Birmingham Mail: Stewart Downing is confident the claret and blue brigade will see the best of him after his first pre-season at Villa.

Birmingham Mail: Aston Villa have been put on alert after West Ham admitted for the first time that midfield star Scott Parker has his price.

Sky Sports: Monaco coach Guy Lacombe has stated that he is prepared to allow Park Chu-young to talk to Premier League clubs should the right offer be made. The former FC Seoul striker has been linked with a move to Fulham, Aston Villa and Everton recently, but so far no concrete offer has been made, according to Lacombe.

Best Of The Rest

The Sun: Andres Iniesta scored the goal that sank the brutal Dutch to clinch Spain their first-ever World Cup.

Guardian: After a World Cup final of so toxic a nature the stadium is in need of decontamination more than the regular clean-up. To Spain comes rightful glory as they took this prize for the first time. The side prevailed over a Holland team that was reduced to 10 men when the English referee, Howard Webb, eventually dismissed the defender John Heitinga, with a second caution in the 109th minute. Cesc Fábregas, on as a substitute, fed Andrés Iniesta to score the winner seven minutes later.

Mirror: Arsene Wenger last night snubbed Barcelona's attempts to set up a World Cup summit over Cesc Fabregas.

The Sun: Chelsea will move for Portugal left-back Fabio Coentrao if they lose England star Ashley Cole.

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