One theme dominates coverage of Tottenham's win over Manchester City in the Champions League qualifying spot decider: money.

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This morning's back pages are covered with lines such as "Golden Goal!", "Spurs' £60m jackpot!" and "Crouch's £50m winner!", and though there are different guesstimates as to how much a Champions League spot is worth most agree that it's somewhere between £50m and £60m.

Obviously, it won't necessarily work out like that - as Everton fans found out a few years ago when they drew Villarreal in the qualifying rounds of the tournament, and promptly got sent packing.

So how much is last night's result really worth to Spurs?

Luckily, The Independent gives an interesting breakdown of how much a club picks up at each stage of the tournament.

Basically, there's £3m for getting to the qualifying rounds, another £3m for reaching the group phase; then there's roughly £20m up for grabs in the group stage itself, including £1.2m in prize money alone for winning each match. Go on and win the entire tournament and there's up to about £70m available, including TV revenue. So now you know.

Arsene Wenger normally keeps such a tight grip on the Arsenal purse strings you'd think he was using them to climb the north face of the Eiger, but he is set loosen his hold enough to splash out £10 million on Dinamo Kieve defender Papa Malickou Diakhate, according to the Daily Mirror.

The 25-year-old Senegalese player - who has been on loan at French side St Etienne all season - is seen as the perfect long-term centre-back partner for Thomas Vermaelen.

Now if somebody at the Emirates can just talk him into splashing out a similar amount on a new goalie we might have a three-way final-day title decider to look forward to next season...

Across London it sounds like Nicolas Anelka is set to sign a new two-year deal with Chelsea after reaching an agreement over his £80,000-a-week wage demand - while his team-mate Michael Ballack is almost certainly off. The German 33-year-old has accepted that he'll have to take a salary cut to ensure a return to his Fatherland, according to the Daily Star.

Sticking with Chelsea news, the Daily Mail follows up yesterday's exclusive about the sale of Fernando Torres to the Blues with news that being able to use the £70m windfall is a condition of manager Rafa Benitez staying at Anfield. Rafa is reportedly meeting new Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton on Thursday to talk it over.

The Daily Mail also reports that Sunderland have joined Birmingham and Blackburn in the chase for Argentina striker Mauro Boselli. The 24-year-old's club Estudiantes are apparently interested in setting up a season-long loan with a view to a permanent move.

Manchester United's Korean midfielder Park Ji-sung has been one of their most consistent performers this season, and has attracted the attention of Bayern Munich, who are readying a £7m bid for the 29-year-old

Birmingham and Bolton are to battle it out for the signature of Fulham left-back Paul Konchesky (Daily Mirror). Konchesky has just 12 months left on his current deal

And finally further down the leagues, Notts County goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel is set to join German champions Bayern Munich, while Crystal Palace's Darren Ambrose - the man who scored the goal to keep his club in the Championship - is a £1.5m target for Wolves.