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Ryan Shawcross accuses Arsène Wenger of holding personal vendetta Guardian

Sheffield Wednesday could be forced into administration in the next 24 hours unless they pay a tax bill of more than £1m BBC

Gerard Pique is very pleased to see Cesc Fabregas Kickette

Danish legend Brian Laudrup is being treated for a mild case of lymphoma.

It's Friday, so it must be World Cup preview podcast time again. This week it's the turn of Group E, which features the talents of Cameroon, Denmark, Japan and the Netherlands (and apparently Holland too). Your four co-hosts debate the merits of each team in various categories (some serious: Best Coach, some not so much: Best Celebrity Spokesperson) and then add up the points to see which two teams go through.

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La pugna por la Liga entre Real Madrid y Barcelona ha ahondado la fosa mariana que les separa del resto de sparrings. De tal suerte bipolar, que el torneo español más se asemeja a la Scottish Premier League que a un emocionante y democrático campeonato. Allí se ha producido un hito poco común: el galardón a mejor jugador de la campaña 2009-2010 ha recaído en David Weir, defensa y captain de los Glasgow Rangers y estandarte de esa selección que debería jugar con kilt.

Morten Olsen gives Eriksen some advice "The sweet shop is the second turning on the right". Emirates boss wants the "New Laudrup".

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Arsenal are once again being linked with a swoop for 18-year-old Ajax midfielder Christian Eriksen after a report in the News of the World claimed that the Dane had been recommended to Arsene Wenger by former star Dennis Bergkamp.

There is considerable element of *boilk* to today's proceedings. That's never stopped us before but I have to admit my mind is not as sharp as something something whatever. Still, I have coffee so at least that's ... erm ... hot.

I suppose we're still reveling in the fountain of footballing joy that was the win over Porto.

George Best, Johann Cruyff, Marco Van Basten, Gary Lineker, Raul, Puskas, Di Stefano, Kubala, Kocsis, Gianni Rivera, Roberto Baggio, Zico, Socrates, Platini, George Weah, Johann Neeskens, Dejan Savicevic, Ryan Giggs, Karl Heinz Rummenigge, Oleg Blokhin, Luis Figo, Eusebio, Rui Costa, Michael&Brian Laudrup, Eric Cantona.

Brian Laudrup, um dos avançados mais elegantes que me lembro de ver jogar, revelou hoje que lhe foi diagnosticado um cancro. O irmão mais novo de Michael indicou que já está a ser tratado e que a doença foi descoberta numa fase pouco avançada.
«Estou, como é óbvio, em choque pelo diagnóstico, mas também sei que tenho uma batalha enorme minha frente, uma batalha que vou vencer», disse o dinamarquês, campeão da Europa em 1992.

Brian Laudrup, um dos avançados mais elegantes que me lembro de ver jogar, revelou hoje que lhe foi diagnosticado um cancro. O irmão mais novo de Michael indicou que já está a ser tratado e que a doença foi descoberta numa fase pouco avançada.
«Estou, como é óbvio, em choque pelo diagnóstico, mas também sei que tenho uma batalha enorme minha frente, uma batalha que vou vencer», disse o dinamarquês, campeão da Europa em 1992.

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The Aston Villa manager saga appears to officially be over as French publication L'Equipe reports that Gerard Houllier will inform the French Football Federation that he will sign a two-year contract to take over at Villa Park.

Houllier (pictured above, center), who coached Liverpool from 1998-2004, will step away from his post as the FFF's technical director after the country's notorious World Cup stint and replace interim manager Kevin MacDonald.

The Chelsea Daily Drivel is a daily update of all the stories concerning our club, the rumours, the opinions and more....
So here are the Chelsea news updates on Wednesday 8th September 2010 including: Carlo Ancelotti wants to manage Chelsea for 25 years, Yuri Zhirkov issues the club with an ultimatum and Brian Laudrup reveals he is battling Cancer.

Danish International and Euro 1992 winner Brian Laudrup has revealed he is battling the killer disease Cancer but vow's to beat it. Watch all his skil below:

The 41 year-old former Danish striker revealed he is being treated for Lymphoma cancer but it was caught at an early stage before it spread any further.

Danish International and Euro 1992 winner Brian Laudrup has revealed he is battling the killer disease Cancer but vow's to beat it. Watch all his skil below:

The 41 year-old former Danish striker revealed he is being treated for Lymphoma cancer but it was caught at an early stage before it spread any further.

Former Danish international Brian Laudrup has revealed that he is fighting a mild form of lymphoma. The winger played for Bayern Munich and Glasgow Rangers most famously, while also having spells at Fiorentina, Chelsea, AC Milan, and Ajax.

He was also on Pele's list of 125 greatest living footballers, along side older brother Michael back in 2004.

Former Denmark striker Brian Laudrup, part of the side that won the European Championship in 1992, has been diagnosed with cancer.

And we thought Tyldesley was unprofessional Match of the Day has taken a fair bit of stick recently. Shearer has been innaccurate, and the rest merely mediocre. But it could have been worse. Peter Schmeichel was in the studio for OB Odense vs Stuttgart in the Europe League last night. When the cameras turned to [.

And we thought Tyldesley was unprofessional Match of the Day has taken a fair bit of stick recently. Shearer has been innaccurate, and the rest merely mediocre. But it could have been worse. Peter Schmeichel was in the studio for OB Odense vs Stuttgart in the Europe League last night. When the cameras turned to [.

I think it's time the FA and The Scottish FA (SFA) got together to discuss the future of Rangers and Celtic. Currently they both sit joint top of the League, 11 points ahead of third place and with the maximum 24 points from 8 games. Essentially the season will be won depending on the outcome of the four Old Firm Games.