The top stories from papers and websites - 27 June 2012

• Fabio Capello has torn into Wayne Rooney - claiming he only plays well for Scot Sir Alex Ferguson.


• Rio Ferdinand believes England missed a golden opportunity to properly blood two of their future stars at Euro 2012.


• Nemanja Vidic will begin pre-season training this week - before his Manchester United team-mates return to work.


• Florent Malouda is set to continue the Chelsea exodus after starting negotiations with Brazilian side Vasco da Gama.


• Bolton are set to land Keith Andrews.


• Aston Villa are poised to sign Feyenoord's Karim El Ahmadi in a £2.5million deal.


• Tottenham have moved ahead of Liverpool in the race for Gylfi Sigurdsson.


• Rafael van der Vaart, Dirk Kuyt, Johnny Heitinga and Klass-Jan Huntelaar have been dumped by Holland.


• Tottenham's Bongani Khumalo looks likely to be on loan at PAOK Thessaloniki next season.


• Steve Bruce aims to solve Hull's keeper crisis by signing Colombian David Gonzalez.


• Blackburn aim to cash in on the crisis at Rangers by nicking Scotland striker Steven Naismith.


• Crystal Palace are fighting Millwall and Burnley for Norwich's Chris Martin.


• Roman Bednar has been offered a new one-year deal by Blackpool.


• Leeds contract rebel Ross McCormack is wanted by Bristol City.


• Sheffield United and Charlton both fancy Leicester's Jeffrey Schlupp on a season-long loan.


• Kyle Hutton and John Fleck are set to quit Rangers for Sheffield United.


• Leyton Orient are close to sealing a deal for Bournemouth defender Mathieu Baudry, a former Leeds target.


• Brazil striker Alexandre Pato wants a Premier League move when his AC Milan contract expires in 2014.


• Rio Ferdinand wonders why Manchester United team-mate Phil Jones didn't get a runout at Euro 2012.

• Fabio Capello has put the boot into Wayne Rooney, blaming him for England's Euro 2012 exit.


• Daniel Levy has offered Andre-Villas Boas the Spurs job - and wants him to start next week.


• Arsenal new-boy Olivier Giroud has revealed he has fulfilled a dream by following in the footsteps of boyhood hero Thierry Henry.


• Samir Nasri is facing a two-year international ban for his foul-mouthed rant after France's Euro 2012 exit.


• Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic has urged Luka Modric to join him at Stamford Bridge.


• Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill has been sounded out about Sporting Lisbon forward Ricky van Wolfswinkel.

• Fabio Capello has mocked Wayne Rooney for his dismal showing against Italy.


• Michael Owen is set for a lucrative move to Dubai.


• Andre Villas-Boas is set to be named as the new manager of Tottenham as early as Sunday.


• Mario Balotelli is at the centre of a new racism storm after Italy's biggest-selling paper printed a cartoon depicting him as King Kong.


• Olivier Giroud insists he has got the "weapons" to help end Arsenal's trophy drought.


• West Brom will turn to Cologne keeper Michael Rensing if they fail in a renewed bid for Ben Foster.


• Swansea are set to step up their interest in Thomas Kahlenberg after St Etienne dropped their interest in the Dane.


• Reading are poised to pip Fulham to the signing of Huddersfield striker Jordan Rhodes after also pinching Pavel Pogrebnyak from the Cottagers.


• Karim El Ahmadi has revealed he is close to completing a dream move to the Premier League, with Aston Villa in pole position.


• Celtic have failed to persuade Fraser Forster to stay.


• Leeds contract rebel Ross McCormack is wanted by Bristol City.


• Roman Bednar has been offered a new 12-month deal by Blackpool.


• Manchester City could go for full-back Daniel Alves after he fell out with Barcelona by playing in a friendly without permission.

• Fabio Capello has delivered a scathing assessment of Wayne Rooney's England career, claiming he 'only plays well in Manchester'.


• Scott Parker could miss the start of the Premier League season amid fears the Tottenham midfielder may need surgery on his troublesome Achilles.


• Mario Balotelli has found himself at the centre of a new race row, this time sparked by a deeply offensive cartoon depicting him as King Kong in a leading Italian newspaper.


• Samir Nasri could be hit with a two-year international ban for his foul-mouthed tirade following France's elimination from Euro 2012.


• Andre Villas-Boas is set to be unveiled as Tottenham's new manager by the beginning of next week.


• Arsenal have turned their attention to slashing the club's wage bill after Olivier Giroud's capture took their spending to £24million.


• Gylfi Sigurdsson is set to disappointed his former Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers and join Tottenham in an £8million deal.


• Aston Villa are on the verge of completing the £2.1million signing of Feyenoord midfielder Karim El Ahmadi.


• Newcastle are keen on PSV Eindhoven striker Ola Toivonen.


• Manchester City want Barcelona's Sergi Samper.


• Blackburn's Yakubu is in China to seal his £1million move to Guangzhou R&F.


• Everton are monitoring Steven Naismith's position after the Scotland striker indicated he wants to leave Rangers.


• Arsenal want to cut the wage bill by offloading Denilson, Carlos Vela, Sebastien Squillaci, Andrey Arshavin, Nicklas Bendtner, Marouane Chamakh, Park Chu-young and Johan Djourou.

• Fabio Capello has aimed a dig at Wayne Rooney's fortunes with England by saying: "He only understands Scottish."


• Mario Balotelli has found himself immersed in a race row after he was depicted as King Kong in a cartoon in an Italian newspaper.


• Tottenham are favourites to sign Gylfi Sigurdsson.


• Michael Laudrup has been promised there will be no meddling from Swansea's owners after walking out on previous club Mallorca following boardroom bust-ups.


• West Brom have turned to German goalkeeper Michael Rensing after failing to agree a fee with Birmingham for Ben Foster.


• Karim El Ahmadi is close to completing a move to Aston Villa.


• Barcelona are in talks with Valencia to buy Jordi Alba.

• Allan McGregor and Steve Davis last night joined the Rangers rebellion against Charles Green's newco.


• Celtic last night leapt back into the hunt for £3million-rated Leicester defender Matt Mills.


• Dorin Goian is set to join Lee Wallace in pledging his future to newco Rangers.


• Hearts made John McGlynn their new manager - then revealed he beat off competition from around the world to land the job.


• Craig Brown reckons Jonny Hayes will be the key to transforming Aberdeen's future.


• Jim Jefferies is confident Kevin Kyle will join Dunfermline for pre-season training despite shock interest from Hibs.


• Former Rangers striker Kris Boyd is set to boot former club Eskisehispor out of the Europa League for refusing to pay the cash they owe him.

• Arsenal have gone cold on Rennes midfielder Yann M'Vila, 21, after his bust-up with France coach Laurent Blanc.

• Inter Milan are in talks to sign Manchester City's 27-year-old midfielder Nigel de Jong.