The top stories from papers and websites - 28 June 2012

• Spurs midfielder Luka Modric plans to submit a written transfer request in the next seven days to trigger a £30m battle between Manchester United and Real Madrid to sign him.


• Napoli have told Manchester City and Chelsea to forget about signing Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani, 25.


• Ajax defender Jan Vertonghen's hopes of a £9.5m move to Tottenham are fading because of a clause in his contract entitling him to 15% of the transfer fee.


• Birmingham have rejected a £6m bid from Southampton for teenage goalkeeper Jack Butland.


• Fulham are set to sign Croatian striker Mladen Petric who is now a free agent after leaving Hamburg.

• Ajax defender Jan Vertonghen's £10m move to Spurs is back on according to the Dutch club's manager Frank de Boer.


• QPR forward Adel Taarabt is in talks about a new long-term contract at Loftus Road.


• Football's law-makers will approve goal-line technology next week after officials failed to give a Ukraine goal against England.

• Chelsea are closing in on Fiorentina striker Stevan Jovetic, 22, after being told they can have him for £25m.


• United Arab Emirates club Al-Shabab say they have no interest in signing striker Michael Owen following his release by Manchester United - claiming he is "on the downhill".


• Southampton are poised to sign Rangers skipper Steven Davis after he walked out on the Ibrox club.

• Manchester City are looking to tie David Silva to an improved contract, while Mario Balotelli's agent has ruled out the striker moving to Juventus.


• West Ham have upped their bid for Norwich striker Grant Holt, 31, to £6m.


• Tottenham could ease the pain of losing Luka Modric to Real Madrid by signing Turkey midfielder Nuri Sahin, 23, in part exchange.


• Swansea are set to move for Denmark midfielder Thomas Kahlenberg after his proprosed transfer from Brondby to St Etienne collapsed.


• Roman Pavlyuchenko has told Lokomotiv Moscow they have captured Tottenham's best defender by signing Vedran Corluka.


• Wayne Rooney flew to Los Angeles for a break to get away from the disappointment of England's Euro 2012 exit.


• Manchester City and Chelsea have been warned by Napoli that Uruguyan star Edison Cavani is not for sale for any amount of money.


• Chelsea are considering replacing departed right back Jose Bosingwa with Borussia Dortumund and Poland Euro 2012 star Lukasz Piszczek.

• Roy Hodgson has rounded on Fabio Capello for criticising Wayne Rooney's performance's at Euro 2012.

• Andre Villas-Boas, Tottenham Hotspur's manager-elect, has been kept informed of the club's attempts to strengthen their squad for next season as he waits to be announced officially as Harry Redknapp's replacement on Sunday.

• Rangers will begin pre-season training with only three players, with a host of contract rebels advised not to accept their wages if they choose to leave.

• Rangers legend Sandy Jardine has accused the 'Ibrox nine' of greed and dishonesty after they refused to transfer their contracts to the newco.


• Morton have joined Raith and Falkirk in saying they will block moves to allow newco Rangers to join the First Division.


• Midfielder Lee Croft is set to re-sign for St Johnstone from Derby County.


• Crystal Palace have joined Bristol City and Huddersfield in the battled to sign Leeds United striker Ross McCormack.

• Arsenal are being given mixed messages in their pursuit of Spanish striker Adrian as the Atletico Madrid man stalls on the offer of a new contract at the Vicente Calderon.


• Everton and West Ham are leading the chase to sign Pescara defender Marco Capuano.

• Manchester United have conceded defeat in their efforts to sign Modric, after they were put off by the £40m asking price.