The top stories from papers and websites - 26 June 2012

• Roy Hodgson admits England have big problems - and has promised a "revolution" to solve them.


• Birmingham will unveil Lee Clark as their new manager tomorrow on a one-year deal.


• Alessandro Diamanti was a penalty expert at West Ham - but his spot-kick against England reignited a legal row about his Upton Park transfer fee.


• Joey Barton has been warned he will be sacked by QPR if he ever repeats any of his madness at Manchester City.


• Chelsea have been told Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao is not for sale at any price.


• Southampton are chasing Czech defender Tomas Sivok.


• Blackburn have handed Danny Murphy £30,000 a week to lead them back to the Premier League.


• Portsmouth are a step closer to coming out of administration.


• Watford and Sheffield Wednesday want Tom Heaton on a free transfer.

• Roy Hodgson believes Wayne Rooney failed to deliver on the big stage again for England.


• Joey Barton admitted he was "reckless and stupid" after being stripped of the QPR captaincy, fined six weeks' wages and threatened with the sack.


• Manchester City have rejected claims they want to offload £18million left-back Aleksandar Kolarov.


• Southampton are chasing Czech free agent Tomas Sivok.


• Aaron Mokoena wants a £600,000 pay-off to quit Portsmouth after agreeing a move to South Africa.


• Watford and Sheffield Wednesday are battling to sign Cardiff goalkeeper Tom Heaton.


• Manchester City are thought to be targeting Bayern Munich star Arjen Robben as part of a deal that will see striker Edin Dzeko return to Germany.

• Roy Hodgson admitted Wayne Rooney failed to show his star quality at yet another major tournament.


• QPR's furious chiefs wanted to punish Joey Barton with a fine pushing £1million for his meltdown at Manchester City.


• Chelsea midfielder Raul Meireles is an £8million target for Serie A side Napoli.


• West Ham flop Pablo Barrera is set to return to Mexico with Cruz Azul.


• Lee Clark has agreed to become the new Birmingham manager.


• Rangers face being booted out of Scotland's Premier League.

• The FA last night stood up for England's two shootout flops by branding racist Twitter attacks on them 'appalling and unacceptable'.


• Ray Lewington has agreed a four-year deal to be England manager Roy Hodgson's right-hand man. The FA are close to agreeing compensation of about £125,000 with Fulham to secure his services permanently.


• Joey Barton has been fined £420,000 by QPR, but the club failed in their attempts to sack the midfielder for his Etihad Stadium rage.


• Fulham are interested in Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey as a possible replacement for Danny Murphy.


• Sunderland are stepping up efforts to land Wolves striker Steven Fletcher.


• Edin Dzeko's move to Bayern Munich is in doubt as the Germans bid for Wolfsburg striker Mario Mandzukic.


• West Ham are tracking Sporting Gijon centre-back Alberto Botia.


• Rennes have had an offer of £4.1million for centre-back Abdou Kader Mangane, with Arsenal showing interest.


• Didier Drogba could be set to complete what would be an astonishing transfer to Barcelona just days after signing a Shangha Shenhua contract. Reports in Spain say his deal with Shanghai allows him to leave at no cost to move to Barcelona only.


• Rennes have had an offer of £4.1million for Arsenal target Abdou Kader Mangane from an unnamed club.

• Roy Hodgson has vowed to lead a "revolution" as he plots the next step in transforming England after their shattering Euro 2012 demise.


• Roberto Mancini says he is not trying to offload Aleksander Kolarov from Manchester City's title-winning squad.


• Sunderland chairman Ellis Short was angry with a 13th-place finish last season but is convinced Martin O'Neill is the right man to make them a top-10 Premier League force.


• Portsmouth are a step closer to coming out of administration after creditors voted in favour of Balram Chainrai's CVA proposal.

• Roy Hodgson expects the old guard of John Terry, Ashley Cole and Steven Gerrard to be central to any "revolution" of his England team after their elimination from Euro 2012.


• Rangers effectively received their marching orders from the Scottish Premier League yesterday when three further clubs jumped the gun on the July 4 voting date to register their intention to say "no" to the newco Ibrox club.

• Roy Hodgson flew home from Krakow yesterday, promising a "revolution" for England's next game, the August friendly against Italy in Berne.


• Steven Gerrard will carry on as England captain after holding talks with manager Roy Hodgson about his international future.

• Roy Hodgson admitted yesterday that England had expected too much of Wayne Rooney at Euro 2012 and that in order for the team to succeed in the future they would need their most famous name to perform better at tournaments.


• Aberdeen delivered the final blow to Rangers' flickering hope of playing in the Scottish Premier League next season, with the Old Firm giants now expected to be demoted to the bottom division, ending a 140-year stay in the top flight.

• Roy Hodgson has insisted he will not sacrifice England's old guard despite planning wholesale changes when the team begin the rebuilding process after their Euro 2012 disappointment.

• Ravaged Rangers were sent hurtling through the SPL trap door last night after Aberdeen crucially became the fifth club to say they will vote no to an Ibrox newco.


• Kyle Lafferty will today become the third senior Rangers player to refuse to sign up for Charles Green's newco.


• St Mirren could be in line for a community buyout after a prominent councillor urged the local authority to pump cash into the club.

• Manchester City are targeting Newcastle's Fabricio Coloccini and Liverpool’s Daniel Agger to bolster their defensive options.


• Fiorentina are unlikely to sell Liverpool and Aston Villa target Juan Manuel Vargas this summer after both clubs failed to reach the Italian club's £12m asking price.

• Arsenal's Danish striker Nicklas Bendtner is closer to making a decision on his future, following "overwhelming" and "global" interest in the 24-year-old, according to his agent.

• Chelsea have turned their attention to Bayer Leverkusen winger Andre Schurrle, after Wigan broke off talks over selling Victor Moses.