Summary

  • Liverpool hope to hire Klopp by Friday

  • England drop Burgess, Slade and Nowell start

  • Tax charges against Messi dropped

  • Rio 2016 team make cutbacks of up to 30%

  • Which sports star would you bake a cake for? #bbcsportsday

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    Klopp in by the end of the week?published at 08:05

    Football

    Straight to Liverpool then and the latest on their search for a new boss.

    It is looking increasingly likely that Jurgen Klopp will be the man to replace the departed Brendan Rodgers, with Liverpool - so the BBC understands - hopeful of appointing the German by the end of the week.

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    Talks with Klopp's representatives are "progressing well" and the club want a new manager in place to prepare for a visit to Tottenham on 17 October.

    The 48-year-old former Borussia Dortmund coach is the overwhelming favourite to take over, though ex-Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti remains a contender.

    Full story here.

  2. Tuesday's back pagespublished at 07:42 British Summer Time 6 October 2015

    The Independent

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  3. Tuesday's back pagespublished at 07:42 British Summer Time 6 October 2015

    Daily Telegraph

    And a couple of England rugby stories to finish, with a suitably moody looking picture of England backs coach Andy Farrell...

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  4. Tuesday's back pagespublished at 07:41 British Summer Time 6 October 2015

    The Mirror

    A spot of Chelsea in The Mirror...

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  5. Tuesday's back pagespublished at 07:40 British Summer Time 6 October 2015

    The Times

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  6. Tuesday's back pagespublished at 07:39 British Summer Time 6 October 2015

    The Guardian

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  7. Tuesday's back pagespublished at 07:39 British Summer Time 6 October 2015

    Daily Express

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  8. Tuesday's back pagespublished at 07:39 British Summer Time 6 October 2015

    The Sun

    No surprise who is the main talking point in the papers...

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  9. Klopp for the Kop?published at 08:00

    Will this man be in the Anfield dugout by the end of the week?

    KloppImage source, Getty Images

    And will his fingers still be superglued to his ear?

    We'll have more on the situation at Liverpool (and Sunderland too), the day's breaking news, the best of what's on social media... in other words, don't go anywhere, we've got everything covered.

    All you have to do is sit back and read.

    Welcome to another Sportsday, first the papers...