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Guardian: Tottenham seem to have gained the upper hand in their battle with Manchester United to sign the Wales defender Gareth Bale, with the 17-year-old left-back understood to be leaning towards a move to White Hart Lane.
Guardian: Tottenham seem to have gained the upper hand in their battle with Manchester United to sign the Wales defender Gareth Bale, with the 17-year-old left-back understood to be leaning towards a move to White Hart Lane.
M.E.N: ATLETICO Madrid president Enrique Cerezo is confident star striker Fernando Torres will remain at the club next season despite increasing speculation he is set to leave.
Times: It will have come as little comfort to Neil Warnock, but Sir Alex Ferguson defended his team selection yesterday after West Ham United overcame a below-strength Manchester United at Old Trafford to preserve their Barclays Premiership status.
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Scotsman: PATRICE Evra is two games away from completing a remarkable comeback season with English champions Manchester United. And yet few saw much of a future at Old Trafford for the French left-back after a series of unconvincing displays following his arrival in January 2006.
Times: Manchester United’s nine-month pursuit of Owen Hargreaves is finally approaching a successful conclusion, with the Barclays Premiership champions close to striking a deal in the region of £18 million with Bayern Munich for the England midfield player.
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Mirror: BEN FOSTER has admitted he is risking his England place by returning to Manchester United.
Scotsman: SIR ALEX Ferguson is prepared to risk title winners Manchester United getting beaten by Chelsea tonight in order to preserve a sense of fair play in the relegation battle.
Sky: Dimitar Berbatov has reassured Martin Jol that he is happy to stay at Tottenham Hotspur.
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Sporting Life: Sir Alex Ferguson admits he has no plans for retirement after being “invigorated” by this season’s Barclays Premiership title triumph.
Sky: The Premier League has confirmed neither Manchester United or Everton have broken any rules regarding Tim Howard’s transfer.
Rarely can a football week have offered the chance for supreme redemption after utter dejection.
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Sun: WAYNE Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo have been targeted in a SECOND Man United poison scare.
Sun: MUCH has been made of Manchester United’s disastrous away form in the Champions League over the last three seasons.
Telegraph: For the third time Sir Alex Ferguson saw Manchester United fail to reach a European Cup final at the final hurdle. But unlike previous semi-final defeats to Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen, the United manager could not pretend his team had seen a final stolen from them, and admitted: “We cut our own throats”.
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Sun: SIR Alex Ferguson was at the centre of a “poison” alert yesterday after he was sent a mystery substance through the post.