The top stories from papers and websites - 16 June 2012

• Tottenham are poised to promote Tim Sherwood to director of football and hot up their pursuit of Andre Villas-Boas.


• Owen Hargreaves has admitted he is considering quitting at the age of 31.


• Stoke are favourites to sign Michael Owen after the veteran striker was released by Manchester United.


• Wolves will sign Bjorn Bergmann Sigurdarson on July 16 in a four-year £2.4million deal.


• Stoke are chasing Fulham midfielder Dickson Etuhu.


• Steve Kean wants midfield star Danny Murphy at Blackburn.

• Michael Owen is set to join Stoke on a free transfer.


• Owen Hargreaves admits he will quit the game if he can't find another top-level club.


• Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner tops Michael Laudrup's wanted list at Swansea.


• Chelsea are ready to hijack Newcastle's move for France right-back Mathieu Debuchy.


• Everton are trailing Croatia striker Mario Mandzukic - and could land him for a bargain £7million.


• Bolton are ready to sign Leicester's Matt Mills in a £1million deal.


• New Aston Villa boss will start his shake-up by axing Alan Hutton.


• West Ham are ready to hand midfield giant Momo Diame a three-year deal worth £7million to beef up their engine room.

• Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni insists he will not stand down.


• Mohamed Diame has passed a cardiac medical with a London specialist as talks continue over a move to West Ham.


• Danny Murphy is considering a surprise move to relegated Blackburn.


• Manchester United are watching Barcelona midfielder Thiago Alcantara and remain keen on Tottenham's Luka Modric.


• Cardiff manager Malky Mackay is rivalling Burnley with a £1million bid for Derby defender Jason Shackell.

• Andre Villas-Boas has opened talks with Tottenham over the vacant manager's job.


• Darren Bent has told new Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert to check what he's got before spending on new strikers.


• Manchester United twins Rafael and Fabio da Silva are set to be torn apart next season, with the latter heading to QPR on loan.


• Chelsea's £20m bid for Fiorentina's Stevan Jovetic has been rejected by the Florence club.

• Michael Laudrup turned down several offers in Europe to realise his Premier League dream.

• Ally McCoist last night admitted he was hours from quitting Rangers but "stepped back from the brink" after crunch talks with Charles Green.

• Manchester City target, AC Milan's Thiago Silva, was the subject of a massive £37million bid from fellow suitors Paris Saint Germain.


• Joe Cole is to be handed a second chance at first-team football at Liverpool.


• Liverpool have squashed Alberto Aquilani's hopes of being released before the end of his contract.

• Real Madrid star Joselu is attracting interest from a number of clubs, with Arsenal thought to be heading the chase.