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27 February 2009 08:01
DAILY MAIL[LNB]Chelsea are closer to naming Guus Hiddink as their permanent manager after itemerged Dick Advocaat is being lined up to succeed him as coach of Russia. [LNB]EXCLUSIVE: Guus to stay at the Bridge as Dick eyes Russia job[LNB][LNB]Also: England prop Matt Stevens stands to lose more than £500,000 followingyesterday's two-year ban for cocaine abuse.[LNB]Stevens ruined by two-year complete ban from rugby[LNB][LNB]Fit - no thanks to Scolari: Drogba has been reborn under Hiddink [LNB] DAILY MIRROR[LNB]Jose Mourinho is being lined up as the next manager of Liverpool if Rafa Benitez refuses to sign his new contract. [LNB]Anfield gets ready to welcome Mourinho[LNB][LNB]Also: Didier Drogba last night admitted Guus Hiddink is right to say Chelsea are not fit enough to win the Champions League - and blamed axed boss Luiz Felipe Scolari.[LNB]Drogba's ruling the world again, insists Lampard[LNB][LNB]THE SUN[LNB]Kevin Blackwell looks set to face an FA rap after Sheffield United suffered a 2-1 FA Cup defeat at Hull. [LNB]Hull 2 Sheffield United 1: Blackwell slams officials after cup,exit[LNB][LNB]Also: Newcastle must shop in the bargain basement this summer after owner Mike Ashley revealed belt-tightening plans.[LNB]Cash crisis is all Shepherd's fault, slams Magpies chairman[LNB][LNB]THE TIMES[LNB]The Honda Formula One team will be on the grid for the start of of the 2009 season after a management buyout. [LNB]Also: Sepp Blatter, the FIFA president, set English football yesterday on a path to a player quota system within three years.[LNB]Blatter set to change the face of the game with quota system [LNB][LNB]DAILY STAR[LNB]Real Madrid have made their first move in a bid to tempt Carlos Tevez to the Bernabeu this summer. [LNB]Also: Salomon Kalou has rocked Chelsea by admitting he wants to play for Arsenal.[LNB]I love the Gunners: Kalou targets London switch [LNB][LNB]THE GUARDIAN[LNB]Herman Ouseley has threatened to quit the Football Association council over what he termed the "institutional exclusion" of black and minority-ethnic figures from the game's decision-making bodies. [LNB]Also: Arsenal are at the mercy  of a single investor from Singapore as they attempt to make a success of their £350m Highbury Square development.[LNB]Don't panic: Gunners chief plays down cash fears after Highbury loan bid[LNB][LNB]DAILY EXPRESS[LNB]Carlos Tevez is the first Manchester United player to break ranks and declarethey can end up with a record-breaking five trophies this season. [LNB]Also: Aston Villa crashed out of the UEFA Cup at the hands of CSKA Moscow on a bitterly cold night in the Russian capital - a result that Martin O'Neill hopes will see histeam basking in the glow of Champions League qualification come May.[LNB]CSKA 2 ASTON VILLA 0: End of the line for O'Neill's cup kids[LNB][LNB]THE INDEPENDENT[LNB]The Manchester United squad facing Tottenham Hotspur in Sunday's Carling Cupfinal will resemble something Arsene Wenger has assembled but Sir Alex Fergusonrevealed that the presence of Danny Welbeck and Darron Gibson, who may start thegame, along with Rodrigo Possebon, Rafael and Fabio Da Silva, are the product ofa plan he hatched with former assistant Carlos Quieroz several years ago.[LNB]Your shout: Battle is on at Wembley to become the loudest fans[LNB][LNB] [LNB]  

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