Football rumours from today's newspapers

• West Ham's new owners could try to lure Fulham striker Bobby Zamora back to Upton Park, 18 months after he left the club. (The Mirror)



• And Tottenham full-back Alan Hutton could also be on his way to West Ham, with Bordeaux's Mathieu Chalme his replacement in the Spurs defence. (The Mirror)



• Portsmouth defender Younes Kaboul could be in line for a return to Tottenham as Ledley King and Jonathan Woodgate's injury troubles continue. (The Guardian)



• Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp will move for Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy - but only if he can offload misfit Roman Pavlyuchenko. (The Mirror)



• Chelsea could be forced to go back on their "no transfer window signings" pledge if midfielder Michael Essien's knee injury rules him out for an extended period of time. (The Independent)



• Manchester United and Chelsea are battling it out to sign 18-year-old Spanish attacking midfielder Sergio Canales, who can leave Racing Santander in the summer when his contract runs out. (The Mirror)



• Blackburn want to take Uruguay international midfielder Sebastian Eguren on loan from Spanish club Villarreal, where he has fallen out of favour. (The Mirror)



• But striker Benni McCarthy could be heading out of Blackburn, with Turkish side Galatasaray keen to sign him. (Daily Mail)



• Galatasaray are also monitoring Ryan Babel's situation at Liverpool after the winger fell out with manager Rafael Benitez. (The Times)



• Liverpool's Fernando Torres has urged Benitez to sign either of the striker's international colleagues David Villa or David Silva from Valencia to partner him in attack. (The Mirror)



• Midfielder Mathieu Flamini could become yet another ex-Arsenal player to join Manchester City - on loan from AC Milan. (The Mirror)



• AC Milan striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar could also be heading to England in a bid to get regular first-team football ahead of the World Cup, with Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham likely to be interested. (Daily Mail)



• Fulham and Hull are weighing up former Tottenham striker Mido, who is still officially a Middlesbrough player but is on loan at Zamalek where he has been since last summer. (Daily Mail)



• Stoke boss Tony Pulis has tabled a £4m bid for Middlesbrough midfielder Gary O'Neil. (Daily Mail)



• Middlesbrough may use some of that cash to sign striker Leon Best from Coventry. (Daily Mail)



• Bristol City are close to signing Barnsley winger Jamal Campbell-Ryce. (The Mirror)

OTHER GOSSIP

• West Ham technical director Gianluca Nani will be sacked on Wednesday, only 24 hours after David Sullivan and David Gold took over the club. (Daily Star)



• Portsmouth have 21 days to pay their £7.5m tax and VAT bill or face a winding-up petition in the High Court on February 10. With no new investment in sight the club are likely to have to sell players to raise the money or risk becoming the first Premier League club to go into administration. (The Sun)



• Football Association director of football development Sir Trevor Brooking has warned England does not have enough depth of young talent and he does not know where the next Frank Lampard or Steven Gerrard will come from. (The Mirror)



• Newcastle midfielder Alan Smith has called on owner Mike Ashley to splash the cash this month to bolster the club's promotion bid. (Daily Star)



• Brazil legend Pele has tipped Spain to win this year's World Cup, saying they are the best team in the world at the moment, and he predicts that Argentina will struggle. (Daily Mail)



• Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill says the current crop of players at the club is the best for 20 years. (The Times)

AND FINALLY...

• Arsenal new boy Samuel Galindo has been caught up in an elaborate spoof, when a Bolivian TV station claimed it had a copy of his passport stating he was 20 years old and not 17 as was said when the midfielder joined the Gunners. (Daily Mirror)



• England captain John Terry has secretly put his mansion and his mum's home up for sale, hoping to raise £11.5m to fund his life as a country gent. He is hoping to use the money to buy a country pile. (The Sun)