Carlos Tevez has once again refused to enter a match after starting on the substitute's bench, this time during Martin Palermo's testimonial in Buenos Aires. Tevez, who has been frozen out at Manchester City since pulling a similar protest during a Champions League match against Bayern Munich in September sparked outrage from both teams taking part in the tribute to Palermo, a friend and former international teammate.

Fulham defender John Arne Riise claims to have made peace with Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy

Norwegian defender says he is looking forward to playing against the Reds' forward, with whom he was involved in the infamous golf club incident that caused a stir at the time

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Fulham defender John Arne Riise insists that he has no hard feelings towards Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy.
During Bellamy's previous stint at Anfield, he was alleged to have attacked left-back Riise with a golf club. At the time, both players were understood to have been fined two weeks' wages by the Merseyside club.

Riise: I share jokes with Bellamy over golf club incident

"I came up against him earlier this month when Norway played Wales. We were winding each other up about it all," says the Fulham defender

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Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has no concerns about Craig Bellamy's bad-boy reputation.
The Wales international could make his debut in his second spell with the Anfield club against Stoke on Saturday after returning on deadline day of the summer transfer window.
Bellamy's previous time at Liverpool lasted just one season in 2006/07, when ex-boss Rafa Benitez decided a lack of discipline did not fit into his tactics.

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Despite being continually valued at somewhere between £15-20 million by Bolton themselves, the Daily Mirror are reporting this morning that Arsenal have lodged a frankly derisory bid for centre-half Gary Cahill...of just £6 million roughly one third of the sticker price.

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Despite being continually valued at somewhere between £15-20 million by Bolton themselves, the Daily Mirror are reporting this morning that Arsenal have lodged a frankly derisory bid for centre-half Gary Cahill...of just £6 million roughly one third of the sticker price.

Liverpool plan shock return for Craig Bellamy and eye Sebastián Coates

• Reds happy to meet Manchester City forward's wages • Anfield side also interested in Uruguayan defender Liverpool have moved ahead of Arsenal and Manchester City in pursuit of the towering young Uruguay defender Sebastián Coates and are ready to offer Craig Bellamy a sensational return to Anfield.

Remember when the domestic season was over, the World Cup was won and we woke from a celebratory stupor, still sticky from spilled buckets of sangria, to realise there was no football for like, a month?

There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth at the time, but because we're never ones to be beaten by something as minor as our entire raison d'etre going AWOL, the Kickette HQ embraced the problem.