Sweetheart Contract

Bit of a midweek lull, too late for last weekend's games (given we played Monday, the lull's a day late...), too early to look forward.

Danny Welbeck signs a new contract:

He said: “Playing for United is all I’ve ever wanted to do — it’s the club I’ve supported all my life.

“I’m learning all the time from the best manager in the game and I’m keen for that to continue alongside the world-class players in the squad.

“I cannot wait for the challenge of the new season to play my part in helping the team compete for trophies.”

And Sir Alex's comments:

“Danny has been with the club since he was eight years old and has made fantastic progress in the last couple of years — first out on loan and last year as a regular in the first team.

“He has become an important player at international level as well, as the maturity of his performances at the European Championship finals showed.

“This year is another important one for him. He has a bright future ahead of him.”

The Daily Star make up a headline of "Danny Welbeck: I'll push van Persie all the way" with the same non-van Persie mentioning quotes.

The Mirror have some quotes from Chicarito, on his dream of winning the treble:

“My real dream – and I swear it is not about scoring the biggest goal – is to win the Treble,” said Hernandez, whose Chicharito nickname translates as Little Pea.

“One year at least, I want to win the league, I want to win the Champions League – we were so close in my first year – and I want to win the FA Cup.

“I think the Treble is the most complicated thing in the world for any club to win. So that is my dream, to lift all those trophies in one season.

“If I have a season where I play a lot but didn’t score one goal, but I can lift those trophies, I will be the happiest man in the world.”

Bit of transfer rubbish, and The Sun have us wanting to "hijack" Liverpool's move for Hector Herrera.

The Mirror pluck some names out of a hat and have them interested in Berbatov.

The Telegraph report on the Premier League's discussion on "financial fair play" and a certain Manchester club's opposition.

Finishing on some good news and Jonny Evans has "an outside chance" of playing on Saturday according to The Telegraph.