The top stories and transfer rumours from Tuesday’s newspapers…

FIFA

FIFA paid millions of dollars to Gianni Infantino on top of his standard salary and bonus, but did not publicly declare the payments in an alleged violation of its own statutes – Times

PREMIER LEAGUE

Erling Haaland and his father Alf-Inge have each bought a property on a luxury Manchester City housing development in Abu Dhabi – Times

The English Football League (EFL) and Premier League are now only £27m apart from agreeing a comprehensive new financial solidarity package for the men’s game after years of stop-start talks – Athletic

RUGBY UNION

Rugby chiefs will look to avoid a Manchester City-style scandal in the English game by drawing up strict new rules that include restrictions on foreign-state ownership of clubs – Telegraph

WORLD FOOTBALL

Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is set to extend his contract by a further 12 months through to the summer of 2028 – Athletic

Former Man United star Memphis Depay has been labelled the ‘main culprit’ for Corinthians’ problems with the Brazilian giants fighting to avoid relegation – Mail

SCOTTISH FOOTBALL

Former Scotland boss Craig Levein has claimed he attended an exorcism with former Prime Minister Gordon Brown in an attempt to sign a player for Raith Rovers – Mail

HORSE RACING

Willie Mullins has been fined £1,100 and one of his horses disqualified after Final Demand tested positive for a prohibited painkiller – Telegraph

Newcastle boss Matthias Jaissle has apologised to the travelling fans following their 4-1 loss at Coventry, as Jamie Carragher said they were “beaten up” once again on the road.

The Magpies’ previous away game a month ago also saw them defeated 4-1 on the Monday Night Football at Leeds.

A second loss in three games comes after Jaissle had enjoyed an unbeaten five-game start across all competitions, but recent results have seen his side fall to 11th in the Premier League table.

A wasteful Newcastle lost at Coventry despite having 19 shots, three big chances and more than double the number of touches in the opposition box than the home side.

Jaissle told Sky Sports: “We’re frustrated. It’s a feeling you don’t want to have on a Monday evening after a match where you should win.

“We can only apologise to the fans who came here; they deserve a different result.

“We need to analyse it, clearly. There were bits that were good but, in both boxes, to defend our own goal we need to improve and also score goals.

“The opportunities were there, but the desire and hunger to finish the attacks was missing.”

He added: “We need to improve on the things we can control, and that’s a lot right now.”

Newcastle have now conceded the joint-most goals in the league so far alongside Bournemouth and Chelsea.

The German said at his post-match press conference: “I think it was a tough story throughout the whole match. There were elements in both boxes where we need to step up and improve.

“It’s not something we can compare with the Leeds match today because I think we were at least better.

“The goals we conceded, it was a different story. We were better after the first 10 minutes; we dominated the game but conceded easy goals, which we need to improve.

“If you conceded eight goals in two away matches on Monday evenings, then it’s not good enough for the Premier League.”

Carra: Newcastle ‘beaten up’ again

It is the first time since December 2012 that Newcastle have conceded four or more goals in back-to-back Premier League away games.

For Carragher, the heavy losses at Leeds and Coventry have raised questions over Newcastle’s “lack of physicality”.

Speaking on Monday Night Football, Sky Sports’ Carragher said: “We’ve consistently said this season they’ve had a good start results-wise, but the underlying numbers haven’t been great.

“How many shots they concede, their xG. You look at two away games now where they’ve lost 8-2.

“He’s going with two strikers up there; I know (Yoane) Wissa drops a little bit deeper, but when Eddie Howe was there it was more of a 4-3-3.

“Every manager has their own way, but when you think of the lack of physicality in that team, it might be a case where you leave one of the strikers out and go with an extra body in midfield.

“It’s a young team, and it isn’t as physically powerful as a lot of the teams in the Premier League.

“And in their last two away games, they’ve been beaten up twice – and that’s got to stop very quickly.”

Analysis: Coventry teach Newcastle a lesson in finishing

Sky Sports’ Ron Walker:

On a night where they faced the Premier League’s second-highest xG overperformers, it was Coventry who taught Newcastle a lesson in finishing at the CBS Arena.

It was one they had learned the hard way too, with the worst shot conversion of any team in the league coming into Monday’s game and just one of 51 shots finding the back of the net to date.

But football is a funny old game. A 4-1 scoreline suggests Newcastle were outplayed, which could not be further from the truth, though they were certainly outfought.

Where Coventry stood resilient – even clearing off their own line from Matias Fernandez-Pardo once he had rounded Carl Rushworth – Newcastle caused too many of their own problems, and, for once, the Sky Blues took full advantage.

Three superb finishes, and an early penalty, saw them to their first Premier League home win in more than 9,000 days, but their finishing was still not Coventry’s most impressive quality on the night.

That fortitude, digging in after taking an early lead and hanging on after Sven Botman’s wonder strike had given Newcastle a glimmer of hope at 2-1, was what won them the day and, on fight at least, that was enough to crown them worthy winners.

They have already needed that mental strength to bounce back from four goalless and pointless games to start their Premier League return, and, in a league as punishing as this, that could be what decides whether they will stay there come May.