Sunday, August 1, 2010

What the behind pages say: Rio Ferdinand set to fool around in Carling Cup Final Sacha Gaydamak to bear the brunt of any Pompey fall

DAILY MAIL

Fabio Capello will be at Stamford Bridge on Saturday to see how the relationship between John Terry and Wayne Bridge has disintegrated in the wake of the Vanessa Perroncel scandal.

Also: Jose Mourinho drew first blood against his former club last night as Chelsea suffered defeat at Inter Milan in their Champions League last-16 tie.

Rio Ferdinand

Shock return? Rio Ferdinand

THE SUN

Roberto Mancini insists he is not feeling the pressure despite another miserable night for Manchester City.

Also: Carlo Ancelotti was left fuming as a ref blunder denied Blues a blatant penalty.

DAILY STAR

Manchester United ace Rio Ferdinand could still make the Carling Cup final on Sunday, despite suffering a back problem.

Also: Chelsea paid a heavy price for a brave performance in the San Siro last night.

DAILY EXPRESS

Salomon Kalou scored a vital Champions League away goal for Chelsea but it is Jose Mourinho"s Inter Milan who will take a lead to Stamford Bridge for the return leg of the last-16 tie.

Also: Wayne Bridge was wavering about whether to accept an England recall.

DAILY MIRROR

Jose Mourinho came back to haunt his old club Chelsea in the San Siro last night.

Also: Wayne Bridge is in turmoil over his England call-up this weekend.

THE GUARDIAN

There was too much history between Jose Mourinho and his old club for the last-16 tie to be settled in the first leg.

Also: Wayne Bridge is so "devastated" by the scandal surrounding his former Chelsea team-mate John Terry he does not know whether he will even be able to shake hands with him when they play against each other this weekend.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

A famous figure from the past has thrown a shadow over Chelsea"s future.

Also: Balram Chainrai, the Portsmouth owner, could emerge from the club"s administration with his 17million loans to the club repaid in full, leaving other creditors, including former owner Sacha Gaydamak, to bear the cost of the club"s collapse.

THE INDEPENDENT

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech was stretchered off with suspected knee ligament damage as his side were beaten 2-1 by Jose Mourinho"s Internazionale in the Champions League last night.

Also: Premier League clubs" debts are more than the rest of Europe"s clubs put together - but the English top flight also accounts for almost half of clubs" assets across the continent.

THE TIMES

The reunion of Jose Mourinho and Chelsea proved more satisfying for the Special One"s new club than his old one last night.

Also: At least Wayne Bridge will be spared a third meeting with John Terry in nine days.

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