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English: Alan Dzagoev with the Russia national football team in 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Wenger Keen to Recruit Dzagoev

Coach Arsene Wenger is keen to sign Russia's in-form attacking midfielder Alan Dzagoev, who is lightening up the European Championship these days with his goal scoring exploits.

Transfer speculation surrounding Tottenham has hit something of a media frenzy in recent days and the name of Moussa Dembele has appeared in the press once again this morning.

The 24 year old Belgian international has been at the heart of some good Fulham performances under Martin Jol but that has only served to put the midfielder back under the transfer spotlight.

You know how the President ages in an exponential manner over four years? Well, we need not look further than Arsene Wenger (or José Mourinho) to see that the day-to-day pressure of being a football manager has a very similar effect.

Liverpool show a packed midfield is how to beat Manchester City | David Pleat

Kenny Dalglish's five men in the middle of the park worked hard to snuff out the threat of City's main threat, David Silva Manchester City started brightly, with the Champions League defeat to Napoli last week a distant memory but Liverpool were powerful opponents, who slowly wrestled control with a thoroughly organised, hard‑running and skilful performance.

The Forgotten Story of ... the English Super Cup | Jacob Steinberg

After English clubs were banned from Europe in 1985, the Football League created a consolation competition for them Have you heard the one about the English Super League featuring Liverpool and Manchester United?

Musa Okwonga, author of A Cultured Left Foot, noted that games between Manchester United and Liverpool are "to be endured, not enjoyed" and he could hardly have been more right; for this unsightly affair was not so much in preserving the image of the beautiful game, rather dig deep, fight hard and play if necessary for three points.

Musa Okwonga, author of A Cultured Left Foot, noted that games between Manchester United and Liverpool are "to be endured, not enjoyed" and he could hardly have been more right; for this unsightly affair was not so much in preserving the image of the beautiful game, rather dig deep, fight hard and play if necessary for three points.

Tottenham's poor start to the season is almost becoming a distant memory and yesterday's emphatic win over Liverpool underlined the potential that this side has. Suddenly, two new arrivals have transformed the team and with most of the deadwood out of the club, the win could herald some very promising times.

So Spurs fans have finally discovered David Beckham's reasons for training with Spurs. We were all of the opinion that he was teaching Aaron Lennon how to hit the perfect cross, whilst explaining to David Bentley that looks alone won't win competitive matches.

It would appear though that he was actually on a scouting mission for L.

Ha ha ha. There's no better way to put a skip in your step than to throw a bunch of second- and third-stringers into an away match and get a win anyway. We mostly got tonight's reserve heavy Sounders starting 11 right, but were off on some of the details. Roger Levesque was in the game, but as a right back.

Remember when the MLS All-Stars were undefeated against foreign opposition? Manchester United made sure those days were nothing but a distant memory as they defeated the MLS All-Stars 4-0 in the 2011 MLS All-Star Game at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J. on Wednesday night.

Revs captain Shalrie Joseph got to test himself against Manchester United for the second time in two weeks on Wednesday.

"The fixtures and where we are in the table doesn't lie - we're not as good as we used to be.

Herve Renard's cheeky grin, bright white shirts and furious bawls at perenially offside strikers are now a distant memory. Nevertheless, the wheels of African football continue to grind along, domestic leagues are in full swing from Lubumbashi to Nairobi, and the heroes (and villains) of the Cup of Nations are back with their respective European, Asian and African clubs.

Apologies for the dearth of flesh in today's round-up, Kickettes; it seems that the weather is closing in across Europe and the nekkid has gone into hibernation.

Once upon a time, the Los Angeles Lakers were high on Javaris Crittenton and viewed him as a legit NBA player. In fact, some Lakers fans compared his ability at a young age to one Kobe Bryant. However, those thoughts are a distant memory as the 23-year-old is currently wanted for murder in Atlanta, Georgia.