The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday's newspapers...

THE SUN

Man Utd could use midweek friendlies abroad to help fill the club's financial blackhole after failing to qualify for Europe this season.

Striker Lucas Akins has been named in Mansfield Town's squad list for League One despite being in prison.

THE GUARDIAN

A trainer who is working with Canelo Alvarez advertised ­performance-enhancing drugs for sale, including human growth-hormone, before he joined the super-middleweight boxer's team.

Patrick Reed believes it "unnecessary" that his fellow Americans will be paid for participation in the upcoming Ryder Cup.

The Olympic silver medallist Ben Proud, the first British athlete to sign up for the Enhanced Games, has accepted he risks sullying his reputation and admitted

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