The top stories from papers and websites - 19 July 2012

• Sam Allardyce is launching a bitter court battle against Steve Kean.


• Brendan Rodgers was last night forced to admit that Liverpool have contacted Fulham about Clint Dempsey.


• Andre Villas-Boas has told Luka Modric he will not be sold unless Real Madrid stump up Tottenham's £35million asking price.


• Zlatan Ibrahimovic is now the world's highest-paid footballer after PSG agreed to pay him £220,000 a week after tax.


• Manchester City have rejected talk that Edin Dzeko will head to AC Milan as a Zlatan replacement.


• Neymar has backed his Brazil team-mate Oscar to be a big hit at Chelsea.


• Florent Malouda will head a Chelsea clear-out as Roberto Di Matteo makes rooms for new buys.


• Derby have followed up a £500,000 swoop for Leeds left-back Aidy White with a £1million bid for Coventry's Richard Keogh.


• Blackburn are attempting to hijack Ipswich's attempts to sign Watford keeper Scott Loach.


• Rafael van der Vaart insists he wants to stay at Tottenham.

• Manchester United believe they have won the £20million race to sign Arsenal's Robin van Persie.


• Emmanuel Adebayor returned to training at Manchester City yesterday as the stand-off with Spurs over his £175,000-a-week wages continued.


• Andy Carroll wants to thrash out his Liverpool future next week.


• Former Chelsea defender Alex believes Roman Abramovich was panicked into sacking Andre Villas-Boas by the rise of Spurs and Manchester City.


• Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has been told by former club Swansea it will take £15million to sign Joe Allen.


• Newcastle are pushing for defensive reinforcements after tabling offers for Douglas and Mathieu Debuchy.


• Juventus striker Vincenzo Iaquinta could be on his way to Fulham.

• Liverpool have been told to stump up £10million for Fulham star Clint Dempsey.


• Florent Malouda has been told he can leave Chelsea.


• Steven Nzonzi has put Chelsea and Arsenal on alert by demanding to leave Blackburn.


• Newcastle are poised for a double breakthrough in the transfer market next week as they close on Mathieu Debuchy and Douglas while still hoping to tie up a loan deal for Andy Carroll.


• Sunderland are chasing Blackpool flyer Matt Phillips but Everton and Wigan are also keen on the talented wideman.

• Brendan Rodgers has confirmed Liverpool are working on a deal to bring in Clint Dempsey from Fulham and reiterated that Andy Carroll will not be allowed to leave on loan.


• Emmanuel Adebayor's move to Spurs has stalled over his wage demands.


• Robin van Persie is in danger of pricing himself out of a move to Juventus.


• Fulham are in talks with French club Evian over striker Yannick Sagbo.


• Chelsea have resumed talks with Marseille over £7million-rated right-back Cesar Azpilicueta.


• Sam Allardyce has launched legal action against Blackburn boss Steve Kean.


• Arsenal have had a bid for highly-rated 17-year-old Caen striker M'baye Niang rejected.


• Tottenham are favourites to sign Brighton defender Grant Hall.


• Wigan have signed Barcelona's Eduard Campabadal and Guillermo for their development side.


• Chelsea left-back Ben Gordon is heading to Birmingham on a six-month loan.


• Barcelona are interested in Liverpool defender Daniel Agger.


• Internacional midfielder Oscar will have his Chelsea medical while in London for the Olympics.

• Florent Malouda can leave Chelsea if the offer is right.


• Fulham have told Liverpool to forget trying to sign Clint Dempsey on the cheap.


• AC Milan will turn to Edin Dzeko as a replacement for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has joined PSG.


• Crawley have issued Nottingham Forest with a hands-off warning over boss Sean O'Driscoll.


• Blackburn midfielder Steven Nzonzi has put in a transfer request.


• West Brom have rejected a bid from Qatari side Al-Gharafa for Peter Odemwingie.

• Neil Lennon insists Rangers should be stripped of titles if they were won by cheating.

• Robert Lewandowski has told bosses at Borussia Dortmund that he wants a move the Premier League, Manchester United are still keen on a deal.


• Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova has told Ibrahim Afellay that he can leave the club, with Arsenal and Liverpool sniffing around the Dutchman.


• Caen have told Arsenal that they'll need to stump up more cash to secure a deal for young forward M'Baye Niang.

• Arsenal are ready to commence contract talks with Theo Walcott.

• Mali forward Garra Dembele will have a trial with Championship Blackburn.