Source: Daily_Mail
What the back pages say: January 1
DAILY MAIL: Portsmouth failed to pay their players on time again yesterday just as the French club Lens called for them to be shut down if they do not honour their debts.[LNB]Read more: Shut them down! Furious French club call for Portsmouth to be closed over debts[LNB]Also: Such is the loss of standing of the FA Cup that West Ham have been forced to send out a begging email to their fans to attend their third round glamour tie against Arsenal at Upton Park on Sunday.[LNB]Read more: West Ham beg for FA Cup fans in email pleading for '12th man' against Arsenal[LNB]THE SUN: Alex Song last night warned Arsenal's title rivals: Nobody can beat us. [LNB]Also: Harry Redknapp wants to visit British troops on the front line in Afghanistan.[LNB] Heads up: Alex Song scores for Arsenal at Portsmouth[LNB]DAILY MIRROR: Angry Lens last night called on FIFA and UEFA to step in and put Portsmouth out of business for failing to pay their debts. [LNB]Also: Roberto Mancini wants striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and right-back Maicon to join his Manchester City revolution. [LNB]DAILY STAR: Sir Alex Ferguson has set his sights on a unique clean sweep of the four major trophies. [LNB]Also: Sam Allardyce last night told FA bosses: Get off your backsides because you're wrecking the England team.[LNB]DAILY EXPRESS: Chelsea areready to kick-off the transfer window in spectacular style by splashingout £40million on David Villa and paying him more than £10million ayear. [LNB]Also: Rafa Benitez isplanning to bolster his quest for a top-four finish by bringingArgentina midfielder Maxi Rodriguez to Liverpool. [LNB]Swoops: Roberto Mancini[LNB]THE TIMES: England's preparations for the World Cup finals have been given a huge boost with Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager, signalling yesterday that Rio Ferdinand is over the worst of his injury problems. [LNB]Also: Portsmouth failed to pay their players' wages yesterday, the third time this season that payment has been late. [LNB]DAILY TELEGRAPH: The financial crisis at Portsmouth was brought into sharp focus last night when, for the third time in four months, the club failed to pay all of their staff and players on time.[LNB]Also: Sam Allardyce has accused the Football Association of leaving the England national team with a bleak future by failing to produce enough talent from these shores. [LNB]THE GUARDIAN: The England all-rounder Stuart Broad has denied the former India captain Sunil Gavaskar's claim that he gets preferential treatment because his father, Chris, is an International Cricket Council match referee. [LNB]Also: Peter Reid has emerged as the leading candidate for the managerial vacancy at Bolton Wanderers. [LNB]THE INDEPENDENT: Carlo Ancelotti yesterday insisted that Chelsea's troubles were over after a difficult period at the end of 2009, arguing instead that their rivals had missed a priceless opportunity to overhaul them.[LNB] Also: John O'Shea will miss the next two months of the season after making a slower than expected recovery from a thigh injury. [LNB]
