Blame It On the Change

We're truly into summer now, and the stories are getting thin on the ground.
We're still harping on about Barcelona in today's papers. Paul Hayward on The Guardian blog goes on at great length about them, and even when stats ruin his argument, he scoffs at the stats rather than at his own hyperbole:

According to the official Uefa stats, Barcelona's possession rate was 51% to United's 49%. This is laughable.

In a bizarre piece Kevin Garside links to the most popular themes - Ronaldo leaving and Barcelona being A-MAZ-ING - in an article which blames Ronaldo personally for our defeat, made stranger considering Ronaldo was one of the few players on our side to emerge with any credit from the final. Can't find anything to quote from it, the whole tone of the piece is essentially wrong, rather than any bit of it.
A couple of Tevez stories. The Mirror say that Tevez is going to go to Man City, out of spite:

Carlos Tevez's agents want him to sign for Manchester City - to spite Manchester United.

The Argentine striker's advisers are free to negotiate his next move, with the £30million fee to be paid to his owners rather than a club. And they are keen on a switch between the local rivals.

Tevez's main man Kia Joorabchian is interested in the City option because of the big money on offer at Eastlands - and the chance to prove Sir Alex Ferguson and United wrong.

While The Telegraph say that we're making a final attempt to keep him:

Although Tevez has appeared certain to leave United, having failed to secure a permanent contract at the end of his two-year loan period, and having said his farewells to the rest of the squad following last week's Champions League final, there is one last chance for United to secure a deal.

Chief executive David Gill indicated last week that the club were considering backing down in their attempts to renegotiate a price for Tevez, having hoped to pay less than £20 million. Gill also admitted it was "easier" to deal with a company than a club in this case – something Sir Alex Ferguson had said wasn't the case, much to Joorabchian's annoyance.

Another significant hurdle for United is to convince Tevez that he will play frequently enough. One of the player's major complaints is that he has not started a sufficient number of United's important matches and only featured as a half-time substitute in last week's final. He has become disillusioned and wanted to leave, as he declared in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph last month.

Tevez's anger has, however, cooled and he is now less certain that he will definitely be leaving United.

Michael Carrick pulls out of the England squad through injury.
Seeing as I haven't had opportunity to slag off Graham Poll recently I'll quote this from Martin Kelner's FA Cup Final Screen Break:

Saint and Greavsie were the star turn, though. Many of their stories had clearly seen action on the after-dinner circuit, but Greavsie was funny grumbling about the calibre of some of his fellow Setanta pundits, notably ex-referee Graham Poll. "How come we can't get a job, Saint? I mean, Graham Poll. I ask you?"