DAILY MIRROR

Proud new dad Wayne Rooney will be given tonight off by Sir Alex Ferguson following the birth of his new baby boy Kai.

Ambitious Birmingham owner Carson Yeung wants to hand Chelsea flop Andriy Shevchenko a shock Premier League return.

Alan Hansen claims the pressure is building on Rafael Benitez - but stopped short of calling for his head.

Burnley veteran Graham Alexander wants to follow Owen Coyle and David Moyes into management.

Phil Brown has been told to slash his Hull squad to help find the £18million needed to keep the crisis club afloat.

Portsmouth are keen to recruit Benjani and Gary O'Neil in January now their cash crisis is starting to ease.

Bolton boss Gary Megson is ready to let veteran midfielder Gavin McCann leave - after pushing him out of the first-team picture.

DAILY STAR

Bolton manager Gary Megson is plotting a £5m double raid on Bristol City for striker Nicky Maynard, 22, and midfielder Marvin Elliott, 25.

Cardiff striker Michael Chopra is banned from this weekend's south Wales derby with Swansea after picking up his fifth booking of the season.

Ipswich made a loss of £10.3m in the 12 months to June this year.Their total debt is £40m.

Manchester City have allowed England Under-20 midfielder Adam Clayton to join Carlisle on loan.

Former Brighton boss Steve Coppell is hoping for a return to the Withdean to replace Russell Slade. Dennis Wise, Gus Poyet and Dean Saunders are also interested.

Leeds defender Alan Sheehan, 23 has returned to Elland Road from his loan spell with Oldham.

Striker Marek Saganowski, 31, will quit Southampton on a free transfer in January.

DAILY EXPRESS

David Beckham has the stage he needs to prove he belongs in England's World Cup squad after AC Milan's announcement that he will rejoin them in January for another six-month loan spell.

Blunder referee Mike Jones will be taken out of the firing line for the second time inside a month.

Portsmouth hat-trick hero Aruna Dindane has wasted no time setting himself new goals at both club and international level.

Cheltenham chairman Paul Baker wants to see a resolution to the situation surrounding manager Martin Allen by the end of the week.

THE SUN

Argentina legend Fernando Caceres, 40, is in a grave condition at a Buenos Aires hospital after being shot in the head by robbers trying to steal his car.

Aaron Hunt, 23, has snubbed Fabio Capello by saying: "I want to play for Germany."

Mark Hughes is ready to link up the Toure brothers at Eastlands.

Fabio Capello will unveil a sculpture of World Cup-winning England boss Sir Alf Ramsey at Wembley on Friday.

Chris Hughton is lining up a £4m bid to make Sheffield United's Matt Kilgallon his first signing since being named Newcastle boss.

DAILY MAIL

Aaron Hunt admitted he is honoured that England want him to switch allegiance but yesterday pledged his international future to Germany.

Sunderland striker Darren Bent has been urged by his club to avoid any controversy on his twitter account ahead of Saturday's return to Spurs.

Ipswich hope to sign Senegal midfielder Ibrahima Faye on a free transfer from French side Troyes AC.

Hull City are believed to have spent a staggering £5.5million in agents' fees - including £500,000 to representatives of Jimmy Bullard in the two yearsPaul Duffen was the club's chairman and chief executive.

Fernando Torres says he will play in pain against Lyon tomorrow night as fears grow that he too will need an operation on his damaged groin.

DAILY RECORD

Madjid Bougherra last night insisted he would not be forced out of the Ibrox door in a January fire sale.

Willie Miller last night warned Charlie Mulgrew to sign his new contract at Aberdeen - or face being dumped in January.