The top stories from papers and websites - 12 December 2012

• Mark Clattenburg is at the centre of a new storm after Manchester City's Gareth Barry was charged with abusing an official.


• Arsene Wenger is clinging on to his job after the most humiliating defeat of his 16-year reign at Arsenal.


• West Ham joined the world's biggest stars by appearing on The Simpsons - but the cartoon got their colours wrong.


• Liverpool want to make a £12million swoop for Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge.


• Chelsea boss Rafael Benitez will step up his pursuit of Corinthians midfielder Paulinho this week.


• Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is ready to replace Demba Ba with Dynamo Kiev striker Artem Milevskiy.


• West Brom striker Shane Long insists he is staying put in January.


• Southampton and Reading are battling it out to sign Barnsley defender Scott Wiseman.


• Swansea are set to make a £3million bid from Bristol City winger Albert Adomah.

• Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson could make a move for Arsenal's Theo Walcott.


• MK Dons boss Karl Robinson has been left shaken after being attacked with a pint glass by Brentford fans.


• Joe Cole has insisted he wants to fight on for his Liverpool future.


• Reading are lining up a shock swoop to bring Roman Pavlyuchenko back to the Premier League.


• Barcelona have knocked back a Liverpool enquiry about Alexis Sanchez.


• Fulham boss Martin Jol is a big fan of Charlton goalkeeper Ben Hamer.


• Coventry are considering quitting the Ricoh Arena and moving 45 miles away from the city into Rushden and Diamonds' abandoned home.

• Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has three games to save his job.


• Arsenal's Theo Walcott is the target of an £8million January bid from Manchester United.

• Liverpool have made a grovelling apology to Fulham over the tapping-up of Clint Dempsey in the summer.


• Manchester United have joined the race for Arsenal rebel Theo Walcott in a move similar to Robin van Persie's controversial switch to Old Trafford in August.


• Liverpool have taken significant steps towards signing Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge and Blackpool forward Tom Ince.


• Manchester City are monitoring PSG defender Mamadou Sakho.


• LA Galaxy are showing interest in Tottenham goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini.


• Aston Villa, Newcastle and Reading are keen on Osasuna midfielder Raoul Loe.


• Blackpool are keen on West Brom defender Craig Dawson.

• Liverpool are on the verge of a double deal for Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge and Blackpool forward Tom Ince.


• Shane Long denies he is looking to leave West Brom in the January transfer window.

• Manchester United are preparing to join Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City in the race to sign Theo Walcott, whose Arsenal contract expires next summer.

• The Professional Footballers' Association has apologised to Mark McCammon, who was sacked by Gillingham because he complained that they had racially discriminated against him.

• Sunderland's pursuit of Man City spare striker John Guidetti now has competition from Palermo.

• Manchester City are plotting a £5million bid for Brazilian goalkeeper Rafael Cabral, to put pressure on Joe Hart.