Two time European Cup winner Trevor Francis has suffered a suspected heart-attack.

Francis (57) became the first player to break the £1m transfer barrier between two British clubs when he moved from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest for £1m and then went on to lift two European Cups with Forest under the great Brian Clough is said to be recovering well at Hospital.

The first and second legs of the Europa League quarter-finals will be contested on March 29 and April 5, respectively, featuring representatives from the Ukraine, Spain, Portugal, Holland and Germany.
Diligent fans will have noticed that there are no British clubs in the final eight of the tournament, after both Manchester United and Manchester City followed up their Champions League exit with a similar escape from the Europa League.

At the beginning of every summer, a list of free agents is circulated amongst British clubs and managers. Here, Dan Mobbs of the excellent Three Match Ban speaks to a player who unwittingly found himself on last year's register. Unemployment and the anxious search for work are simply not things associated with top flight football, as being a free agent from a Premier League club is ostensibly a financially profitable position to be in; attracting a bumper signing-on fee and an increased wage packet in the absence of a financial transfer lump.

The trophy that sets Man United apart from Liverpool, but why doesn't anyone in Britain care?

A look at British clubs' history in the Club World Cup and its forerunner the Intercontinental Cup/World Club Cup

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Jock Stein speaks to GOAL! magazine in November 1964.
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JOCK STEIN
Master Tactician
By Alun Cameron
£10,000!
That is the sum Hibs are reputed to be asking for their "return" friendly against Real Madrid. Hibs earned the right to command this fee on that night a few weeks ago when they not only defeated but thoroughly outclasses the team which is generally considered to be one of the world's greatest.

After yet another disappointing campaign under Nigel Worthington, and a continuation of the unenviable streak that will now see Northern Ireland fail to make a major tournament for at least 32 years, the IFA will seek out a new manager to try and reverse the fortunes of the small nation who have struggled in recent years for both talent and results on the international playing field.

SOURCE: REPUBLICA KATHMANDU, July 17: For Nepali national football team coach Graham Roberts, the Martyrs Memorial Red Bull A Division Football League was more exciting than his assumption.
"The league was quite interesting and far better than my earlier expectations," Roberts, who was watching the football match between Bansbari and Saraswoti on Friday at the Dasharath Stadium, told Republica.

French midfielder Moussa Sissoko is being targeted by Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City for a move this summer.
The Toulouse star has been on the radar of British clubs for the past four years and turned down Liverpool and Bolton to sign with his French club as a teenager.
But now the 21-year-old is being lined up for a move to the Premier League, despite being under contract until June 2013
According to Lamine Drame, a source near the player, Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal are honing in on the French international.

Three British clubs will tour Asian cities in the Premier Leagues' off season. Two EPL London clubs, Arsenal and Chelsea, will play against a Malaysian XI in Kuala Lumpur; Arsenal on 13 July and Chelsea on 21 July. Arsenal will subsequently play Chinese Super League side Hangzhou GreenTown on 16 July and Chelsea will play the Thai All-Stars in Bangkok on 24 July.

The Fernando Torres Chelsea jersey will be worn by Spanish striker Fernando Torres, who recently became the most expensive footballer in a transfer deal involving British clubs when he moved from Liverpool to Chelsea for £50m in January 2011. Like he did at Liverpool, Torres will wear the No.9 jersey at Chelsea.

Getting into final day in the transfer market, Premier League clubs made some surprising record breaking deal that no one would actually expect could happen this season.

Among the teams that reinforced heavily this January, Chelsea are practically the one that made the headline with the sensational swoop they made for Fernando Torres and David Luiz.

LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom — Liverpool has agreed to pay a club-record fee to Newcastle for striker Andy Carroll. If the Reds complete the signing of the England international, it paves the way for Spain striker Fernando Torres to leave Anfield for Chelsea. A Liverpool statement says the club has had an offer accepted for Carroll [.