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Paper Talk - 19 October 2012

Laudrup: Keeping calm

Regional Paper Talk: Laudrup keeps calm

Michael Laudrup has insisted there is no dressing room revolt at Swansea, Yaya Toure is staying at Man City and Julio Arca has had toe surgery.

London Evening Standard
  • Arsene Wenger believes racism is not rife in football but fears the game will never completely eradicate all forms of discrimination.
  • Former Holland international and joint Barnet head coach Edgar Davids has been registered to play in tonight's League Two home fixture against Northampton.
  • Gary Cahill insists he is ready to fill the void left by captain John Terry's suspension in a period which he believes will be 'massive' for Chelsea.
  • Former Queens Park Rangers star Rodney Marsh today claimed it would be 'insanity' to sack manager Mark Hughes despite the club's poor start to the season.
  • Andre Villas-Boas has vowed never to change his way of dealing with star footballers as he prepares to face Chelsea for the first time since he was sacked in March.
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The Bolton News
  • Bolton insist no one has been offered the vacant manager's job at The Reebok - despite claims from the Midlands that Mick McCarthy is about to take charge.
Lancashire Telegraph
  • Michael Appleton has not ruled himself out of the running for the vacant manager's job at Burnley.
  • David Goodwillie's Blackburn Rovers nightmare shows no short term sign of coming to an end - but caretaker boss Eric Black insists he can still be a hit at Ewood Park.
Fulham Chronicle
  • QPR captain Park Ji-Sung just needs time - despite what fans and former players say, reckons boss Mark Hughes.
Manchester Evening News
  • Roberto Mancini has dismissed rumours linking midfielder Yaya Toure with a move away from Manchester City.
  • Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has condemned Jason Roberts for refusing to wear a Kick it Out shirt ahead of this weekend's games.
  • Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson said he is preparing his side to face "the jolly green giants" when Stoke come to Old Trafford.
Liverpool Echo
  • Brendan Rodgers has challenged his Liverpool players to triumph in the face of adversity over the coming months as his depleted troops look to kick-start the club's league campaign against Reading.
  • Everton have confirmed the signing of Thomas Hitzlsperger until January - and the former German international could go straight into the squad for Sunday's trip to QPR.
  • Phil Neville believes Everton can seal a Christmas top four spot over the coming weeks
The Chronicle
  • Steven Taylor and Fabricio Coloccini are in line to make a timely return to action in Sunday's Tyne-Wear derby
  • Jack Colback reckons this weekend's Wear-Tyne derby could come down to a shoot-out between Steven Fletcher and Demba Ba.
Evening Gazette
  • Julio Arca will not play again for Middlesbrough this year after confirmation that he's had surgery on a long-term toe injury.
Sunderland Echo
  • James McFadden is set to pen a short-term contract at Sunderland until January in order to prove his fitness.
The Daily Echo
  • Saints' beleaguered defence will receive a much-needed boost for tomorrow's trip to West Ham, with Nathaniel Clyne likely to come back into the starting line-up.
Express & Star
  • Jermaine Pennant might have dropped into the Championship to revive his career with Wolves, but tomorrow he insists it will feel like stepping out at Old Trafford.
Yorkshire Evening Post
  • Leeds United striker El-Hadji Diouf has labelled Steven Gerrard 'egotistical' and claimed major figures at Liverpool 'cannot stand' the current club captain.
The Pink un
  • Chris Hughton yesterday warned the fight against racism had reached a watershed moment after the ugly scenes that marred England's U21s Euro2013 play-off success in Serbia earlier this week.
Reading Post
  • Brian McDermott believes his Reading predecessor Brendan Rodgers will succeed at Liverpool if he is given time.
South Wales Evening Post
  • Michael Laudrup has insisted there is no dressing room 'situation' to deal with at Swansea City ahead of tomorrow's Premier League collision with Wigan.
Evening Times
  • Neil Lennon last night lifted the lid on Scott Brown's hip injury hell - but denied the player is risking his long-term future by playing through the pain barrier.
  • Ross Perry today urged Rangers under-achievers to stand up and be counted - to save under-fire manager Ally McCoist copping the flak for their stuttering start to the season.
The Scotsman
  • Former Rangers owner Craig Whyte has claimed that he stands to receive millions of pounds from the remains of the old Rangers.
  • Nil Lennon has expressed sympathy for embattled Scotland manager Craig Levein, pointing out that Scotland 'never got the breaks' in their 2-1 defeat to Wales last week, and said some of the criticism levelled at the national manager is unjustified.

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