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11-17-2006, 09:21 AM
THE EXPRESS * EXCLUSIVE, A massive £235m takeover is being lined up for Newcastle United, including a property deal worth £95m. The Belgravia Group were ready to offer £140m to secure the club and its immediate future along with plans for hotels, a casino and 7,000 jobs. * Alan Pardew is convinced the new money ready to roll into West Ham will provide the platform for a crack at the Champions League. * Freddy Adu says he can't wait to train with Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo and insists he is desperate to land a full-time move to Manchester United. * Manchester City full back Danny Mills' loan stint at Hull is over after being ruled out for two months witha a shin stress fracture. * Sunderland boss Roy Keane faces competition from Fulham, Blackburn and Portsmouth for Derby defender Lewin Nyatanga.
DAILY MIRROR * Neil Warnock has attributed the problems at the club to the 'thick' players in his ranks after Paddy Kenny became the latest player to step out of line. * Friends of Iain Dowie say the former Charlton boss is convinced he was stabbed in the back by his former assistant Les Reed. * Bayern Munich claim Germany's fiscal laws make it impractical to sell Owen Hargreaves as they can only recover the tax on contracts. * Sammy Lee wants to step out of Sam Allardyce's shadow and become a Premiership boss. * Portugal boss Luiz Felipe Scolari says Manchester United number two Carlos Queiroz is after his job. * Glenn Roeder has accused Nigerian FA chief Waidi Akanni if being a troublemaker after he claimed Obafemi Martins made a mistake in joining Newcastle. * Crystal Palace have signed keeper Iain Turner on loan from Everton, who could find himself in opposition to former Everton man Danny Cadamarteri tomorrow as thefree agent is set to join Barnsley in time for tomorrow's game at Selhurst Park.
THE SUN * EXCLUSIVE, John Terry has claimed referee Graham Poll told him to fuck off during Chelsea's defeat at Spurs. * Freddie Ljungberg missed Sweden's match against the Ivory Coast on Wednesday because he was struck down by migraines after eating cheese. * Shaun Wright-Phillips wants to prove himself at Chelsea, amid talk of several clubs wanting to make loan swoops in the New Year. * Ronaldinho says it would be a joy to play alongside Frank Lampard at Barcelona. * Michael Owen has not given up hope of playing this season Dave Jones says Alan Smith snubbed Cardiff because he wasn't ready for first-team football. * Mark Hughes is expected to make a firm offer to Egypt defender Wael Gomaa, after he impressed on trial this week. * Reading are to hand a trial to US striker Eddie Johnson, who's currently with Kansas City. * Wigan keeper Mike Pollitt has joined Ipswich on loan. * Peter Taylor has been given the dreaded vote of confidence by the Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan.
DAILY STAR * Arsene Wenger has launched a scathing attack on the France boss Raymond Domenech after William Gallas and Thierry Henry played the full 90 minutes of Wednesday's friendly with Greece. * Michael Owen is aiming to play again this season. * Steve Coppell has described the people who sent death threats to two Reading players as 'nutters'.
DAILY MAIL * Micah Richards is being sued for breach of contract by his former agents, Team Associates, who claim thay have an agreement to represent him until next year. * British Airways are in trouble after a pilot announced to passengers on a London-bound flight from Amsterdam that everyone had made the flight - apart from "a certain Gary Lineker" - before adding "I don't know what he's been up to this morning, but he's missed the flight." Lineker was already back in London having caught an earlier flight. * Stan Boardman, who had a pint glass in his hand at the time, was asked to leave the press conference following Wales' defeat of Liechtenstein for mocking the German-speaking Liechtenstein boss. * Football League chairman Lord Mawhinney will work with clubs to end the culture of dishonesty.
RECORD * Rangers chief exec Martin Bain and Hibs chairman Rod Petrie met yesterday and the Ibrox club are set to follow up with a cash offer for one or both of Kevin Thomson and Scott Brown.
DAILY MIRROR * Neil Warnock has attributed the problems at the club to the 'thick' players in his ranks after Paddy Kenny became the latest player to step out of line. * Friends of Iain Dowie say the former Charlton boss is convinced he was stabbed in the back by his former assistant Les Reed. * Bayern Munich claim Germany's fiscal laws make it impractical to sell Owen Hargreaves as they can only recover the tax on contracts. * Sammy Lee wants to step out of Sam Allardyce's shadow and become a Premiership boss. * Portugal boss Luiz Felipe Scolari says Manchester United number two Carlos Queiroz is after his job. * Glenn Roeder has accused Nigerian FA chief Waidi Akanni if being a troublemaker after he claimed Obafemi Martins made a mistake in joining Newcastle. * Crystal Palace have signed keeper Iain Turner on loan from Everton, who could find himself in opposition to former Everton man Danny Cadamarteri tomorrow as thefree agent is set to join Barnsley in time for tomorrow's game at Selhurst Park.
THE SUN * EXCLUSIVE, John Terry has claimed referee Graham Poll told him to fuck off during Chelsea's defeat at Spurs. * Freddie Ljungberg missed Sweden's match against the Ivory Coast on Wednesday because he was struck down by migraines after eating cheese. * Shaun Wright-Phillips wants to prove himself at Chelsea, amid talk of several clubs wanting to make loan swoops in the New Year. * Ronaldinho says it would be a joy to play alongside Frank Lampard at Barcelona. * Michael Owen has not given up hope of playing this season Dave Jones says Alan Smith snubbed Cardiff because he wasn't ready for first-team football. * Mark Hughes is expected to make a firm offer to Egypt defender Wael Gomaa, after he impressed on trial this week. * Reading are to hand a trial to US striker Eddie Johnson, who's currently with Kansas City. * Wigan keeper Mike Pollitt has joined Ipswich on loan. * Peter Taylor has been given the dreaded vote of confidence by the Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan.
DAILY STAR * Arsene Wenger has launched a scathing attack on the France boss Raymond Domenech after William Gallas and Thierry Henry played the full 90 minutes of Wednesday's friendly with Greece. * Michael Owen is aiming to play again this season. * Steve Coppell has described the people who sent death threats to two Reading players as 'nutters'.
DAILY MAIL * Micah Richards is being sued for breach of contract by his former agents, Team Associates, who claim thay have an agreement to represent him until next year. * British Airways are in trouble after a pilot announced to passengers on a London-bound flight from Amsterdam that everyone had made the flight - apart from "a certain Gary Lineker" - before adding "I don't know what he's been up to this morning, but he's missed the flight." Lineker was already back in London having caught an earlier flight. * Stan Boardman, who had a pint glass in his hand at the time, was asked to leave the press conference following Wales' defeat of Liechtenstein for mocking the German-speaking Liechtenstein boss. * Football League chairman Lord Mawhinney will work with clubs to end the culture of dishonesty.
RECORD * Rangers chief exec Martin Bain and Hibs chairman Rod Petrie met yesterday and the Ibrox club are set to follow up with a cash offer for one or both of Kevin Thomson and Scott Brown.