Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Coach Jose Mourinho will attempt to lure Frank Lampard away from Chelsea in a £30m move, if, as expected, the Portuguese leaves Inter Milan for Real Madrid in the summer.
  (Daily Mail)


• And Mourinho will move for Manchester City's disgruntled striker Carlos Tevez, regardless of whether or not he is at the San Siro or the Bernabeu next term.
  (News of the World)


• Despite interest from Manchester United and Chelsea, Valencia striker David Villa is set to join Barcelona for £30m.
  (Mail on Sunday)


• Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says the only player in the world he would spend £60m on is former Old Trafford star Cristiano Ronaldo, who the Red Devils sold to Real Madrid last summer for £80m. United, meanwhile, have made enquiries over the possibility of signing Chelsea's Joe Cole and Everton's Steven Pienaar on free transfers.
  (Daily Telegraph)


• West Ham will also make a surprise bid to sign former youth academy product Joe Cole on a free transfer if he leaves Chelsea this summer.
  (Sunday Mirror)


• Sir Alex Ferguson is considering a £20m move for Real Madrid's out-of-favour French striker Karim Benzema, who the Scot tried to sign from Lyon last summer.
  (News of the World)


• Chelsea are eyeing an £18m bid for Valencia's 25-year-old Spanish winger Pablo Hernandez, who has also attracted the attention of Newcastle.
  (News of the World)


• Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has West Ham midfielder Scott Parker on his summer shopping list, along with Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart, central defenders Brede Hangeland of Fulham and Gary Cahill of Bolton and Aston Villa midfielder James Milner.
  (Sunday Mirror)


• Everton believe they can secure the services of Manchester City utility man Nedum Onuoha, 23, for £3.75m.
  (News of the World)


• Sunderland boss Steve Bruce wants to sign Manchester City midfielder Stephen Ireland for £4m this summer.
  (News of the World)


• Tottenham goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes is a target for Bayern Munich.
  (Mail on Sunday)


• Birmingham want Wolfsburg's Japan international midfielder Makoto Hasebe, 26.
  (News of the World)


• Former Blackburn striker Matt Derbyshire is set to return to Britain from Greek champions Olympiakos, with Celtic considering a swap deal with forward Marc-Antoine Fortune.
  (News of the World)


• Hull midfielder Jimmy Bullard will be offered a Premier League lifeline with Newcastle but must take a £15,000-a-week pay cut from his current £45,000-a-week wages.
  (News of the World)

OTHER GOSSIP

• Dubai International Capital are closing in on a £500m buy-out of Liverpool, while manager Rafael Benitez has verbally agreed to join Serie A side Juventus at the end of the season on a £4.5m four-year deal.
  (Sunday Express)


• Fulham boss Roy Hodgson is the front-runner to succeed Rafa Benitez in the managerial hotseat at Liverpool, and the 62-year-old former Switzerland and Inter Milan boss has told friends he has one big job left in him before he retires.
  (News of the World)


• Croatia boss Slaven Bilic has been lined up for a return to Upton Park to replace Gianfranco Zola as West Ham manager.
  (News of the World)


• A core of Manchester City's players want to return to former manager Mark Hughes's training regime, according to the club's fitness coach Raymond Verheijen, who has been sidelined by current boss Roberto Mancini.
  (Daily Mail)


• Martin O'Neill has given his clearest indication yet that he will stay on as manager at Aston Villa next season - "We have to try and go again," the Northern Irishman said.
  (Daily Mail)


• Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp will be offered a bumper new contract to keep him at White Hart Lane until 2013, and will claim a £500,000 bonus if he earns Spurs a Champions League spot.
  (News of the World)


• Arsenal striker Robin van Persie has become embroiled in a dispute with the KNVB (the Dutch national federation) over which physio should attend to him during this summer's World Cup in South Africa.
  (Daily Mail)


• The Premier League is planning a radical overhaul of the transfer system, including a proposal that clubs must pay for players they buy within 12 months, in a bid to avoid a repeat of Portsmouth's financial meltdown at other top-flight teams.
  (Daily Mail)

AND FINALLY...

• David Beckham is the world's richest footballer with a personal wealth of £125m but Wigan chairman Dave Whelan, who played for Blackburn, tops the list of British and Irish sports stars past and present with a £190m fortune.
  (Sunday Times)


• Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has admitted he has never been to Anfield in any capacity ahead of his title-chasing side's crucial match against Liverpool there on Sunday.
  (Daily Mail)