By Alan Duffy

On the day that Gary Cahill had to withdraw from England's Euro 2012 squad with the inexperienced Liverpool defender, Martin Kelly, taking his place, the 'representative' of Rio Ferdinand has blasted both the FA and manager Roy Hodgson for failing to pick his client.

Top Spurs story in the news today comes courtesy of the Evening Standard who claim that the club's Chairman Daniel Levy is preparing to make Harry Redknapp a personal offer he can't refuse while throwing in a £50m transfer fund to strengthen the squad for next season.

The article by James Olley is an interesting read but this is probably the essence of it,

"Redknapp's contract with Spurs expires at the end of next season and negotiations have begun on a new four-year deal on an increased salary from his present £3m a year before bonuses.

As I am sure you were not surprised to hear, Kieron Dyer is yet again out of action for the season. However much it is a shame for a man of his talent to have to end his career on such a note, the he should just give up. Dyer has not had any kind of form since leaving Newcastle over four years ago, and even there he was so blighted by injury that his wages (and off field behavior) were the cause of embarrassment.

By Alan Duffy

Demoralised Manchester United fans had feared the worst after their captain, Nemanja Vidic, was stretchered off during that disastrous Champions League exit in Basel during the week. And now, those fears have been realised, with Sir Alex Ferguson revealing that the Serbian centre-half would miss the rest of the season with knee ligament damage.

Following Manchester United's Carling Cup exit against Crystal Palace last night, OTP looks at five players on display night who are treading a tightrope if they want to continue their careers at Old Trafford. 1. Darron Gibson It looked like Fergie was going to ship Gibson out on the regular Manchester-Sunderland service during the summer.

Some pointers for AVB By the end of Wednesday evening and after a 2-1 loss in Leverkusen, nothing could mask the eruption of crisis talk surrounding the Stamford Bridge club. Not even the assortment of face masks on display Andre Villas-Boas's job hangs in the balance and so do the contracts of many of the [.

It started with Ernie - Mehmet inherited and added to the mess and now look where we are.
The Victory midfield has been a debacle since Fred left. His fast running midfield added much to Archie Thompson and a younger Danny Allsopp's firepower but how many years ago was that.
And was the style sustainable in Asia - or even the A-League.

Liverpool look likely to have to accelerate their interest in Ajax midfielder Christian Eriksen if they wish to ensure the Danish youngster ends up at Anfield.
The Reds are known to be tracking the 19-year-old and have repeatedly been linked with a bid for his services, although Ajax has remained adamant that Eriksen will not leave the Amsterdam ArenA.

When it comes to transfer rumours and Arsenal we all know that most of them turn out to be just that rumours, and anyone we are interested in normally ends up elsewhere anyway. There is one doing the rounds today suggesting that Arsene Wenger is preparing a January bid for Manchester United's ageing striker Michael [.