THE SUN: Phil Neville fears Manchester United's title bid could be finished by Christmas.

DAILY MIRROR: Jermaine Jenas will bid to keep Newcastle's Champions League campaign alive tonight and take another giant step to proving himself as a future England captain.

DAILY STAR: Sir Alex Ferguson has defiantly defended his decision to field a second-string team in Europe tonight.

DAILY EXPRESS: Everton wonder kid Wayne Rooney will be offered amazing inducements to sign a professional contract at Goodison Park which will make him the highest paid 17-year-old footballer in the country.

DAILY MAIL: George Boateng was branded a liar by Nick Barmby yesterday as the angry Leeds midfielder hit back at the Middlesbrough player's allegation that he was guilty of a racist insult.

THE GUARDIAN: The Football Association board last night indicated that its chief executive Adam Crozier could save his job by changing his style of management, and members accused the Premier League of trying to undermine his position in order to seize greater control of the English game.

THE TIMES: Formula One yesterday stepped back from the brink of revolution and opted to take more conservative steps towards winning back its place as one of the world's great sports.

THE INDEPENDENT: Joe Royle has offered to meet any Ipswich Town fans upset by his appointment as manager of the club, after signing a two-and-half-year contract yesterday.

DAILY TELEGRAPH: The

should he, shouldn't he' debate that has kept Australia on tenterhooks this past week ended after the country's selectors dropped Mark Waugh from the squad for the first Ashes Test with their customary ruthlessness.

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