Wednesdays Headline News

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Latest Paper Chat .. (Wed September 2)


DAILY MIRROR
•Manchester United claim Real Madrid sabotaged their own deal for David de Gea after getting cold feet.
•Emmanuel Adebayor faces months in limbo at Tottenham after demanding £5m to leave the club - West Ham were interested in loaning the striker along with other Premier League clubs.
•New Burnley signing Joey Barton hit out at clubs in the Premier League for being 'lazy' and not snapping him up as a free agent earlier in the summer.
•Bournemouth winger Max Gradel could miss six months with a torn knee ligament, while defenders Tyrone Mings and Charlie Daniels are also facing more than a month on the sidelines.
•Dimitar Berbatov priced himself out of a move back to the Premier League as Aston Villa scrapped a bid to sign the former Tottenham and Manchester United forward on a free transfer.
•Arsene Wenger did not do any deadline-day business despite lingering concerns over Danny Welbeck's fitness. Arsenal were the only team in Europe's top-five leagues not to sign an outfield player this summer.
•Andy King has warned Cyprus he is ready to retaliate if they kick Gareth Bale again - despite getting sent off against them 11 months ago.

DAILY MAIL
•Saido Berahino faces a substantial fine from West Brom after tweeting that he would never play for chairman Jeremy Peace again following Tottenham's failed bids to sign the striker.
•Manchester United and Real Madrid could struggle to conclude a deal for David de Gea in January after a bitter war of words opened between the clubs over the failure of the Spain 'keeper's proposed transfer on Monday.
•Gareth Southgate insists he is strong enough to lead England U21s on his own as he launched a staunch defence of his coaching set-up.

THE EXPRESS
•Manchester United signed Monaco teenager Anthony Martial for £36m a year earlier than anticipated to ward off heavy competition from Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain next summer.
•Emmanuel Adebayor has demanded a £5m pay-off from Tottenham to cancel his contract and set up a move as a free agent to West Ham.
•Charlie Austin rejected a deadline-day move to Crystal Palace and is now resigned to staying at QPR for the rest of the season.
•Jose Mourinho spent two weeks chasing players worth £134m, but had to settle for the arrival at Stamford Bridge of just £6.75m of new talent.

DAILY STAR
•Jose Mourinho has been left unimpressed that Chelsea were unable to force through moves for Everton defender John Stones and Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba, while a move for Monaco defender Aymen Abdennour also stalled and he joined Valencia instead.
•Arsenal fans vented their anger at Arsene Wenger on social media after he failed to make a late addition to his squad on deadline day - the Gunners were the only team in the top five European leagues not to sign an outfield player this summer.
•Chris Coleman's Wales players will not back down if Cyprus resort to bully-boy tactics again on Thursday night.

THE SUN
•Everton midfielder Tom Cleverley faces two months out with ankle ligament trouble suffered against Tottenham.
•Joachim Loew has backed Bastian Schweinsteiger to succeed at Manchester United despite a shaky start to life at Old Trafford.
•Joey Barton claims he was snubbed by top-flight clubs because bosses think he is evil like Charles Manson or Fred West.
•Harry Kane hopes to show why he went away with the U21s this summer by firing Roy Hodgson's senior side to glory at Euro 2016.
•Steven Gerrard says it is impossible to say if England have improved after their World Cup flop, saying it is no great feat to have won all their Euro 2016 qualifiers and the only proof of progress will come in France next year.

THE TELEGRAPH
•Emmanuel Adebayor killed off any chance of playing football again before January after rejecting a Tottenham Hotspur pay-off and turning down a host of summer moves, including one to Aston Villa, on the advice of his pastor.