The top stories from papers and websites - 05 August 2012

• Harry Redknapp has revealed Tottenham promised Luka Modric he could join Real Madrid a year ago. Spurs have rejected Real's £30million offer and will not let Modric go for less than £40million.


• Hugo Lloris' father and agent expects the Lyon goalkeeper to join Spurs for around £12million once Modric is sold to Real.


• Ajax will offer £7.5million Newcastle target Vurnon Anita a bumper new deal to keep him in Amsterdam.


• West Ham lead the race for Evian ace Yannick Sagbo.


• Stoke are chasing Maccabi Tel Aviv's 19-year-old Senegal hotshot Moussa Konate, who is valued at £2million.


• Lorient stars Arnold Mvuemba and Alaixys Romao are West Brom targets.

• Robin van Persie wants a move to Manchester United - but faces a nervous wait to see if the Old Trafford money men will cough up the £25million Arsenal are demanding.


• Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo is making a blockbusting £25million bid for Bayer Leverkusen star Andre Schurrle - to fill Didier Drogba's big boots.


• Chelsea midfielder Oscar has turned salesman to persuade samba sensation Neymar to head for the Blues.


• Blackburn will make a 'take it or leave it' £6million offer for Huddersfield goal machine Jordan Rhodes.


• Manchester United are keen on cash-strapped Malaga's Spain Under-21 winger Isco.


• Wigan are fighting Watford and Blackburn for the signature of QPR striker DJ Campbell.


• Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill wants Aston Villa left-back Stephen Warnock for around £2million and will listen to offers for Kieran Richardson.


• Everton star Johnny Heitinga's move to Fenerbahce is off.


• Tottenham have told Danny Rose he can leave on a season-long loan. West Brom, Aston Villa and Wigan are keen on the versatile left-sided player.


• Fulham will step up their bid to sign West Ham striker Carlton Cole this week.


• Birmingham want to take Guirane N'Daw on loan again, but face competition from Nottingham Forest and Brighton.


• Swansea want to sign Bristol City's Albert Adomah in a £3million player-exchange deal with Stephen Dobbie.


• Crystal Palace are chasing Preston's £150,000 striker Jamie Proctor.


• Ipswich want to offload Jimmy Bullard from their wage bill.

• Manchester United have agreed a £30million deal for Brazil's Lucas Moura - and Sir Alex Ferguson is hoping to take his spending to a close on £50million by finally ending the Robin van Persie transfer saga this week.


• Meanwhile, United are also set to beat Chelsea to the signing of Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski.


• The Blues are closing in on Wigan striker Victor Moses after the Latics enquired about Everton's Victor Anichebe.


• Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers could move for Swansea defender Ashley Williams with Daniel Agger wanted by Manchester City.

• Robin van Persie is set to make a dramatic U-turn and stay at Arsenal. Club insiders now believe the Dutchman is impressed by their recent transfer business.


• Barcelona will try and lure Arsenal's Alex Soing to Camp Nou with a £15million bid.


• Swansea winger Scott Sinclair is a shock £5million target for champions Manchester City. The 23-year-old is stalling on a new contract.


• Tottenham are threatening to pull the plug on their bid to sign Emmanuel Adebayor from Manchester City and make a renewed move for Internacional's Leandro Damiao.


• Liverpool's bid to sign Clint Dempsey could be gazumped by Roma if they cannot agree a fee with Fulham. The Cottagers are demanding £10million for the Texan.


• Roy Hodgson is facing a World Cup injury crisis after Jack Wilshere and Scott Parker were ruled out of England's first two qualifiers.


• Newcastle are set to make a formal complaint to ADO Den Haag after their black players were subjected to racist taunts in Saturday's 0-0 friendly draw in Holland.

• Owner Randy Lerner may listen to offers for Aston Villa following the $1bn sale of his NFL side the Cleveland Browns.


• Wolves are keen to sign Manchester City’s Montenegro defender Stefan Savic on a season-long loan.

• Fulham boss Martin Jol has moved in for Vitesse Arnhem defender Alexander Buttner following the collapse of his move to Southampton.


• Nottingham Forest are trying to bring defender Kelvin Wilson back from Celtic on loan.


• West Ham have had a bid rejected by Southend for defender / striker Bilel Mohsni.


• Middlesbrough goalkeeper target Marco Amelia wants to stay at AC Milan.


• Wigan boss Roberto Martinez wants Napoli's £4million-rated midfielder Walter Gargano.


• Liverpool are attempting to speed up the departure of Andy Carroll.


• Tottenham's renewed bid to sign Brazil’s Leandro Damiao is being threatened by AC Milan, who are also keen on the striker.

• Celtic are sweating on the fitness of Scott Brown ahead of Wednesday's crunch Euro clash against Helsinki. He sat out Saturday's 1-0 SPL win over Aberdeen with a hip injury.


• Celtic defender Kelvin Wilson could be on his way to Ipswich in a £250,000 deal.

• Manchester United are also hoping to derail Arsenal's bid to sign Nuri Sahin on loan, by making an offer to buy him, according to reports in Spain.

• Tottenham have made contact with Roma about signing Maarten Stekelenburg as they refuse to up their bid for Hugo Lloris beyond £12 million.