FOOTBALL RUMOURS ON SUNDAY 11TH APRIL 2010

• Manchester United have cooled their interest in David Villa as Valencia are looking for £40m for the striker, who wants £200,000 a week in wages.
  (Daily Mail)



• Meanwhile, United's neighbours Manchester City are preparing a £50m bid for Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas.
  (News of the World)



• City are also interested in Liverpool striker Fernando Torres and Barcelona forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
  (News of the World)



• Birmingham have an option to sign Christian Benitez on a permanent basis when the Santos Llaguna striker's loan deal expires in May.
  (The Mirror)



• Arsenal are battling it out with Manchester United over Fiorentina keeper Sebastien Frey.
  (News of the World)



• Chelsea are tracking Benfica winger Angel di Maria, who is also wanted by Manchester City.
  (News of the World)



• Everton manager David Moyes is weighing up a summer move for Leeds striker Jermaine Beckford.
  (News of the World)



• Newcastle are hoping to sign Tottenham midfielder Jamie O'Hara, who is on loan at Portsmouth, for £5m.
  (Sunday Express)



• Russian side CSKA Moscow are set to bid £9m for Liverpool's Israeli midfielder Yossi Benayoun.
  (News of the World)



• Shakhtar Donetsk winger Doug Costa, the Brazilian winger described as the new Ronaldinho, has said that he has not given up hope of a move to Manchester United.
  (News of the World)



• Cardiff midfielder Joe Ledley will seal a move to Stoke in the summer if the Welsh side miss out on promotion to the Premier League.
  (News of the World)

OTHER GOSSIP

• Liverpool co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have indicated they will sell the club for the right price, and have hired investment bank Barclays Capital to find potential investors.
  (Mail on Sunday)



• And the American pair have put a £600m price tag on the Anfield club.
  (Sunday Mirror)



• Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is demanding up to £80m for a transfer kitty to revive the club's Premier League fortunes next season.
  (Sunday Express)



• Atletico Madrid striker Diego Forlan and Valencia midfielder David Silva are thought to be among Benitez's top summer targets.
  (Mail on Sunday)



• And Benitez has admitted he may have to sell some of the club's big players in order to fund moves for the pair.
  (Sunday People)



• Liverpool striker Fernando Torres as well as Reds manager Rafael Benitez and midfielder Javier Mascherano are targets for Italian side Juventus.
  (Sunday Times)



• England manager Fabio Capello is considering taking injury-prone Spurs defender Ledley King to the World Cup.
  (The Mirror)



• Meanwhile, Manchester City defender Joleon Lescott has rubbished rumours that the hamstring injury that has sidelined him for three games has ended his season and insists it will not, therefore, jeopardise his place in Capello's squad.
  (Mail on Sunday)

AND FINALLY...

• Arsenal centre-back Sol Campbell has told manager Arsene Wenger he is ready to face a hostile reception at his former club Tottenham in Wednesday's north London derby.
  (Sunday Mirror)