Transfer news, rumours and gossip from Thursday's papers

Transfer stories from today's Daily Mirror
Liverpool plot shock move for Aston Villa's Stiliyan Petrov - Exclusive

Young's Liverpool move in doubt over Villa pay-off - Exclusive

Jovanovic: I turned down Real Madrid and Juventus, now I want to be a Liverpool icon

We won't be bullied into big spending by Man City, says Fergie  

Hughes set to land Fulham job this week  

Ancelotti will be given cash to rebuild the side and Drogba is NOT leaving, insist Chelsea chiefs

Furious Sullivan blasts Spurs over Parker bid - Exclusive  

Man City target Balotelli is not "indispensable" says Inter president  

Bristol City make audacious bid for David James  

Derby plot move for Everton striker  

Stoke move for Ipswich captain  

West Brom's Djemba-Djemba deal fall through  

Blackburn midfielder set to sign for Galatasaray - at the second attempt  

Blackpool in talks with Ipswich striker  

Palace set to sign Cardiff left back  

Preston target Norwich midfielder

Coventry lead the chase for ex-jail bird Marlon King  

Transfer stories from other newspapers and website
Manchester United are edging Chelsea and Arsenal i n the battle for Ghana midfielder Anthony Annan (The Sun)

Arsenal are considering resurrecting their deal for German defender Serdar Tasci (The Sun)

Inter Milan boss Rafa Benitez will use some of his Mario Balotelli cash to sign Liverpool's Dirk Kuyt (The Mail)

David Beckham is still deciding whether to finish his career with West Ham (The Sun)

Manchester United are lining up Danish goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard to succeed Edwin van der Sar (Daily Mail)

Real Madrid hope to convince Mesut Ozil to wait a year and sign for them rather than go to Arsenal, Manchester United or Tottenham now (The Mail)

Chelsea want to sign Ramires before Saturday's pre-season tour of Germany (Daily Star)
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Wigan, Birmingham and Sunderland are all after Chile's £7m World Cup striker Humberto Suazo (The Sun)

West Ham are looking at Dutch keeper Piet Velthuizen (The Sun)

Mark Hughes will make Craig Bellamy his first signing at Fulham (Goal.com)

Tottenham are also looking to sign Bellamy and will make a £4m bid  (Daily Mail)

Besiktas want Aston Villa striker John Carew (Daily Mail)

West Ham want former Marseille defender and current free agent Laurent Bonnart (Daily Mail)

Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho wants to sign Chelsea centre-back Ricardo Carvalho to Spain (IM Scouting)

Real Madrid have pulled out of the race to sign Manchester City target David Luiz (IM Scouting)
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Lazio are set to sign Manchester City left-back Javier Garrido for £2.5m (IM Scouting)