Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Chelsea say Alex can go to Paris Saint-Germain but they will not pay the £83m asking price for Porto's 25-year-old striker Hulk.
  (Daily Mail)


• However, the Blues expect to tie up the £8m signing of Belgium midfielder Kevin de Bruyne, 20, from Genk, while upping their £16.7m offer for Shakhtar Donetsk's 23-year-old Brazil midfielder Willian.
  (Daily Star)


• Willian is keen for the move to go through, saying: "They have a culture of winning trophies and that excites me."
  (The Sun)


• Rangers have rejected a £7m bid from West Ham for their 26-year-old top scorer Nikica Jelavic.
  (Daily Record)


• Villarreal have offered £6.5m for Tottenham midfielder Giovani dos Santos but face competition from Spanish rivals Granada for the 22-year-old Mexican.
  (Daily Mail)


• QPR manager Mark Hughes is ready to bid £4m for Wigan's 26-year-old Colombian striker Hugo Rodallega.
  (The Sun)


• Hughes is also hoping to persuade Nedum Onuoha to move to Loftus Road after agreeing a £2.5m fee with Manchester City for the 25-year-old defender.
  (Daily Mirror)


• Wigan Athletic have made an offer for £700,000-rated Dutch striker John Verhoek, 22, who is on loan at ADO Den Haag from Rennes.
  (Daily Star)


• Wigan also stress that they have only made an "informal enquiry" about Bristol City's Nicky Maynard, 25, and not an official bid.
  (Daily Express)


• Newcastle are chasing a loan deal for Juventus winger Elia after missing out on him last summer.
  (Daily Mail)


• Everton, Blackburn, Sunderland and Swansea are all after Sporting Lisbon's Adrien Silva.
  (talkSPORT)


• Manchester United and Liverpool are targeting Danish international defender Jores Okore, after FC Nordsjaelland admit that they will not stand in the 19-year-old's way if a bid does come.
  (Inside Futbol)


• Israeli Premier League side MS Ashdod have confirmed that talks are taking place with Manchester City over a deal for 20-year-old midfielder Nir Bitonafter he impressed on trial.
  (Metro)


• Liverpool and Queens Park Rangers may move for 30-year-old former Arsenal midfielder Alexander Hleb, with Barcelona ready to make the Belarusian a free agent.
  (Metro)


• Manchester United are looking at Vasco da Gama's 23-year-old central defender Dede.
  (CaughtOffside)


• United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is plotting a £20m player plus cash bid for Tottenham's Rafael Van der Vaart in the summer.
  (CaughtOffside)

• Winger Theo Walcott lines up talks with manager Arsene Wenger 'within weeks' to discuss long-term Arsenal future.
  (Metro)


• Goal.com Charlton vow to slap racist supporters with life-time bans after raids by police.
  (Daily Mail)


• Manchester City are considering suing their unsettled striker Carlos Tevez over his plummeting transfer value.
  (Daily Mirror)


• Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger wants a ban on Premier League clubs loaning players aged over 21 to each other.
  (Daily Mirror)

• It seems Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has a new passion for music and is prepared to roll with it by purchasing a classic Oasis drum kit.
  (Metro)