The top stories from papers and websites - 09 January 2013

• Italian giants Inter Milan are plotting a £25m move for Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko.


• Arsenal will make a £26m offer to keep England forward Theo Walcott at the club, amid interest from Chelsea and Manchester City.


• Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is still keen to bring Chelsea duo Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard to Old Trafford.


• Meanwhile, United's England striker Danny Welbeck is wanted on loan until the end of the season by Premier League rivals Reading.


• Newcastle will turn to St Etienne striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, rated at £6m, if they fail to land Loic Remy from Marseille.


• David Beckham has been offered a bumper £20m two-year deal to join the Qatar Stars League.


• West Ham and Hull will battle it out to sign former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson from Blackburn.


• Coventry boss Mark Robins is the man League One high-flyers Doncaster Rovers want as their new manager.


• Inter Milan star Wesley Sneijder is in talks with Turkish club Galatasaray.

• England frontman Theo Walcott will be presented with a stunning five-year £25m contract by Arsenal.


• Swansea boss Michael Laudrup wants Stoke striker Kenwyne Jones to replace Danny Graham, who is being tracked by Reading and Sunderland.


• Everton and Fulham are both keen on Argentinian winger Matias Schelotto, 23, who is rated at £5m by Italian Serie A side Atalanta.


• Bolton boss Dougie Freedman is set to sign Slovakia midfielder Jan Gregus in a £200,000 deal from Banik Ostrava after he impressed on trial.


• Millwall have tabled a £350,000 bid for Bristol City striker Ryan Taylor, 24, after losing loan signing Chris Wood to Championshp rivals Leicester City.

• Rio Ferdinand is willing to turn his back on a £10m fortune by moving abroad and will instead pledge his future to Manchester United.


• Southampton fear AC Milan could hijack their £8m deal for Cagliari defender Davide Astori.


• Newcastle have lined up St Etienne’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang if they miss out on Marseille striker Loic Remy.

• Liverpool are close to finalising a £6m deal for Blackpool forward Tom Ince, 20, after a breakthrough in negotiations.


• Arsenal will this week make an improved offer of £25m to Theo Walcott in a bid to resolve the 23-year-old forward's contract saga.


• Tottenham have turned down Everton's request to take midfielder Jake Livermore on loan.


• Manchester City will move for Napoli striker Edinson Cavani if Inter Milan move for Edin Dzeko.


• Meanwhile, City have returned almost half of their ticket allocation for Sunday's clash at Arsenal, with fans refusing to pay the £62 admission charge.


• QPR are ready to join the bidding for Swansea striker Danny Graham - but Sunderland are favourite to get him.


• Tim Cahill's loan move from the New York Red Bulls to Sunderland is off.

• Marouane Fellaini can leave Everton for £23m after insisting on a buy-out clause when he agreed a new five-year contract.


• Frank Lampard is weighing up whether to break Chelsea hearts and join arch-rivals Manchester United in the summer.


• Liverpool's on-loan midfielder Nuri Sahin is set to end his spell at Anfield and rejoin former club Borussia Dortmund.


• Inter Milan are plotting a £25million swoop for Manchester City’s supersub Edin Dzeko.

• Manchester United's path to signing Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha, 20, looks to be clear after Tottenham pulled out of the race.


• Swansea are lining up a £750,000 move for Real Betis midfielder Jose Canas.


• Birmingham have slapped a £6m price tag on England U19 international Nathan Redmond after enquiries from Newcastle, West Brom and Fulham.

• Tottenham look set to lose out to Fenerbahce in the race to sign Montpellier attacking midfielder Younes Belhanda.


• Fulham will battle it out with Club Bruges for Zulte Waregem's 18-year-old defensive midfielder Junior Malanda.


• Rafael Benitez has warned Chelsea's senior players that they must face up to the prospect of their inevitable departures from Stamford Bridge.

• Blackburn want Gus Poyet to replace Henning Berg as the club's new manager but have been priced out of a move due to the amount of compensation sought by current club Brighton.

• Manchester City are keen on Napoli striker Edinson Cavani.