The summer transfer window is looming and once again Manchester City are expected to be the Premier League's big spenders. It seems no target has been too audacious since new owners transformed them into the world's richest club, and now with time of their side for the first time, you can expect big, box office names to be targeted.

With Barcelona reportedly chasing Franck Ribery, Bayern Munich may be about to renew their interest in the Blaugrana's Aliaksandr Hleb. Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery seems to be in the headlines on a daily basis.  If it's not his match-winning performances for the Bavarians, then it is a transfer rumour linking him with a massive move [.

UEFA Champions League Final: Barcelona v Manchester United
While not quite beauty v the beast, the intriguing contrast of Manchester United's organisation and Barcelona's beautiful game is the power v the glory. More than the billed clash of the two fantasistas - Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the Stadio Olimpico will host a battle of styles to decide the Emperor of Rome.

All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award winning Dirty Tackle...

Aliaksandr Hleb's little brother Vyacheslav, who plays for Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua, isn't quite as good as his older sibling.

US striker Charlie Davies is in surgery after a serious car accident and Freddy Adu becomes the first footballer to make good use of Twitter.

Italian football has been blighted by a series of exposing scandals in recent years; Calciopoli in 2006, the Plusvalenze scandal and the murder of a Lazio fan by police in 2007 all degrading the once esteemed reputation of Serie A.

The 2008/09 season, however, did much to restore people's faith in Italian football, a campaign free of corruption and legal accusation allowing fans to focus solely on the football on display.

ALBO D'ORO

PALLONE DI CUOIO

2004 Aliaksandr HLEB

2005 Hatem BEN ARFA

2006 Cesc FABREGAS

2007 Lionel Andrès MESSI

2008 Yoann GOURCUFF

2009 Claudio MARCHISIO