Gossip column: Rooney, Mourinho, Sterling, Van Gaal, Ronaldo

Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher feels this is Arsenal's best chance to win the Premier League title and believes the Gunners will be waiting a long time for another chance as good as this season. (Daily Mail) 
Leicester City are poised to bid for Lech Poznan and Poland midfielder Karol Linetty, 20, but could face competition from Manchester City. (Daily Mirror) 

The Daily Star back page has a 'Broken One' headline concerning Jose Mourinho

Liverpool and Arsenal face competition from Serie A club Napoli for the signature of Real Madrid forward Jese, 22. (AS via Talksport) 

Former Manchester United defender Danny Higginbotham believes the Red Devils are not playing to the strengths of striker and captain Wayne Rooney, 30. (Independent) 
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has challenged Raheem Sterling, 20, to score more goals. (Manchester Evening News) 
Chelsea midfielder Willian claims manager Jose Mourinho's stadium ban will not make a difference when the Blues travel to Stoke on Saturday and says at 27, he is ready to become a leader for the club. (Daily Express) 
And ex-Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink says the club's players could benefit from Mourinho's absence from the stadium. (Talksport) 
Adjustments to the Manchester United canteen by boss Louis van Gaal have apparently changed the atmosphere at the club's Carrington training ground. (Daily Mail) 

The Sun also lead with news of Jose Mourinho's half-time rant at West Ham

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed the anger he felt when discovering the club had let Tottenham striker Harry Kane, 22, slip through their fingers as an 11-year-old. (Independent) 
Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo, 30, has revealed Roy Keane was constantly screaming at him during their time at Manchester United. (Sport Magazine via Independent) 
Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham and Liverpool are on the trail of a player labelled "a young Ashley Cole" - Walsall's teenage defender Rico Henry, 18. (Daily Mirror) 
Liverpool duo Jordon Ibe, 19, and Divock Origi, 20, are among 13 Premier League players on a 40-strong shortlist to win the Golden Boy award - handed to the best player under the age of 21 in Europe. (Liverpool Echo) 

Best of social media

Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri has changed his hair colour for the second time in as many weeks. The Frenchman, 28, had dyed his hair bright blonde but now boasts a slightly grey-looking colour. He posted on Instagram:  "New colour again, needed a change."

Nasri only recently uploaded an image onto social media of him with blonde hair

Premier League players took to Twitter to point to the quality of Salford City's second goal in their FA Cup win over Notts County on Friday night. The side part-owned by former Manchester United players Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes went 2-0 up through Richie Allen.
"What a goal, what a game," wrote Stoke striker Peter Crouch on Twitter,  while Swansea winger Wayne Routledge opted to use an emoji to showcase his praise.

Wayne Routledge showed he was au fait with emojis when praising Richie Allen's goal

And finally

A Chinese commentator has been removed from his post after falling asleep while on air during Real Madrid's 1-0 win over Paris St-Germain. Dong Lu could be heard snoring as the game entered its latter stages. (Metro)