It's a busy time in Manchester, as the red side and the blue side are both busy trying to bolster their squads ahead of next season.

But they're not the only clubs being linked with big-money purchases in this morning's transfer news roundup, though the other club mentioned is having nothing to do with said big-money move.

I doubt Michael Owen will join Manchester United, but you just never know. The bookmakers have slashed the odds on the move - and when there is smoke in Vegas, there is sometimes fire.
When there is smoke in Vegas, there is sometimes fire.
What does that even mean? Whatever. Owen to back up Rooney and Berbatov?

Bookies slash odds on 'Arry to quit Harry Redknapp's odds for being the next Premier League manager to leave his post have been slashed by bookmakers after punters heavily backed the Spurs boss to jump or be pushed. The odds have been cut from 50/1 last night to 2/1 this lunchtime, causing Redknapp to overtake Portsmouth's [.

HJK v IFK Mariehamn, Wednesday 6:30pm

This is, somewhat surprisingly, a top of the table clash. IFK have already beaten last season's champions, drawn with one of the favourites for this season, and had a regulation win over wooden spoon-chasers KuPS. This puts them level on points with HJK, who dropped their two points at home to draw specialists TPS.

Just last week, UEFA announced 40 further investigations into match-fixing claims, but as Jonathan Wilson points out in the Guardian, this has elicited little interest in the British press. Wilson notes that even though most of the concerns are related to Eastern Europe, "fixers" have been moving westward for some time with German referee Robert Hoyzer jailed for his role in match-fixing a full four years ago.

When Keith Hackett, warts n'all, retires from his stewardship of the Professional Game Match Officials Board (PGMOB) next summer, he will be replaced by a current referee - either Mike Riley, Steve Bennett or Pete Walton.
This is a major decision for the future of the English game at its highest levels.

Somewhere in amongst the furore that surrounded Emmanuel Adebayor's Saturday afternoon, a football match took place.

I know it's difficult to spot and you may have to search through a pile of seething Arsenal supporters and endless reams of video evidence to find it but I assure you, it did take place.

The FA have charged five league footballers, for breaching betting rules.

The five players concerned are Jay Harris, David Mannix, Robert Williams and Peter Cavanagh, who were at Accrington- and Bury player Andrew Mangan. The game concerned was last season's tie between the mighty Accrington Stanley and Bury; a game which Bury won 2-0.

Ever wondered why Betfair is the biggest online betting company? Did you know that Betfair is the biggest online betting company? Most people recognise the names William Hill and Ladbrokes due to the strong presence they have on our high streets.

Excellently, the conclusion to the European World Cup 2010 Qualifiers are a mathematical diversion of some consequence.
And all because of one little FIFA rule - that only eight of the nine second placed nations will move forward for the Play-Off head-to-heads in November.
So all your column inches of projection and requirement are mindless chatter as a thoroughly systems thinking approach with a dose of specified game theory is the only way to strategically analyse or plan ahead.

By Gareth Freeman

United's own start to the season may not have been as impressive as it could have been. Granted they've won three out of four but the loss to Burnley was as big a shock as we've had all season and the manner in which they defeated Arsenal was not as convincing as perhaps it could have been.

With Champions League action safely out of the way, United fans can now look forward to the big game on Sunday. Yes, it's the Manchester derby and after last Saturday, when United overcame an early goal and a sending off to thrash Tottenham 3-1 at White Hart Lane and City humbled Arsenal with a 4-2 beating at Eastlands, this Sunday promises to be a cracking game.

'Arry ain't quitting Harry Redknapp has strenuously denied he is about to quit as manager of Spurs. Rumours spread that Redknapp was going to leave White Hart Lane after bookmakers slashed odds on him being the next Premier League manager to leave his job. But Redknapp says he has not been rearrested as part of a corruption [.

At the Euro 2008 Semi Final, I love this picture! Thanks to whoever who took it.

Two of Arsenal's holy trinity have been nominated for this prestigious award. The third component of this trinity, Robin van Persie curiously has been ignored. Since November 2008, Robin has been the most consistent Gooner full stop.

It is better to die standing than to live on your knees. The revolution came to a small corner of Cheshire this afternoon as what may end up being Chester City's final match was abandoned with fifteen minutes to play after supporters invaded the pitch in protest at the continued involvement of the Vaughan family at their club.

Football Is Fixed was initiated on November 11th 2006 and our first post is reproduced below as August's Flashback post.
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Tomorrow it all begins all over again.
What is needed is a Sectoral Vuvuzela, a monotone lepatatatic drone, to drown out the latest brand of ScudamoreWorld.
But there is salvation.
We have terminated our BSkyB subscription entirely.
There are no longer Sky feeds to either our trading room or other communication environments.

It's just a sick joke!

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Rumours abound on the internet that Rafa Benitez could be set to quit as Liverpool manager.

A number of bookmakers are believed to have already suspended betting on the next Premier League manager to go in light of the whispers coming out of Merseyside.

Forked Tongue Talking Heads Speak The Manipulators Language
Those in the pay of bookmakers and other internal sections of the Premier League turn up with alarming regularity in the world of television punditry.
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The bookmakers were dreading the match at Portsmouth yesterday.
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The way the BSkyB narrative was concocted, this was a Portsmouth on the up, bolstered by new signings and financial security against the richest team in the world - a perfect representation of all that Our Great Leader is told is good about the English Premier League.

It's the Manchester derby between United and City on Sunday and we've got two pairs of tickets to give away, courtesy of Betfair.

Betfair recently became the official betting partner of Manchester United and now we've teamed up with the world's leading betting exchange, to give you a chance of attending the big match.

In case you haven't been paying attention, United take on City this Sunday and RoM have got two pairs of tickets to give away, courtesy of Betfair.

Betfair recently became the official betting partner of Manchester United and now we've teamed up with the world's leading betting exchange, to give you a chance of attending the big match.

This weekend's match between Manchester United and Manchester City has the potential to be the most explosive match of the season so far. There are so many storylines and the game hasn't kicked off yet.

Fortunately, we've got two pairs of tickets to give away, courtesy of Betfair.

It's the Manchester derby between United and City on Sunday and we've got two pairs of tickets to give away, courtesy of Betfair.

Betfair recently became the official betting partner of Manchester United and now we've teamed up with the world's leading betting exchange, to give you a chance of attending the big match.

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The Clock is Ticking!

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Bookies have suspended betting on the next Premier League manager to be sacked following speculation Phil Brown is on the verge of leaving Hull City.

No major firm of bookmakers anywhere in the Far East is willing to price up the Asian Handicap on tomorrow's England versus Belarus FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 Qualifier.
Now, why would that be the case now?
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With Champions League action safely out of the way, United fans can now look forward to the big game on Sunday. Yes, it's the Manchester derby and after last Saturday, when United overcame an early goal and a sending off to thrash Tottenham 3-1 at White Hart Lane and City humbled Arsenal with a 4-2 beating at Eastlands, this Sunday promises to be a cracking game.

Peter Reid has surpassed previous efforts at disinformational and disorderly discourse with two interviews (one in the September issue of World Soccer Magazine and one in Theo Guardian this weekend).
For the interview with World Soccer, Reid was manager of Thailand, a job that he combined with punditry on BSkyB and for Coral/Eurobet Bookmakers, and things.

Earlier on this afternoon, Coleen Rooney gave birth to Wayne Rooney's first child. The baby boy has been named Kai Wayne Rooney and both parents are said to be ‘overjoyed'.
The bookmakers have done up some special odds for baby Kai already, the poor kid is only hours old.

Some great betting tips for this weekend's big matches.

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Its certainly been a week to remember in the Premier League as Tony Pulis gained much respect in the '10 Hardest Premiership managers of All Time' with his alleged ‘head butt' of playboy/partyboy/prettyboy/bigmanupfront James Beattie.

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is now 9/1 to lose his job before the turn of the year, thanks to his side's 2-0 defeat at Portsmouth on Saturday.
Manager Benitez, who this week "guaranteed" that his side will finish fourth in the Premier League, is a front-runner to be fired, after five years in the hot seat at Anfield.