Football transfer rumours: Steven Gerrard to Internazionale?

The race is on to sign Dortmund's Marco Reus, with Arsenal, Chelsea,Liverpool, Manchester United and Real Madrid (in alphabetical order) all circling. José Mourinho is hoping that an offer of André Schürrle in part-exchange will swing a deal in his favour. Manchester United could use similar tactics to trump a handful of predictable mega-rich Premier League sides to the signing of Real's Gareth Bale, with the Spanish side - whose B team gave Zinedine Zidane's son a debut over the weekend - having the name of United goalkeeper David de Gea at the very top of their shopping list. Talking of Bale, this morning's Metro reveals "why Bale won't sign for Chelsea". Somewhat disappointingly, the rather prosaic reason is that he'd be much too expensive, the Guardian reports. Talking of extraordinarily expensive things, Arsenal and United are also both keen on Reus's Borussia Dortmund team-mate, the defender Mats Hummels, and will be encouraged to hear that he is semi-officially for sale. They will be less encouraged to hear that the asking price is an ambitious £47m. This is approximately double Arsène Wenger's January transfer budget, so it's probably safe to rule them out of the running. In other United news, the Telegraph exclusively reveal "the truth behind Radamel Falcao's fitness woes". And the truth is, he's fine. Relax. Tottenham scouts were in Argentina this week to eye up the Colombia striker Teó Gutiérrez, a man previously fined for "inciting mass disorder", and who once pulled a gun on a team-mate he didn't much like (and as a result had to make his own way to and from matches as nobody would sit on the same bus as him). Apparently, though he didn't score, the 29-year-old played well enough to have impressed, so British fans - and armed police - should brace themselves for fun times ahead. Apparently River Plate have set bail at a budget £5m. Spurs are also keen on West Bromwich Albion hotshot (not that way) Saido Berahinoand still-crocked Saint Jay Rodriguez, but won't have enough cash unless someone spends serious money on Roberto Soldado. Newly-reappointed Internazionale coach Roberto Mancini is, according to the Mirror, "planning a January spending spree in the Premier League". Full details of the Italian's shopping list remain very much under wraps but Aleksandar Kolarov is believed to be on it, as are Tottenham's Erik Lamela, Liverpool's Fabio Borini and Arsenal's Joel Campbell, with rumours also circulating that he may offer Steven Gerrard a chance to end his career in Italy. Napoli are quite keen on Lucas Podolski and may be confused by the mixed messages on the German's future today, with tuttomercatoweb saying he's available for just £4m, and the Mail reporting Wenger's bullish insistence that "he is not for sale". Yohan Cabaye isn't having a lot of fun at Paris St-Germain, say the Newcastle Chronicle, and may be open to a January return to England, with Liverpool and Arsenal both likely to be keen (according to apparently uninformed speculation from Chronicle columnist Olivier Bernard). "I am absolutely sure that he will be available in January and I'm absolutely sure that he will be back in England next year," crystal-balls Bernard. Sir Alex Ferguson is hoping to convince Uefa to instigate a significant rule change. "We're looking at the possibility of introducing sin-bins like they have in rugby - a 10-minute suspension during the match," he revealed. And in Dubai over the weekend, John Terry went scuba diving.