Fridays Football Headlines

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Another pay rise for a Tottenham star and Birmingham's fight against a 12 point penalty dedication feature in Friday's Paper Talk.

THE SUN

Paul Pogba thumped his locker repeatedly before saying sorry to Manchester United team-mates after his Champions League red card.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer turned his hairdryer on for the first time as Manchester United boss after the 2-0 defeat by PSG.

Chelsea players are stunned Gary Cahill has been frozen out by Maurizio Sarri and want him back in.

Manchester City rejected loan interest from Newcastle, Southampton and Bournemouth to keep hold of Phil Foden last month.

Declan Rice chose to play for England over Republic of Ireland after seeking out the advice of John Terry.

DAILY STAR

Newcastle United midfielder Sean Longstaff is the latest young player on Gareth Southgate's England radar after only making five Premier League starts.

Stoke City are set to take a massive hit on defender Kevin Wimmer and sell him to German club Hannover for less than half the £18m fee they paid Spurs for him.

Joe Mason has rejected the chance of a return to Plymouth Argyle as a free agent.

THE TIMES

Cardiff City have been accused of breaching FA rules over intermediaries because of their extensive use of an agency that employs Neil Warnock's son James.

UEFA have registered trademarks for the "Global Nations League" and "World Nations League" as their bitter division over a new tournament with FIFA continues.

Strategic timeouts are set to be used for the first time in English cricket in the new Hundred tournament.

DAILY MIRROR

Dejan Lovren has visited a strength and conditioning coach back home in Croatia in an attempt to be fit to face Bayern Munich.

Laurent Blanc has hired a leading football agency to help him land a job in the Premier League.

DAILY MAIL

Heung-min Son is in line for a second pay rise inside 12 months as reward for his sensational season for Tottenham.

Britain's leading athletes have been told they are free to skip the 2019 World Championships in Doha if they feel it would be detrimental to their Olympic Games hopes.

Gerard Pique has confirmed Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi is among his backers in Kosmos, the company which is behind the changes to the Davis Cup tennis tournament.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Birmingham's battle to avoid a potential 12-point deduction will be heard in the final week of February, with a verdict expected before the end of the season

INDEPENDENT

Manchester City and Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan says he will likely let his contract run down but could then extend his deal at Etihad Stadium.

DAILY RECORD

Peter Lovenkrands is being lined up by Danish side Nordsjaelland after impressing in his role as head coach of the Rangers reserve side.
Celtic signing Maryan Shved is certain he will be tough enough to deal with Scottish football when he links up with his new club at the start of next season.