Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Liverpool would take Manchester City's want-away striker Carlos Tevez, 27, on loan if they let him leave before the transfer window shuts.
  (Daily Mirror)


• Meanwhile, West Ham United will wait until after the transfer window closes to make a last attempt to re-sign Carlos Tevez on loan from Manchester City.
  (Daily Telegraph)


• Everton are increasingly hopeful of clinching a deal for Rangers striker Nikica Jelavic, 26, and are likely to pay £6m including add-ons.
  (Daily Express)


• Sunderland manager Martin O'Neill will bid to prise 34-year-old striker Kevin Davies from Bolton but it may take £1m rather than a loan arrangement.
  (Daily Mirror)


• Arsenal are ready to make a shock bid for defender Adrian Mariappa, 25, of Watford, who will accept just over £2m for him.
  (The Sun)


• Several Premier League clubs have been put on red alert after Lille's Belgian star Eden Hazard, 21, admitted he wants a summer move to England.
  (talkSPORT)


• QPR boss Mark Hughes has set his sights on Spurs centre-back Sebastien Bassong, 25, and Wigan striker Hugo Rodallega, 26, in a last-minute spending spree.
  (Metro)


• And Hughes could offer former Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack, 35, a sensational return to west London from Bayer Leverkusen.
  (Footybunker)


• Bolton boss Owen Coyle is planning a £5m beat-the-deadline swoop for Crystal Palace's 19-year-old forward Wilfried Zaha.
  (Daily Mirror)


• Tottenham face a race against time to complete the transfer of Brazilian striker Leandro Damiao, with Paris Saint-Germain hoping to sign the 22-year-old in the next few days.
  (Metro)


• Chelsea have made a £1m offer for Nottingham Forest's 18-year-old forward Patrick Bamford- who has played just 12 minutes of professional football.
  (Daily Mail)


• Arsenal have joined Real Madrid and Valencia in the race for Alcoyano's 17-year-old forward Lucas Torres.
  (Inside Futbol)


• Mame Biram Diouf, 24, is close to ending his Manchester United career as the striker is having a medical with Hannover 96.
  (Manchester Evening News)


• Birmingham manager Chris Hughton says he would be happy to keep defender Liam Ridgewell after West Brom's opening bid is rejected.
  (Birmingham Mail)

• John Terry faces a second successive pre-match snub, with England colleague Rio Ferdinand, brother of QPR's Anton, still deciding whether to shake his hand before Sunday's Manchester United-Chelsea Premier League clash.
  (Daily Mail)


• Michael Owen has used social networking site Twitter to leap to the defence of Manchester United team-mate David de Gea, who was widely criticised for his display in the FA Cup defeat at Liverpool.
  (The Sun)


• Real Madrid have already drawn up a shortlist of candidates to replace Jose Mourinho in June with Joachim Low and Rafa Benitez the most likely replacements.
  (The Independent)


• Queens Park Rangers co-owner and vice chairman Amit Bhatia has called for a challenge system similar to that used in cricket and tennis.
  (The Guardian)


• Police have arrested a 59-year-old man from north Wales over an alleged racist gesture made at the FA Cup tie between Liverpool and Manchester United.
  (Liverpool Echo)

• Liverpool chairman Tom Werner has described reports that the club signed Stewart Downing on the basis of a YouTube video as 'ridiculous'.
  (Sky Sports)