The Daily Echo's round-up of the day's transfer gossip, including another link involving Rickie Lambert...

West Ham are set to make a bid for Saints striker Rickie Lambert, having had an offer turned down in January (Daily Star)

Manchester United's hopes of landing dream buy Cesc Fabregas dramatically improved last night (The Sun)

Arsenal are in pole position to sign Luis Suarez after Real Madrid pulled out of the running to bag him (The Sun)

Liverpool have made Roberto Soldado their No 1 target to replace Luis Suarez (Daily Mirror)

Papiss Cisse yesterday called a truce in his battle with Newcastle over wearing the Wonga logo - following spiritual advice from Muslim leaders (Daily Mirror)

Yaya Toure says Manchester City have shown their intent to reclaim the Premier League title by spending nearly £100m on new players (Daily Mirror)

Liverpool have told Arsenal they have until next week to meet their £50million valuation of Luis Suarez or face missing out on the striker altogether (Daily Express)

David Moyes, dismissed as a "dinosaur" by Dutch fitness coach Raymond Verheijen, is trying to breathe new life into Manchester United by continuing his pursuit of Barcelona's Cesc Fabregas (Daily Express)

Jose Mourinho last night urged his Chelsea team to seize the advantage over Manchester United after his plan fell into place to move a fixture forward against Aston Villa (Daily Mail)

Jose Mourinho expressed confidence last night that Chelsea will sign Wayne Rooney before the transfer window closes after watching his players complete a successful tour of Asia with an 8-1 thrashing of the Indonesia All Stars (The Times)

The chances of Leighton Baines and Marouane Fellaini starting the season at Goodison Park are increasing after the Everton manager, Roberto Martinez, revealed that Manchester United's interest in the pair had gone cold (The Independent)

Manchester United will not sell Wayne Rooney even if their No 1 target Cesc Fabregas or another forward is recruited this summer (The Guardian)