THE GUARDIAN: Manchester City have made a formal £25.5million bid for the Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o and put together a ''stratospheric offer'' to make him the highest-paid player in English football. Also: Shaun Edwards, the Lions defence coach, says South Africa's flanker Schalk Burger should have been sent off in the brutal second Test defeat at Loftus Versfeld...Andy Murray's coaching team are leaving nothing to chance in his quest to become the first British player since Fred Perry in 1936 to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon.

THE SUN: Manchester City have offered to make Samuel Eto'o the world's highest-paid player - on £250,000 a week. Also: Phil Scolari last night lifted the lid on his Chelsea nightmare accusing Didier Drogba, Petr Cech and Michael Ballack knifing him in the back...Germany have cranked up the mind games ahead of tonight's Euro Under-21 final with England by switching to red shirts - just like we did in 1966.

THE TIMES: Wayne Rooney believes he can fill the void left by Cristiano Ronaldo's departure from Manchester United provided Sir Alex Ferguson plays him in his ''right position'' as a centre-forward rather than on the wing. Also: Michael Vaughan was denied a farewell appearance in front of his home crowd at Headingley when Yorkshire left him out of their team to play Derbyshire yesterday.

DAILY STAR: Mark Hughes' mega spending spree is set to rocket this week with a #50million double deal for Samuel Eto'o and Carlos Tevez. Also: Andy Murray has been given a licence to thrill by former Bond star Sir Sean Connery...Sir Alex Ferguson will return to work from holiday today with his hopes of signing Lyon striker Karim Benzema in danger...Greek giants Olympiacos have launched a cheeky bid to sign Newcastle striker Michael Owen...Michael Vaughan will quit cricket this week on the eve of the Ashes.

DAILY EXPRESS: Andy Murray last night called on his growing legion of Centre Court fans to roar him into the quarter-finals of Wimbledon today. Also: Ian McGeechan's battered Lions will continue as they are after the head coach decided against summoning reinforcements from home despite the injury carnage suffered losing the second Test against South Africa, and with it the series...Shane Warne has turned up the heat on his simmering feud with Paul Collingwood, accusing him of being a dismal England captain in the World Twenty20 tournament.

THE INDEPENDENT: The British and Irish Lions will definitely be without their first-choice prop forwards, Gethin Jenkins and Adam Jones, when they attempt to salvage something from the remnants of an engrossing Test series at Ellis Park this weekend. Also: Luiz Felipe Scolari yesterday finally identified the Chelsea players he believes got him the sack in February and pointed the finger at Petr Cech, Michael Ballack and Didier Drogba.

DAILY MAIL: The battered and beaten Lions have reacted to their shattering defeat on Saturday by angrily denouncing the Springboks as 'disgusting' for the eye-gouging and other violence which tarnished the second Test. Also: Andy Murray begins potentially the biggest week of his life today urging the nation to get behind him in his quest for Wimbledon glory.

DAILY MIRROR: Luis Antonio Valencia flew in last night to complete his dream £16million move to Manchester United - and end Sir Alex Ferguson's wait for a first signing of the summer. Also: Andy Murray has urged the Centre Court crowd to roar him on to Wimbledon victory this week...Heartbreak turned to recrimination yesterday as Mike Phillips accused the referee of costing the Lions an epic victory by ignoring gouging...Michael Vaughan will announce his retirement from both Test and county cricket tomorrow - but his career will end amid a whiff of acrimony.

DAILY TELEGRAPH: Ian McGeechan, the British and Irish Lions coach, said yesterday that there was no place in rugby for the blatant eye-gouging by Schalk Burger that tainted South Africa's series-clinching victory in Pretoria. Also: Michael Vaughan is considering a career in the media or coaching after deciding to end a career that stretched 16 years...Nick Dougherty, who this time last year had little desire to play golf, finally returned to winning ways in Munich - and with it earned a place in next month's Open.