The leading football stories and gossip making this mornings newspapers. DAILY EXPRESS Details have emerged that Chelsea tried to sign Lionel Messi during the transfer window with Jose Mourinhos club wanting to pay up to £118m for the Barcelona and Argentina forward. DAILY MIRROR Arsenal are preparing to make a move in January for Malagas left back Vitorino Antunes, who has a buy-out clause of only £2.5m. Manchester United will have to pay £40million for Valencia defender Nicolas Otamendi. Andre Schurrle has warned teams intent on poaching him from Chelsea that he is fully committed to the Blues. DAILY MAIL Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has reignited his feud with Manchester City counterpart Manuel Pellegrini by claiming he killed referee Mark Clattenburg. Louis van Gaal has revealed he is grooming Ryan Giggs to replace him as boss at Manchester United. DAILY STAR Liverpool are keen to bolster their attacking options and are set to offer £40m for Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema in January. THE TIMES Everton manger Roberto Martinez has rubbished claims that Manchester City will sign Ross Barkley. Jose Mourinho says it is out of his powers to prevent Spain from calling on Diego Costa for next months internationals, despite the injury niggles that have troubled the striker this season. THE INDEPENDENT Newcastle owner Mike Ashley insists comments about manager Alan Pardew being sacked if he loses Monday Premier League game at Stoke were a joke. THE SUN Barcelona boss Luis Enrique has labelled the critics saying striker Luis Suarez is fat and chubby as silly. DAILY TELEGRAPH West Hams Stewart Downing is delighted to be at Upton Park and says he would be good enough to get into Liverpools current team.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 11:41:06 +0000
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