In The Title, ex-Kilkenny hurler and current hurling columnist Charlie Carter claims that “Tipperary could dominate hurling for the next five years,†and believes “losing to Cork by 10 points in the first round was the making of this team.â€
Carter and The Title’s other hurling writers John Fogarthy and Philio Lanigan all name Tipp’s Lar Corbett as their hurler of the year, and Tipp’s Brendan Maher as their young hurler of the year.
In the Sunday World is the headline ‘Shay Given a lifeline.’ The Donegalman’s chances of playing for Manchester City again were boosted after Joe Hart made a terrible mistake to cost City a win against Blackburn.
Robbie Keane, meanwhile, was on the bench for Tottenham, despite the recent injury to Jermain Defoe. Harry Redknapp chose to play only one up front away to West Brom, and opted for Roman Pavlyuchenko.
In the News of the World is ‘Arsene to Nick him,’ in which it is claimed that Arsene Wenger is willing to pay up to €2.4million to bring 16-year-old Crewe player and England under-17 international Nick Powell to Arsenal.
The paper also runs with ‘Harry’s Spanish warning,’ in which Harry Redknapp claims the English teams don’t have a chance in the Champions League this year, as Real Madrid and Barcelona are too good.
