Football Paper Round: Rooney admits he deserved to be dropped

I deserve to be dropped, says Rooney

Wayne Rooney has admitted that his recent form for Manchester United shouldn't guarantee him a place in the England squad, according to the Daily Mirror.

Southgate to earn £500k in two months

Gareth Southgate is getting a bumper pay rise as he steps up to manage England on a caretaker basis, reports the Times. He'll get a cool half a million quid for the next two months - the equivalent of his annual salary as U21 coach.

Paper Round's view: That's a pleasant little pay heft for Southgate - and kudos to the FA for agreeing to pay him what they'd have paid Sam Allardyce instead of trying to fob him off with some cut-price offer. Now all he needs to do is justify the expenditure. Easy.

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Stop laughing at us, says Danny Rose

Danny Rose is embarrassed that he agrees with Alan Shearer, reports the Daily Mirror. This is because the former England striker described the current national team as a laughing stock, and Rose now, hesitantly, concurs.

FA slammed for 'loss of control'

At least the FA can pat themselves on the back for something - they'll need the comfort after being raked over the coals by MPs, who have told them they've lost control of the national game. That's according to the back page of the Daily Star, who suggest that the FA could lose up to £30m in government funding.

Source: Eurosport