The top stories from papers and websites - 10 January 2013

• Manchester United have blown Arsenal and Spurs out of the race for Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha with a £12million package.


• Tottenham have been warned that it will cost them £25million to land Brazil striker Leandro Damiao from Internacional.


• PSG boss Carlo Ancelotti wants to sign England left-back Ashley Cole from Chelsea.


• QPR have made a £5million bid for West Brom's 29-year-old Swedish defender Jonas Olsson.


• Fulham are closing on the signing of defensive midfielder Derek Boateng, 29, from Dnipro.


• Birmingham City's £6million-rated England keeper Jack Butland, 19, says he will only for first-team football - not to be a reserve.


• Leeds, Huddersfield and Wolves are chasing Bradford City's £1million-rated League Cup hero Nahki Wells.

• Manchester United are keeping a close eye on Rayo Vallecano's Brazil striker Leo Baptistao, 20, who is rated at £5million and is also being tracked by Liverpool, QPR, Leeds and Brighton.


• Sunderland midfielder David Vaughan is wanted on loan by Championship side Crystal Palace.


• Kenny Dalglish could make a shock return to Liverpool in his old position as club ambassador.


• Wolves have joined Brighton in the race to sign out-of-favour Ipswich striker Jason Scotland, 33, on loan for the rest of the season.


• Blackburn defender Gael Givet, 31, is ready to join French club Evian, while Rovers want Blackpool boss Michael Appleton as their new manager.


• Juventus midfielder Andrea Pirlo has pleaded with Frank Lampard to join the Italian clubs — and said Chelsea are “mad” to let him leave.


• Mega-rich PSG are weighing up a huge bid for Cristiano Ronaldo who is thought to be unsettled at Real Madrid.

• Everton are lining up Wigan Athletic's James McCarthy, 22, as a replacement for Marouane Fellaini who is wanted by Chelsea and Manchester United.


• Newcastle full-back Davide Santon is set to snub Serie A giants AC Milan and remain in the Premier League.


• Championship sides Leeds and Derby are both chasing Dagenham & Redbridge left-back Femi Ilesanmi.


• Paul Lambert will be backed not sacked after Aston Villa’s cup humiliation at Bradford - and given a £10m transfer kitty for new players.

• Tottenham's hopes of signing Brazilian forward Leandro Damiao, 23, have suffered a blow after his agent said he expected him to stay with Internacional.


• QPR boss Harry Redknapp wants to sign defender William Gallas from former club Spurs.


• Swansea have been told to raise their offer for Real Betis midfielder Jose Canas, 25, after having a bid of £800,000 rejected.


• Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers wants his scouts to make the most of the wealth of emerging talent on their own doorstep.


• Sunderland are continuing their search for a defender and have added FC Groningen's Virgil van Dijk, 21, and Kader Mangane, 29, of Al Hilal to their list of targets.


• Southampton boss Nigel Adkins's job is still under review by chairman Nicola Cortese despite the club's recent revival. Christian Gross and Roberto Di Matteo are being lined up.

• Manchester City forward Carlos Tevez says manager Roberto Mancini has fired up his strikers by praising Manchester United forward Robin van Persie.


• Newcastle are poised to make a bid for Marseille forward Loic Remy.

• Manchester United are leading the chase for Crystal Palace's England winger Wilfried Zaha, 20, and hope to tie up a £12m deal.


• Newcastle have edged ahead in the race to sign Toulouse midfielder Moussa Sissoko, 23, this summer.


• London rivals Arsenal, Chelsea and West Ham are all tracking another Toulouse midfielder, Etienne Capoue.


• Liverpool have stepped up their bid to sign central defender Nicolas Isimat-Mirin from French club Valenciennes.


• Serie A giants Roma have rejected a bid from Fulham to sign Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg.


• Utrecht and Zambia striker Jacob Mulenga has been offered to Norwich City and Reading.

• Nottingham Forest could move for QPR keeper Robert Green after releasing Northern Ireland international Lee Camp.


• Liverpool are preparing to offer former manager and player Kenny Dalglish another Anfield comeback, lining him up for a return to his role as a club ambassador.

• West Ham are ready to move for Everton defender Sylvain Distin - which could pave the way for James Tomkins to join Newcastle.