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The top stories from papers and websites - 12 December 2012
Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 by Unknown

- 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.
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