Football's condemnation of the violent clashes that marred West Ham United's Carling Cup clash with Millwall continues in Thursday's newspapers with some of the Hammers' former managers and players speaking out.

Harry Redknapp used his column in The Sun to explain how the trouble made him feel sick to the very pit of his stomach and insisted that West Ham and Millwall must never meet again in cup competitions.

Daily Mail columnist Jeff Powell called for the authorities to "cage these ugly beasts! Then throw away the kid gloves or the animals will savage and destroy our game."

Meanwhile, West Ham striker Carlton Cole has told the Daily Telegraph of the despicable monkey chants that added a new level of nastiness to the mayhem at Upton Park on Tuesday night.

On the pitch, Celtic star Massimo Donati has urged UEFA to ban Arsenal striker Eduardo after he appeared to dive to win a controversial penalty in Arsenal's 3-1 Champions League play-off win at the Emirates.

"If it is clear on television then UEFA must act against Eduardo and ban him. I think he should get a two-match suspension," Donati told the Daily Mail.

In transfer news the Daily Mirror report that Tottenham Hotspur's unhappy striker Roman Pavlyuchenko is heading back to Spartak Moscow in a £10m deal - which is £3.8m less than Spurs paid for the Russian striker last summer.

The Times claim that Andriy Shevchenko’s future at Chelsea appears to be over after the Ukraine striker was told he won't be named in the club's squad for the group stage of the Champions League. Dynamo Kiev and Zenit St Petersburg would both like to take him on loan.

David Moyes is closing in on signing Portsmouth defender Sylvain Distin to replace £22m Joleon Lescott, according to the Daily Express. Lescott Joined Manchester City on Wednesday.