Newcastle are lining up to �7m bid for Germany striker Miroslav Klose after Alan Shearer tipped the Werder Bremen man as his successor. (Sunday Mirror)

Arsenal will step up their plans to sign France defender Lilian Thuram following Sol Campbell's exit. (People)

Chelsea are poised to make a �15m offer for Argentina forward Carlos Tevez. (People)

Tottenham are leading the chase for Swedish World Cup striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic. (Daily Star, Express)

Cristiano Ronaldo wants to quit Old Trafford but Wayne Rooney has urged him to stay, saying there will be no afters from their World Cup bust-up. (Various)

Sir Alex Ferguson is in Berlin to size up Italy duo Gennaro Gattuso and Andrea Pirlo - the Man Utd boss also has his eye on Owen Hargreaves. (Sunday Mirror)

Chelsea will sign Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro on a three-year deal after the World Cup final. (Mail)

Arjen Robben will stay at Chelsea rather than move to Real Madrid. (NOTW)

Ruud van Nistelrooy will be told he has no future at Manchester United this week. (Sunday Mirror)

Manchester United will allow Ruud van Nistelrooy to join Real Madrid for �16m. (Mail on Sunday)

Fulham are ready to hijack Reading's swoop for Ghana World Cup midfielder John Mensah. (Various)

Bobby Zamora is set to leave West Ham following the arrival of Carlton Cole from Chelsea. (Various)

Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate has made a �3.5m bid for Lyon striker Sidney Govou. (News of the World)

Charlton hope to sign Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and then sell Darren Bent to Spurs for �12m. (Daily Star)

Portsmouth are making a �6m bid for Benfica's Portuguese midfielder Manuel Fernandes. (Sunday Mirror)

Milan Baros will be on his way out of Aston Villa if a deal with FC Hamburg can be reached. (People)

West Ham are stepping up their bid to land James Milner from Newcastle but are hoping to reduce his �3.8m price-tag. (People)

Manchester United have moved closer to securing Villareal midfielder Marcos Senna in a �3.5m deal. (Various)

Harry Redknapp will make a shock �2m raid for Manchester City defender Sylvain Distin. (People)

Former West Brom boss Gary Megson wants to become the new Wolves boss. (People)

Wolves legend Steve Bull is also interested in becoming part of the new management set up. (Daily Star)

Birmingham will step up their interest in Fulham striker Collins John (Various)

QPR are set to sign Togo World Cup midfielder Alaixys Romao while the Hoops will also give a run out to Joel Drogba - brother of Didier. (Star)

Rangers are set to swoop for Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner. (NOTW)

Leeds are poised to sign Ipswich midfielder Darren Currie for �250,000. (Sunday Mirror)

Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric is set to sell the remaining 51% of the club to co-owner Alexandre Gaydamak and leave the club. (Various)

Arsene Wenger says if France captain Zinedine Zidane holds aloft the World Cup he will have earned the right to be mentioned in the same breath as Pele and Maradona. Having said that, Wenger already thinks he is, "an exception, a genius." (Various)

Fifa are still mulling over who will stage the 2014 World Cup. Brazil are favourites but Dubai could come into contention as the powerful Maktoum family have already pledged �500m to stage several football events. (Sunday Mirror)

Lightning France forward Franck Ribery has dropped a heavy hint to Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger that he would relish a move to Arsenal from Olympique Marseille. (Sunday Mirror)

England boss Steve McClaren will turn to Sir Clive Woodward, the mastermind behind England's 2003 rugby World Cup win, for advice on leading the football team to success. (Various)

More England players are expected to criticise former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson in the aftermath of the World Cup. An agent close to many of the squad has said: "The general view among the players is that he was pretty hopeless and didn't have a clue." (The Observer)

New Real Madrid boss Fabio Capello says the FA approached him about becoming England manager (News of the World)

Germany boss Jurgen Klinsmann has hinted he wants to return to the Premiership as a manager. He has yet to sign a new deal with Germany and said: "If there was an opportunity to go back to England then I would seriously consider it." (People)

Former Newcastle player Ruel Fox is aiming to "do a Trinidad and Tobago" and steer Montserrat to the World Cup as their manager. (People)

Ruud van Nistelrooy's international career could be over following a training-ground bust-up with Holland boss Marco van Basten. (News of the World)

Germany and Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack has turned his thoughts to football management and believes he has hit on a winning formula. "I'd always pick myself," said the ever-modest midfielder.

Well at least Germany coach Jurgen Klinsmann has won something - he's been voted the best-dressed coach at the World Cup with Spain's Luis Aragones the worst. (Daily Star)

Ruud Van Nistelrooy is having more trouble on the transfer market. A website for sticker collectors is offering five Van Nistelrooys for one Miroslav Klose. (Daily Star)

More on Jurgen Klinsmann. The VW beetle the German drove while at Tottenham has received bids of more than �200,000 on auction site eBay but Klinsmann warned: "I really couldn't recommend bidding for that car. It was completely rusty when I sold it." (Sunday Telegraph)