Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Manchester City will make a take-it-or-leave-it £24m bid to sign Aston Villa's England midfielder James Milner.
  (The Guardian)


• Milner though has been left fuming and demanding talks with manager Martin O'Neill after being accused of wanting to walk out of Villa Park.
  (Daily Mail)


• Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano will seek a move from Anfield and link up with his former Reds boss Rafael Benitez at Inter Milan.
  (Daily Mail)


• Manchester United will offer central defender Nemanja Vidic a contract extension and pay rise to stop him joining Real Madrid this summer.
  (The Guardian)


• Blackburn's attempts to re-sign out-of-favour Stoke striker James Beattie have been rebuffed.
  (Daily Mail)


• Veteran defender Sol Campbell has ended speculation over his future by deciding to stay with Arsenal for another year, despite major interest from Celtic.
  (The Sun)


• French champions Marseille are poised to offer £8m for Wigan winger Charles N'Zogbia.
  (The Mirror)


• West Ham have invited Algeria World Cup goalkeeper Rais M'Bolhi to join their pre-season training camp in Germany.
  (The Mirror)


• Luke Young could leave Aston Villa for Fulham after failing to attend a pre-season training camp in Ireland.
  (The Mirror)


• German side Schalke say they remain confident of signing veteran Real Madrid striker Raul, despite reported interest from Tottenham.
  (The Guardian)


• Middlesbrough boss Gordon Strachan says Gary O'Neil is happy at the club but could be available if a serious offer is made, after interest from Stoke and Blackburn.
  (Daily Star)


• Celtic are close to signing Israeli international midfielder Biram Kayal from Maccabi Haifa for £1.2m
  (Daily Record)


• . Celtic striker Cillian Sheridan has been given until Friday evening to make a decision on whether to join CSKA Sofia after the Bulgarians said they had agreed a fee with the Glasgow club.
  (Daily Record)

OTHER GOSSIP

• Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is back in the running to become Fulham's new boss after the club failed to appoint Ajax's Martin Jol.
  (The Guardian)


• Alternatively, many Fulham players want Cardiff boss Dave Jones to take over at Craven Cottage.
  (The Independent)


• Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone says the team should be prepared to sacrifice their principles and 'win ugly' if they have to to win more games.
  (Daily Express)

AND FINALLY...

• Derby players have been jumping off 40 foot cliffs into the sea as part of the pre-season team-building preparations in Dorset.
  (The Mirror)


• Oscar-nominated screen writer Patrick Marber, who co-created legendary comedy sports reporter Alan Partridge, is part of a fans' group which has taken control of Conference South side Lewes.
  (Daily Telegraph)