The top stories from papers and websites - 07 September 2012

• Steven Gerrard believes England can pull off a "miracle" and win the 2014 World Cup.


• Arsene Wenger will offer Bacary Sagna a new contract even after the defender's outspoken attack on Arsenal.


• Tottenham's forgotten winger David Bentley has joined Russian side FC Rostov on loan until January.


• Leroy Lita is to join Birmingham on a three-month loan deal from Swansea.

• Steven Gerrard admits England need "a miracle" to win the World Cup in 2014.


• Bacary Sagna has slammed Arsenal for failing to keep the club's top players - hinting he could be the next to jump ship.

• Bacary Sagna has hit out at Arsenal for selling their best players and admits he fears for the future.


• Newcastle are awaiting news on Fabricio Coloccini's fitness amid fears their captain could miss a run of Premier League games.


• Sheffield United want to sign Everton's Magaye Gueye and Derby's Ben Davies on loan.

• QPR midfielder Samba Diakite has returned home to France to battle depression.


• Nani's 'unreal' wage demands wrecked any chance of the Manchester United winger moving to Zenit St Petersburg this summer, the Russian club's director-general Maxim Mitrofanov said on Thursday.


• Poland striker Robert Lewandowski has alerted suitors Manchester United and Chelsea after admitted that he could leave Borussia Dortmund at the end of the season.


• Tottenham and Manchester United target Leandro Damiao has revealed he came close to joining a big European team during the summer - but hasn't revealed which club it was.

• England will launch their World Cup qualifying bid on Friday night with skipper Steven Gerrard confident of a Brazil 20124 place and urging his team-mates to remember that "miracles do happen".


• QPR midfielder Samba Diakite has flown home to France and is being treated for depression.


• Andre Villas-Boas talked his way out of the chance of his first Premier League job after bamboozling Burnley with his jargon.


• Stoke want to send Michael Tonge, Diego Arismendi, Danny Higginbotham, Mama Sidibe and Wilson Palacios out on loan.

• Steven Gerrard has urged his England team-mates to keep believing they can pull off a miracle by winning the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.


• Roy Hodgson insists that he has no concerns over Wayne Rooney's conditioning and fitness regime, despite the player's own tendency to put on weight.

• Chelsea and England defender Ashley Cole is set for a move to Paris St-Germain, after being left unimpressed by the Blues offer of just a one year contract extension.