The Irish Sun leads with the story that West Ham’s joint chairman David Sullivan has offered Thierry Henry a two-year deal worth more than €8.5million. A handy sum, and Henry knows all about handy.
They also has a picture of Everton defender Shane Duffy lying on his back in agony after a collision that took place during a training game on Friday and which resulted in him being kept overnight in the Mater Hospital. Duffy took the full force of Ireland Amateur keeper Adrian Walsh’s knees to his chest.
The Star lead with a story claiming that José Mourinho still hasn’t decided to join Real Madrid. The Indo claims that the Special One, whose Inter Milan go into today’s Champions League final as favourites, is lapping up all the attention he’s getting at the moment.
They report that at Friday’s press conference ahead of the biggest club game of the year, Mourinho was presented with a plastic crown, a book, countless compliments and two packets of his favourite Custard Creams that had been flown out from London. It was, say the Indo, “not a press conference at the Bernabeu last night, this was a coronationâ€.
Don’t forget you can read our exclusive pre-match interview with José here.
The Irish Times points out that despite the focus on José, we shouldn’t ignore Bayern Munich, saying that their manager Louis Van Gaal “has more than enough self-regard to remain confident even when cast as a minor character in the tale of José Mourinho”. The Times also points out that despite the Heineken Cup Final being an all-French affair, we can expect to see a fair few Irish faces in the crowd as many Leinster and Munster fans had already bought tickets prior to their teams crashing out of the tournament and are still planning on making the trip to Paris.
Meanwhile, the Mirror goes with “Benitez: I will stay if you wantâ€. They report that despite interest from Juventus and Inter Milan, and a difficult season, Rafa Benitez wants to continue at Anfield.
