Football gossip (June 7): Leeds United, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Hull City, Huddersfield Town, Doncaster Rovers, Barnsley, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham, Newcastle, Sunderland, Aston Villa

What’s the latest gossip around the world of football? Log on each day to discover which players are linked with which clubs.

Liverpool have agreed a deal, in principle, to sign Roma’s Brazilian goalkeeper Doni, 31.

(Insidefutbol.com)

It will cost Real Madrid or Barcelona a £100m transfer fee and £250,000-a-week in wages to prise striker Carlos Tevez, 27, away from Manchester City.

(Daily Mirror)

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Manchester United have told Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho no amount of money could persuade them to part company with 23-year-old striker Javier Hernandez.

(Daily Mail)

Inter Milan are in pole position to sign Brazilian midfielder Kaka, 29, from Real Madrid, although Chelsea remain interested.

(talkSPORT)

Italy’s World Cup-winning defender Marco Materazzi, 37, could be set for a one-season swansong at QPR before returning to current club Inter Milan as a technical adviser.

(Metro)

Tottenham are preparing to make a move for Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra, 26.

(talkSPORT)

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Barcelona are trying to sign Cesc Fabregas, 24, in a cash-plus-player deal that is worth less than when they tried to buy the midfielder from Arsenal in the summer of 2010.

(Daily Mirror)

Arsenal and Manchester City are going head to head in an £8m battle for 24-year-old Lille striker Gervinho.

(Daily Mail)

Aston Villa winger Ashley Young, 25, will complete a £16m switch to Manchester United this month but the Midlands club will fight to hang on to Liverpool target Stewart Downing.

(Daily Mirror)

Sunderland midfielder Jordan Henderson, 20, is edging closer to a £20m move to Liverpool. The deal could be done before Henderson joins up with his England Under-21 colleagues on Wednesday.

(The Guardian)

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Liverpool are set to move for Blackburn centre-back Phil Jones, who has a £16m release clause in his contract. Manchester United and Arsenal are also interested in the 19-year-old.

(The Sun)

Sunderland are willing to let Henderson go and aim to spend the money on Manchester United’s Danny Welbeck, Darron Gibson and Wes Brown.

(Daily Mirror)

Sunderland are weighing up £10m-rated Tottenham striker Peter Crouch, who turned down a chance to move to Wearside two years ago.

(Daily Star)

Wolves and QPR are leading the chase to sign West Ham’s England defender Matthew Upson, 32.

(talkSPORT)