The top stories from papers and websites - 29 August 2012

• Wayne Rooney fears Manchester United are preparing to offload him for £40million.


• Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas wants to sign 25-year-old Portugal midfielder Joao Moutinho from Porto and Russia striker Alan Dzagoev, 22, from CSKA Moscow, but could lose Jermain Defoe and Rafael van der Vaart.


• Arsenal winger Theo Walcott has been warned to sign a new deal in the next 48 hours or be sold.


• Manchester City have been told it will cost them £25m to sign Benfica midfielder Javi Garcia.


• Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner is in negotiations about a shock move to AC Milan.


• Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert is considering a move for 30-year-old Southampton striker Rickie Lambert.


• Nuri Sahin has revealed how Xabi Alonso sold Anfield to him because "he is still in love with Liverpool".


• Meanwhile, the Reds want to sign Wolves keeper Dorus de Vries to give Pepe Reina more competition.


• Kieran Richardson is heading to Fulham after Sunderland accepted a £2.5m bid for the versatile midfielder.

• Manchester City hope to sign Arsenal winger Theo Walcott for £12m after he rejected a new deal with the Gunners.


• Spurs are on the verge of signing Fulham star Moussa Dembele for £15m.


• Dimitar Berbatov's agent is due in Florence to secure the 31-year-old Bulgarian's switch from Manchester United to Fiorentina.


• QPR hope to complete the signing of Brazil keeper Julio Cesar, 32, from Inter Milan today.


• Wayne Rooney has turned to Latin to tell the world he will overcome his horror injury.


• Midfielder Jay Spearing is set to quit Liverpool and join Championship side Bolton.


• Burnley are tracking Bristol City striker Brett Pitman who is valued at £800,000.


• Frank Lampard has admitted for the first time that he wants to become Chelsea boss.


• Chelsea's Michael Essien is being lined up for a £10million move to Turkish giants Fenerbahce.


• Aaron Lennon could be the next victim of AVB’s dressing-room cull at Tottenham.


• QPR and West Brom are on the trail of Argentina star Cristian Ansaldi. The Rubin Kazan full-back has been attracting attention from a host of top clubs, including Chelsea.


• Aston Villa last night made a £2.5million bid for Middlesbrough’s Joe Bennett.


• Swansea will bid £2million for Crewe captain Ashley Westwood.

• Tottenham have made a bid of £20million for Porto midfielder Joao Moutinho.


• Manchester City are favourites to sign Arsenal winger Theo Walcott, with Liverpool also in the running.


• Chelsea will make a final bid for Bayer Leverkusen striker Andre Schurrle before Friday's transfer deadline.


• Aston Villa are ready to increase their bid for Genk striker Christian Benteke after having an offer of £5m rejected by the Belgian side.

• Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has given Theo Walcott the next 48 hours to decide whether he wants to sign a new five-year contract worth £75,000 per week - or be sold.


• Fenerbache are preparing an £8million bid for Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien.


• German club Hamburg hope an offer of around £9m will be enough to tempt Tottenham to sell midfielder Rafael Van der Vaart.


• Fulham have made a £6.5m bid for Lyon's 27-year-old striker Bafetimbi Gomis.


• Aston Villa are ready to pay £2.75m to sign Middlesbrough's 22-year-old left-back Joe Bennett.


• Swansea are to make a £2m bid for Crewe midfielder Ashley Westwood, 22.


• West Ham and Bolton have enquired about Charlton right back Chris Solly, 21, who is rated at £2.5m.


• Barcelona winger Ibrahim Afellay has an offer to join Tottenham on loan with view to a permanent deal. The 26-year-old is keen to move to London, but is interesting Schalke.


• Fiorentina hope to finalise a £4.5million move for Manchester United's Dimitar Berbatov.


• Sunderland midfielder Kieran Richardson is on the brink of a £2million move to Fulham. The former Manchester United midfielder is in talks with Martin Jol.


• Hamburg hope an offer of around £9million will be enough to tempt Tottenham to sell midfielder Rafael van der Vaart this week.

• Arsenal were last night preparing the possible sale of Theo Walcott to Manchester City or Liverpool after he rejected the club's offer of a new contract.


• Spurs are on the brink of signing playmaker Moussa Dembele from Fulham and keeper Hugo Lloris from Lyon.


• Arsenal are tracking Manchester striker Edin Dzeko and Swansea right back Angel Rangel.


• John Terry returned to training with Chelsea yesterday and has been given the go-ahead by the club's medical staff to report for duty with England next week.

• Tottenham are hopeful that they will announce the signing of Fulham midfielder Mousa Dembele within the next 24 hours.


• Newcastle will only accept offers for Argentine defender Fabricio Coloccini, 30, Ivorian midfielder Cheick Tiote, 26, or French playmaker Yohan Cabaye, 26, if they are too good to turn down.


• Tottenham have been warned they may miss out on Yann M'Vila as the Rennes manager says the player could stay put.

• Theo Walcott is increasingly likely to be sold by Arsenal this week after talks over a new proposed contract broke down yesterday.


• Tottenham have been warned they may miss out on 22-year-old France international midfielder Yann M'Vila after having a £12m bid rejected earlier this summer.


• Raheem Sterling's rapid Liverpool progress has major consequences for Stewart Downing's Anfield future as the England winger has been asked to reinvent himself as a left-back.

• Arsenal have told Theo Walcott to sign a new deal in the next 48 hours or be sold.


• Everton have distanced themselves from a move for striker Michael Owen.


• Chelsea are set to test Bayer Leverkusen’s determination to hold on to Andre Schurrle by making a new £18million offer.


• Everton have cooled their interest in former England striker Michael Owen.

• Former Chelsea strikers Didier Drogba, 34, and Nicolas Anelka, 33, could be sold by Shanghai Shenhua because of an escalating row among the Chinese club's shareholders.

• Celtic are eyeing a move for Motherwell winger Chris Humphrey who they hope to get for £200,000.