Paper Round: Stones settles in at City, Everton make move for striker

As the Premier League season draws ever nearer and managers around England go into a panic, there are a flurry of deals set to go through this week. First up - Yannick Bolasie is set to move from Crystal Palace to Everton, according to the Mirror.

Paper Round's view: It all seems very neat. Bolasie signs for Everton, Crystal Palace can sign Christian Benteke to replace him, and then Romelu Lukaku can head off to wherever he pleases, sad that he is no longer the one who commanded the biggest transfer fee at Goodison Park. If everyone has the cash to throw about, this plan seems to leave everyone happy.

John Stones's arrival at Manchester City was revealed not by the club but by the squad list they had to file with UEFA - but now he's officially there, he's posing for photos in his new kit and talking about how his England pals Joe Hart and Raheem Sterling urged him to sign, say the Express.

Paper Round's view: When you've had your thunder stolen by UEFA bureaucracy, you have to come up with a good line in your press conference after your official unveiling at your new club. This is a fairly good one, as it goes; and it's also oddly sweet that Stones and his two chums want to spend so much time together. It doesn't guarantee success on the pitch, mind. Just look at how they fared in the summer.

Manchester United have finally signed Paul Pogba - and they think it signals a turning point for the Premier League, say the Daily Mail. They outbid Real Madrid to secure their man's signature, proving they're bigger than them - and that's one step towards preventing all the rest of the world's top talent heading to La Liga.

Paper Round's view: Well, when you've hogged the headlines for weeks what's another day? It has to be said, though - if United and the Premier League were that attractive one would have expected Pogba to jump at the chance to return rather than deliberate for months and bore everyone else senseless. Maybe that's why Real were bidding against them - they just wanted it all to be over.

Several outlets are reporting on Mark Cavendish's words about Bradley Wiggins, suggesting that the pressure is telling on the knight of the realm who "wants to be the hero" of Team GB's track cycling squad. The Times call Cavendish's quotes "provocative", reminding us that he has never won an Olympic medal - and the pair had argued in Beijing after Wiggins's poor performance meant they missed out in the Madison.

Paper Round's view: One can't help but think that if these two didn't have history, Cavendish's words might have been taken a little less seriously. Cycling is an odd sport for engendering team spirit - sometimes you're out on your own, sometimes you're expected to sacrifice yourself for the greater good, and there are always egos involved. These two big dogs of British cycling have evidently had a strained relationship, and perhaps Cavendish's words came across as slightly more critical than he'd initially intended. Let's see what happens in the velodrome.