Football Paper Round: Mourinho in shock bid for Leicester star

Mourinho ready to bid for Drinkwater

It’s a good headline from the Sun, but an even better rumour – Jose Mourinho, scrabbling around for a saviour to help his failing Manchester United side, is ready for Drink…Danny Drinkwater, that is.

It’s all Louis’s fault, says Jose

In other Mourinho news, he’s doing what he does best – using misdirection and sleight of hand to deflect any blame and retribution that might be heading his way. At least, that’s according to the Mirror (and plenty of other outlets), which reports that he’s attributing United’s current hideous form to the remaining influences of Louis van Gaal’s previous regime.

Mourinho needs to apologise to Dr Carneiro again...says witch doctor

No, seriously, this is the story the Daily Star are running with. In the third of today’s Mourinho trilogy, they quote a Ghanaian witch doctor who says that if United’s form is ever to pick up, their manager needs to clear his conscience and apologise to Eva Carneiro – and mean it this time.

Chelsea issue hands-off warning to Real Madrid over Courtois

Following on from Thibaut Courtois's open flirtation (via fax machine!) with Real Madrid - as reported in Euro Papers yesterday - The Sun follows up with news that Chelsea have told Real they will absolutely not let their Belgian goalkeeper go. Or, in Sun parlance, "Chelsea have said fax but no fax to Real Madrid".

Source: Eurosport