The hysteria surrounding the England job is quite simply laughable, mainly because in my view, whoever you put in charge of the national team, the current set up and set of players does not stand a prayer of even getting close to winning a tournament in the near future.
Anyway, rather unsurprisingly, following the jury's decision to find Redknapp guilty of tax evasion, combined with the sudden resignation of Don Fabio, the Droopy looking one has found himself firmly at the front of the queue for the England job perhaps sooner than expected.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has hinted that Japanese starlet Ryo Miyaichi could be set for a domestic loan spell as the youngster seeks more playing time to further his development.

The emergence of 18-year old Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has provided Wenger with more-than-enough options on the wings, which means that the 19-year old Miyaichi will need to look elsewhere to increase his football activity.

Got a little Morgan in ya? Alex Morgan celebrates her late goal that clinched a U.S. spot in London's Olympics Friday in Canada (AP Photo). Diamond Bar's fast-rising soccer star Alex Morgan further solidified her undoubted national team credentials by notching the third and final decisive goal: VANCOUVER, British Columbia

Virgin Money stamped its new North-East credentials on the region last night with its name replacing Northern Rock on the front of Newcastle United's shirts.

Instead of his deal ending in 2012, Houston Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear will be in Orange at least until 2015, as he got a three-year extension to his contract with the team.

Jose de Jesus Ortiz announced te Kinnear's New Year's gift in his piece in the Chron today. Link here. Here are a couple of highlights of the article:

With one season left on the contract, club owners AEG, Golden Boy Promotions and Gabriel Brener tore up the old deal and gave the fiery Scot a raise for 2012 in the new four-year pact.

Striker links with Spurs are set to increase over the next few days as it seems increasingly likely that Roman Pavlyuchenko will be on a Rocket to Russia next month.

With Adebayor's future far from settled, this seems like a sensible time to get involved in the transfer market and at present, there are a number of German based strikers being linked with Premiership clubs.

A failed human being but a half decent centre half We laid out our credentials; they received a rigorous examination and were eventually stamped and handed back with the words 'Pretty damn good'. Top London team at Xmas for the first time in 15yrs and 3rd for the first time in a lot longer, possibly 50yrs.

It's not often that you get detained under the Terrorism Act following the Arsenal. Well, when I say not often it's probably leaning to never. Except yesterday after the Manchester City defeat. There I was minding my own business as I tried to exit the arrivals hall after my flight from Manchester to Southampton.

It's not often that you get detained under the Terrorism Act following the Arsenal. Well, when I say not often it's probably leaning to never. Except yesterday after the Manchester City defeat. There I was minding my own business as I tried to exit the arrivals hall after my flight from Manchester to Southampton.

It's not often that you get detained under the Terrorism Act following the Arsenal. Well, when I say not often it's probably leaning to never. Except yesterday after the Manchester City defeat. There I was minding my own business as I tried to exit the arrivals hall after my flight from Manchester to Southampton.

It's not often that you get detained under the Terrorism Act following the Arsenal. Well, when I say not often it's probably leaning to never. Except yesterday after the Manchester City defeat. There I was minding my own business as I tried to exit the arrivals hall after my flight from Manchester to Southampton.

With Sunday's game against Aston Villa going ahead around 2pm, I can't help feeling that its a big test of our top four credentials this weekend.Alex McLeish has got Aston Villa playing very well again.But he has to do without Gabby Agbonlahor due to picking up five bookings so far this seasn.This may give vetern Emile Heskey a start againt his old club at Villa park.

Many in Italy consider former Azzurri international Roberto as the greatest Italian player of all time. He may have never won the world cup though he did come very close to doing so, nor did he ever win the Champions League or the European Cup as it was called during his time. However, a few days ago the former Inter, AC Milan and Juventus striker, who is now attaining his coaching credentials.

The celebration of Arsenal's 125th anniversary recently has led to the erection of three Arsenal legends namely Thierry Henry, Tony Adams and Herbert Chapman. Many questioned Henry's credentials to have a statue outside the Emirates. This is because Henry left the club in 2007 due to declining form and the desire to wanting to win [.

With statues of Tony Adams, Thierry Henry and Herbert Chapman erected recently in celebration for Arsenal's 125th anniversary, a lot of attention was turned to Arsenal's current flying Dutchman. Many questioned Van Persie's credentials to be an Arsenal great in years to come. Van Persie has been at the club since 2005.

Kenny Dalglish is one of Liverpool's most successful managers, and is one of only three managers to win the league with two different teams. Liverpool fans would almost certainly argue that the King is a World Class manager, but former Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers midfielder Robbie Savage is not so sure.

Liverpool have the opportunity to establish their Premier League credentials with the visit of mega-rich Man City at Anfield this Sunday.
Kenny's revival will be severly tested by Balotelli, Dzeko, Aguero and Silva this Sunday, those guys are scoring goals for fun in the Premier League this season.

There's a rumour circulating this afternoon that Spurs are looking at making an approach for QPR's Argentine midfielder Alejandro Faurlin when the transfer window opens in January.

The rumour, idle or otherwise, is gathering a bit of momentum so if there is a vacancy across the White Hart Lane middle, it's worth looking at the player's credentials to see if he can fill it.

Dare I say the game is overtaking these lads?

An overseas video on how Beckham and MLS are viewed by dare we say xenophobic pundits.

Interesting here that the two ex-players involved in this exchange has interesting backgrounds:

Dion Dublin played some of his best ball at Coventry in partnership with none other than MLS star Darren Huckerby he featured for about 15 games at Manchester United but over 140 at Aston Villa as well.

André Villas-Boas warns Chelsea that Liverpool are a title threat

• Chelsea and Liverpool can make up ground, says manager • Fernando Torres set to return for visitors at Stamford Bridge The Chelsea manager André Villas-Boas has refused to rule Liverpool out of the Premier League title race, despite Sunday's visitors to Stamford Bridge having slipped 12 points behind the leaders Manchester City.

Berlin's second football club, 1. FC Union, is reinforcing its anti-commercial credentials by selling shares in its famous Alte Försterei stadium to its supporters. Sound like a paradox? Not to the fans.

Why City have all the credentials to be champions

Joe Hart was insistent. In the wake of the FA Cup Final win over Stoke in May, he was asked if the victory sent a message to Manchester United. "Today," he said," is nothing to do with Manchester United. It is about us.

'We need to be winning games like that' Liverpool's Stewart Downing on Swansea City stalemate

Brendan Rodgers' Swans held the Reds to their fourth home draw in just six games this season and added further doubt to their Champions League qualification credentials

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Craig Bellamy has called on Liverpool to demonstrate their top-four credentials by securing victory over Swansea City this weekend and extending their unbeaten run to eight matches in the process.
The Swans will journey to Anfield on Saturday having enjoyed an encouraging start to life in the top flight after securing promotion from the Championship last term.

The news that John Terry has been included in England's preliminary 23-man squad for the forthcoming friendlies against Sweden and Spain leaves manager Fabio Capello with a huge decision ahead of the naming of the final squad on Sunday.

Capello is to consult with senior FA figures over Terry's fate yet while the allegations of racism in last month's match against QPR hang over Terry there can surely only be one conclusion to these meetings.

Bellamy eyes Swans statement

Craig Bellamy has called on Liverpool to demonstrate their top-four credentials by securing victory over Swansea City this weekend and extending their unbeaten run to eight matches in the process.

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Spurs legend Gary Mabbutt has been talking about some of the latest Premiership news recently and when he spoke to Absolute Radio last week, our former FA Cup winning captain took the time to focus on his old club.

Mabbs played in virtually every position in his time at Spurs but eventually settled down to command a regular position at the heart of the defence and it was the current centre half situation at Spurs that caught his attention,

"I couldn't believe at the end we didn't go for Cahill," Gary said.

We recorded on Monday so this week's episode of Nos Audietis is pretty much about all the festivities surrounding Kasey Keller's final regular-season home game. And what a game it was. Not only did Sounder at Heart host a pretty awesome little get together, but the Seattle Sounders treated the fans to a pretty impressive comeback victory that allowed Keller's day to be a real celebration.

We recorded on Monday so this week's episode of Nos Audietis is pretty much about all the festivities surrounding Kasey Keller's final regular-season home game. And what a game it was. Not only did Sounder at Heart host a pretty awesome little get together, but the Seattle Sounders treated the fans to a pretty impressive comeback victory that allowed Keller's day to be a real celebration.

What are the odds on Big Sam being the next England manager? Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day

Sam Allardyce has all the credentials to be the next England manager, according to Sam Allardyce. Big Sam has always been on the fringes of the England job. A man his size is generally on the fringe of most things, typically food.

Galaxy 1 Colorado Rapids 0

It's not me, it's you: Landon Donovan acknowledges the teammates who set up a finely worked move he ended with a confidently taken finish for the win over Colorado Saturday in Carson (AP Photo).

*Notable: With the win the first place Galaxy became the first MLS team to clinch a playoff spot.

n these late stages of the transfer window it's rare to see any new names linked with Spurs and stories over the last two days have largely involved proposed moves for Diarra, Adebayor, Samba and Cahill.

So it was interesting to look at the credentials of Papiss Cisse, a 26 year old, Senegalese striker currently playing his football in Germany with SC Freiburg.

The Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has invested heavily in his team this year and is expected by the new owners at Anfield to be challenging for a Champions League place this season, and this weekends game against Arsenal will be a big test of their credentials. But Arsenal are looking decidedly shaky going into the [.

United States international Jonathan Spector has signed for Championship side Birmingham on a free transfer. The former West Ham United defender played well when called up by the Hammers last season, but now finds himself a division lower after the Blues faced relegation last season.

Despite plying his trade in the nPower Championship now, Spector will have the chance to impress in the Europa League thanks to the club's unlikely Carling Cup triumph over Arsenal last season.

Rodolfo Borrell insists his switch to reserve team boss won't affect his overall aim - to help produce young players for Liverpool's first-team.
The Spaniard arrived in Kirkby with a glittering CV and has since bolstered his credentials by moulding an U18 side that turned heads with its attractive style of football.

There seems to be a focus on young striking targets as far as the transfer rumours are concerned and even after the acquisition of Cristian Ceballos, the stories linking Spurs with a whole host of youthful talent are refusing to go away.

The latest name to come under the spotlight is Ivorian Souleymayne Coulibay who has caught the attention of scouts across the globe at the Under 17 World Cup where he scored no less than nine goals in four games including two hat-tricks.

We realised that leaving Yoann Gourcuff out of the sixth iteration of our F5 list (due out Monday!) would cause some fallout, but we weren't sure how large of a seismic disturbance would disrupt our beauty sleep months after the initial blast. Nor were we prepared to find out.

Some of us might be able to spend the day watching Raheem Sterling's wonder strike over and over again, but that doesn't mean there aren't other things out there to worry about from a Liverpool point of view. Besides, a quick break to catch up on the Monday news and notes could do you good...

* First off, God wants a job.

Today is the "official" begining of the U-17 World Cup, which means all of the FIFA officials and all four Group D teams have arrived in Torreon.
Even though the U.S. team has been here for a few days now, we had our official "Arrival Meeting" with FIFA. It began with a presentation by a referee instructor, who talked to the players and coaches about some of the things that referees will be looking for in Mexico.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Nobody would have faulted Shalrie Joseph for packing his boots and playing for Grenada during CONCACAF Gold Cup competition this month, even in light of his club's current struggles.

And that's exactly what Joseph was prepared to do when he got the call last week for the national team action.