Making the back pages this morning, Friday September 5, 2008:

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. Also: Xisco, one of the players at the centre of Kevin Keegan's decision to quit Newcastle, pleaded last night: Do not blame me.

DAILY MIRROR: Theo Walcott could be handed a shock starting role in Fabio Capello's first competitive match as England boss tomorrow. 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.

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.

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. Also: Gianfranco Zola is the shock new name on West Ham's wishlist to succeed Alan Curbishley as manager.

DAILY MAIL: Newcastle United are preparing legal proceedings against Kevin Keegan after he walked out on the club and will demand £2million in damages. 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.

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.