Alcoholiday

This will be the last paper round-up for at least a week, as I'm off on my holidays.  Normal service will be resumed, at some point next week.  Hopefully things will have happened by the time I get back, I'm expecting to come back to signings galore...

Not much about today.  The Manchester Evening News has a bit of a summary as Sir Alex and the players return to work:

The Reds surely cannot tackle the challenges of the new season without the introduction of a flair playmaker to fill the Paul Scholes breach.

The natives won’t feel comfortable until that purchase has been made.Arsenal’s Samir Nasri and Inter Milan’s Wesley Sneijder continue to see-saw in the affection of the Reds support and their availability is equally as unstable.

The Mirror speculate that we could still sign Sanchez if Barcelona get Fabregas, money problems: 

The Champions League winners are at full stretch financially and that offer will not be increased, and could even be withdrawn, if they land Gunners skipper Fabregas in the next few days.

Ferguson and supremo David Gill are playing a canny waiting game. It is now three weeks since Gill met Udinese and the Sanchez camp to make their pitch.

One last story, also from The Mirror, that Stoke have "joined the race for Wes Brown and John O'Shea."