Jose haz a sad. Image via Jasper Juinen/Getty Images Europe; Denis Doyle/Getty Images Europe.

Like a lot of you, we've noticed that The Special One's dress sense has gone from GQMF to WTF. Case and point: to sweat out Wednesday night's El Clasico, Jose wore track pants, a hoodie, and a puffer vest.

This is what many clubs including potential suitors Inter Milan are starting to realise as transfer talks with Manchester City seem to have hit a snag.

City are said to be holding out for a £25 million for Tevez are have since rejected any offers that have fallen short including Inter's £21 million bid.

I know we shouldn't condone fans pouring abuse onto officials and opposition players but I do hope Mark Clattenberg gets absolute dogs abuse when he referees Everton once again.

That derby was by far the worst display of officiating I've ever seen. Too bad to be laughed off, you looked at the decisions he was making and could only conclude he was biased or corrupt.

The great Norwegian Merlin sticker album reunion As always on Tuesdays, today will be Random 1990s Football Tuesday on OTP but we really have a bumper edition for you today. We will have the usual column for you later, but in the meantime here are retro Premier League legends Jan Aage Fjortoft, Claus Lundekvam, Lars [.

Crystal Palace came to Old Trafford tonight as under-dogs and left as hero's as they beat Manchester United 2-1 after extra-time in the quarter finals of the Carling Cup. A big mention must go to former Palace striker and now manager Dougie Freeman who's inspired second-half substitutions of Darren Ambrose and Glenn Murray came up with the goods as Ambrose scored a 35 yard stunner before setting up Murray for the winner 9 minutes into the first period of extra time.

CARSON, Calif -- I really do like Bruce Arena.

I mean, I like and appreciate him the way I like and appreciate a really mean dog in my neighborhood. I respect that dog. And over time, I think that dog has come to respect me. Why? Becuase I know what I'm doing around dogs. And I don't take any shit from that dog.

By Chris Wright

Scotland Yard have confirmed that QPR received 'malicious communication' addressed to Anton Ferdinand which was, according to several of the morning papers, delivered by hand to Loftus Road on Friday afternoon.

The death threat reportedly contained such graphic detail that the club weren't even prepared to show it to Ferdinand for fear of further upsetting the centre-back who is, I'm sure you're aware, currently embroiled in a Met investigation over allegations that he was racially abused by Chelsea's John Terry.

By Alan Duffy

Ah that perennially heart-warming animal-on-a-football-pitch story!

Well, here's the latest to put a simpering smile on your face. During a Copa Sudamericana game between Santa Fé and Botafogo, a canine whippersnapper decided to indulge in a bit of player and official baiting.

There is an alarming trend towards anything containing the word "who" being awesome.

Before anyone thinks me crazy, here a few examples.

1. Horton hears a ...

2. Doctor ...

The ...s in the Grinch (one of the best movies of all time, especially for a 10 year old, undisputed)

3.

Yesterdays Spain - Liechtenstein Group Euro qualifying game has given food to the local "press dogs" to chew this morning. The bone that they are munching on is FERNANDO TORRES, taking sizable space in the Spanish Sports papers debate & opinion sections. Apparently, Torres was very disappointed ( some say fuming ) last night for being discarded from the Spanish Football Team & Forced to watch

Yesterdays Spain - Liechtenstein Group Euro qualifying game has given food to the local "press dogs" to chew this morning. The bone that they are munching on is FERNANDO TORRES, taking sizable space in the Spanish Sports papers debate & opinion sections. Apparently, Torres was very disappointed ( some say fuming ) last night for being discarded from the Spanish Football Team & Forced to watch

Fact: Brussels is Europe's most boring city. I spent some time there back in my single days and the only good things were A) seeing Darren Emerson DJ and B) making out with an English lady I had had my eye on for a while. Other that that is was whack as hell.
Our Sacha and his Jamie Lee seem to be having a much better time of it though.

Ray Wilkins, now a Skysports Pundit, has spoken of his old club and the fact that all the attention at the moment seems to be on Manchester.
Both sides up there have started the season well and have been impressive with their signings and their form.
However, Wilkins believes that Chelsea's players will be more than happy to not be the focus of attention and the underdogs this term.

By Chris Wright

Now available from the Shakhtar Donetsk club shop as of this very morning, a full range of canine-sized replica kits to give your mutt a new 'leash' of life (sorry)...

<Insert obligatory 'Ukranian football has really gone to the dogs' pun here>

Looks like very 'paw' quality merchandise to me (sorry.

New research by psychologists at the University of Amsterdam suggests that goalkeepers are biased to dive to the right during penalty-kick shootouts.
The study found that during penalty shootouts, goalies will dive to the right side 71 percent of the time when their team is down, but not when they're tied or ahead.

It's no Cribs but it has a couple of mellow dogs, tall-assed tomatoes and coffee talk with the D.O.N. Montclair represent!

As I begin writing this, a loan move for Denilson to Sao Paolo has all but been confirmed. Brazilian sites, fan forums and a tearful goodbye via the player's twitter account are all pointing towards a one-year loan deal, which is the best transaction for all parties involved in my opinion. Denilson gets a change of environment and a chance to regain some of his mojo that he's gone and lost in the mother of all Kumbh Melas; Arsenal's wage bill gets lightened, and Sao Paolo get to witness their hero's homecoming.

As I begin writing this, a loan move for Denilson to Sao Paolo has all but been confirmed. Brazilian sites, fan forums and a tearful goodbye via the player's twitter account are all pointing towards a one-year loan deal, which is the best transaction for all parties involved in my opinion. Denilson gets a change of environment and a chance to regain some of his mojo that he's gone and lost in the mother of all Kumbh Melas; Arsenal's wage bill gets lightened, and Sao Paolo get to witness their hero's homecoming.

Now the close season is upon us with nothing to think about other than the summer holidays and the kid's birthday parties, so I decided to have a look around to see what Arsenal momentoes I could get to help reinforce my kids desire to support Arsenal. I call them birthday presents but the wife [...]

I attended the April 30 Philadelphia Union game against the San Jose Earthquakes with my friend Frances who is a resident of Chester. It was great to see how excited she was to be at a game, and she is definitely looking forward to attending another. This was highlight of the game for me, but being a verbose blogger, I will also note the following:

• another 1-0 win.

Hola Amigos! Today Burrito gonna give love to all canines who loves futbol. Many of you no realizes how dogs have contributed to futbol so here you get to see in video how dogs make the beautiful game more fun!

See video description above video stupids!
Dog runs on the pitch at York City vs Bristol Rovers.

Hola Amigos! Today Burrito gonna give love to all canines who loves futbol. Many of you no realizes how dogs have contributed to futbol so here you get to see in video how dogs make the beautiful game more fun!

See video description above video stupids!
Dog runs on the pitch at York City vs Bristol Rovers.

With the forecast for Saturday being what it is (rain, thunderstorms, cats, dogs, etc.) we're going to have to CANCEL the SoB tailgate for this game. It's unfortunate but it must be done. For those that purchased tickets for the tailgate, we'll be issuing reimbursements shortly.

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Why am I not pissed off?
We have just drawn against a side that are two divisions below us and I am not the slightest bit annoyed.
In fact, and this is a proper fact, I was more annoyed when I rolled in dogs shit during my Sunday league match earlier than when Leyton Orient equalised.

Gareth Bale. Metrosexual manbag man. And loving it.

We realise that environmental concerns preclude the use of plastic carrier bags for the transference of grooming product from home to training ground. Indeed, we have fully supported the rise of the manbag over the past few years, especially the ones emblazoned with cute images of pretty babies.