One man's scrap is another man's gold and while Newcastle United bad-boy Joey Barton is on the Toon rubbish heap Blackburn Rovers boss Sam Allardyce could offer him a chance to shine again.

The Guardian report that the troubled 26-year-old has played his last game for the Magpies following his argument with manager Alan Shearer, after his sending-off against Liverpool last Sunday, and the club are willing to make take a big loss on the £5.8m they paid Manchester City.

The Independent agree that Rovers boss Allardyce, who brought Barton to Newcastle in 2007, heads the list of potential suitors and report that Newcastle are so desperate to get rid of Barton they have called in lawyers to examine employment law in a bid to terminate his £55,000 per week contract, which has three years to run.

If Newcastle were successful in sacking Barton, he would be a free agent and that would make him attractive to some clubs.

And as we stay in the north east it seems like Sunderland's on-loan striker Djibril Cisse won't be. The Daily Mirror report that the Black Cats have decided against making the 27-year-old's move permanent. Given that Marseille are top of Ligue 1 and will be playing in the Champions League next season, while Sunderland might not even be in the Premier League, the Frenchman won't be too bothered.

Meanwhile, the Daily Telegraph report that West Ham United could miss out on a place in Europe next season because of doubts over their ability to satisfy the demands of the UEFA club licence that is required.

The Hammers occupy the seventh and last European qualification place in the Premier League but the club's failure to declare their accounts and doubts over their ultimate ownership are understood to have prevented completion of the licence application.

Making the jump from the UEFA Cup to the Champions League Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink has told some of his aging players that they are playing for their futures at the club ahead of their semi-final clash with Barcelona at Stamford Bridge.

The Dutchman told the Daily Star that the club's current generation that this year represents their best opportunity to win the competition this year and that the squad is likely to be split up this summer as it goes through another transformation.

The Sun focus Tuesday night's match, when Manchester United beat Arsenal 3-1 at the Emirates to book their place in the Champions League final, and the fact that Patrice Evra celebrated the victory by branding the Gunners a bunch of babies.

The French left-back said: "It was 11 men against 11 babies. We never doubted ourselves. Tactically and technically we were superior. You look at our starting 11 and theirs and you see that we are well above."

And finally... Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor regurgitated the Beyonce comment he told ESPN to Italian Daily Tuttosport to keep rumours of a move to AC Milan alive.

"I often speak to Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani on the phone because he is very good at French as his wife is from Morocco," the Daily Mail reported. "Galliani may not be as sexy as Beyonce, but Milan are."