With the PFA Player of the Year award (and many others) only a few months away, many members of the media - myself included - have started searching for a suitable winner. The two names that I've heard the most this season have been Steven Gerrard and Nemanja Vidic. It's no surprise that Gerrard finds his name towards the top of the list once again, as Liverpool have pinned their hopes and dreams on their inspirational leader.

Yeah, that#8217;s right Keep your eyes peeled and when the member of this #8216;band#8217; second from the right allows his floppy hair to leave his face, you will find none other than Andriy Shevchenko hidden beneath. The band is then joined on stage by a woman clutching what appear to be Polaroid photos.

Back in September 2008, when Dimitar Berbatov and Man United CEO David Gill put the finishing touches on a lucrative 4-year contract tying the enigmatic Bulgarian to Old Trafford for the prime years of his career, you would have been an absolute plonker to ask the question.

With the recent appointment of Carlo Ancelotti as the new Chelsea manager and the recent announcement that Andriy Shevchenko will be coming back to the Bridge now that his one-year loan deal with AC Milan has expired, there are questions being asked of what Ancelotti / Chelsea will do with the 32-year-old striker.

If the media are to believed, AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti is the one of the most sought after managers in world football with Real Madrid and Chelsea among the sides linked with the Italian boss for the 2009-10 season.

However, this writer struggles to see why Ancelotti's stock is so high at a time when his own job at Milan must be considered seriously under threat.

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Originally uploaded by gabriel_biscoito Siendo un poco observador uno se puede dar cuenta que el Real Madrid ha gastado mas en jugadores que ningún otro equipo en el mundo.
Actualmente su presidente Florentino Perez apuesta por una nueva galaxia y cree que sacando la chequera compulsivamente va a resolver sus problemas.

It is one of the mysteries that I and fellow non-footballing folk will never comprehend. How a player can go from world beater to unwanted cast-off in such a short space of time.
One such player is Andrei Shevchenko. Prolific at Dynamo Kiev alongside Sergei Rebrov (Spurs fans shudder at the memory) he helped the Ukrainian side to five league titles and a Champions League semi-final before joining AC Milan in 1999.

So the dust seems to be finally settling on the criticism about Berbatov's mishit penalty on Sunday in the semi-final defeat against Everton. There's no doubting it was a badly hit penalty, but it seems to have unpicked a scab over his performances for Manchester United as his time so far with the Red Devils.

After years of underachievement, it seems a new era is set to begin at AC Milan. While the club have enjoyed some success in recent years, including a seventh UEFA Champions League trophy in 2007, it has been a disappointing few years for the Rossoneri as they have failed to mount a realistic challenge for the Scudetto while city rivals Internazionale have established a strangehold on the Serie A title.

One of the more startling sights following Chelsea on their pre-season tour of the United States has been the presence of Andrei Shevchenko. He sticks out like a sore thumb. Or rather a bleached beacon. Not least because of the state of his hair. It's a kind of bouffant throw-back to some past era – complete with dodgy highlights.

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Without the services of Thierry Henry upfront for Tuesdays match against Dynamo Kiev manager Pep Guardiola decided to give Andres Iniesta his first start of the season up front. From the beginning moments of the match Barcelona looked sluggish and off their game. Without Iniesta in the middle alongside Xavi the team lacked the ball control that we are used to seeing.

The 30 th installment of the 08-09 Serie A season will be seen as a stunning day of comebacks and late finishes. None of the leagues top six teams lost today.Only Juventus stumbled in the last minute surprised by Chievo in a 3-3 battle that saw Sergio Pellissier score a hat-trick for the visitors, the third coming in injury time.

Yo se los venía diciendo desde que salió el sorteo para los repechajes. Las selecciones importantes no quedarán mal y calificaran a la Copa del Mundo.

Y eso es precisamente lo que sucedió el día de hoy en los repechajes europeos, en donde Francia, Portugal, Rusia y Ucrania se colocaron un poco más cerca de la justa mundalista a celebrarse en Sudáfrica 2010.