Papers: Saudi Pro League want to make Salah new poster boy amid Ronaldo row
The top stories and transfer rumours from Sunday's newspapers...
Wigan sack boss Lowe after 6-1 defeat at Peterborough
League One strugglers Wigan sacked head coach Ryan Lowe following the 6-1 defeat at Peterborough, which left them 22nd in the table and two points from safety.
The Latics have managed just two wins in their last 12 league matches and taken just two points from the last 21 available.
"The club would like to place on record its thanks to Ryan for his efforts and wishes him all the best for the future," said a Wigan statement announcing they had parted company with Lowe, who had been in charge since March.
"In the interim, Glenn Whelan and Graham Barrow will take on first-team matters and the club will work quickly to identify and appoint a new head coach of the football club."
Jacquet suffers serious shoulder injury after agreeing Liverpool move
Liverpools new summer signing Jeremy Jacquet has sustained a serious shoulder injury, according to Rennes head coach Habib Beye.
The 20-year-old fell awkwardly in the second half of a 3-1 defeat to Lens in Ligue 1 and appeared in agony as he left the pitch.
For Jeremy, its his shoulder, Beye said in his post-match interview.
Well have time to see, but its definitely quite serious.
Liverpool saw off competition from Chelsea to agree a 60m deal to sign the highly rated France Under-21 centre-back on July 1 on a five-year contract, with the option of a further 12 months.
Liverpool have agreed to pay a fixed fee of 55m plus a potential 5m in performance-related add-ons.
Very pleasing, of course, was Reds head coach Arne Slots verdict on the deal.
Hes a very big talent and maybe even more than a talent, but we speak about talent because of his age.
We werent the only one interested in him. Its another big compliment to the people working really hard to sign players because we were able to sign such a big talent.
Jimenez triggers clause to stay at Bournemouth
AC Milan defender Alex Jimenez has triggered a clause in his loan deal at Bournemouth that will make his move permanent.
Bournemouth will pay Milan 16.8m plus 4.5m in potential add-ons for the 20-year-old.
He started against Aston Villa on Saturday and played 86 minutes, which triggered an appearance clause in his loan deal.
Jimenez's contract will run through until June 2031.
Frank: Spurs have serious owners
Thomas Frank has dismissed suggestions Tottenham's owners are not "serious" and believes they should be judged after the summer transfer window.
The club's former co-sporting director Fabio Paratici was unveiled by Serie A outfit Fiorentina on Thursday and spoke of his pleasure at working for "serious" owners.
However, Frank leapt to the defence of majority shareholders ENIC - run by the Lewis family Trust - and pointed out it is a new era given key figure Daniel Levy only left his role as chairman in September.
Asked if Tottenham had serious owners, Frank smiled: "They have very, veryserious owners.
"I understand why you need to ask that but I can only laugh about that.
"Yes, very, very serious. I speak to them. I'm together with them, so I'm not in doubt.
"I think it's a little bit unfair to judge them on a January transfer window. That's the only window where they've been in charge. Is this correct?
"I also think it's fair to say that, that was different before that. That's everyone's assumption, isn't it? I think it's unfair to judge them after this window, I really, truly do.
"Judge them after the next window and the following window. I understand there is a lot of scrutiny about the club, that's fair, but let's be fair."
Papers: Saudi ready to sell Ronaldo
The Saudi Pro League is ready to offload Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo for 43m, but Manchester United are not interested in bringing the 41-year-old to the club for a third time as it stands.
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Bompastor signs new Chelsea contract
Chelsea Women head coach Sonia Bompastor has signed a new contract until 2030.
The decision comes with the Blues set to miss out on their first Women's Super League title since 2019.
Chelsea are 12 points behind WSL leaders Manchester City, with just eight matches remaining.
Dawson: Romero's comments a disaster for Frank
Michael Dawson suggested that Tottenham Hotspur's captain Cristian Romero made a mistake with his social media posts seemingly criticising Spurs' hierarchy and claims that it's a 'disaster' for manager Thomas Frank.
Guehi and Semenyo explain Man City moves
Marc Guehi and Antoine Semenyo explain their January transfers to Manchester City ahead of a 'season defining' game at Anfield against Liverpool.
