Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Chelsea believe they can beat Inter Milan to Manchester United's 18-year-old midfielder Paul Pogba, who will soon be out of contract and has rejected a new deal, with a bid of around £3m.
  (Daily Mirror)


• Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish is plotting a move to bring Napoli's Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani, 24, to Anfield before the end of the transfer window.
  (Footybunker)


• Tottenham are holding transfer talks with Sao Paulo about Brazil Under-20 defender Bruno Uvini.
  (Daily Mail)


• West Brom want Russia striker Pavel Pogrebnyak, 28, on loan from Stuttgart with a view to a permanent move.
  (Daily Mirror)


• Fulham manager Martin Jol is looking to bolster his midfield with a move for 25-year-old Colombian Carlos Sanchez from French side Valenciennes.
  (talkSPORT)


• Chelsea have not given up in their attempts to sign Ajax's 23-year-old defender Gregory van der Wiel.
  (talkSPORT)


• Fulham striker Andy Johnson, 30, has attracted attention from Russian club Rubin Kazan and Turkish side Galatasaray.
  (Daily Mail)


• Sunderland are considering offering Bolton Wanderers' 34-year-old striker Kevin Davies a permanent deal in order to clinch his move to the Stadium of Light.
  (Sunderland Echo)


• Meanwhile, rivals Newcastle have made an improved offer for Watford defender Adrian Mariappa after a £2m bid was rejected.
  (Daily Mail)


• Wayne Rooney's 21-year-old brother John has left the New York Red Bulls to sign for Orlando City.
  (Sports Illustrated)


• Manager David Moyes's search for a striker to revive Everton's season has led to an enquiry about taking 27-year-oldGuillaume Hoarau on loan from Paris St-Germain.
  (The Guardian)


• Swiss international right-back Scott Sutter , 25, is closing in on a move from Young Boys of Bern to Blackburn Rovers.
  (Lancashire Telegraph)

• Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has pleaded for calm ahead of their FA Cup match with Manchester United at Anfield.
  (Daily Star)


• Liverpool's Dutch forward Dirk Kuyt says that after knocking Manchester City out of the League Cup, Manchester United are next on their Anfield hit-list.
  (Daily Mirror)


• And Liverpool will be boosted by the news that Manchester United's Wayne Rooney could miss their FA Cup clash with an ankle injury.
  (The Times)


• Referee Martin Atkinson will definitely miss the game, after pulling out because of illness. It is now almost 11 months since Atkinson took charge of a Manchester United game, after he was fiercely criticised by Sir Alex Ferguson after United's 2-1 defeat by Chelsea.
  (The Times)


• Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand will spend £30,000 on extra security ahead of his side's highly charged FA Cup match against Chelsea on Saturday.
  (The Sun)


• Arsenal's 18-year-old star Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has played himself into Fabio Capello's England squad, according to a source close to the Italian.
  (Daily Star)


• Nedum Onuoha says the Mark Hughes-factor convinced him to seal his £2.5m switch from Manchester City to Queens Park Rangers.
  (Metro)


• Real Madrid will look to prise Arsene Wenger away from Arsenal if the side, also known as Los Blancos, continue to lose to Barcelona.
  (Daily Express)


• Unsettled Blackburn defender Christopher Samba says he cannot give 100% for the club if he is forced to stay - and has hit out at the club's owners Venky's, claiming they were not honest with him.
  (The Sun)

• Rwandan president Paul Kagame says it is time for Arsene Wenger to step down as Arsenal manager.
  (Daily Telegraph)


• Bayern Munich scored a spectacular PR own goal with their fans following a failed media stunt, when supporters thought they had signed a big name forward, only to announce the release of a new app.
  (Metro)