All the football talk from Friday's papers
Southampton's Matthew Oakley will be out of action for six weeks after discovering his knee injury damage is worse than first feared (Daily Mail).
Manchester United's teenage star Cristiano Ronaldo has been branded a diver by Stuttgart players after winning a penalty against them in Wednesday's Champions League game (Daily Mirror).
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has told club shareholders they should be proud of his players, despite the recent Old Trafford incidents and claims that the Gunners are being deliberately provoked (The Sun).
Gareth Southgate has questioned the fitness, desire and technique of many English players in a new book co-written with a former Crystal Palace teammate (Daily Telegraph).
Southampton have beaten a host of top European clubs in the race to sigh 16-year-old Portuguese starlet Feliciano Prudencio on a three-year-contract from Vitoria Setubal (Daily Star).
Nottingham Forest manager Paul Hart is ready to pull Michael Dawson out of the England Under-21 squad to avoid burning out the �6m rated defender. (Daily Express).
Former Wimbledon defender Warren Barton, who has been released by Derby County, could be on the move to Sheffield United (The Independent).
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