What the back pages say - July 28

DAILY MAIL: Kevin Keegan is heading for a showdown with the Newcastle board after offering troubled Joey Barton a fresh start yesterday.

Also: Paul Collingwood wants to put the worst year of his career behind him and start all over again with England in the must-win third Test against South Africa this week at Edgbaston.  

THE SUN: Phil Scolari has targeted an amazing quadruple in his first year at Chelsea.

Also: Alex Ferguson last night slammed Sepp Blatter over his slavery claims... Kevin Keegan will give disgraced midfielder Joey Barton the chance to salvage his Newcastle career.  

DAILY STAR: Sir Alex Ferguson is weighing up a shock £15m swoop to sign Arsenal legend Thierry Henry. Also: Kevin Keegan has risked a fans' backlash by vowing to stand by Joey Barton after the Newcastle midfielder is freed from jail... Owen Hargreaves has sent a defiant message of self-belief to Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson.   

DAILY MIRROR: Kevin Keegan will hand Joey Barton one last chance to save his career when he is released from jail next month. Also: Martin O'Neill plans to offer Gareth Barry a new Aston Villa deal that allows him to quit if they fail to make the top four this term... Luiz Felipe Scolari has told his Chelsea players: Get me to four finals this season and I will turn you into winners.  

DAILY EXPRESS: New Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari last night officially signalled the start of hostilities for the coming season as he said: "We can do the quadruple." Also: Everton's battle to pull off one of the transfer coups of the summer intensified yesterday when Portuguese starlet Joao Moutinho went public on his desire to join David Moyes' side... Robbie Keane will undergo a medical at Liverpool today to seal his £20million move from Tottenham.  

DAILY TELEGRAPH: A controversial franchise-based English Premier League competition will be resurrected this week, as unrest grows over the future of Twenty20 cricket in this country. Also: Kevin Keegan will welcome Joey Barton back to Newcastle when he returns to the club, but he admits that the controversial midfielder has plenty of work to do to regain people's confidence.  

THE TIMES: Luiz Felipe Scolari issued an ominous statement of intent to Chelsea's Barclays Premier League rivals last night by declaring that his new team are capable of winning an unprecedented quadruple. Also: Paul Collingwood has spoken of his relief at being recalled to the England squad for the third npower Test match against South Africa, which is scheduled to start at Edgbaston on Wednesday.  

THE GUARDIAN: Gareth Barry's transfer to Liverpool looked doomed to failure last night after Aston Villa's manager, Martin O'Neill, revealed that the club are ready to offer him a new contract and Robbie Keane prepared to travel to Anfield for a medical. Also: Luiz Felipe Scolari believes he has the players at Chelsea to achieve an unprecedented clean sweep of trophies. 

THE INDEPENDENT: Gareth Barry will continue to press for a move to Liverpool that will enable him to play Champions League football next season, despite a hero's welcome when he came on as substitute against Odense in the Intertoto Cup at Villa Park on Saturday and talk of a new contract to keep him at the club. Also: Sunderland are today expected to announce the signing of El Hadji Diouf from Bolton Wanderers for a fee that is thought to be around £3.5m.