Summary

  • Price of Football revealed

  • 70% of tickets are cheaper or the same price

  • Ings out for season with cruciate ligament injury

  • Howe signs new Bournemouth contract

  1. Trouble for Timpublished at 07:14

    Back pages

    Tidings of doom for Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood - the Daily Mail says club bosses are meeting to decide his future.

    There's also a shot of new Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp taking training with his new charges - as mentioned, we'll bring you a news conference from Liverpool later today.

    Thursday's Daily Mail back pageImage source, Daily Mail
  2. Le Saux blasts Mourinhopublished at 07:12

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    The Times this morning has an exclusive interview with former Chelsea defender Graeme Le Saux, who says Blues manager Jose Mourinho has "hurt the game".

    For the eagle-eyed amongst you, the top of the page reports more ructions from the nest of dysfunction that is England's Rugby World Cup campaign. Betrayal, accusations and of course, Twitter feature in the latest tale.

    Thursday's Times back pageImage source, The Times
  3. Pellegrini gets ultimatumpublished at 07:10

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    The Mirror leads on a stark warning for Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini, who has been told he must add some silverware to the trophy cabinet...or else.

    Meanwhile, Gareth Bale reveals that he would never have played for England, and Jose Mourinho is angry about something or other...again.

    Thursday's Mirror back pageImage source, Daily Mirror
  4. Good morningpublished at 07:05

    Hello and welcome to a special edition of Sportsday. Coming up today we'll bring you all the data from our Price of Football study, and plenty more.

    We'll be dropping in on England's cricketers as they battle to beat Pakistan in the desert, bringing you the latest from the Wales camp ahead of their Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Australia at the weekend, and looking in on Herr Klopp's second news conference as Liverpool manager.

    But first, as ever, a look at this morning's papers...

  5. Price of footballpublished at 07:00

    Price of FootballImage source, BBC Sport

    227 clubs, 13 leagues. The biggest study of its kind.

    Yes, it's that time of year again, as once again the BBC reveals the results of its annual Price of Football study.

    Whose most expensive season ticket costs £2,013? Which club's shirt is a mere £20? How many pies would Manchester City have to sell to cover the cost of Kevin De Bruyne?

    All these questions, and many, many, many more, will be answered over the next few hours...