THE SUN: Furious Toon fans put Newcastle under siege last night as boss Kevin Keegan quit after blaming Dennis Wise for driving him out. Supporters swore revenge on owner Mike Ashley as 'Geordie Messiah' Keegan walked away and accused football director Wise of buying players he did not want. Gus Poyet has emerged as favourite to replace King Kev but the biggest problem facing Ashley is the furious reaction of supporters. Also: Xisco, one of the players at the centre of Kevin Keegan's decision to quit Newcastle, pleaded last night: Do not blame me...West Ham are ready to turn their back on the club's historic East End roots - and go Italian...Wayne Rooney has been labelled 'arrogant' by Andorra's Oscar Sonejee.

DAILY MIRROR: Arsenal's Theo Walcott could be handed a shock starting role in Fabio Capello's first competitive match as England boss tomorrow. Walcott is being lined up to start instead of David Beckham, when England kick off their World Cup qualifying campaign against minnows Andorra. Capello is toying with the idea of resting Beckham for the game against the no-hopers of European football where anything other than a win is unthinkable. Also: Kevin Keegan fired an angry parting shot to owner Mike Ashley and Dennis Wise last night as he quit Newcastle...Cristiano Ronaldo insists he is not worried about a backlash from Manchester United supporters...Robbie Fowler is ready to sign a cut-price one-year contract with Blackburn to keep his Premier League dream alive...Aston Villa remain interested in taking Joey Barton off Newcastle's hands despite the explosive row sparked by his proposed exit from St James' Park.

DAILY MAIL: Newcastle United are preparing legal proceedings against Kevin Keegan after he walked out on the club. Stunned by the troubled manager's abrupt exit and subsequent statement, issued some 90 minutes before he was due to meet board members, Newcastle will demand £2million in damages. With owner Mike Ashley in America and refusing to return for face-to-face talks, Keegan considered the club's behaviour to be unacceptable and contemptuous. It is understood that Keegan's contract included a clause which stated that he would receive £2million compensation if sacked but would have to pay the same amount to the club if he quit. It had been inserted because of his history of dramatic walk-outs for club and country. Also: Slaven Bilic must walk out on Croatia after their World Cup qualifier with England on Wednesday if he wants to become West Ham's new manager...Yossi Benayoun rejected an astonishing £3.5million signing-on fee and double-your-money offer from Spartak Moscow to stay with Liverpool.

DAILY EXPRESS: Kevin Keegan yesterday resigned as Newcastle manager having lost his battle to stay at St James' Park, with a football war ready to erupt on Tyneside following his exit. Magpies fans and players are seething over how Keegan has been treated after only eight months in the job and the shabby way their 'messiah' was pushed to the brink, with Spurs coach Gus Poyet hot favourite to replace him. At 7pm yesterday Keegan issued a statement underlining his anger over the way his authority had been diluted by executive football director Dennis Wise, who alongside Newcastle owner Mike Ashley is now a reviled figure on Tyneside. Also: Gianfranco Zola is the shock new name on West Ham's wishlist to succeed Alan Curbishley as manager.

DAILY STAR: Alan Pardew is in the frame for a sensational return to West Ham. Pardew was sacked by the Hammers' Icelandic owners in December 2006 after three years at Upton Park. But after a series of disasters by the club in the transfer market, the East End club's board have revised their view of the 47-year-old. Also: Kevin Keegan last night quit as Newcastle boss just 233 days after returning to the club...Mark Hughes has set his sights on landing Gianluigi Buffon for £60million after vowing to bring the best players in the world to Manchester City.

THE TIMES: Kevin Keegan's acrimonious departure from Newcastle United could lead to a bitter court battle after the club signalled their intention to pursue their former manager for £2million in compensation. It is understood that Keegan had a clause in his contract stipulating that such a sum would be payable to whichever party terminated their three-and-a-half-year deal.

DAILY TELEGRAPH: Kevin Keegan fired a bitter parting shot at Newcastle United's directors as he resigned from the manager's post after claiming he had been driven out of the Tyneside club where sights are being set on making Tottenham assistant manager Gus Poyet his successor.

THE GUARDIAN: One of the most protracted, and painful, farewells in football was confirmed last night when Kevin Keegan finally resigned as the manager of Newcastle United. An increasingly acrimonious three-day stand-off between Keegan and Mike Ashley concluded with the club's billionaire owner refusing to be backed into a corner by the former England coach's demands before forcing him to walk out.

THE INDEPENDENT: Kevin Keegan resigned as manager of Newcastle United last night but those who think this brings to a conclusion a dramatic few days on Tyneside are in for an awakening. This could yet end up in court.