The top stories from papers and websites - 12 April 2013

• Gary Neville fears England's chances of winning a trophy are being ruined by too many foreign players in the Premier League.


• Liverpool are favourites to sign Swansea defender Ashley Williams, 28, this summer despite interest from Arsenal.


• Aston Villa and Southampton are both keen to sign former Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini, 29, who will be out of contract with AC Milan in the summer.


• Brian McDermott will be named as the new manager of Championship side Leeds United today.

• England boss Roy Hodgson has slammed clubs who allow their players to use international breaks as sunshine holidays.


• Liverpool are confident they can beat Arsenal in the race to sign £12m-rated Swansea defender Ashley Williams as a replacement for Jamie Carragher.


• Manchester City are leading the chase for 20-year-old Borussia Dortmund attacking midfielder Mario Gotze who has a £35m release clause.


• Stoke City boss Tony Pulis is chasing FC Copenhagen striker Andreas Cornelius.


• Southampton captain Adam Lallana has signed a new five-year contract at St Mary's.

• Antonio Valencia admits Manchester United are scared of blowing their title lead again this season.


• Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert has slapped a £25m price tag on striker Christian Benteke after his goalscoring exploits this season.

• West Ham are set to offer Liverpool £10m for striker Andy Carroll, 24, who is currently on loan at Upton Park - but is valued at £17m by the Reds.


• Manchester City have joined Arsenal and Manchester United in expressing an interest in Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Gotze.


• St Etienne's 23-year-old striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, valued at £13m, is attracting interest from Newcastle, Arsenal and Spurs.


• Sunderland are looking at Basle defender Aleksandar Dragovic, 22, with West Ham and Arsenal also interested.


• Manchester United are reviving their interest in 16-year-old Anderlecht forward David Henen who is valued at around £3.5m.


• Stoke are considering a bid for Denmark and FC Copenhagen striker Andreas Cornelius, 20, to replace Michael Owen, with Everton also interested.

• England manager Roy Hodgson has launched a thinly veiled attack on Rio Ferdinand for pulling out of England's last two World Cup qualifiers.


• Newcastle's brave run in the Europa League came to a halt last night as they went out to Benfica despite drawing the second leg of their quarter-final tie 1-1, losing 4-2 on aggregate.

• Liverpool must decide whether to pay a minimum of £12m if they are to beat Arsenal to the signature of Swansea defender Ashley Williams this summer.

• England manager Roy Hodgson has released his frustration over the club-versus-country issues that he believes are undermining the national team.

• Chelsea boss Rafael Benitez said he had no problems with the squabble that erupted between David Luiz and Frank Lampard as the teams departed at half-time, pointing to the tete-a-tete as recognition of a need to improve.

• Tottenham are eyeing a surprise approach for Everton stalwart Leon Osman. The midfielder's contract talks at Goodison have broken down.