Football rumours from today's newspapers.

• Fulham hope to tie up a move for Inter Milan midfielder Olivier Dacourt. (The Sun)



• Chelsea are still trying to sign Robinho from Manchester City and are prepared to offer striker Didier Drogba, centre-back Alex plus £20m for the Brazilian. (The Sun)



• Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez will let striker Robbie Keane leave Liverpool for Tottenham - but only if Spurs are prepared to do a swap deal with Aaron Lennon. (Daily Mirror)



• Tottenham striker Darren Bent is a deadline day target for Newcastle and Sunderland - but the striker is holding out for a move to Everton. (Daily Mirror)



• Italy and Roma defender Christian Panucci, 35, is on the verge of signing for Hull. (Daily Mirror)



• Bolton manager Gary Megson is ready to make a £3m bid for Rangers midfielder Pedro Mendes. (Daily Mirror)



• Celtic are keen to take West Brom left-back Marek Cech, who is also being trailed by Cologne and Napoli, on loan. (Daily Mirror)



• Wolves boss Mick McCarthy will plead with Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari to loan him defender Michael Mancienne for the rest of the season. (The Sun)



• Billy Davies has made a £400,000 bid for Norwich winger Lee Croft and the Nottingham Forest boss is also out to land Blackburn keeper Mark Bunn on loan. (The Sun)

• Tony Adams has insisted he will not quit as Portsmouth manager even though former Chelsea boss Avram Grant is reportedly being lined up to replace him. (Daily Mirror)



• But the former England captain looks certain to be sacked. (The Sun)

• Julien Faubert thought he was the victim of a wind-up when Real Madrid first moved to sign him last week. The West Ham midfielder, who has moved to the Spanish club on loan until the end of the season, said: "I got a call from a Madrid agent but I didn't really take it seriously. I thought he was winding me up. Then a few minutes later my agent called me to tell me it wasn't a joke."