Press eulogies to Jose Mourinho

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Many front and back pages are given over to the departure of Jose Mourinho, the colourful manager of Chelsea Football Club.

The Sun claims the self-proclaimed "special one" was sacked from Stamford Bridge, despite the club's denials.

Players are said to have wept as Mourinho said his final goodbyes.

The Independent said: "Jose Mourinho lit up the world of football and became one of the few managers whose fame transcends the game."

New culprit

There is common consent that Bank of England governor Mervyn King survived Thursday's grilling by MPs about the Northern Rock crisis.

The Daily Telegraph's Jeff Randall said it had changed his view that Mr King had performed a dodgy U-turn by pumping billions into the money markets.

He concludes his actions had been "intellectually coherent and correct".

The Guardian says the heat is now on his deputy Sir John Gieve in the search for the "credit crunch" culprit.

Lie detector tests

Many papers continue to speculate on the disappearance of four-year-old Madeleine McCann.

The Daily Express reports that Portuguese detectives have "swooped" on a makeshift pet crematorium.

It says officers are asking its Dutch owner if he has ever met Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry McCann.

The Daily Mirror leads with reports that the couple, who are named suspects, are willing to take lie detector tests to clear their names.

Interim man

Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell's end-of-conference speech is scrutinised in the papers.

The Daily Mail declared it a "fine speech" but says it is hard not to feel sorry for Sir Menzies, who hit back at critics who say he is too old.

The Guardian said the leader's closing speech was a great improvement on last year's uncertain effort.

But it concludes it was an interim speech for an interim leader at an interim conference.