The top stories from papers and websites - 23 June 2012

• Ashley Cole has hailed England's "bulldog spirot" ahead of Sunday's Euro 2012 quarter-final with Italy.


• Italy players have joked they will be watching raunchy movies rather than studying England players' penalty techniques.


• Luka Modric is ready to confirm he wants to quit Tottenham. Croatia midfielder Modric's representatives are hoping for a meeting with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy next week, at which they will make the player's wishes clear.


• Liverpool and Everton are vying for Inter Milan's 19-year-old striker Luc Castaignos.


• German midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger is wanted by Everton, Wigan and


• Fulham after terminating his contract with Wolfsburg.


• Charlton and Crystal Palace want to take Manchester United new boy Nick Powell on a season-long loan.

• The FA will bank a £20m jackpot if they win Euro 2012.


• New Swansea boss Michael Laudrup wants to make Brondby midfielder Michael Krohn-Dehli his first signing.


• West Ham and Reading are interested in QPR striker DJ Campbell.

• Roy Hodgson insisted: You cannot put a price on England winning Euro 2012.


• Samir Nasri is set to pay the price for France's dressing room bust-up by being dropped for tonight's clash with Spain.


• Chelsea, Tottenham and Liverpool are battling it out for Malaga and Venezuela striker Salomon Rondon.


• Newcastle are tracking out-of-contract Werder Bremen defender Sebastian Boenisch.

• Ashley Cole has delivered a stark warning to Italy by describing England as "11 bulldogs who would die for each other".

• Manchester City will step up their pursuit of Arsenal's Robin van Persie now that Holland are out of Euro 2012.


• Owen Hargreaves will be the latest ex-England player to be fast-tracked through the Football Association's coaching system.


• Tottenham goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini has welcomed the prospect of Villas-Boas taking over at White Hart Lane.


• West Ham have made a £4m move for Racing Santander central defender Alvaro and have also enquired about Fiorentina defender Alessandro Gamberini.


• West Ham are back on the trail of £4million-rated Evian striker Yannick Sagbo


• Arsenal are set to treble Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's wages.

• Ashley Cole issued an extraordinary rallying cry ahead of England's Euro 2012 quarter-final against Italy by invoking the "bulldog" spirit of the team that Roy Hodgson has quickly assembled and saying that they would "die for each other".


• Manchester City are set to launch a formal move for Robin van Persie.

• Roy Hodgson called it a "nasty statistic" that England have not beaten a leading football nation in a tournament knockout game since 1966.


• Andre Villas-Boas is confident he will be named the new Tottenham manager.

• Roy Hodgson said he will tell his players that they should not consider themselves inferior to Italy when they meet the nation with four World Cup-winning stars on their shirt crests, and history on their side, in tomorrow's Euro 2012 quarter-final.

• Roy Hodgson has told his players they have no reason to fear Italy, their opponents in Sunday's Euro 2012 quarter-final, and said for the first time that England can rid themselves of one of their "nasty statistics" and think seriously about winning the tournament.

• Dundee United chairman Stephen Thompson insists he could not ignore the fans who urged him to say no to a Rangers newco in the SPL.


• St Johnstone manager Steve lomas wants to sign Falkirk striker Farid El Alagui.


• Cash-strapped Rosenborg have pleaded with Celtic to make a £2.5m move for 19-year-old midfielder Markus Henriksen.

• Manchester United are interested in Dutch Euro 2012 full-back Jetro Willems.

• Martin Skrtel will turn down Manchester City if Liverpool can assure him their ambitions match his own.

• Manchester City target Daniele De Rossi wants to play in the Premier League.

• Manchester United and Manchester City target Javi Martinez is set to joini Bayern Munich.