Football rumours from today's newspapers

• A representative of Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez is due in Italy on Friday to begin talks over a £40m move to Inter Milan.
  (The Sun)


• Arsenal have raised their offer for Everton centre-back Phil Jagielka to £15m. They have also moved to end uncertainty over Cesc Fabregas by instructing Barcelona to meet their £40m valuation by Sunday or forget about signing the midfielder.
  (Daily Telegraph)


• Meanwhile, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has reportedly sent Barcelona's president Sandro Rosell an email telling him to buy Fabregas by 5 August or forget it.
  (The Mirror)


• As well as spending £15m on Jagielka, the Gunners also appear to be close to signing Valencia winger Juan Mata in a £19m deal after the 23-year-old told friends he was moving to the Emirates Stadium.
  (The Sun)


• Forward Nicklas Bendtner looks set to leave Arsenal though, with a £9m move to Sporting Lisbon in the offing after he was spotted in Portugal.
  (Metro)


• Wigan winger Charles N'Zogbia will have a medical at Aston Villa on Friday to pave the way for his £9.5m move between the clubs.
  (The Sun)


• Chelsea will discover in the next 24 hours if they have beaten Paris Saint-Germain to the signing of playmaker Javier Pastore, with his current club Palermo set to make an announcement.
  (Metro)


• However, the French club are confident that they have beaten the Blues to Pastore's signature and club believe they have tied up a £39.4m deal.
  (Insidefutbol)


• In other Chelsea news, Anderlecht have denied that they have received an offer of £20m for 18-year-old striker Romelu Lukaku from the Blues.
  (talkSPORT)


• Manchester United are tracking another teenage strker - Teteh Bangura of Swedish side AIK Solna. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has sent brother and chief scout Martin to assess the Sierra Leone international.
  (talkSPORT)


• After being frustrated in their rumoured £40m pursuit of Inter Milan's Wesley Sneijder, Manchester United will switch their attentions to Lazio midfielder and Slovakia captain Marek Hamsik, who is available at a less costly £25m.
  (Fanatix)


• Fulham have joined Bolton and Stoke in pursuit of Birmingham striker Cameron Jerome.
  (The Mirror)


• Liverpool may move for Birmingham defender Scott Dann if they believe the Blues could be convinced to lower their £12m valuation. Full story: footybunker.com Blackburn are in talks to sign Romania striker Ciprian Marica on a free transfer, having moved ahead of Marseille and Lokomotiv Moscow in the race for his services after he left German side Stuttgart.
  (The Mirror)


• Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is to renew his interst in Manchester City forward Craig Bellamy after the recent arrival of Sergio Aguero underlined the Welshman's lack of a first-team future at Eastlands.
  (footybunker)


• West Bromwich Albion are offering to loan goalkeeper Boaz Myhill to Birmingham in an effort to sign the Blues' England keeper Ben Foster.
  (The Mirror)


• QPR boss Neil Warnock plans to make Tottenham striker Robbie Keane, 31, his last signing of the summer.
  (The Sun)

• Brazil legend Pele has been snubbed by his country's football boss Ricardo Teixeira, who did not want him at Saturday's 2014 World Cup qualifying draw. Pele may be in the audience but is being kept in the dark as to whether he will be allowed on stage.
  (The Sun)


• Air Asia tycoon Tony Fernandes is plotting a £100m move to buy Queens Park Rangers. Fernandes, 47, is the team principal for Formula 1 outfit Team Lotus and QPR have issued a statement confirming "preliminary discussions" have taken place over a sale.
  (Daily Mail)


• Arsenal's teenage winger Ryo Miyaichi could return to Feyenoord on loan despite impressing in pre-season. The Japan Under-19 international is awaiting a work permit from the Home Office.
  (Daily Mail)


• Former Chelsea captain Marcel Desailly fears new manager Andre Villas-Boas, 33, will lose his superstar players' support if they do not start the season well.
  (The Sun)

• Brazilian striker Neymar, who has attracted the attention of Chelsea, Manchester City and Real Madrid this summer, scored a wonder goal on his way to a hat-trick for Santos - but Brazil legend Ronaldinho also scored three times, including the winner, as Flamengo triumphed 5-4.
  (Metro)