THE SUN: Terry Venables took just 15 minutes to decide not to quit his £2million--a-year job as Leeds boss.

DAILY MIRROR: Under-fire Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale has been placed under round-the-clock protection after a series of death threats from angry fans left him fearing for his life.

DAILY MAIL: Jonathan Woodgate completed his £9million move to Newcastle yesterday and declared for the first time since his trial in 2001 that he is not a racist.

DAILY EXPRESS: Peter Ridsdale was given personal bodyguards last night after the under-fire chairman was sent death threats - just hours after he placed his future in the hands of Leeds fans, who are furious over the sales of Jonathan Woodgate and Robbie Fowler.

DAILY STAR: Terry Venables has agreed to stay at Leeds after being assured the club won't sell England stars Alan Smith and Paul Robinson while he is in charge.

THE TIMES: Peter Ridsdale loved to be the chairman who could drink with the fans, so it was a measure of his fall from grace yesterday when he was forced to recruit a team of heavies to protect him from the most rabid of them.

THE INDEPENDENT: Jonathan Woodgate completed his £9million move from Leeds to Newcastle yesterday and his new manager, Sir Bobby Robson, was already looking ahead to making a big push for the Premiership title.

THE GUARDIAN: Appropriately the signs outside Elland Road yesterday were for the "January sales".

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Peter Ridsdale, the Leeds United chairman, admitted yesterday that he "let down" his manager Terry Venables, after reassuring him that Jonathan Woodgate would not be sold.