Press review

"We should have seen through the first 25 minutes of the game without cutting our own throat," Fergie said after the 3-0 trouncing at the San Siro (all papers)

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard is delighted to be facing Milan in the final, saying "we have no need to fear anyone" and that his side are "everybody's worst nightmare" in Europe (all papers)

Andriy Shevchenko is ready to leave Chelsea in the summer after fall-out over not playing in Champions League clash against Liverpool, although all his comments point to a groin injury (Independent)

Sam Allardyce could be Newcastle boss as early as May 14th with Freddy Shepherd keen to replace Glenn Roeder the moment the season ends (Sun)

Jose Mourinho will not quit Chelsea in the summer and will instead by Micah Richards, Jermain Defoe and Brazilian defender Alex (Express)

Joey Barton's attempts to reconcile with Man City team-mate Ousmane Dabo for kicking his head in have been snubbed by the Frenchman who is considering legal action (Mirror)

Michael Owen is tipped to make his England comeback in a specially-arranged B-game ahead of the Euro 2008 qualifier in Estonia (Sun)

Reading want Arsenal youngster Fabrice Muamba, who is currently on-loan at Birmingham (Express)

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is set to make a £2million bid for Luke Young if Charlton go down as Man United want on-loan right back Phil Bardsley to return next season (Express)

Derby boss Billy Davies says he will not cash in on highly-rated winger Giles Barnes, even if they do not get promoted (Express)

Everton midfielder Tim Cahill is being linked with a suprise move to Roma as they look to build on what is likely to be second spot this season (Corriere)

Michel "Nostradamus" Platini reckons that the Champions League final will see Liverpool go 3-0 up before capitulating to a 4-3 to Milan - obviously he has never seen them defend a lead (Gazzetta)

Transfer gossip galore as Milan are set to swoop for Gianluigi Buffon, Roma eye El Hadji Diouf and Inter look at David Suazo (Gazzetta), while Inter are also rumoured to be interested in Samuel Eto'o and Chelsea consider a swoop for Luca Toni (Corriere)

There are claims in the Catalan press that Barcelona are looking to sign Chelsea quartet Frank Lampard, John Terry, Michael Essien and Arjen Robben (Sport)

Milan captain Paolo Maldini confirms that he will carry on playing for one more season (Marca)

Real Madrid are also allegedly preparing a bid for Chelsea winger Arjen Robben (Marca)

Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld is planning to start with young goalkeeper Michael Rensing instead of Oliver Kahn in the match against Borussia Mönchengladbach (Bild)

Bayern striker Claudio Pizarro has been linked with a return to Werder Bremen - which would pave the way for Miroslav Klose to go the other way (Kicker)