This football season has undoubtedly left many football fans sweating – and it hasn't even finished yet.

Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal. The four most successful Premier League clubs based on finishes.

These clubs have all set the standards for the Premier League and in Europe.

Winning the title at White Hart Lane may seem a distant memory for Arsenal fans, but they can at least reflect that Sunday's win put paid to any slim hopes Spurs harboured of claiming their first championship since 1961.

The 5-2 demolition leaves Spurs ten points adrift of Manchester City and eight behind Manchester United.

On these pages yesterday there was a spectacularly ill-thought-out piece suggesting that Manchester City had no chance of winning this year's Premier League.

The author's reasoning? Manchester United win it most years, so they will win it again. City don't win it most years, so they won't.

Fulham today pulled off a coup of a signing, with the transfer of former Real Madrid midfielder Mahamadou Diarra.

Diarra is joining on a short term deal, with an option to extend in the summer from AS Monaco. He has won La Liga twice and won Ligue 1 on four occasions. Diarra's decision to make the move has furthered the belief that Fulham are showing their strength and their experience when dealing with 'noisy neighbours.

It was a sure thing that the millions of Pounds pumped into Manchester City would play a huge role in their attempt to challenge for the Premier League title, but no one could have predicted how successful they would be in such little time.

With the arrival of Roberto Mancini came big money signings, Champions League football and an FA Cup ; all in the space of two years.

For anyone who was asleep for the whole of last week, you missed probably one of the biggest stories in recent sporting history. Rangers FC were sent into administration because of an overdue tax bill which stretched back to over 11 years ago. And although Rangers Chief Executive Craig Whyte stated how this is not the end for Rangers, it can be deemed as somewhat wishful thinking.

As much as they try to paint a glossy picture over the whole situation I think it's fair to say that the Wolverhampton Wanderers board made a complete hash of their recent manager appointment process.

I'd go as far as saying that they wouldn't lose much more dignity if they'd rang Mick McCarthy up and offered him his old job back.

When a footballer retires from the sport, many wind up in positions related to the game. Whether they work for the team they retired with, go into coaching, or broadcasting, many stick with the game. Former football legend Teddy Sheringham decided to go a different route and try his hand at the world of professional poker.

Manchester United's home form in Europe is becoming a real problem for Sir Alex Ferguson and a better team than Ajax would have put his men to the sword in last nights Europa League 2nd leg.

It all started so well for last seasons UEFA Champions League finalists with Javier Hernandez splitting the Dutch defence to slot home after just five minutes, but that was about it for the home side as Ajax showed real heart to claw the tie back to almost grab an unlikely win.

29 August 2010. A scream of agony reverberated through the Stadium of Light, as he collapsed to the turf. Unbridled pain soared through his knee, wincing with every second of that agonizing afternoon. Leaving the pitch on a stretcher, one thing was sure in his mind it would be a long time before he was to be afforded the luxury of kicking a ball again.

At just 34 years young and with a whopping price tag of £13 million, Andre Villas-Boas' vital statistics suggest he was never meant to be a short-term fix at Chelsea. The Portuguese arrived from Porto with a glowing reputation as Europe's most talented young manager; his appointment suggested owner Roman Abramovich was looking to the future.

Tottenham Hotspur's efforts of hanging on to midfield star Luka Modric may all end in vain this summer, as the Croatian is reportedly glad at snubbing the chance to go to Chelsea, and in turn wants a move to Manchester United.

Chelsea have been long term admirers of the midfield maestro, and the Blues lodged as many as three bids last summer, in a spectacular attempt to lure the club into selling him.

Pep Guardiola's contract extension with Barcelona is becoming more and more complex now. The situation is reaching crisis point.

Can Barca hold tie him up?

Barcelona have always been ready to renew his contract but Guardiola is still keeping his silence towards that matter.

It is being reported by Spanish newspaper El Economista where Barcelona is ready to list out a few candidate if Guardiola does not come up with an agreement with the club.

Chinese authorities aren't fooling around when it comes to punishing those who fix soccer games. While some countries give out shorter sentences for murder, China sentenced a former member of its soccer association on Feb. 18 to 12 years behind bars for taking bribes and fixing the outcome of games.

I honestly thought I'd never again hear monkey chants directed at a black player during a football match outside of backwards Eastern European nations.

But at Porto's ground last night, I heard, loud and clear, Porto fans making monkey noises whenever Manchester City's Mario Balotelli was involved in the action.

Well that was embarrassing.

A lot of Arsenal fans will be understandably angry at a team that appears to be doing their best Jekyll and Hyde impersonation.

I don't think Wenger could have expected such an anaemic performance from his players. In a European tie you expect it to be a close and even if the team is significantly better it's not always reflected in the scoreline.

It seems that Footballs pantomime villain has returned to centre stage.

Carlos Tevez has always made a name for himself in the media eye, be it from switching his allegiance from the red to blue side of Manchester, or deciding to go on a three month hiatus because he felt "mistreated" at Manchester City.

How could you sack those puppy dog eyes? (Source: http://www.bettor.com)

I've never been skeptical or wary of Mick McCarthy. Maybe it was because anybody would do a better job than Glenn Hoddle did, maybe it was because I enjoyed what he did with Ireland in the 2002 World Cup, or maybe I just had a good feeling about him.

We are getting prepared to say goodbye to Premiership legend Thierry Henry once again. His short loan spell has reinforced Arsene Wenger's credentials as king of the dealing as in the last two months Henry has scored more goals than 85million pound combo Fernando Torres and Andy Carroll put together.

Eden Hazard has the chance to make a brave choice. If the Lille forward joins Tottenham Hotspur, it will be a rare triumph for attractive football and sound principles over great big wads of cash.

The Belgium could have his pick from England's top clubs, not to mention the big two in La Liga.