Latest football rumours from today's newspapers.

• Former Arsenal and West Ham star Freddie Ljungberg will sign a two-year deal with Major League Soccer side Seattle Sounders worth £5m. (Daily Mirror)



• Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is ready to spend £3m on Greek wonder kid Kyriakos Papadopoulos in January. The 16-year-old defender plays for Olympiakos. (The Sun)



• New Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has been warned off poaching any of his stars at former club Portsmouth. (Various)



• Redknapp will offer Spurs winger Aaron Lennon plus cash to try to lure Pompey striker Jermain Defoe back to White Hart Lane as part of a massive £44m spending spree in January. (Daily Express)



• Stoke City are lining up a £4m January swoop for unsettled Aston Villa striker Marlon Harewood. (Daily Mirror)



• QPR are planning a move to take striker Daniel Sturridge on loan from Manchester City. (Daily Mirror)



• Newcastle's French winger Charles N'Zogbia is being lined up for a switch to Paris St Germain in the January transfer window. (Daily Mirror)



• Out-of-favour Burnley striker Ade Akinibyi could be allowed to leave the club. (Daily Mail)

• Tony Adams has already been appointed Portsmouth manager and will take charge of the club's game at Liverpool on Wednesday. (The Sun)



• Juande Ramos has lodged a staggering £7.5m claim for compensation in the wake of Tottenham sacking him as their manager on Saturday. (Daily Mirror)



• Veteran striker Andrew Cole has walked out on Nottingham Forest and is set to retire from the game. (Various)



• Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack must fly to his native Germany to resolve his international future with national team coach Joachim Low. (Daily Mail)

• When new Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp managed West Ham and signed Ian Wright from Arsenal, he sang a full rendition of Hammers anthem I'm forever blowing bubbles down the striker's answerphone. (The Sun)



• Stiliyan Petrov thinks Aston Villa team-mate John Carew, fined £100,000 by Martin O'Neill for going to a lap-dancing bar, should do whatever he wants so long as he performs on the pitch. "We all motivate ourselves in different ways and maybe that is his way - he should go lap-dancing more often," he said. (Daily Mail)