What the papers say - Soccer headlines in the press
FERGIE'S DOUBLE VISION TITLE D-DAY 2 DAYS TO GO, say The Daily Star. Indeed, on the day before the day before the day the Premier League concludes everything's starting to get a bit tense. Not Owen Hargreaves though. He tells the paper, he's perfectly relaxed after experiencing a similar thing while at Bayern Munich. "To be in this position feels comfortable for me. I've been there before," he says.
'BRUCE IN FRAME TO REPLACE SIR ALEX' Latics chairman Dave Whelan reckons Steve Bruce is in line to replace Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford. "Another European title and Fergie may decide he's had enough," Whelan tells The Daily Mail. "If Unitec come in for Steve, I couldn't contemplate standing in his way."
MANCHESTER POLICE PUT ON RED ALERT FOR UNITED'S TITLE DECIDER The Times reveal that Greater Manchester Police will double the number of officers at the JJB Stadium for fear of fans getting out of hand.
HLEB WILL QUIT ARSENAL TO JOIN INTER, SAYS AGENT Over to Arsenal now and things aren't looking too great for Arsene Wenger. The Frenchman has vowed to keep Alex Hleb at the club after Mathieu Flamini signed for AC Milan earlier in the week, but The Guardian reveal the Belarussian is on his way to Inter.
PAY UP OR LET ME GO Adding to Wenger's problems is Emmanuel Adebayor, who has told his manager he wants to be paid £80,000-a-week to bring his wages in line with the Premier League's other big stars, accoring to The Daily Mail.
KEV TOLD TO GET IN TOON Kevin Keegan will sit down with Newcastle owner Mike Ashley today, say The Daily Express. King Kev will have his knuckles wrapped for his comments earlier in the week.
INTER IN FOR GERRARD Two Liverpool transfer stories on the back of The Sun. Firstly, Inter Milan have reportedly had a £25million offer for Steven Gerrard turned down. Secondly, Peter Crouch isn't best pleased after Rafa Benitez placed a £15million transfer feee on his head. Crouch doubts that any club will want to pay that much for him. Can't say we disagree.
FAIR KOP More from Liverpool in The Daily Mirror. This time it's over Gareth Barry, and Rafa Benitez is surprised at Martin O'Neill's reaction to the Reds' £10million offer for the midfielder. "I was surprised by part of his comments," says the Spaniard. "I had a private conversation with him 20 days ago."
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SO...WILL GRANT KEEP HIS JOB The Daily Telegraph turn their attention to Chelsea, and ask whether or not Avram Grant will keep his job. Alan Smith reckons he's already done enough to justify staying on, but Clive Tyldesley thinks it would be wise for Grant to pack his bags while he's still in Roman Abramovich's good books.
THIS IS HOW WE'LL STOP CHELSEA Kevin Davies has let The Sun in on how Bolton are going to stop Chelsea winning the title. Apparently, they're going to defend heavily, and The Sun illustrate this by photoshopping Bolton's first eleven in front of a pair of goalposts.
ERIKSSON MAKES BENFICA WAIT WHILE HE EYES CHELSEA JOB The question of Sven-Goran Eriksson's future at Manchester City has taken a fresh twist, according to The Guardian. They report that he's holding off on agreeing a move to Benfica, because he might be offered the Chelsea job.
RAMOS ADMITS SCOUTING FOR BERBATOV REPLACEMENT Juande Ramos has admitted that he's been looking at possible replacements for Dimita Berbatov in The Times. "Obviously we have to cover our back in case the player decides to leave and we have to have options to replace him," he says. "There are great players in Europe that can do just as well as Berbatov."
'KEEGAN IS RIGHT IN A LOT OF WAYS - BUT I'M NOT GOING TO ACCEPT IT' David Moyes says that Kevin Keegan's comments from earlier in the week about the predictability of the Premier League are probably right, but that he wants to change that in The Independent. "I can't turn up at the start of next season believing we can't be up there [in the top four]," he says.
EVEN FERGIE AND JOSE WOULD STRUGGLE TO KEEP BLUES UP The Daily Mirror turn their attention to the relegation battle. Birmingham manager Alax McLeish says that his club were always going to be in a relegation battle and that not even the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson or Jose Mourino could have avoided that.
READING PRAY FOR SALVATION Reading are featured in the The Daily Express. The Royals are looking for divine intervention. Club chaplain Steve Prince will pray for a Reading victory over Derby, and ask his Portsmouth counterpart to do the same for a Pompey win over Fulham. Isn't that cheating?
ROY DOES IT BY THE BOOK Meanwhile, The Daily Mail look at Roy Hodgson, who has said that if Fulham survive he won't celebrate. "If we win and stay in the Premier League it would bring me such satisfaction that I would quite happily go home and have a glass of water and read my book," he says.
CAPELLO'S FAVOURITE PLAYERS! Finally, The Sun take a look at Fabio Capello's favourtie Premier League players. The Italian picked out Cristiano Ronaldo, Fernando Torres and Cesc Fabrgeas. What have they all got in common? Yep, they're all not English.
