Football rumours from today's newspapers

• Arsenal will scrap their wage cap in a bid to keep their best players and attract stellar signings. The current limit is about £100,000 a week, but amid the fall-out from their ­disastrous 4-0 Champions League defeat at AC Milan there is an acceptance among the Gunners hierarchy that there must be a major change of direction.
  (Sunday Mirror)


• Manchester United and Chelsea could be set to fight it out for the signature of out-of-favour Barcelona centre-back Gerard Pique.
  (Metro)


• Mario Gotze's agent has denied claims that negotiations over a summer transfer from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester United are already under way.
  (Metro)


• Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas will this summer mount a big money raid for Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao. The Stamford Bridge manager will reportedly get the financial backing for such a bid from Roman Abramovich, as long as the Blues offload a number of their squad to help balance the books.
  (Caughtoffside)


• Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas is one Champions League defeat away from the sack.
  (Sunday Mirror )


• Portsmouth centre-back Sam Magri, 17, is to go on trial with Liverpool this week as he looks to secure a permanent transfer to the Reds.
  (Sunderland Echo)


• Hartlepool United are pondering a loan move for Sunderland striker Ryan Noble, who has returned from a spell at Derby County.
  (Metro)

• Brighton boss Gus Poyet is worried that his friend and Uruguayan compatriot Luis Suarez will be driven out of England by the racism row with Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.
  (Sunday Mirror)


• Wayne Rooney went to watch boyhood club Everton beat Blackpool on his weekend off - but endured the disdain of his hometown fans again by committing the cardinal sin of leaving 10 minutes before the end.
  (Metro)


• Jamie Redknapp could decide if his dad Harry becomes the next England manager.
  (Daily Express)


• Manchester City's on-loan forward John Guidetti was sent off for Feyenoord for removing his shirt after scoring a penalty - as he had already been booked.
  (101greatgoals)


• Harry Redknapp has confirmed Tottenham Hotspur's interest in signing Lille's Eden Hazard, 21.
  (The Observer)


• Arsene Wenger's 16-year reign as Arsenal manager is under increasing pressure after the revelation that Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola could replace him in the summer.
  (Mail on Sunday)


• Manchester City's new chief executive will be ordered to more than double the club's income to £400m a year.
  (Sunday Times)


• Anton Zingarevich, the Russian millionaire poised to become majority shareholder at Reading, wants to sign Manchester United's Michael Owen.
  (Sunday Times)


• Rock legend Robert Plant has paid tribute to former boss Mick McCarthy, and praised his team's spirit.
  (Express & Star)

• Parent groups have accused Man United of "profiteering from children's loyalty" after they unveiled their fifth home strip in just five years.
  (Sunday Mirror)