Paper Talk: transfer gossip, rumours and news from Thursday's papers

Here's the latest tittle-tattle doing the rounds today.

And don't forget to check back at lunchtime for Darren Lewis' daily Football Spy video show.

Liverpool are planning a £10m offer for Real Madrid midfielder Rafael van der Vaart (The Times)

Everton will demand £30m from Manchester City for Joleon Lescott . (Daily Mail)

Everton are close to signing Spartak Moscow winger Vladimir Bystrov for £9m (Daily Telegraph)

Liverpool  will complete the signing of centre-back Sotiris Kyrgiakos from AEK Athens for £1.5m (The Times)

Check out MirrorFootball's 10 things you need to know about Kyrgiakos here.

Portsmouth defender Sylvain Distin is close to signing for Aston Villa (The Times)

Bolton are preparing a £2.5m bid for Leeds striker Jermaine Beckford (The Sun)

Blackburn are planning to replace Tottenham -bound Chris Samba with Borussia Moenchengladbach's Ivory Coast centre-back Steve Gohouri (Daily Mail)

Wigan are in talks to with Crystal Palace over 18-year-old midfielder Victor Moses (The Guardian)

Stoke are taking Marseille midfielder Elliot Grandin on trial (The Sun)

Sunderland must pay £7m to make Lyon defender John Mensah 's loan deal permanent (Daily Mail)

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