The top stories from papers and websites - 07 July 2012

• Manchester City, Barcelona and Paris St Germain are involved in a massive tug-of-war over Robin van Persie.


• Tottenham hope to seal Jan Vertonghen's move from Ajax on Saturday after a late hitch.


• Spurs have also tabled a £13million bid for France keeper Hugo Lloris.


• Aston Villa and Sunderland are in a £9million fight for Real Mallorca centre-back Ivan Ramis.


• Fiorentina are ready to cough up £4million for Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh.


• Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has been told he can have FC Twente striker Luuk de Jong - for £16million.


• West Brom are keen on former Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins.


• Leeds will make a double swoop for Portsmouth striker Luke Varney and David Norris.

• Jermain Defoe has been told he cannot leave Spurs.


• Wigan will not cut their £10million asking price for Victor Moses.


• Newcastle target Mathieu Debuchy will have showdown talks this weekend.


• West Brom are closing in on a £2million deal for one-time Man City target Yassine El Ghanassy.


• Manchester United defender Zeki Fryers has agreed a four-year deal with Spurs.


• While Juventus are so desperate to land the Dutchman they are willing to smash their wage ceiling to seal the deal.


• Meanwhile Arsenal are considering replacing van Persie with Fiorentina forward Stevan Jovetic or Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski, who were both watched by the scouts last season.


• Everton centre-back John Heitinga is wanted by Turkish side Besiktas.

• Luka Modric appeared close to the Tottenham exit door with Real Madrid claiming a £28million move may be completed next week.


• QPR hope to see off Everton's interest and sign Blackburn's Junior Hoilett.


• Leeds boss Neil Warnock wants to sign Swansea striker Leroy Lita.

• Joe Cole is determined not to be remembered as a Liverpool flop.


• Kolo Toure has urged Manchester City to sign Robin van Persie.

• Kolo Toure has urged Manchester City to break the bank for Robin van Persie.


• Sir Alex Ferguson wants Japan star Shinji Kagawa to learn how to speak like a Scotsman.


• Joe Cole has vowed to prove he is no flop and succeed at Liverpool.


• Tottenham are set to battle rivals Arsenal for Italian keeper Emilio Viviano, who spent last season with Palermo, but is part owned by Inter Milan.


• Malaga will aim to hijack Tottenham's deal for Emmanuel Adebayor, if they can't persuade Arsenal's want-away striker Robin van Persie to join them.

• Juventus are hoping to capitalise on the hesitancy at Manchester City over Robin van Persie by offering to make the Arsenal captain the highest paid player in their history.


• Brendan Rodgers is close to making Roma forward Fabio Borini his first signing as Liverpool manager following lengthy negotiations in Italy.

• AC Milan are also set to make a move for Gunners skipper van Persie.

• Arsenal chairman, Peter Hill-Wood, has staunchly defended the running of the club against the vitriolic criticism levelled against the board by the 30% owner, The Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov.

• Neil Lennon admits Rangers' absence from the SPL may mean the sale of a Celtic player to make up for lost revenue.


• Steven Davis has ended his time at Rangers by signing for Southampton.

• Liverpool are leading the race for Daniel Sturridge and are preparing a £10 million bid for the Chelsea forward.