From the Back Pages, November 30: Real Madrid’s shock bid for Chelsea’s Diego Costa?

The Spain international, who cost £32m from Atletico Madrid, only joined the Blues in the summer, but is already being linked with a move away. Daily Express

Brendan Rodgers was forced to tell wacky Italian striker Mario Balotelli to get himself to bed just hours ­before a Champions League game in Switzerland, writes Steve Bates in the Sunday People.