Speculation regarding Roy Keane’s future continues in this morning’s papers despite Simon Clegg’s backing of the Blues boss yesterday.
One report claims the squad find training under Keane’s assistant Tony Loughlan "tedious” and were less than impressed with the 90-minute lock-in after the defeat at Watford a fortnight ago.
In the same report, an unnamed former director is said to have slammed the Irishman’s running of Town: "Roy Keane is ruining the club. The mess he left at Sunderland has only just been cleared up.”
Elsewhere, it’s been revealed that former chairman and current board member David Sheepshanks is earning £80,000 a year to run the National Football Centre, which is set to be built near Burton, and FA Learning.
No other member of the FA committee is salaried but a spokesman defended the arrangement: "There has been no impropriety. The agreement was approved by the FA's remuneration committee and the Professional Game Board.”
Sheepshanks was appointed chairman of the National Football Centre project in January.
Meanwhile, Connor Wickham was left out of the England U17s side which beat Malta 5-0 in their second European Championships elite qualifying group game last night. The Town frontman netted in Saturday's 4-0 victory against Sweden.
England complete their fixtures with a match against Slovakia at Northampton on Thursday needing a point to qualify for the finals.