The Mail on Sunday value Robbie Keane's new contract at Coventry at £4.7 million over five years with the Dubliner said to be on course to pick up over £1 million in year five even before a single bonus is paid.
Over at The Express they are predicting strife between Alex Ferguson and FIFA unless the Manchester United boss releases Dwight Yorke for international duty for next month's Gold Cup. The Trinidad and Tobago international would be away for the best part of a month. Former Ireland international Mike Milligan is said to be a target for Carlisle while the paper also reveals that Don Hutchison fears he could be the next player to be sold of by debt ridden Everton after he was refused an extension to his contract.
The Sunday World reckons he turned down an extension and tip Celtic to sign him for around £3 million. Spurs boss George Graham is said to be prepared to spend almost three times that for Wimbledon's Marcus Gayle by the World while the News of the World reveal that United are about to launch a last ditch attempt to salvage the £35 million transfer of Rivaldo and that Irish champions St Patrick's Athletic are chasing Bohemians duo Derek Swan and Graham Lawlor.
Scoop of the week, however, goes to the Sunday People who have it on good authority that Roy Keane will be staying at Old Trafford. The player's father Moss, who wants him to stay put, we are told, is, according to a friend of his in the "exclusive" yarn "much more relaxed than in recent weeks". Cor!
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