Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Chelsea have been told that Shakhtar Donetsk's Brazilian midfielder Willian, 23, for whom they have already made a reported bid of £20m, will be available for £28m.
  (Daily Mail)


• Tottenham have extended the contract of striker Roman Pavlyuchenko, 30, until 2013 - but the Russian remains available for transfer.
  (The Times)


• Bolton are hopeful of signing 27-year-old forward Ismael Bangourafrom Arab side Al Nasr. The Trotters are trying to rush through a work permit for Bangoura, who is currently involved in the Africa Cup of Nations with Equatorial Guinea.
  (The Mirror)


• Manchester United are thought to be ready to enter the race for Brazil striker Leandro Damiao, 22, the subject of a £15m bid from Tottenham last summer, who is valued at £24m by his club Internacional.
  (Daily Mail)


• QPR's bid for Manchester City's Nedum Onuoha, which new boss Mark Hughes had hoped to finalise this week, has been complicated by interest from Everton.
  (Metro)


• West Brom have attempted to ward off interest from Fulham and West Ham by putting an £8m price tag on winger Peter Odemwingie.
  (The Mirror)


• Swansea midfielder Joe Allen, 21, has emerged as a surprise target for Tottenham, after impressing in the Welsh side's maiden Premier League campaign.
  (Metro)


• Lyon have expressed an interest in Tottenham's versatile defender Vedran Corluka, who is also wanted by Roma.
  (The Mirror)


• Everton are reportedly keen to take 24-year-old Fiorentina winger Alessio Cercion loan with a view to a permanent move.
  (Inside Futbol)


• Full story: Greek giants Olympiakos want to sign Blackburn Rovers's Argentine playmaker Mauro Formica on loan until the end of the season.
  (Lancashire Telegraph)


• Full story: Reading, with funding from new Russian investor Anton Zingarevich, are ready to move for Doncaster striker Billy Sharp.
  (Daily Mail)


• Real Betis striker Jorge Molina is a £2m transfer target for Celtic.
  (Scottish Sun)


• Leeds have moved to hijack Rangers' bid for Estonian full-back Enar Jaager.
  (Scottish Daily Express)

• Television cameras captured Arsenal's Robin van Persie voicing his disbelief at Arsene Wenger's decision to sub winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the Gunners' 2-1 home defeat to Manchester United.
  (The Guardian)


• Full story: Out-of-favour Spurs midfielder Steven Pienaar is rumoured to be angered and seeking talks after the Londoners valued him at £6m, which could dissuade QPR from making a bid.
  (Daily Mail)


• Former West Ham team-mates Nigel Reo-Coker and Craig Bellamy reignited their feud during Bolton's win over Liverpool at the Reebok. Reo-Coker, whose ability was mocked by Bellamy when they played at Upton Park, announced he has "no respect" for the Welshman.
  (The Sun)


• Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has backed £20m winger Stewart Downing to become an Anfield star.
  (Metro)


• Full story:Liverpool Echo Wes Brown has urged homesick team-mate Craig Gardner not to go back to Birmingham and settle in Sunderland.
  (Daily Express)


• Portsmouth boss Michael Appleton has been told to sell his stars to save the Championship club.
  (The Sun)

• QPR captain Joey Barton may have upset former manager Neil Warnock but the Loftus Road faithful have afforded him a new song to celebrate his Twitter antics entitled: "He tweets what he wants."
  (Metro)