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ARSENAL JUST A SELLING CLUB
With all he's achieved at Arsenal, you'd think that Arsene Wenger would get the benefit of the doubt from fans and pundits, but not even his former players seem to be cutting him any slack. In the Daily Mirror, Manu Petit has a pop at the Gunners for their transfer activity this summer: "How long will it take for these young players to be ready to really challenging for the league?" Has no-one learned anything from Alan Hansen's famous comments about Man United back in 1995?
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LAMPARD: IT'S NO DEAL
On the day that he launched Frank TV (we're literally speechless) for mobile network Orange, Frank Lampard also announced that he'll wait until next summer to sign a new deal with Chelsea, reports the Daily Star.
BLUES SWEAT AS LAMPARD PARKS CONTRACT TALKS
The Guardian report on the news, which leaves Chelsea wondering if Lampard actually wants to stay at the club or not. Of course, it's not about the money, like we would ever have considered such a thing. Mind you, we're still in shock about Frank TV.
I'LL GO IF ROY GOES
Showing rather more loyalty, The Sun report on Niall Quinn's claim that if Sunderland fans ever drive Roy Keane out of the club (they'd have to be brave to do that) Quinn would follow him out.
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SPEND SPEND SPEND
Not just because he looks like an evil goblin, we can't imagine Eggert Magnusson saying similar things about Alan Curbishley. The Daily Express report on how he'll keep giving Curbs money to spend, but won't accept failure to convert cash into success.
BERNIE BUYS QPR
Speaking of which, Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone is apparently doing to buy QPR along with Renault boss Flavio Briatore, according to the Daily Mail. Well, one has to have a football club in one's portfolio nowadays, doesn't one?
FIFA BOSS TURNS ON 'IRRITANT' ENGLAND
Also in the Mail is FIFA vice-president Jack Warner's claim that: "Nobody in Europe likes England. England invented the sport but has never made any impact on world football. England at no time has had the love and support of Europe. For Europe, England is an irritant." Crikey...
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ERIKSSON STEPS UP KEEPER SEARCH AS DEADLINE LOOMS
The Independent report on Sven Goran Eriksson's increasingly desperate search for a goalkeeper ahead of the first Manchester City game of the season, with Andreas Isaksson out for six weeks and no recognised replacement available.
AGENT URGES HEINZE TO STAY AWAY FROM UNITED
Meanwhile, Gabriel Heinze has been told by his agent that he shouldn't go to Manchester United on Sunday in case anyone there doesn't like him, says The Times. With the Argentinean defender still trying to force through a move to Liverpool, we can't see why that would be the case...
LEEDS' PENALTY APPEAL REJECTED
The Daily Telegraph meanwhile report on the latest disaster for Leeds United, who had their appeal against a 15-point deduction rejected by the Football League yesterday.
HONEYMOON OVER FOR THE GHETTO BOY
In the Daily Mail, Kevin-Prince Boateng talks about his love life, having got married this summer: "My honeymoon was in a hotel and at Tottenham's training ground. Next summer we will have our honeymoon. She had the worst honeymoon as she had to do all the paperwork in Germany." Lucky girl.
DON'T MENTION THE H-WORD AS VAN PERSIE FILLS HIS BOOTS
Thierry Henry is fast becoming the Voldemort of the Emirates Stadium it seems, with the The Guardian reporting on how no-one there is talking about the departure of 'he who cannot be named'.
QUINN: I DO AS ROY SAYS
Is your boss nice to you? Do you often wish you could tell him what to do rather than vice versa? Well, that's no fantasy for Roy Keane, with the Daily Express reporting on Niall Quinn's revelations about his curious chairman-manager relationship with Keano. Mind you, would YOU tell Keano what to do?
BAD EGGS HAD TO GO
The Sun decorate this story with images of Nigel Reo-Coker, Marlon Harewood and Paul Konchesky as eggs, with Eggert (get it!) Magnusson saying why they were sold. They were not good eggs.
SIGNING TEVEZ WAS WRONG
And in the Daily Star he says that West Ham United shouldn't have broken the rules by signing Carlos Tevez and that he will never get involved in third-party ownership again. Still, your club would probably be in the Championship if it wasn't for him, eh Eggy?
