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.