Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers was photographed in the Vatican City on Thursday after flying to Rome in a bid to sort out a deal for Roma’s Bosnia midfielder Miralem Pjanic, 24 – (Daily Mail)
Paul Lambert told Aston Villa chairman Randy Lerner to sack him twice this season before he was finally dismissed as manager on Wednesday by telephone – (Daily Telegraph)
Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes says Louis van Gaal’s team is not living up to its attacking ethos and taking enough risks going forward – (Independent)
Celtic boss Ronny Deila believes the English Premier League is boring despite the new £5.1bn television deal – (Daily Record)
Newcastle’s Netherlands right-back Daryl Janmaat, 25, says his team always play positive despite having only one shot on target in the 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace – (Newcastle Journal)