Transfer news, rumours and gossip from Boxing Day's papers

United make £30m bid for Modric, Arsenal look at Pato and Villas-Boas to blow £150m warchest on Kaka, Cavani and Hamsik?

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szólj hozzá: Incredible Mark Bunn save 1. While you've all been busy stuffing your faces for a few days, Blackburn boss Steve Kean might just have found a Bunn to save his bacon. Young keeper Mark Bunn put in a great performance to earn a point at Liverpool. 2. It definitely wasn't a Blue Christmas.

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Manchester United is a very good club. This season, they've tossed aside inferior opponents with a startling ease. Despite that, there's no reason Fulham should've lost to them 5-nil at home yesterday. The South London club looked completely unprepared to deal with the likes of Danny Welbeck, Nani and Wayne Rooney.

Chelsea vs Fulham 1-1 Boxing Day Highlights 2011 Video Goals Mata Dempsey is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Chelsea vs Fulham 1-1 Boxing Day Highlights 2011 Video Goals Mata Dempsey is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Chelsea vs Fulham 2011 ( Chelsea v Fulham video below) Final score and result:- Chelsea vs Fulham 1-1 ( Juan Mata/ Clint Dempsey) Stamford Bridge, London- 26 December 2011 Monday- 13.

Five things we learned from the Boxing Day football | Jonathan Wilson

Dimitar Berbatov has still got it but Ashley Cole appears to be losing it and Andy Carroll is just unlucky Berbatov's still got it One of the sadnesses of modern football and the prevalence of large squads is the talent that does not get to play.

Here we go. A disappointing week for many fantasy managers as the leading candidates in the Boxing Day fixtures failed to produce. Manchester United win 5-0 but neither Wayne Rooney nor Nani registered a single goal or assist. That's ridiculous. ... Continue reading →

In my two decades as Newcastle fan I have had worse Christmases, tucking into my Turkey in 2008 whilst languishing four points above the relegation zone springs immediately to mind. This was made all the worse by having to bypass drinking my despair away due to a nice early drive to Wigan the next morning.

Bottom of the Premier League with just nine points from 15 games and things don't get any better for Owen Coyle.

Gary Cahill is expected to leave for greater things this January with Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham rumoured to be after the England international's services. And as Cahill loosk to be leaving Coyle is left with a big hole to fill in his defence and his squad.

Game Intelligence throws caution to the snow with an attacking line up fit for Boxing Day. Gung Ho Ho Ho!

Boxing Day football review

It wasn't as stellar as the famous goal-rush of 1963, but this Boxing Day was not without its dramas. The day began with Jose Mourinho claiming his next job would be in England.

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This Boxing Day was a great one for Arsenal and a fun time for me. Hope you had a joyful Christmas too. Apologies for the lateness of this post but the whole weekend was just so enjoyable and engaging, I couldn't find any time before now. Well, I did find some time but then Sachin came on to bat and took up the best part of the last two hours.

Arsenal missed the chance to go fourth in the Premier League as they were denied by a series of saves from Wayne Hennessey when being held to a 1-1 draw by Wolves at Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners, without a defeat to Wolves since 1979, were looking to capitalise on a draw between Chelsea and Fulham on Boxing Day and took the lead after only eight minutes whenGervinho beat the offside trap to score his fourth goal of the season.

Win a 2012-13 hospitality package

Give the Liverpool fan in your life a present they won't forget this Christmas a VIP match day experience at Anfield on Boxing Day.

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Kenny Dalglish insists Liverpool are ready to tackle the busy schedule awaiting them over the Christmas and New Year period.
Following Sunday's clash at Aston Villa, the Reds will take on Wigan on Wednesday night before playing host to Blackburn Rovers on Boxing Day.
Newcastle United then travel to Anfield on December 30, before Liverpool's first test in 2012 is against Manchester City on January 3, with the FA Cup third round tie against Oldham scheduled to take place just three days later.

Steven Gerrard is set to return to full training on Monday. The Liverpool Captain has been out since October after suffering from an infected ankle.

Gerrard's return will be a huge boost to Liverpool over the busy Christmas period as they chase down the all important top four finish.

Liverpool are set to face Wigan on Wednesday but that is likely to be too soon for Gerrard, with him likely to make his return on the bench against Blackburn on Boxing Day.

Blackburn tickets on sale

Liverpool Football Club are pleased to announce the release of additional tickets to official members for the Boxing Day clash at home to Blackburn Rovers.

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Gerrard in contention for Boxing Day return

Liverpool could have skipper back to face Blackburn or four days later at Newcastle

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To lose all four of our first team fullbacks at once to long-term injuries really is unfortunate.

As an example of serious bad luck it's right up there with Wayne Rooney finding himself at Grab-a-Granny night in the local nightclub with both arms in plaster; or Harry Redknapp taking a wrong turn into an auction house and accidentally winning 53 bids on account of his twitch.

• Kop That: Wigan don't care who the opposition is when we play like we know we can Jordi Gomez ahead of Liverpool ... http://t.co/TM53vVUf 23:25:13, 2011-12-19
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Naughty Naughton Norwich full-back Kyle Naughton picked up the most sensible booking of his career during last night's pulsating 2-2 draw with Wolves. Naughton received his fifth yellow card of the season to earn himself an automatic one-match ban. That rules him out of the Boxing Day clash with Tottenham.

As Christmas approaches, on this week's main listening report, we take a look at football at Christmas through the years: folk football and rioting, a football game in the middle of war, and Boxing Day.

As Christmas approaches, on this week's main listening report, we take a look at football at Christmas through the years: folk football and rioting, a football game in the middle of war, and Boxing Day.

At last Arsenal have finally made a decision about the Wolves games at the Emirates on Boxing Day Monday. The game has been out off until the Tuesday afternoon instead and all tickets bought for the match will just automatically be valid for the next day. The Gunners have released a (quite long!) statement letting [.

Liverpool defender Daniel Agger insists his team-mates are focused on doing their best for the club and not Luis Suarez's situation.
The Uruguay international has been hit with an eight-game ban for a misconduct charge along with a £40,000 fine by the Football Association.
The Liverpool players showed their support for Suarez pre-match against Wigan by donning wearing T-shirts featuring his image on the front and number on the back.

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez hoping to build on home draws against Liverpool and Chelsea

The Lactics manager has seen a resurgence from his side of late, and is hoping to climb up the Premier League table, starting with the Boxing Day trip to Old Trafford

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Well, I promised it and here it IS A MERRY CHRISTMAS SHOW for all my listeners!!! Just some LUFC gossip and updates and a much happier part two, for this week's broadcasts! Interviews with the manager (who hasn't been sacked since the first part of this show), about the loan window and Howson's injury.

After two calendar years of last-minute cramming and form-checking, this ditty on the Boxing Day derby between Preston and Carlisle will be our last Thursday Preview. With a new platform less than two weeks away, we've decided to refocus our efforts, leaving the Monday Profile as the sole weekly column on TTU.

There's no doubt that Newcastle will have to show their spirit in the next three league games. Alan Pardew we'll see how the players deal with adversity We are at second bottom Bolton Wanderers on Monday afternoon, Boxing Day, and they have lost seven of their eight league games at home this season, so surely we are in with a chance of all [.

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Reds to check on Gerrard

Kenny Dalglish today reported no fresh injury concerns ahead of the Boxing Day visit of Blackburn Rovers and confirmed Liverpool will check on the fitness of Steven Gerrard ahead of the clash.

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Reds monitor Gerrard

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard could return from his two-month injury absence against Blackburn on Boxing Day.

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Yesterday I was rummaging around in Tooting's Oxfam and found a Charles Buchan book from 1955-56. In it was this picture of young Graham Leggat. How about that?

Leggat had just played a key role in Aberdeen's first ever league title (in the 1954-55 season). A few years later he was scoring a super-fast hat-trick on Boxing Day as Fulham destroyed Ipswish 10-1.

Liverpool v Blackburn preview

Liverpool will hope to beat Blackburn on Boxing Day as the Luis Suarez saga shows no signs of dying down.

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LIVERPOOL v Blackburn: Jay Spearing back after three-game suspension

Midfielder Jay Spearing returns to Liverpool's squad for the Boxing Day match at home to Blackburn after serving a three-match suspension.

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Despite picking up three points following a 5-0 win at Craven Cottage, United fans were left disappointed by the news that Phil Jones had probably broken his cheekbone and would be out for six weeks. He has been brilliant in the centre of our midfield and the idea of having to go a month or more without him in the team was gutting, particularly in light of all the other injuries we currently have.

Blackburn Rovers come to Anfield on Boxing Day, and there's the very real possibility that a victory for Liverpool could lead to Steve Kean being sacked. Kenny Dalglish won the league with Blackburn in 1995, and earlier today, he expressed his dismay at how things have gone for his old club.

Liverpool v Blackburn

Preview followed by live coverage of Boxing Day's game between Liverpool and Blackburn in the Premier League.

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A bit of injury news from around the Premier League as we tinker with our teams this holiday weekend. Phil Jones could play on Boxing Day against Wigan. Manchester United could really use him. They are in good form, but ... Continue reading →

Liverpool v BLACKBURN: Under-fire Steve Kean may be without keeper Paul Robinson for Anfield test

Beleaguered Blackburn manager Steve Kean is hoping his defence will not be further weakened by the absence of goalkeeper Paul Robinson for their Boxing Day clash at Liverpool.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard could return from his two-month injury absence against Blackburn on Boxing Day.
The England international has not featured since the draw with Norwich at the end of October after sustaining an ankle infection having already missed a large chunk of the season.
Gerrard, 31, has appeared in just five matches this campaign as a result of injuries, but he is back in training and stands a chance of facing Blackburn at Anfield.