What the back pages of the papers say - February 8

The football community is now divided between a minority driven by greed and the majority who are utterly appalled by the idea of an 'international round' of the Premier League matches...

Also: Fabio Capello fears England are being left behind by technically superior footballing nations following a brutal assessment of Wednesday night's 2-1 win over Switzerland.

THE GUARDIAN

Premier League clubs will bank as much as £5million each for playing an extra round of fixtures in foreign cities under hugely controversial plans outlined by the league yesterday...

Also: Rafael Benitez gave the Premier League notice of troubles ahead yesterday when, with rich irony, the Liverpool manager lambasted international football for crowding an already congested schedule and claimed matches had been switched abroad purely for profit.

DAILY EXPRESS

February 7, 2008. Remember this date... it could turn out to be the day football finally sold its soul...

Also: England's new management team will go to war with Premier League bosses in a bid to build a World Cup-winning side.

THE INDEPENDENT

The revolution in English football, which was set in train with the launch of the Premiership 16 years ago, yesterday announced its Great Leap Forward with the revelation that the game is preparing to go global on the field as well as off...

Also: Fabio Capello's right-hand man, Franco Baldini, has criticised the lack of "technical skill" in the England squad - and said that the players have to get used to double training sessions while on international duty so that they can improve their passing.

DAILY MIRROR

Premier League chiefs were accused of undermining the game last night as they prepared to turn the world's richest competition into a travelling circus...

Also: Yakubu's Everton future is on the line after he failed to report back from international duty.

DAILY STAR

Greedy football chiefs have been slammed for their plans to take the Premier League on an international roadshow...

Also: Manchester United confirmed last night they will hold a full minute's silence before Sunday's derby clash with City.

THE SUN

Fabio Capello and Harry Redknapp were last night stunned by sensational plans to play an entire weekend of Premier League matches across the globe...

Also: Michael Owen is devastated by his England snub from Fabio Capello.

THE TIMES

As the Premier League announced plans to turn its back on 120 years of history and go global yesterday, its self-congratulatory tones were in stark contrast to the feelings of managers and, above all, supporters, who were left feeling more distanced from the game than ever...

Also: As the Premier League announced plans to turn its back on 120 years of history and go global yesterday, its self-congratulatory tones were in stark contrast to the feelings of managers and, above all, supporters, who were left feeling more distanced from the game than ever.

DAILY TELEGRAPH

The Premier League's revolutionary proposal to cash in on their global appeal by introducing a new round of 10 competitive fixtures to be played abroad each season could be worth around £5 million to each of the competition's 20 clubs...

Also: England's players have been joking about how Fabio Capello calls them by their surnames, rather like a head teacher, but he is fortunate they are not calling him by numbers, denoting cogs in the machine he is building.