if you overreact and start throwing money around in an attempt to solve your problems."
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• Harry Redknapp has revealed Spurs missed out on a £13m windfall for Giovani dos Santos in January. Italian side Udinese made the offer but the forward wanted to go to Sevilla, who tabled a much lower bid.
  (The Mirror)


• The wife of Bolton captain Kevin Davies, Emma, has revealed that her husband has apologised to Tom Cleverley after his challenge left the United midfielder with ligament damage in his foot.
  (Daily Star)


• Sergio Aguero has vowed to do for Manchester City what Diego Maradona did for Napoli.
  (The Mirror)


• Newcastle United striker Nile Ranger has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving.
  (The Mirror)

• Andre Villas-Boas wants to see changes made to the way teams drop out of the Champions League and into the Europa League. The side finishing third in each group currently moves into Europe's second club competition, but Villas-Boas says that rewards failure.
  (Sky Sports)


• Argentina legend Diego Maradona appears to be well on the way to becoming a Manchester City fan following son-in-law Sergio Aguero's superb start to life in England. Maradona says the striker is finally "playing in a place that he deserves".
  (Metro)


• Former England footballer Trevor Steven was hauled from a river at the weekend after he rescued his dog from drowning.
  (The Mirror)


• AFC Bournemouth chairman Eddie Mitchell stormed ­furiously on to the pitch to confront supporters protesting against the way he runs the club following their 3-0 home defeat by Chesterfield.
  (The Mirror)