Football News – Arsenal’s Mata bid hits snag, Spurs turn to Llorente, Liverpool’s Champions League or bust warning

Newcastle United took little time to react to Joey Barton’s latest outburst by releasing him on a free transfer. The club has simply lost patience after a series of criticisms and bust-ups, with the club are happy to take the financial hit of a potential fee this summer in order to remove him from the books.

In the papers this morning there have been a mixed bag of stories that include Arsenal’s pursuit of Juan Mata hits a snag; Spurs turn to Llorente, while Paul Scholes’ tells of his admiration for Wesley Sneijder.

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Newcastle tell Barton to leave on a free after Twitter outburst – Guardian

Arsenal’s pursuit of Mata hits a snag – Guardian

I don’t like Manchester, admits Balotelli – Guardian

Capello to monitor McEachran form – Daily Telegraph

Champions League or bust! Liverpool owner Henry delivers strong warning to Dalglish – Daily Mail

Modric has his price, says Spurs No2 – Guardian

Spurs turn to Llorente as striker search gets frantic following Vucinic snub – Daily Mail

Scholes is a big fan of Wesley – Sun

City back in for £22m Nasri – Sun

Potters plot record £9million Bendtner swoop – Mirror

Skysports.com understands that Arsenal, Tottenham and Stoke have made enquiries about Newcastle’s Joey Barton.” href=”http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_7076344,00.html” data-lasso->Trio tracking Barton – Sky Sports

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