The Offside Daily – 5 more needed for Manchester United, Liverpool in for former Manchester City man and Gazza makes a comeback?

10 of the biggest football stories of the day:

1. Tim Sherwood is the new favourite to take the vacant manager’s position at Crystal Palace.

2. League One side Coventry City have announced they are to return to the Ricoh Arena.

3. Paul Scholes has said Manchester United need five new major signings to prevent them having a decline in ‘the same way as Liverpool did in the 1990s’.

4. Liverpool are set to sign the controversial Mario Balotelli from AC Milan, for a reported fee of £16 million.

5. Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino has claimed that the Europa League is now a competition he wants to win, as the winners gain direct entry into the Champions League.

6. Paul Gascoigne has returned to football, joining Abbey, a side in Bournemouth’s Sunday League 4^th division. (BBC Sport)

7. VIDEO – A young Liverpool fan cheekily asked Jamie Carragher whether Luis Suarez had ever bitten him when he met the ex-England international. (Metro)

8. Norway are set to play their youngest ever international footballer having called up 15-year old Martin Odegaard to their squad for a friendly against the UAE. (Guardian)

9. A Manchester United fan in Bulgaria has had the club’s crest tattooed to his forehead, having also recently changed his name to Mr Manchester United. (Bleacher Report)

10. VIDEO – Not content with a simple ceremony, Bayern Munich hired a magician to perform at the unveiling of their new team bus. (Eurosport)

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