The top stories from papers and websites - 15 October 2012

• England boss Roy Hodgson will change half his team for Tuesday night's World Cup clash in Poland.


• Benoit Assou-Ekotto has avoided knee surgery and is set to return to training with Tottenham this week.


• Tony Fernandes is still backing Mark Hughes - despite QPR being bottom of the Premier League.

• Tottenham are in interested in Feyenoord's 21-year-old Dutch international midfielder Jordy Clasie.


• Chelsea are keeping tabs on Lazio midfielder Senad Lulic, 26.


• Ruthless Roy Hodgson is ready to axe half his England team to go all-out for victory in Poland.


• Wigan assistant boss Graeme Jones is the shock favourite to become Burnley's new manager.


• Emile Sinclair is on his way out of Peterborough after contract talks collapsed.

• Ashley Cole is ready to walk out on Chelsea at the end of the season after failing to agree terms on a new contract.

• England boss Roy Hodgson will show no sentiment to the players that trounced San Marino by ripping apart half of his team for Tuesday's pivotal showdown against Poland in Warsaw.


• Liverpool are set to announce their intention to remain at Anfield and expand the ground into a 60,000-capacity arena after scrapping plans for a new stadium.


• Aston Villa deny Darren Bent is in dispute with manager Paul Lambert.

• Roy Hodgson is planning big changes to his England side with up to six new faces set to take on Poland on Tuesday.


• Mega-rich Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala are planning a shock move for Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic.

• Roy Hodgson is planning to drop half the England team who thrashed San Marino last Friday for the World Cup qualifier away to Poland in Warsaw on Tuesday.


• Liverpool are set to confirm their intention to remain at a redeveloped Anfield after shelving plans to build a new stadium at an estimated cost of £350million on nearby Stanley Park.

• Brian Marwood, Manchester City's football administrator, has admitted that the club is two or three years away from being able to provide an under-21s supply line to manager Roberto Mancini.

• Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski is flattered by interest from Manchester United and Chelsea but will not be leaving Germany in January.


• Liverpool have been linked with a move for Genoa and Sweden defender Andreas Granqvist.