The top stories and transfer rumours from Monday’s newspapers…
DAILY MAIL
Rapper A$AP Rocky is set to buy EFL club Tranmere Rovers, according to reports.
Neymar had to wipe away the tears as he spoke about the year he has spent out of action due to injury as he closes in on a return.
No Premier League club has yet committed to the second Summer Series in the United States.
The EFL’s annual summer meeting has been brought forward to February – in an attempt to tackle the various financial issues facing the game.
Russell Martin insists his Southampton stars are still playing for him, despite Saturday’s second-half collapse against Leicester.
Bayer Leverkusen star Victor Boniface survived a crash with a lorry which saw him rushed to hospital on Sunday morning.
Footballing couple Alisha Lehmann and Douglas Luiz reportedly had their home burgled in Turin on Saturday night.
THE SUN
Roma hero Kostas Manolas scored FIVE goals in just 34 minutes on his debut with a Greek non-league club he surprisingly joined after leaving Serie A.
Lionel Messi scored a stunning 11-minute hat-trick to book Inter Miami’s spot in the FIFA Club World Cup.
THE ATHLETIC
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot fears that attacker Diogo Jota will miss Wednesday’s Champions League trip to RB Leipzig due to injury.
Lauren James has withdrawn from the England squad for the upcoming pair of October international friendlies.
The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) say they have launched an investigation into alleged homophobic chanting from Paris Saint-Germain supporters during the Ligue 1 game with Strasbourg on Saturday.
DAILY MIRROR
Manchester United coach Darren Fletcher could face an FA charge after laying into match officials at half-time in the Old Trafford tunnel.
Mohamed Salah is out of contract at the end of the season, but Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher is confident the forward will sign a new deal and remain at Anfield.
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The Super Sunday panel discuss Mohamed Salah’s legacy at Liverpool and how many Premier League goals he could reach
DAILY EXPRESS
Zsolt Low will not be part of Thomas Tuchel’s backroom staff in England.
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Newly appointed England head coach Thomas Tuchel says he wants to win ‘missing trophies’ for the country ahead of the 2026 World Cup
Montpellier president Laurent Nicollin shocked viewers by publicly announcing the sacking of head coach Michel Der Zakarian live on air after Sunday’s 5-0 humiliation against Marseille.
THE TIMES
Howard Webb was listening to the match officials’ communications during Arsenal’s defeat by Bournemouth but had no input into the VAR decision to send off William Saliba, the referees’ organisation Professional Game Match Officials Limited has insisted.
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Jamie Redknapp says it’s nonsense if people believe that Howard Webb was involved in the VAR decision-making for William Saliba’s red card
Trevor Birch, the chief executive of the EFL, has revealed there are no plans to discuss the introduction of VAR to the Championship despite recent glaring officiating errors.
DAILY STAR
Portsmouth’s players got stuck in a lift after they beat QPR on Saturday afternoon – leading their match-winner, Callum Lang, to start rationing water with this squad.
DAILY RECORD
Boss Philippe Clement has raised the eyebrows of Rangers fans after his post-match comments on Jack Butland’s performance against Kilmarnock.
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Philippe Clement says his Rangers side weren’t clinical enough in their loss to Kilmarnock
Atalanta manager Gian Piero Gasperini still reckons Celtic are a force to be reckoned in the Champions League ahead of their meeting on Wednesday and is not paying any attention to the hammering dished out by Borussia Dortmund two weeks ago.
SCOTTISH SUN
Rangers fans made their feeling clear towards the Ibrox board during their clash with Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.
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Kilmarnock’s Marley Watkins powers his way through the Rangers defence to grab a late lead at home
