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Now the transfer window has been shut until next year it is time for the back pages to take a break from transfer speculation and start analyzing just who has been let in.

Thoughts turn at once to Chelsea who have splashed out over �111m on a whole new line-up of stars.

Most papers agree that Chelsea's splurge has brought some light relief to what has been an otherwise unspectacular shopping trip by the rest of the Premiership.

The Daily Telegraph compares new owner Roman Abramovich to "one of those ladies in the King's Road, Chelsea who stop shopping only when the boutiques have shut."

Well, maybe the Russian's persistence has paid off as many of the back pages hail his final signing, Claude Makelele from Real Madrid, as a stroke of genius.

The �16m-midfielder has his own thoughts on the matter.

"Everyone is talking about Chelsea," he is quoted as saying in The Mirror.

He went on to tell The Sun: "Chelsea can be superior to Real Madrid in this campaign - we can build a better team than them."

Abramovich is also reportedly ready to dig deep into his reserves of cash when the transfer window re-opens in January.

THE HEADLINES Daily Telegraph: Everton give Jeffers chance to revive career The Times: Makelele last in the door as Chelsea shut window at �100m The Sun: Smak! Chelsea bigger than Real says Makelele Daily Express: Here's another �100m Daily Mirror: Michael G-Owen Daily Mail: Beckham's last-ditch plea to stay with United Daily Star: Rom to splash �100m more to land title The Guardian: Loans rule deadline dealing The Independent: Makelele arrival closes Chelsea chequebook

The Daily Star says the Russian billionaire is willing to spend another �100m to build the ultimate Chelsea dream team.

There is more news from ex-pat David Beckham as the serialisation of his autobiography continues.

The Sun reveals his thoughts on why England may have blown their chance of winning another World Cup.

The Daily Mail writes that the England captain wanted to stay on at Manchester United for one more season.

The build-up to England's final Test against South Africa is focused on the final hurrah of long-serving wicket-keeper Alec Stewart.

The Mirror unveils plans to hold a lavish farewell lunch at The Oval which will be attended by every captain Stewart has served under.

The Guardian also runs a full-page tribute to Stewart with contributions from cricketing stalwarts such as Wasim Akram and Duncan Fletcher.

But most of the papers also look to the future and take up former England wicket-keeper Jack Russell's tip that Nottinghamshire's Chris Read must be chosen as Stewart's successor.

The Daily Express headlines: "Russell: It has to be Read."

The post-mortem into Britain's disappointing performance at the World Athletics Championships also takes up a few column inches.

The Guardian offers its own solution to the seeming lack of inspiration in the GB camp by suggesting that former 100m sprinter Linford Christie be brought in as the new figurehead.

"He still has a big presence in the British athletics, still surrounded by an inspirational aura yet barely acknowledged," the paper writes.