Year: 2021

The Times says Harry Kane is in talks about a new contract which he hopes could up to £400,000 a week after admitting defeat in his attempt to leave Tottenham.

Evening Standard says after conceding defeat in his attempts to leave Tottenham this summer, Harry Kane faces another battle with the club over a new contract.

FOOTBALL365 says on July 23 it was Paul Jiggins who reported the ‘news Tottenham fans have been dreading’ as ‘their chairman’s acceptance of defeat in his battle to keep Kane.

The Guardian says after all that, it took only eight words for Harry Kane to confirm the news most Tottenham supporters had been desperately hoping to hear

Thursday’s front pages focus on the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan. The papers report on comments from Defence Secretary Ben Wallace’s briefing to MPs in which he said it may be “safer” for Afghans to try to escape from the country overland. There are over 10,000 people gathered at Kabul airport. 

Another story picked up by the papers is the “race” to rollout booster jabs as deaths and infections rise. The race to roll out the booster jab stems from fears that vaccine protection among the elderly could drop 50 per cent. 

Heathrow Airport has urged the US to lift its restrictions on UK travellers. The airport has also reported an improvement in passenger numbers last month.

BBC Radio Newcastle presenter Lisa Shaw died due to complications from the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, a coroner has ruled. 

‘We cannot risk the lives of our diplomats and of our soldiers any longer,’ says deputy foreign minister, as evacuation chaos continues.

US, UK and Australia tell crowds outside airport in Afghan capital to leave area amid ‘high threat of attack by ISIL offshoot’.

The Daily Express says: A BOOSTER shot of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine greatly bolsters the body’s antibody defence against COVID-19, the company has announced.