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Todays headline:
FIGHT CLUB
Yes, it seems that Alan Curbishley really does want to risk having Kieron Dyer and Lee Bowyer in the same team. In the Daily Express he gets a warning with a photo of their famous on-pitch fight at Newcastle United, but with Craig Bellamy and Anton 'facing trial on assult charges' Ferdinand also in the squad, things should certainly be interesting at West Ham United next season.
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ENEMIES RE-UNITED
The Daily Mirror report on the story as well.
I NEED TO PLAY
The Daily Mail have Carlos Tevez pleading to be allowed to join Manchester United so that he can get fit and ready for the season: "We need a solution quickly so that I can get on with my career."
UNITED MOVE COULD KILL YOU
However, he's had a stark warning from countryman Juan Sebastian Veron, who tells him in the Daily Star that moving to United could be the end of his career: "The change will be enormous and if things do not go well he could suffer a mortal fail in fortune."
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BETRAYED BY RAFA
Meanwhile, Neil Warnock continues moaning in The Sun's serialisation of his book. This time it's Rafa Benitez, chastised for selecting an under-strength team against Fulham: "I never thought Benitez would stoop so low. What he did showed total contempt for us. I hated Benitez when I saw that Liverpool team. That's when I hoped AC Milan would win the Champions League final so Benitez would have some pain and hurt to gowith mine."
ERIKSSON'S SPENDING HITS £40m
The Times report on Sven Goran Eriksson's attempts to sign Valeri Bojinov, Javi Garrido, Vedran Corluka and Elano. Crikey...
CHELSEA MUST CONQUER EUROPE - KENYON
In The Guardian Peter Kenyon is talking world domination yet again, saying that Chelsea need to win the Champions League if they are going to be the biggest thing ever.
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SUAZO'S DOUBLE SHOCK FOR UNITED
The Daily Telegraph Manchester United have a tricky friendly against Internazionale, losing 3-2 to the Italian champions despite taking the lead through Wayne Rooney. At least Adriano's own goal provided some entertainment for the 73,000 who turned up.
ROO CAN'T DO IT ALONE
The Daily Star pay tribute to Rooney's performance, but point out that the other ten players could do with stepping up their game ahead of Sunday's Community Shield clash with Chelsea.
FERGIE HAS NO DEFENCE
Some poor defending cost United last night, and he admits as much in the Daily Mail, though you would imagine the likes of Vidic, Ferdinand and Evra haven't all become rubbish over the summer, so he's not likely to be too worried.
SIR ALEX IS LIKE MY MUM
Whether he's quite so easy-going about being compared to Cristiano Ronaldo's mum is another matter, with the Portuguese star saying in the Daily Mirror: "He's like my mother or my father, he gives me limits and targets," he says. "Sometimes he shakes me, he shouts at me, it's normal."
FOOTBALL: WHAT THE HELL?
Meanwhile, John Dillon in the Daily Express is still complaining about the evils of modern football like he's the first person to have noticed, only now he's got some other moaners writing in. One of whom has even bothered to turn his ranting into a poem. Heaven help us.
UNITED SIGN BRISBANE BOY, 9, DUBBED 'THE NEW ROONEY'
Mind you, when you read nonsense stories like this one in The Times, you can see why these Express readers are so morbid. Apparently Man United have bought a nine-year-old from Australia. And we'll only have to wait a decade or so to see if he'll ever be any good.
CITY OPTIMISM LEAVES FANS HAPPY TO TURN A BLIND EYE TO THEIR NEW REGIME
Across town, the very masters of 'blind faith', Manchester City fans, are getting very excited that their team has spent a lot of money on players none of them have ever heard of, says The Independent. So much so that they don't even care where the money came from. Time to go write a poem we think...
