Highlights and rumors from Thursday’s newspapers. . .
DAILY MAIL
Chelsea, Aston Villa and Newcastle, all of whom belong to Manchester City, have valid considerations in their dispute with the Premier League over spending rules.
Borussia Dortmund will only try to bring Jadon Sancho back to the club if Manchester United loan him out again.
Chelsea have excluded Mykhaylo Mudryk from playing for Ukraine and Enzo Fernandez from representing Argentina at the Paris Olympics due to another summer of injury problems.
Carlos Corberan, Steve Cooper and Ruud van Nistelrooy are among the coaches who will update Enzo Maresca at Leicester City.
Scottish FA chief executive Ian Maxwell will miss the body’s Annual General Meeting on Thursday and will have to look for options to choose Euro 2024 after undergoing indifferent retinal surgery, an operation that will allow him to not fly for a month.
The RFU will deploy undercover security guards for the Premiership final at Twickenham, a year after the national festival was disrupted by Just Stop Oil protesters.
THE TELEGRAPH OF THE DAY
Newcastle United are reluctant to join forces with Manchester City in the impending civil war against the Premier League over state-funded spending freedoms.
Championship clubs are locked in a war over proposed new currency regulations ahead of the EFL’s assembly on Thursday, with some proposing a relaxation of spending restrictions because the Premier League failed to reach an agreement on the “New Deal” on financing.
Scotland’s all-time top goalscorer Stuart Hogg will complete a regular career renaissance by signing for Montpellier as a medical prankster in July after reversing his decision to retire.
Qatar is the latest in an eight-year, £800 million deal to host the Rugby Nations Championship final after securing exclusive negotiating rights.
U. S. Open organizers are expected to grant special exemptions to LIV Golf players starting in 2025 ahead of next week’s event, which can feature just 12 players from the breakaway tour.
THE TIMES
The dispute between Manchester City and the Premier League is jeopardising their £900 million investment deal for the EFL.
THE GUARDIAN
Premier League officials have admitted to clubs that VAR delays increased by more than 50% compared to last season due to the implementation of an “improvement plan” in refereeing.
THE SUN
Chelsea are expected to make a move for Leicester City midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall if they take credit for Conor Gallagher this summer.
Former Chelsea chairman Ken Bates said Premier League clubs had “the budget toys of American heritage and Arab billionaires who don’t care about football. “
Brentford have presented Romeo Beckham with a new contract with their B team.
French side Brest, who finished third in Ligue 1 last season, asked to play their Champions League matches 120 kilometres away, in Guingamp, because their stadium does not meet UEFA’s seating criteria.
Anthony Joshua is in contention to face the winner of Oleksandr Usyk’s rematch with Tyson Fury provided he wins his comeback in September, the most likely opposite to Daniel Dubois.
DAILY MIRROR
Enzo Maresca plans to take his outstanding dietician Marcos Álvarez to Chelsea. In the past, Alvarez has banned players from drinking fruit juices, eating fried eggs or salt and pepper.
Liverpool’s main backer, Standard Chartered, has been accused of squandering multibillion-dollar transactions on behalf of monetary backers of terrorist groups, according to documents filed in a New York court.
DAILY EXPRESS
Celtic will have to pay more than £20m if they sign Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher this summer.
DAILY LOG
Peter Grant has suggested Celtic sign goalkeeper David de Gea, who spent all of last season on the sidelines after failing to find a club after leaving Manchester United.
Orlando Pirates boss Jose Riveiro has said midfielder Relobohile Mofokeng’s long career will be left in the hands of the player as he continues to be connected with the Rangers.
John Lundstram says he regrets not being able to win a Scottish Premiership title while with Rangers as he prepares to move to Turkey with Trabzonspor.