Football Paper Round: Pep and Mou bury the hatchet

Guardiola and Mourinho bury the hatchet

Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho have called time on their running feud, according to the Sun. The report says that the pair ended their rivalry at a Premier League meeting, by shaking hands and cracking a joke together. Sources at the meeting claim they were on good terms, eight years after the pair fell out at Barcelona.

Antonio Valencia's race to be ready for the derby

Antonio Valencia made a long dash from South America to be at United's final training session, according to the Sun. The report says Valencia was playing for Ecuador in Peru Wednesday morning GMT time, before flying to Madrid and having United's private jet take him the rest of the way to be at training 10am Thursday morning.

Guardiola and Zlatan continue their feud with war of words

Pep Guardiola and Zlatan Ibrahimovic have continued their feud with pre-derby jibes, according to the Mirror. The report says that Guardiola has accused Zlatan of stabbing him in the back ahead of today's Manchester derby, claiming that he always spoke to the striker "face to face". It comes after Zlatan has at length claimed he was mistreated by the Catalan, calling him a "spineless coward" in his autobiography. 

Tony Pulis claims Robson-Kanu was not his transfer target

West Brom manager Tony Pulis has claimed West Brom's board sanctioned the transfer of Hal-Robson Kanu, not him. According to the report in the Mirror, Pulis has claimed that the Welsh international was not on his radar and that the five summer signings the club made were not the signings he was after.

Source: Eurosport