The top stories from papers and websites - 20 May 2013

• Harry Redknapp has threatened to quit QPR unless he's backed in the transfer market.


• Crystal Palace want Bradford striker Nahki Wells as Wilfried Zaha's replacement.


• Joao Moutinho is the first target in Andre Villas-Boas' summer revolution at Spurs.


• Michael Appleton will be unveiled as the new manager of Doncaster on Monday.


• Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas will target Porto midfielder Joao Moutinho again this summer.

• Andre Villas-Boas has told Spurs to spend big this summer to prevent a repeat of their Champions League nightmare.


• Blackburn Rovers are making moves to bring Tim Sherwood back to the club as manager.


• Preston boss Simon Grayson is ready to sign Motherwell's Jamaican winger Chris Humphrey.


• Hull and Swansea are set to do battle for Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.


• Peter Odemwingie will be sold by West Brom this summer having been left out of the final game of the season for blasting his team-mates yet again.


• Danny Haynes, released by Charlton, is wanted by Derby, Burnley, Barnsley and Huddersfield.


• Wayne Bridge last night leapt to the defence of under-fire Brighton boss Gus Poyet.

• Paolo Di Canio labelled his Sunderland flops the most ignorant and arrogant players he has ever seen.


• Andre Villas-Boas slammed referee Andre Marriner and claimed he changed the outcome of Tottenham's season.

• Andre Villas-Boas accused referee Andre Marriner of swinging the race for Champions League football Arsenal's way.

• Arsene Wenger vowed to invest in the summer after Arsenal secured their place in the Champions League.


• Paolo Di Canio attacked his "arrogant and ignorant" Sunderland players after saying he was "disgusted" by images of Phil Bardlsey plastered in £50 notes on a night out.


• Jose Mourinho's future at Real Madrid will be sealed at a directors' meeting scheduled for Monday night.


• Romania and Shakhtar Donetsk left-back Razvan Rat is to have a medical at West Ham on Monday.


• Liverpool have revived their interest in Tottenham left-back Danny Rose.


• Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has been linked with Real Madrid defender Pepe, 30, but the Spaniards want £20million.


• Hull are close to signing Blackpool defender Alex Baptiste and are keen on Burnley striker Charlie Austin.


• Hull and West Ham are targeting Blackburn striker Jordan Rhodes but the Championship club don't want to sell.

• After Arsenal claimed the desperately fought-over final Champions League place yesterday, Tottenham Hotspur head coach Andre Villas-Boas insisted that his club, who agonisingly missed out by a single point, must hold on to Gareth Bale if they were serious about competing with the top four next season.


• Sir Alex Ferguson bowed out in a crazy tickertape blizzard of goals after one of those "football, bloody hell" type of games, the first 5-5 in Premier League history.

• Arsene Wenger has heaped praise on his "special" players after securing a place in the qualifying round of next season's Champions League but pledged to strengthen his squad in the summer.


• Andre Villas-Boas has urged the Tottenham board to invest strongly in the squad over the summer to help the club close the gap on the Premier League's top four, which they narrowly failed to make this time out.

• Paolo Di Canio launched a ferocious attacked on his Sunderland players last night, saying some of them were worse than "arrogant and ignorant" ones he had at Swindon Town.

• Norwich and Swansea are both interested in Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter.

• Spain striker Alvaro Negredo has turned down West Ham United as he wants to move to a big club.


• Manchester City's incoming manager Manuel Pellegrini will bring Portuguese defender Pepe with him from La Liga.

Papers Talk - 18 May 2013

The best football news and gossip from the Saturday's newspapers.

• Sir Alex Ferguson happily washed his hands of the Wayne Rooney problem and told David Moyes "you can deal with it now".


• Arsene Wenger has revealed that France Under-21 striker Yaya Sanogo is set to join Arsenal.


• Giorgos Karagounis is set to leave Fulham.


• Nathan Dyer is closing in on a two-year contract extension at Swansea.


• James Chester is in the middle of a tug of war between Newcastle and Aston Villa.


• Gareth McAuley has signed a new two-year deal at West Brom.

• Jose Mouriho has been told he should "be worried" about getting the sack on his return to Chelsea.


• Arsene Wenger has lined up a summer move for QPR's unwanted Brazilian goalkeeper Julio Cesar.


• Everton are interested in Lazio midfielder Ogenyi Onazi.


• Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina is top of Barcelona's wish list.


• Former Scotland boss Craig Levein wants to return to management at Doncaster.


• Fulham have agreed a deal with Ghana midfielder Derek Boateng.


• Dennis Wise is interested in becoming Millwall manager.


• Hull boss Steve Bruce is planning a triple raid on Wigan for Ben Watson, Emmerson Boyce and Shaun Maloney.


• Roberto Martinez admits he could quit as Wigan manager.

• Roberto Martinez has cleared the way for a move to Everton by admitting he is ready to quit Wigan.


• Sir Alex Ferguson had one last blast at bitter rivals Manchester City before quitting Old Trafford.


• Andre Villas-Boas says his Tottenham revolution will go ahead even if they miss out on a Champions League spot.


• Mike Ashley has handed Alan Pardew reassurances about his Newcastle future.


• Sam Allardyce knows he's under pressure to splash the cash this summer.


• Nigel Adkins insists Alex McCarthy is going nowhere.


• Brad Guzan's fairytale rise at Aston Villa will clinch him a new pay deal.


• Manuel Pellegrini is planning showdown talks with Carlos Tevez when he takes over at Manchester City.


• Martin Jol has no plans to quit Fulham and will prove it by ripping up his squad this summer.

• Sir Alex Ferguson has washed his hands of Wayne Rooney's future.


• Manchester City will thrash out the futures of Carlos Tevez, Gareth Barry and Joleon Lescott when the squad return from next week's post-season tour of the USA

• Cristiano Ronaldo is at the centre of a bidding war after it emerged the Manchester United target is also wanted by Chelsea.


• Roberto Martinez has dropped the biggest hint yet that he is ready to end his reign as Wigan manager.

• Sir Alex Ferguson prepared for his final game in charge of Manchester United by delivering one last swipe at Manchester City following their "amazing" decision to sack Roberto Mancini.


• Andre Villas-Boas is plotting a revolution at Tottenham Hotspur and he claims the club do not need Champions League football next season for him to pull it off.

• Kenwyne Jones allegedly smashed up the car of a team-mate, believed to be Glenn Whelan, after the Stoke City striker found "a bloody pig's head" wrapped in his clothes, which he believed the midfielder had placed there, according to tweets by Jones's girlfriend on Friday afternoon.

• It was with his usual disarming frankness that Arsene Wenger responded to an inquiry as to whether he would be signing the 20-year-old Auxerre striker Yaya Sanogo, available on a free transfer from the Ligue 2 club. "We are advanced in talks with him but it's not done," Wenger said. "I'm very confident it will be."

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The top stories from papers and websites - 13 May 2013

• Roberto Mancini will this week be sacked by Manchester City.


• Sir Alex Ferguson says it was Wayne Rooney's choice not to play in Sunday's game at Old Trafford.


• Frank Lampard is staying at Chelsea after agreeing a new one-year deal.

• Manuel Pellegrini will be appointed the new Manchester City manager before the end of the week.


• Sir Alex Ferguson has told Wayne Rooney to get his head straight and think twice about his wish to leave Manchester United.


• QPR boss Harry Redknapp is ready to spend £6million on Celtic's Gary Hooper - and believes he can fire the R's back into the Premier League.


• Bristol City goalkeeper Tom Heaton will join Burnley today.


• Gary Bowyer wants to sign Millwall winger Chris Taylor - if the former stays in charge at Blackburn.

• Sir Alex Ferguson choked back the tears and thanked Manchester United for "the most fantastic experience of my life".


• Furious Roberto Mancini is heading for the Manchester City exit door claiming he has been knifed in the back.


• Wayne Rooney's future is in fresh doubt after being axed by Manchester United yesterday.


• Ferguson has made it clear he wants Manchester United fans to give David Moyes their full backing.


• Roberto Mancini would have been axed by Manchester City even if they'd won the FA Cup.

• Wayne Rooney made it clear he remains determined to quit Manchester United after an incredible snub at Sir Alex Ferguson's final home game.


• Sir Alex Ferguson said goodbye to life as manager at Old Trafford and ordered Manchester United fans to stand by the man who will replace him.


• Furious Roberto Mancini is today waiting to learn when exactly he will be sacked as Manchester City manager.


• Chelsea are set to hand Frank Lampard a 12-month contract extension.

• Roberto Mancini will be sacked this week by Manchester City.


• Sir Alex Ferguson has told Wayne Rooney to get his head straight.

• Sir Alex Ferguson bowed out in his final home game as Manchester United manager with a 2-1 win over Swansea City before thanking everyone for the "most fantastic experience of my life" and imploring fans to get behind his successor, David Moyes.


• Roberto Mancini is to be sacked as the Manchester City manager, with the Italian's tenure to end before the club's post-season tour to the United States and possibly this week.

• Wayne Rooney's Manchester United career may have reached a point of no return after Sir Alex Ferguson revealed the forward had handed in a transfer request and did not want to play in his farewell game at Old Trafford because it had been rejected.

• Manchester United supporters bade an emotional farewell to Sir Alex Ferguson on an extraordinary day when their counterparts at Manchester City were coming to terms with the news that Roberto Mancini, their own manager, will be sacked.

• Pep Guardiola has given up hope of signing Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere this summer but remains interested in the England man.

• Real Madrid could be willing to battle Barca for Brazilian wonderkid Neymar.

• Zlatan Ibrahimovic's agent, Mino Raiola, has ruled out the prospect of the striker leaving Paris St-Germain this summer, despite a furious dressing room row.

The top stories from papers and websites - 08 May 2013

• Sir Alex Ferguson is ready to make an SOS call for a new assistant - as he prepares for life after his hip operation.


• Meanwhile, United striker Wayne Rooney has told team-mates he wants to join Bayern Munich this summer.


• Atletico Madrid are lining up a £40m bid for Liverpool striker Luis Suarez after resigning themselves to losing Radamel Falcao this summer.


• Arsenal have agreed the biggest kit deal in English football with Puma, said to be worth £170m over five seasons.


• Harry Redknapp is determined to keep central defender Chris Samba at relegated QPR next season.


• Burnley are chasing Portuguese midfielder Paulo Regula, 24, who is set to be released by Olhanense.

• Manchester United were last night engulfed in a frenzy of speculation about Sir Alex Ferguson's future.


• Andre Villas-Boas has finally admitted that Frank Lampard never supported him at Chelsea.


• Dean Saunders, sacked by Wolves yesterday, is being lined up for a rapid return to management by former club Doncaster Rovers.


• Charlton and Burnley are both pondering moves for 24-year-old Bristol City striker Sam Baldock.


• Championship side Millwall want to bring in Bournemouth's Eddie Howe as their new manager after Kenny Jackett quit yesterday.


• Andy Hessenthaler wants the Accrington Stanley job after quitting his director of football role at Gillingham.

• Chelsea have dropped out of the race for £50m Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao, leaving Manchester United in pole position.


• Arsene Wenger and his board are at odds over whether Arsenal should launch a summer move for QPR striker Loic Remy or Vitesse Arnhem's Wilfried Bony.


• Barcelona expect to land Liverpool keeper Jose Reina, 30, for £8m this summer.


• Aston Villa, Fulham and Norwich are set to battle it out for Wolves midfielder Bakary Sako.


• Derby County boss Nigel Clough admits he will be powerless to keep midfielder Will Hughes, 18, at the club when Manchester City launch a £10m summer bid.

• Manchester United last night failed to quell persistent suggestions that Sir Alex Ferguson is about to announce details of his retirement.


• Barcelona are to step up their interest in Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina, 30, who has three years left on his Anfield contract.


• AC Milan are considering an offer for Manchester City's 32-year-old defender Kolo Toure.


• Hull are planning a move for Birmingham defender Curtis Davies, 28, as they prepare for life in the Premier League.


• Former Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler has offered to manage Blue Square Premier club Macclesfield Town for nothing.

• Sir Alex Ferguson's future was the subject of intense speculation last night as rumours circled Manchester that he is set to announce his retirement.


• Chelsea have dropped plans for a £46m summer move for Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao and instead aim to win a three-way battle with Manchester United and Bayern Munich for Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski.


• Midfielder Leon Osman is close to agreeing a new contract with Everton.

• Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United future was last night shrouded in doubt with the Scot understood to be seriously considering calling time on a managerial reign that has lasted almost 27 seasons.


• Barcelona are set to tempt Liverpool with a £10m offer for 30-year-old goalkeeper Pepe Reina.

• Chelsea's negotiations to secure the return of Jose Mourinho have reached an impasse over their refusal to pay the buyout clause in their former manager's contract at Real Madrid.


• Sir Alex Ferguson's future at Manchester United was plunged into doubt last night amid mounting expectation of a major announcement by the club.

• Wigan came up with the unexpected once again in their penultimate home fixture, failing to escape the bottom three before their Wembley weekend by losing what appeared to be the most winnable of their final three matches.


• Andre Villas-Boas has accused Chelsea of playing "invisible" football and lacking style or identity since the days of Jose Mourinho as he prepares to return to Stamford Bridge for the first time since his sacking by Roman Abramovich last season.

• Andre Villas-Boas has suggested that Chelsea chose success over developing a distinctive style when they sacked him in March last year, as the Tottenham Hotspur manager prepares to return to Stamford Bridge tonight for a critical league game against his former club.


• It would have been more bearable if Wigan Athletic had not contributed so terribly themselves to the result which may prove deeply significant in what, as things stand today, looks like a losing battle to extend their existence in the Premier League into a ninth year.

The top stories from papers and websites - 06 May 2013

• Shakhtar Donetsk's Brazilian star Fernandinho has issued a 'come and get me' plea to Manchester City.


• Joey Barton says he has both the brains and balls to become a manager when he hangs up his boots.


• Harry Redknapp was out scouting talent for next season's Championship bid before seeing relegated Rangers salvage some pride against Arsenal.

• Borussia Dortmund are desperate for Chelsea to beat off Bayern Munich and buy their star striker Robert Lewandowski.


• Stoke boss Tony Pulis has dismissed suggestions that star keeper Asmir Begovic has already been sold.


• Cesc Fabregas would like to return to Arsenal if Barcelona decide to sell him this summer.

• Hull City boss Steve Bruce is ready to give keeper Chris Kirkland a Premier League swansong.


• Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino wants to make Valencia's Spanish ace Victor Ruiz his first signing at St Mary's.


• Reading's Hal Robson-Kanu is a £2.5million target for Cardiff.


• Wigan's Spanish centre-half Roman Golobart is ready to quit at the end of the season.


• Bolton boss Dougie Freedman wants Jermaine Beckford to fire his side to promotion next season.

• Frank Lampard has been told that he will be offered a new one-year contract by Chelsea.


• Andre Villas-Boas believes Chelsea are still in ''turmoil'' 14 months after his departure and says that the managerial changes since he left reassure him that his sacking was no reflection of his own abilities as a head coach.

• Liverpool are looking to sign Brazilian defender Douglas on a free transfer.


• Pepe Reina has again been linked with Barcelona.


• Man City are stepping up interest in Italy defender Davide Astori.


• Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is also determined to land Napoli striker Edinson Cavani this summer.


• Everton and Stoke will rival Swansea for QPR winger Junior Hoilett.


• Man United are considering a move for Colmbia U20 international midfielder Juan Fernando Quintero.

The top stories from papers and websites - 01 May 2013

• Zinedine Zidane has warned Spurs that even a £60m price tag will not prevent Real Madrid bidding for frontman Gareth Bale in the summer.


• Jose Mourinho crashed out of the Champions League last night but will be given a £100m transfer kitty to rebuild Chelsea this summer.


• QPR striker Djibril Cisse, goalkeeper Julio Cesar and striker Loic Remy are all plotting their moves away from the club following their relegation to the Championship.


• Spanish side Malaga could approach Wigan manager Roberto Martinez if Manuel Pellegrini moves to Manchester City or Chelsea this summer.


• Sunderland could move for non-league Carshalton star James Ashton - although Norwich have already offered him a trial.

• Paris Saint-Germain have given up hope of luring Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger to the French capital this summer.


• Meanwhile, Newcastle's French winger Hatem Ben Arfa has riled suffering Toon fans by wearing a PSG kit in a local gym - just two days after Saturday's 6-0 thumping at the hands of Liverpool.


• QPR have slapped a £15m price tag on Adel Taarabt in a bid to keep their biggest star at the club.


• Chelsea are closing in on Partizan Belgrade striker Lazar Markovic, 19, with Liverpool and Inter Milan also interested.


• Liverpool and Inter could also battle it out for Barcelona defender Martin Montoya, 22.


• Swansea are set to battle it out with Reading and QPR for Granada central defender Inigo Lopez.


• Everton are on red alert after Serbian midfielder Adem Ljajic's contract talks with Fiorentina broke down.


• Reading want to sell Russian striker Pavel Pogrebnyak, 29, following their relegation to the Championship.

• Defender Branislav Ivanovic has urged Jose Mourinho to come back to Chelsea and make them champions again.


• Snooker ace Ronnie O'Sullivan has told Liverpool striker Luis Suarez: 'My mind guru will save your career like he did mine'.


• Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has dismissed claims manager Arsene Wenger will be leaving the club this summer.


• Julio Cesar and Loic Remy are set to lead a QPR exodus following their relegation from the Premier League.


• West Ham will sign Shakhtar Donetsk's Romanian defender Razvan Rat, 31, on a free transfer in the summer.


• Ipswich are in talks to sign Notts County midfielder Alan Judge, 24, who will be a free agent at the end of the season.

• Wayne Rooney wants assurances over his role from manager Sir Alex Ferguson before signing a new deal at Manchester United.


• Real Madrid director of football Zinedine Zidane believes Tottenham could command a fee of £60m for forward Gareth Bale, 23, this summer.


• Juventus are stepping up their interest in Liverpool striker Luis Suarez after his 10-match ban.


• Manchester City are considering a deal for Toluca defender Diego Novaretti, 27, who is available on a free transfer.


• Aston Villa will offer Christian Benteke a double-your-money new contract in a bid to keep him out of the clutches of Arsenal and Tottenham.


• Manchester City are close to sealing a £23million deal for Shakhtar Donetsk star Fernandinho.


• Reading defender Alex Pearce is set to be reunited with former boss Brendan Rodgers by signing for Liverpool.

• Sir Alex Ferguson admits Manchester United will struggle to match neighbours City and Chelsea in the transfer market this summer.


• Manchester City are plotting a £32m move for Borussia Dortmund star Marco Reus, but have seen an opening bid for Roma midfielder Erik Lamela rejected.


• Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham are ready to fight it out for QPR goalkeeper Julio Cesar.

• Frank Lampard's Chelsea career looks set to extend beyond next month and into another season as there is a willingness from the club to offer him a one-year extension, once the new manager is in place this summer.

• Aston Villa will resist any bids for Belgium international striker Christian Benteke and will instead offer the 22-year-old a new contract.


• Manchester United have spent the last four months planning their summer signings, with midfielders Anderson and Nani set to be sold and 38-year-old Paul Scholes likely to retire.


• Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has identified Reading defender Alex Pearce as the man to replace the retiring Jamie Carragher.


• Stoke have told Wilson Palacios he can leave on a free. He has two years left on his contract but the Potters want to trim his £26,000 a week salary from their wage bill.

• Zenit St Petersburg want to sign striker Dimitar Berbatov, 32, who is halfway through a two-year contract at Fulham.

• Liverpool will battle it out with Inter Milan for Barcelona defender Martin Montoya.