The top stories from papers and websites - 18 March 2013
- Pavel Pogrebnyak is wanted by old club Zenit St Petersburg after failing to justify his £65,000-a-week wages with Reading.
- Arsenal will step up their chase for St Etienne ace Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after scouting reports from Gilles Grimandi.
- Chelsea have told Atletico Madrid they will have to pay £17million to make keeper Thibaut Courtois' loan move permanent.
- Leicester are ready to send a managerial SOS to Nigel Adkins - with Nigel Pearson's job on the line.
- Barnsley are weighing up a move for former Bolton left-back Ricardo Gardner.
- West Brom are tracking Birmingham City rookie Callum Reilly.
- Walsall striker Will Grigg has had Premier League scouts flocking to watch him with Norwich and Saints interested.
- Wigan's Callum McManaman was criticised last night for this unpunished tackle on Massadio Haidara, who may have knee ligament damage.
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is also attracting interest from Chelsea.
- Newcastle's French defender Massadio Haidara was in hospital last night after a horror tackle by Callum McManaman sparked uproar.
- Rio Ferdinand's importance to England was underlined as Roy Hodgson's defensive options were further reduced ahead of the World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Montenegro.
- Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker is wanted by German side Wolfsburg in the summer.
- John Carver had to be stopped from attacking Callum McManaman after his horror lunge put Massadio Haidara in hospital.
- John Terry was hit by a coin as ugly scenes marred Chelsea's London derby win over West Ham at Stamford Bridge.
- Arsenal are preparing an offer for Swansea keeper Michel Vorm to solve their problems in goal.
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