What the back pages say: Harry orders a booze ban at White Hart Lane, Tevez set to join Liverpool, M

12 May 2009 07:28
DAILY MAIL Alan Shearer last night finally conjured up the managerial magic that could keep Newcastle in the Barclays Premier League. THE SUN Alan Shearer pulled off a tactical masterstroke as Newcastle roared out of the drop zone. Also: Carlos Tevez wants to join Manchester United's fiercest rivals Liverpool. Harry Redknapp will order a booze ban at Spurs in the wake of Ledley King's nightclub bust-up. Furious Redknapp hits drunken Ledley with £160,000 fine DAILY STAR Newcastle's supersubs rode to the rescue last night. Shear joy: Magpies crow as they climb out of the bottom three Also: AC Milan have offered a £40m deal to sign Carlos Tevez this summer. So what happens next for unhappy United star Tevez? Arsenal are targeting a summer move for defender Gary Cahill - but have been told it will take £20m to tempt Bolton into selling. DAILY MIRROR Supersub Oba Martins struck the goal to lift Newcastle and give Alan Shearer's rescue mission fresh impetus. Also: Jose Mourinho is ready to raid former club Chelsea by making a £15million bid for midfielder John Obi Mikel. Greg Halford last night put Sheffield United into the Championship play-off final. DAILY EXPRESS Supersubs Obafemi Martins and Peter Lovenkrands scored the £50million goals that may keep Newcastle up and almost certainly sent Middlesbrough down in a cracking north-east derby. Also: Darren Fletcher's worst fears were confirmed last night when UEFA ruled he would be banned from the Champions League final. Agony for Fletcher as red card against Arsenal will stand THE GUARDIAN Chelsea officials met Carlo Ancelotti and his representatives last night seeking assurances from the Italian that he still intends to swap San Siro for Stamford Bridge at the end of the season, with serious doubts growing over whether the first-choice candidate to succeed Guus Hiddink will pledge himself to a proposed three-year contract in west London. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Alan Shearer continues to weave dreams for Newcastle United, continues to give the Toon hope and joy, continues to script dramas in this passionate Geordie theatre. THE TIMES Middlesbrough could be relegated as early as Saturday after slipping to a devastating 3-1 defeat at St James' Park last night. THE INDEPENDENT If all good managers should be able to affect the course of a game at critical moments then last night was when Alan Shearer finally arrived as a manager.

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