Steven Gerrard today sent out an ominous warning to teams across the continent by declaring in-form Fernando Torres is only going to improve over the rest of the season.
With Liverpool chasing a top four Premier League finish and success in the Europa League, the return to form and fitness of the Spanish striker has come as a timely boost for the Reds, who travel to Manchester United at the weekend on the back of two morale boosting victories.

While the U.S. national team took away most of the attention this weekend, now that the victory vs. Turkey is in the bag, American fans can turn their attentions to Major League Soccer.

The MLS schedule tonight features a battle of unbeatens as the Los Angeles Galaxy takes on the Columbus Crew for the title of best team in MLS.

There were no surprises on the night then. Sadly for us gooners, Messi rose to the occasion and when the best player in the world is on top of his game there isn't much the opposition can do.

We started the second leg far better than the first one pressing high up the pitch and forcing mistakes from the Barca players.

Stamford Bridge star hopes to be fighting fit for the World Cup.

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Michael Essien is fighting to be fit for the World Cup but has been named in Ghana's provisional squad such is his importance to Milovan Rajevac.

Everyone, including Arsene, knows that Barcelona are odds on favourites to go through, especially after the recent additions to the Arsenal injury roster.

We've four first choice players missing from the team that started a week ago at the Emirates. And not just any four Cesc, Arshavin, and Song were arguably the three most valuable players in that starting line-up!

Anfield boss to make concerted push to bring in Ibrahim Afellay.

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Rafa Benitez has reportedly turned his attentions to signing PSV Eindhoven attacking midfielder Ibrahim Afellay. The 24 year old Dutch international has been a mainstay at the Eredivisie side for almost seven years and is apparently ready to make a move to the Premier League.

Rafael Benitez has held a second round of talks with the Liverpool chairman, Martin Broughton, as he seeks assurances that money will be available to revitalise the squad and challenge for a Champions League place next season.
The Liverpool manager met the British Airways chairman, who has been installed to sell the club on behalf of its co-owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, at Anfield today.

Wenger looks to bring Upton Park stalwart to the Emirates.

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Arsene Wenger will reportedly turn his attentions to West Ham keeper Robert Green to resolve his goalkeeping crisis after apparently opting against a move for Fulham's Australian goalie Michael Schwarzer.

Liverpool are still looking to add, and Real Madrid legend Raul could end up in london.

Sunderland have joined the race to sign England goalkeeper David James.

Real Madrid striker Raul is being lined up for a move to Tottenham Hotspur with the 33-year-old Spaniard available on a free transfer.

Like a relentless monster always hunting for its latest feed, no sooner had Man City completed one multi-million pound deal they turned their attentions to another this week.
Aleksandar Kolarov completed a £17 million move from Lazio as the club's spending passed the £80 million mark this summer alone following the arrivals of Yaya Toure, David Silva and Jerome Boateng.

Avram Grant must love a challenge. Last year he took on the impossible task of trying to keep a debt-ridden Portsmouth in the Premier League, and this term he has turned his attentions to ensuring West Ham don't also suffer the embarrassment of relegation.

While it has not exactly been the start that the former Chelsea boss would have hoped for with the Hammers currently sitting bottom of the league, they are currently on a four game unbeaten run in the Premier League.

According to the Daily Star, Real Madrid are set to turn their attentions to signing Man United striker Wayne Rooney. They believe that Rooney is their number one target and will do anything to get...
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Liverpool could sign Rafael van der Vaart as well as his Real Madrid and Holland team-mate Ruud van Nistelrooy in January, according to a report.
With manager Rafael Benitez urgently needing reinforcements, The Sun reports that the much-touted loan deal for former Manchester United striker Van Nistelrooy will be agreed "in the next few days".

High flying Birmingham City make offer for Anfield flop.

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Birmingham City yesterday kicked off the January transfer sales with an £8m bid for Liverpool's Dutch winger Ryan Babel in the first indication that new owner Carson Yeung is ready to back his manager, Alex McLeish, with significant funds.

Even if a fraction of the transfer related stories were true Harry Redknapp is a busy man indeed!

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Tottenham Hotspur are back in the hunt to sign Sporting Lisbon midfielder Miguel Veloso.

This week's Sound of Football is a bumper edition featuring an examination of Birmingham City's unbeaten run, an assessment of Arsenal's championship credentials and an assassination of modern punditry.
We then turn our attentions to Angola and the opening games in the Africa Cup of Nations.

Ambitious Bundesliga side Hamburger SV have turned their attentions to on-loan Palmeiras forward Vagner Love in their search for attacking reinforcements, according to a report in Hamburger Morgenpost.

The Rothosen are in the market for a new attacker due to the lengthy injury absence of Peruvian striker Paolo Guerrero and head coach Bruno Labbadia seemingly sees Vagner Love as the perfect candidate.

Walter (centre) back amongst the goals at Inter

In March last year, Internacional's Walter Henrique da Silva was amongst the bunch of young Brazilians being looked at by Manchester United. Back then he was valued at around the £5 million mark. But the 20-year-old suffered a serious knee injury and has only just returned to training after an eight month layoff.

Celtic have launched a loan bid to take Portsmouth defender Marc Wilson on loan for the rest of the season.
Tony Mowbray is keen to land the former Ireland under-21 international for the second half of the season.
The Hoops were also in for Arsenal defender Philipe Senderos but believe he is now out of their reach and have now turned their attentions to Pompey's young Irish rising star Wilson.

Gordon Strachan is again linking up with his former club to try and strengthen the Middlesbrough team. With the team hit by a recent batch of injuries, Strachan has been forced into looking for new recruits to add to the ever depleting squad and has recently turned his attentions to Celtic defender Stephen McManus.

Things go from bad to worse at Selhurst Park.

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Crystal Palace have been deducted 10 points by the Football League after going into administration on Tuesday.

West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola has expressed his disappointment in former teammate Eidur Gudjohnsen after the Icelandic striker made an 11th hour move to Tottenham instead of the Hammers.

"I am disappointed with Spurs and disappointed with Gudjohnsen. I was expecting good behaviour from him," Zola said.

The challenges of playing against a team that counter-attacks as well as Manchester United does is that it exposes holes in a sides defense.
The game becomes a form of 'chicken', with the opposing team having to choose the lesser of two evils - do you absorb the opposing team's counter-attack with numbers behind the ball, or do you step up higher to press them - exposing yourself to potential counters?

Blackpool are lining up a swoop for Everton and Ireland u21 defender Séamus Coleman ahead of Thursday's loan deadline.
Seasiders boss Ian Holloway is on the look out for a new defender as Stephen Crainey and Ian Evatt are struggling with knocks and he could turn his attentions to the Goodison Park starlet.

Dirk Kuyt believes a fit and firing squad can propel Liverpool to a successful conclusion to 2009-10.
Sunday's 3-0 dismantling of Sunderland was arguably one of Reds' most fluent performances of the season so far.
And Kuyt feels the return of key players from injury has been instrumental in helping Rafa Benitez's side produce the kind of attacking verve that has seen 10 goals scored in their last three Anfield matches.

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That was as ugly a two goal win as you're ever going to see.

I'm sure Chivas USA Coach Martin Vasquez doesn't care now that he's avoided going 0-3.

The second goal came in second half stoppage time, Jesus Padilla getting on the end of a Zach Thornton hoof up field and fighting off the attentions of defender Jeremy Hall to put the ball past Bouna Coundoul in the most direct goal we've seen at the HDC in a while.

When my wife gave birth a couple of months ago, we we going to call the baby 'Aaron' if it were a boy. Instead our baby was a girl and we unwittingly still managed to name her after a Tottenham legend. We called her 'Rose'.

If I were Danny Rose I would announce my retirement this morning, safe in the knowledge that things could never get any better in my career.

Inter Milan stunned Barcelona to take a 3-1 first-leg lead in their UEFA Champions League semi-final.

José Mourinho's team inflicted only a fourth defeat of the season on a Barcelona side bidding to make modern history by retaining the trophy. Instead, the goals from Wesley Sneijder, Maicon and Diego Milito, in response to Pedro Rodríguez's away goal, will greatly encourage Inter's own dream of a first European crown since 1965.

With the greatest respect for Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Inter Milan are the two best teams left in the competition. Tomorrows winner will go into the final as favourites and rightly so. Barcelona would enter the Bernabeu as reigning champions having overcome a two goal first-leg deficit against Italys best to reach the final.

Title chasing Chelsea, fresh from their seven-goal thumping of Stoke City last weekend, visit Liverpool, looking for three points that will keep them top of the table going into the final day and, if results go their way elsewhere, could even secure the championship with a game to spare.
For Liverpool a season which promised so much after last season's second place finish has become only more disappointing the longer it has gone on and after the Europa League semi-final defeat to Atletico Madrid on Thursday, the club are left with only the slightest of hopes of a top-four finish, and realistically only a Europa League place to play for.

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Congratulations to Chelsea for winning the Premier League.
Congratulations to Blogger 1-1-8 for winning our mini-league for the first time in 5 years. His overall score of around 2350 allowed him to claim victory while focusing his attentions on celebrating Tottenham's 4th placed finish.

As the richest club in the world, Manchester City is being linked with this summer's blockbuster moves but they'll have to do their business without the lure of Champions League football. The Citizens narrowly finished outside of England's top four this season after a disappointing home loss to Tottenham nearly a week ago, and Roberto Mancini fears that the failure could cost his club in the transfer market.

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Arsenal have turned their attentions to Juventus' Felipe Melo after Yaya Toure reportedly snubbed a move to the Emirates.

In the last week, Gunners captain Cesc Fabregas has made clear his wish to play for his boyhood club Barcelona and Arsene Wenger hoped to negotiate a cash-plus-player deal involving Toure.

Eastlands boss turns attentions to Villa Park forward.

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Roberto Mancini is reportedly looking to build a new look attack and has set his sights on Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor and is willing to put in a bid in the region of £22m for the 23 year old England international.

I played soccer competitively from the time I could walk until I was 16 years old. I was pretty good too due to the fact that I had elite speed and stamina for my age back then. I wasn't the best leader (I liked to chuck it up from distance), I didn't have the best skills (I was not known for my ability to bend it a la Beckham), and I certainly didn't have amazing vision (not with cold winter winds whipping into my face.

With Dagenham & Redbridge's win over Rotherham at Wembley completed, domestic football is back in its box until August. So, for the next few Thursdays, we shall direct our attentions to matters of a World Cup hue. This Friday will mark the 7 days to go mark before the whole shebang kicks off in Johannesburg and two sides featuring 09-10 Championship players happen to meet that night in a friendly

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Skysports.com understands Birmingham are ready to rekindle their interest in Liverpool's Ryan Babel.

Skysports.com understands Birmingham are ready to rekindle their interest in Liverpool's Ryan Babel.
Birmingham tried to sign Babel during the January transfer window, but failed to agree a deal with Liverpool.
Blues boss Alex McLeish is thought to be a big admirer of the Dutchman and is ready to revive his attempts to lure him to St Andrews.

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After weeks of 'is-he?-isn't-he?' rumour-mongering, Pies can officially confirm that David Silva will be a Manchester City player next season.

In the last few minutes, City have posted the news on their official website that the Spanish international will move to Eastlands (subject to passing a routine medical) from Valencia after his involvement in the World Cup is over.