The Sun’s Ian McGarry splashes with an EXCLUSIVE straight out of left-field, claiming that Spurs are lining up Mark Hughes to be their next manager. “Spurs officials contacted Sparky’s advisors yesterday to offer him the job hours before Manchester City’s UEFA Cup tie with Omonia Nicosia. They slapped a £20million, five-year deal on the table and would love the Eastlands chief to take over during next week’s international break. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy decided to act after concluding Spaniard Ramos is now a lame-duck manager.”

Following Joe Kinnear’s incredible outburst at his debut press conference, The Times’ George Caulkin explores how “Kinnear made a belligerent and expletive-strewn attempt to reclaim his authority as the club’s interim manager.” “In one regard the 61-year-old had a point; passing judgment on him is premature, given that the match away to Everton on Sunday will be his first in charge. And yet the wider context is damning; whether he likes it or not, Kinnear is the public face of Mike Ashley’s regime at a club who are up for sale, who have a paper-thin squad and a team who are next to bottom of the Barclays Premier League and whose fans are in revolt.”

Rob Smyth (Guardian) brings his “Joy of Six” of the most volcanic managerial spats with the media. “Liam Brady v various reporters

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