Football rumours from today's newspapers

• French side Paris Saint-Germain are believed to have made a £25m bid for Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez, 27, after City turned down a £21m bid from Italian giants Inter Milan.
  (Daily Star)


• Everton are set to give a trial to 30-year-old USA striker Edson Buddle, who plays for German second division side Ingolstadt04.
  (Liverpool Echo)


• Tottenham have placed a £20m price tag on England striker Jermain Defoe, 29, who had been linked with a £10m bid from Liverpool.
  (The Mirror)


• Striker Dimitar Berbatov, 30, is at the centre of a battle between Russia and Germany. The £30m striker is wanted by CSKA Moscow, Anzhi Makhachkala, Bayern Munich and one of his former clubs, Bayer Leverkusen.
  (Manchester Evening News)


• Meanwhile, United are set to go head-to-head with Serie A giants Juventus for the signature of 19-year-old Basel midfielder Granit Xhaka.
  (talkSPORT)


• Lokomotiv Moscow are plotting to scupper Arsenal's attempts to land Cologne striker Lukas Podolski, 26, by blowing them out of the water with a £20m summer bid.
  (Metro)


• Marseille striker Loic Remy, 25, has turned his back on a January move to Tottenham.
  (The Sun)


• Liverpool are eyeing a move for £5m-rated Swansea striker Scott Sinclair, 22.
  (Daily Star)


• New QPR manager Mark Hughes is stepping up his bid to sign 30-year-old Fulham striker Bobby Zamora.
  (London Evening Standard)


• Blackburn winger Junior Hoilett, 21, looks likely to remain at the club beyond the January transfer window, despite reported interest from Tottenham and a diminishing contract which expires in the summer.
  (International Business Times)


• And Rovers have priced wantaway defender Chris Samba, 27, at £15m - and claimed the defender, a target for QPR and Spurs, owes them money after they gave him a six-figure loan to pay for improvements to his house.
  (The Mirror)


• Freiburg striker Papiss Cisse, 26, says he is "flattered" by the interest shown in him by Premier League side Sunderland.
  (Goal and Bild)


• Liverpool have stolen a march on a host of European clubs by inviting Swedish side IFK Norrkoping's 14-year-old striker Abdul Aziz for a trial at the club.
  (talkSPORT)


• Tottenham could be set to make a renewed bid for Atletic Bilbao striker Fernando Llorente, 26, who could cost up to £24m.
  (Footybunker)

• Striker Fernando Torres, 27, is believed to have asked Chelsea for extra training sessions to work on his finishing in a bid to end his goal drought.
  (London Evening Standard)


• Midfielder Joey Barton, 29, has ruled out a move from QPR in January and insists he is happy to fight for his place under new manager Mark Hughes.
  (talkSPORT)


• Bolton manager Owen Coyle believes the club can beat relegation without defender Gary Cahill, 26, who has joined Chelsea.
  (Bolton News)


• Declan Rudd's ankle injury could force Norwich manager Paul Lambert to make an unexpected foray into the transfer market for experienced goalkeeping cover.
  (Eastern Daily Press)


• Defender Jamie Carragher, 33, admits he s flattered that Liverpool want him to stay at Anfield beyond his playing days but insists he is focused purely on winning back a regular place in Kenny Dalglish's side.
  (Liverpool Echo)

• Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes, 37, was apparently so in need of a new pair of football boots before his surprise comeback from retirement that he had to pop in to his local sports shop and buy a pair for £40.
  (Metro)


• Prince William can only laugh when asked about Alex McLeish's appointment as Aston Villa manager.
  (Birmingham Mail)