The top stories from papers and websites - 09 August 2012

• Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has blasted Arsenal over his attempts to sign Robin van Persie.


• Joe Allen will be a Kop idol after Liverpool triggered his release clause at Swansea.


• Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has told Manchester City: It will take silly money to land Daniel Agger.


• Real Madrid are trying to offload Kaka to AC Milan before making a final attempt to land Luka Modric from Tottenham.


• Blackburn have signed Colin Kazim-Richards for the season.


• Swansea have agreed to take Israel striker Itay Shechter on a season-long loan from Kaiserslautern.


• Aston Villa have offered a three-year deal to Gubbio defender Simone Farina, 30.


• Sunderland target Steven Fletcher has handed in a transfer request at Wolves.

• Manchester City claim they are being asked to pay a staggering £27million for Liverpool's Daniel Agger.


• Newcastle owner Mike Ashley is in advanced talks to buy a 10 per cent stake of Scottish Third Division side Rangers.


• Tal Ben Haim is close to reaching a deal with Portsmouth and signing for Hapoel Tel Aviv on a season-long loan.


• Wigan are on the brink of accepting an £8.5million Chelsea offer for striker Victor Moses.


• Napoli are in discussions to sign Chelsea's £8million-rated midfielder Raul Meireles, while Josh McEachran is a target for Bolton and Blackburn.


• Manchester City have checked on Brazil striker and Spurs target Leandro Damiao, 23.


• Werder Bremen are interested in City striker Roque Santa Cruz, while Wolfsburg are keen to re-sign Edin Dzeko and may offer Simon Kjaer, 23 as part of the deal.


• Wolves have rejected Liverpool's bid of £500,000 for goalkeeper Dorus de Vries.


• Trabzonspor have made an offer to Stoke target Michael Owen.


• Michael Kightly has revealed his delight at securing an instant return to the Barclays Premier League with Stoke.

• Tottenham want Partizan Belgrade midfielder Mohamed 'Medo' Kamara as Luka Modric's replacement.


• Blackburn boss Steve Kean is set to seal a £6million deal for Huddersfield striker Jordan Rhodes.


• Huddersfield are making a £3million double deal for Dundee United's Gary Mackay-Steven and Johnny Russell.


• Paul Scharner has ended his spell in England by leaving West Brom for German giants Hamburg.

• Liverpool want a staggering £25million plus Adam Johnson in exchange for Daniel Agger.


• Wolves have refused to accept a transfer request from striker Steven Fletcher and will want at least £15million if he is to leave.


• Roma have given encouragement to Manchester City in their bid to sign long-term target Daniele De Rossi, after revealing they will listen to offers for the midfielder.

• Rangers boss Ally McCoist is on the verge of making a long-term commitment to the Ibrox club.

• Tottenham have made an approach for Internazionale goalkeeper Julio Cesar, as they fear top taget Hugo Lloris will be too expensive.

• Liverpool are lining up a move for Atletico Madrid defender Diego Godin as a replacement for Manchester City target Daniel Agger.


• Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova has refused to comment on the Catalans' alleged interest in midfielder Alex Song, as he feels it would show a lack of respect towards Arsenal. "I prefer to not talk about players that are not part of the Barca team. I think it is disrespectful," he said.

• Athletic Bilbao striker Fernando Llorente has alerted both Manchester City and Chelsea after turning down a new contact at the club, and expressing his desire to leave.