The top stories from papers and websites - 29 March 2012

• Manchester City are plotting a £42million raid for Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao, with Edin Dzeko set to leave the Etihad Stadium.


• Manchester City could swap Edin Dzeko for Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski.


• Salomon Kalou was warned by Andre Villas-Boas that he would not play for Chelsea again unless he signed a new deal.


• Stuart Pearce is in talks with Premier League bosses about who could make the England squad for Euro 2012 if he stays in charge.


• Roberto Mancini looked to be feeling the heat of the Premier League title fight at Manchester City training on Wednesday.


• Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand and City's Football Development Executive Patrick Vieira were involved in a war of words as the title race heats up.


• Paris Saint-Germain hope to land Arsenal misfit Marouane Chamakh for £5million.


• Pavel Pogrebnyak has urged Fulham to hand him a permanent contract.


• Tim Cahill reckons Everton will see off Liverpool in the FA Cup thanks to the magic of David Moyes.


• Brendan Rodgers says Josh McEachran's loan move from Chelsea to Swansea has been a success despite a lack of first-team action.


• Hard-up Portsmouth face having their electricity cut off.


• Tottenham want Ryan Nelsen to sign a one-year contract extension.

• Stuart Pearce is stepping up preparations to lead England at Euro 2012.


• Roberto Mancini and Mario Balotelli rowed at City training as the title heat intensifies.


• Rafa Benitez has warned Roberto Mancini to ignore Sir Alex Ferguson's mind games.


• Lisbon hero Salomon Kalou claims former Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas treated him like a non-person.


• Tim Cahill says Everton boss David Moyes is the transfer market's shrewdest operator.


• Arsenal misfit Marouane Chamakh is a £6million target for big-spending Paris St Germain.


• Blackburn boss Steve Kean made a surprise dash to France to chase Marseille striker Andre-Pierre Gignac.


• Rotherham are keen to make Iain Dowie their new boss.

• Arsenal's Jack Wilshere could be back in action within a fortnight.


• Stuart Pearce remains in pole position to lead England at Euro 2012.


• Salomon Kalou is praying his Champions League heroics earn him a new deal at Chelsea.


• Roberto Mancini was involved in a furious training ground bust-up with Mario Balotelli on Wednesday.


• Pavel Pogrebnyak has urged Fulham to hand him a permanent deal.


• Gerard Houllier has told Kenny Dalglish he must land the league title to be considered a success at Liverpool.


• Swansea are set to re-sign Tottenham defender Steven Caulker on loan.

• West Brom technical director Dan Ashworth is the shock name on the FA's list of candidates to become the man to shape the future of English football.


• Stuart Pearce is stepping up his preparations for Euro 2012 as he waits to discover whether he will be in charge in Poland and Ukraine.


• Michael Owen fears his Manchester United career is over.


• Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will find out on Thursday if he is to serve a third UEFA touchline ban in 12 months after his alleged F-word rant towards a referee.


• Bradford and Crawley's incredible brawl on Tuesday night is being investigated by the Football Association, who have vowed to punish any fighting that escaped the attention of referee Ian Williamson.


• Chelsea have reopened talks with Porto over their long standing interest in forward Hulk.


• Arsenal midfielder Denilson could be staying with his hometown club Sao Paulo beyond the season-long loan that runs out this summer.


• Juventus are considering renewing their interest in Chelsea midfielder Raul Meireles.


• Aston Villa defender Carlos Cuellar has been offered a move to Spanish side Valencia.


• Chelsea have reportedly made a fresh approach to sign up Gianfranco Zola in a coaching role.

• Rio Ferdinand has told Patrick Vieira to stop moaning.


• Roberto Di Matteo has emerged as a contender to take over at Chelsea full-time after taking the team within 90 minutes of the Champions League semi-finals.


• John Heitinga is in line for a new contract at Everton.


• Arsenal midfielder Denilson could stay at Sao Paulo beyond his current season-long loan.


• Tottenham may pull the plug on their attempts to sign Emmanuel Adebayor on a permanent deal from Manchester City.

• Stuart Pearce is continuing to work on England's plans for Euro 2012 while the FA carries on stalling before making an approach for Fabio Capello's successor.


• Gerard Houllier has told the FA to be patient in its pursuit of international success after warning that it could take a new technical director a decade to deliver results.

• The England caretaker manager, Stuart Pearce, is preparing for the possibility he may well be in charge of the national team for Euro 2012 this summer and is speaking to Premier League managers about the fitness and form of players who are up for selection.


• Gerard Houllier has said that no amount of cup success will quell the "obsession" with the league championship at Anfield but insisted that Kenny Dalglish needs at least another year to make a success of his second tenure as Liverpool manager.

• Patrick Vieira has said he was misquoted by the BBC after he was reported as saying that Manchester United have been helped to the top of the table because of a culture of generous refereeing at Old Trafford.


• Everton's quarter-final replay win at Sunderland on Tuesday ensured a first Merseyside derby at Wembley in 23 years but also potential chaos for the transport authorities, the Metropolitan police and Aintree racecourse as it welcomes more than 70,000 spectators for Grand National day including, inevitably, rival fans of both clubs.

• Craig Whyte has told Rangers' administrators he would rather see the club go into liquidation than sell his shares to Paul Murray's Blue Knights.


• Graeme Souness could return to Ibrox if pal Brian Kennedy succeeds in his bid to buy Rangers.


• Rangers are to collect a £250,000 compensation windfall from the January departure of Thomas Kind Bendiksen. 

• QPR striker Bobby Zamora 's agent has denied he wants to move to West Ham.

• Milos Krasic 's agent has warned Chelsea and Tottenham they will have to spend big to land him.


• Spurs are going cold on signing loan star Emmanuel Adebayor permanently .