The Daily Star

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Another pun-tastic headline on the back of the Daily Star as they too look at Erik ten Hag's future at Manchester United. According to a story by the paper's chief sports writer Jeremy Cross, new United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants "senior figures to help him come up with an identity for the team moving forward" and he will then "have to decide if Ten Hag is the right man to still manage the players, or if he needs to appoint a new head coach".

The Daily Mail

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The lead story on the back page of the Daily Mail focuses on rugby but there's still room for a couple of interesting football tales. According to the paper "Sir Jim Ratcliffe is ready to sanction a significant transfer spend at Manchester United this summer".

The report adds that "United were unable to sign any new players during the January transfer window due to PSR restrictions, but whilst remaining mindful of the limits the club will have more room for manoeuvre".

The paper also teases to an inside story on a clutch of youngsters breaking through at Liverpool.

Daily Mirror

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The headline writers at the Daily Mirror earned their corn with a pun on their back page in a story about Erik ten Hag's future at Manchester United. According to the red top "discussions are yet to take place over extending" his current contract which is set to expire in 2025. The paper adds that "new Man United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe intends to wait until the end of the season before making a decision on his manager who earns £9million-a-year" with qualifying for this season's Champions League key to him staying at Old Trafford.

Right, let's take a look at what stories have made the back pages of the national newspapers.

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Speaking of juicy transfer rumours. There's some interesting Manchester United snippets heading up today's gossip column.

Brazil midfielder Casemiro, 31, French defender Raphael Varane, 30 and England centre-back Harry Maguire, 30, are among 11 players who could be part of a squad clearout at Manchester United this summer. (ESPN), external

Manchester United investor Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who has made securing Champions League football a priority, wants to wait until the end of the season before deciding on manager Erik ten Hag's future. (Star), external

You can read the full gossip column here...

Good morning.

Brrrr. There's a wintery feel to again this morning but we have just the thing to warm the cockles. A day jam-packed with football news.

We have managers from all the big clubs holding news conferences throughout the day to preview the weekend's Premier League matches and the Carabao Cup final.

British teams left in the Europa League and Conference League will find out their opponents in the last 16 of those competitions later when Uefa hold the draw at their headquarters in Nyon.

We'll also be looking forward to this evening's women's internationals as England face Austria in a friendly while Northern Ireland line up against Montenegro in the Nations League.

Of course if there's any breaking news or juicy transfer gossip we'll be able over that, too.

We look forward to your company.