All the latest football rumours from today's newspapers.
- West Ham have bid a club-record £12m for Bolton striker Nicolas Anelka. (Daily Mail, Independent)
- Ronaldinho admits he would like to have Frank Lampard as a Barcelona team-mate - but boss Frank Rijkaard does not expect it to happen. (Various)
- Real Madrid are still confident of signing Chelsea's Dutch winger Arjen Robben. (Various)
- Birmingham's £9m joint move for Mido and Hossam Ghaly has collapsed over a last-gasp cash row. (Various)
- Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is prepared to wait a year to seal the £30m deal for Carlos Tevez. (Daily Mirror)
- Manchester United are letting England striker Alan Smith talk to Middlesbrough about a £6m transfer. (Daily Mirror)
- Nantes' Belgian striker Luigi Pieroni is heading for talks with Middlesbrough and Blackburn. (Daily Mirror)
- Aston Villa have ruled out a move for Chelsea's Shaun Wright-Phillips. (Daily Express)
- Manchester City are in talks with Serbian giant Nikola Zigic over a £13m move. (The Sun, Daily Mirror)
- City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has made an increased £6m bid for Atletico Madrid winger Martin Petrov. (Independent)
- Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce will not let Kieron Dyer go on the cheap and is demanding £6m for the midfielder. (Daily Star)
- Derby's new £3m Jamaican defender Claude Davis has won his appeal for a work permit. (Daily Mirror)
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Pompey defender Sol Campbell is a target for Spanish club Villarreal. (Various)
- Everton have been told they will have to pay £6m for Wigan defender Leighton Baines. (Daily Mirror)
- Striker Nathan Ellington has urged West Brom to play him or sell him. (Daily Mirror)
- Hull have failed with an ambitious attempt to lure Italian legend Christian Vieri to the club. (Daily Mirror)
- Sheffield Wednesday are closing in on a £2m move for Southampton's Grzegorz Rasiak. (Daily Mail)
- QPR are lining up a £350,000 move for Charlton's Simon Walton. (Daily Mirror)
- Luton are set to move for Arsenal's Joe O'Cearuill. (Daily Mirror)
- Motherwell look set to miss out on Celtic misfit Adam Virgo after the Parkhead club insisted they match his £5,000-a-week wage packet. (Daily Record)
- Gretna are set to sign Derry City defender Darren Kelly. (Daily Record)
OTHER GOSSIP
- The Premiership war of words has started early, with Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson telling Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho to shut up and labelling him a fool. (Various)
- Liverpool are considering ditching the name Anfield and selling the naming rights for their new stadium for £100m. (Daily Star)
- Reds boss Rafael Benitez has been told it is time to deliver some trophies. (Daily Mirror)
- The Premier League has assured West Ham they are highly unlikely to face any further punishment - even if Carlos Tevez and Kia Joorabchian win their High Court battle. (Daily Express)
AND FINALLY...
- Millionaire footballers have invented a new drinking game with only one rule - whoever brings the least amount of money on a night out has to buy ALL the drinks. (Daily Star)