Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Chelsea are ready to make a £20m move for Micah Richards - as the unsettled Manchester City defender demands talks with Roberto Mancini.
  (Sunday Mirror)


• Manchester City face a double Italian raid for striker duo Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli in the summer. Inter Milan are keen on Tevez and AC want Balotelli.
  (News of the World)


• City keeper Shay Given has been told he can leave Eastlands this January.
  (News of the World)


• Borussia Dortmund's Japanese star Shinji Kagawa is a £15m target for Manchester United.
  (News of the World)


• United are interested in Napoli striker Edinso Cavani who is also valued at £15m.
  (Sunday Express)


• Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is keen on signing Sunderland ­midfielder Jordan Henderson and is keeping tabs on Newcastle full-back Jose Enrique.
  (Sunday People)


• United are set to make Rene Adler's dream come true by triggering a £15m get-out clause for the Bayer Leverkusen keeper.
  (Sunday Mirror)


• Arsene Wenger has moved to reject fresh reports in Spain that an agreement has been reached to sell Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona.
  (Mail on Sunday)


• Barcelona themselves have placed a £34m cap on what they will offer for the Spain midfielder in the summer.
  (Sunday Times)


• And Fabregas himself has pledged to stay at Arsenal until he has won trophies at the club.
  (News of the World)


• Arsenal's out-of-favour keeper Manuel Almunia is a target for Turkish side Galatasary.
  (News of the World)


• Tottenham are interested in signing David Beckham permanently when his LA Galaxy contract expires in November.
  (Mail on Sunday)


• Chelsea are to battle Tottenham for the signing of Everton winger Steven Pienaar.
  (Sunday Times)


• Real Madrid want to exploit the Liverpool crisis with a bid for skipper Steven Gerrard.
  (Sunday Mirror)


• Liverpool striker Fernando Torres is a £45m target for Juventus.
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• Torres and keeper Pepe Reina have vowed never to quit Liverpool to join arch-rivals Manchester United, despite the crisis at Anfield.
  (News of the World)


• But Liverpool are ­preparing a bid of their own - for £20m Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku - despite Roy Hodgson being given the boot.
  (Sunday Mirror)


• Blackburn are keen on signing Aston Villa's defensive duo Stephen Warnock and James Collins.
  (Sunday People)


• Villa's versatile duo Ciaran Clark and Ashley Young are also a £30m target for Manchester United.
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• After 19 years at the top, Manchester United's Gary Neville has revealed that he will retire at the end of the season.
  (Goal )


• Manchester City midfielder Patrick Viera also looks set to join Neville in retiring at the end of the season.
  (Sunday Mirror)


• Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is set to fly to the club's Surrey training ground this week for crisis talks with manager Carlo Ancelotti after a run of two wins in 11 Premier League games.
  (Mail on Sunday)


• Manager Carlo Ancelotti has been offered an escape route out of Chelsea with Roma interested in bringing him back to Italy.
  (News of the World)


• Mark Hughes has been handed £8m to spend in January but will have to wait until the summer to land Swansea defender Ashley Williams.
  (News of the World)


• Avram Grant has told West Ham's owners he needs more transfer cash to pull the club out of relegation danger.
  (Sunday Times)


• But the Hammers are eyeing up former Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill to replace Grant at Upton Park.
  (Mail on Sunday)


• West Ham may also replace Grant with former Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce who could get a six-month contract to save the Hammers from relegation.
  (Mail on Sunday)


• However, Roman Abramovich will ­offer Avram Grant a stunning return to Chelsea - as director of football - if he is sacked by West Ham this week.
  (Sunday People)


• Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy has warned Liverpool must think long and hard about their next managerial appointment after the failure of Roy Hodgson in the Anfield hotseat.
  (talkSPORT)


• Meanwhile, another former Liverpool player, Phil Thompson, believes the 'unprecedented' way the club's fans had turned on manager Roy Hodgson was instrumental in his departure.
  (Mail on Sunday)


• Hodgson will be handed a £7.5m pay-off from Liverpool despite only spending six months in the job.
  (News of the World)


• Kenny Dalglish - who has been installed until the end of the season - is determined to stay at Liverpool for the long haul.
  (Sunday Express)


• Dalglish was informed by a text message that he was taking over from Hodgson with Liverpool playing Manchester United in the FA Cup on Sunday.
  (Mail on Sunday)


• Hodgson's sacking has upset the League Managers Association who are furious at the way the former Fulham boss was dismissed. Hodgson's sacking apparently came in the form of an e-mail from owner John Henry.
  (Sunday People)


• Hodgson will seek a speedy return to management in a bid to salvage his dream of managing England.
  (Sunday People)


• Dalglish and Liverpool's director of football Damien Comolli have drawn up a January wish-list that includes Benfica full-back Fabio Coentrao, Stoke City centre-back Ryan Shawcross and Utrecht striker Ricky Van Wolfswinkel.
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• Liverpool's Glen Johnson has launched a Twitter attack on Paul Merson after the former Arsenal midfielder criticised his attitude this season.
  (Mail on Sunday)


• Winger Theo Walcott has admitted diving in an attempt to rescue Arsenal from an FA Cup defeat against Leeds United.
  (talkSPORT)