The top stories from papers and websites - 30 June 2012

• Manchester United are on the brink of signing Leighton Baines.


• Tottenham are set to move for Porto left-back Alvaro Pereira - casting doubt over the future of Benoit Assou-Ekotto.


• Swansea boss Michael Laudrup wants to be reunited with Genoa centre-back Chico and is close to agreeing a £3million fee.


• Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is eyeing Bolton's Mark Davies in a £6million swoop after missing out on Gylfi Sigurdsson.

• Andre Villas-Boas will lose nearly £11million when he is named Tottenham's new manager next week.


• Harry Redknapp has revealed he tried to take Mario Balotelli to Tottenham.


• Gianfranco Zola will hold talks with Watford after the Pozzo family completed their £20million takeover of the club.


• Keith Andrews has joined Bolton on a three-year deal.


• Manchester City are ready to listen to offers for former skipper Kolo Toure.


• Reading have landed Newcastle's Danny Guthrie on a three-year deal.


• Ezequiel Lavezzi has snubbed a move to Manchester City in favour of joining Paris St Germain. The 27-year-old is close to agreeing a £21m move to the French capital.

• Mario Balotelli last night vowed to stay a Manchester City player next season.


• Real Madrid are desperate to snatch David Silva from Manchester City in a £30million deal.


• Steve Clarke has finally won West Brom's long-running battle with Birmingham for the £4million capture of Ben Foster.


• Everton are closing in on Danijel Pranjic as David Moyes prepares for the potential departure of Leighton Baines.


• Gianfranco Zola is in line to become the new manager of Watford after the club was taken over by a wealthy Italian family.


• Andre Villas-Boas wants to make Porto's Joao Moutinho, 25, his first signing at Tottenham for £32m as a replacement for Luka Modric.

• John Fleck last night insisted Rangers stars are being forced to tear up their contracts.


• Chris Hegarty became the first player to sign a new contract with the new Rangers - and has vowed to help Ally McCoist win whatever league they end up in.


• Peter Houston last night admitted the Rangers fiasco has prevented him from bringing reinforcements into his depleted Dundee United squad.


• St Mirren chiefs have revealed they are unlikely to sign any new players until the situation surrounding Scottish football is clearer.


• Celtic are in contact with Bordeaux stopper Michael Ciani over a £1million move to Parkhead.


• Former Falkirk star Marc Twaddle has revealed he's desperate to secure a move back to Scotland after enduring a miserable year at Rochdale.


• Danny Buijs, one of Kilmarnock's League Cup final heroes, last night joined Sparta Rotterdam.

• Stoke manager Tony Pulis has joined the race with Sunderland for Wolves' £10million-rated striker Steven Fletcher.


• Gianfranco Zola will hold talks with Watford after the Pozzo family completed their £20million takeover of the club.


• Chelsea look set to beat Real Madrid's offer for Luka Modric, 26, as they prepare a £36m bid for the midfielder.

• Spurs' Giovani Dos Santos, 23, is expected to leave White Hart Lane for either Sevilla or Atletico Madrid at the weekend.

• Ibrahim Afellay is ready for showdown talks over his Barcelona future - with Tottenham and Liverpool watching developments on the 26-year-old.