According to MirrorFootball, Manchester City are preparing to offer £8million and Martin Petrov for Tottenham winger David Bentley.

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I thought Daniel Levy was the Tottenham Hotspur Chairman? I was mistaken. It now seems that Mr. Pavlyuchenko is the Chairman of the Board.
"I am prepared to accept any decent offer from Russia", said our new Chairman.
Coming back to reality; it looks as though our Cameron Diaz lookalike is so eager to leave us, he's bypassed all forms of control at White Hart Lane. Click to continue reading...

Martin Petrov is facing a couple of weeks on the sidelines after picking up a knee injury in the current international break.

The winger has a slight sprain of the inner ligament in the left knee and could be out for up to two weeks.

Petrov was with his national squad preparing for a couple of friendlies when he was forced to return back to City's Carrington training ground, where he is now undergoing rehab work.

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They may have fallen to Arsenal in the League Cup on Wednesday, but Liverpool will nonetheless be in determined mood as they return to the capital this weekend to take on Fulham.
Last Sunday's 2-0 victory over Manchester United ended a four-game losing streak, bringing a wave of relief over the red half of Merseyside and boosting the Anfield giants to within six points of leaders Chelsea. Click to continue reading...

By TRAVIS CLARK

It was all or nothing for Rafa Benitez and Liverpool on Saturday. While a loss wouldn't quite knock them out of the title race, it would be the club's fifth loss in a row and put title talk on the backburner, at least for the time being.

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By TRAVIS CLARK

It was all or nothing for Rafa Benitez and Liverpool on Saturday. While a loss wouldn't officially knock them out of the title race, it would be the club's fifth loss in a row and continue to undermine Benitez's job status.

However, Fernando Torres was passed fit, and his presence in the starting lineup was welcome considering captain Steven Gerrard was injured.

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Fulham came from two goals down to hold Manchester City to a draw 2-2. This played a spoiler to City's clean record at home as they have won their last seven games at Eastlands. While the match saw some tense minutes in the first half, no team could score. Joleon Lescott broke the shackles [...] Click to continue reading...

Joe Cole is back. In his first Premier League start since January following cruciate knee ligament injury, the pint-sized midfielder produced a mesmerizing attacking display brimming with pace and invention. At the heart of Chelsea's attacking play from the get go, Cole seamlessly linked midfield and attack from the ‘hole' behind Anelka and Drogba inspiring the Blues to a resounding five-nil drubbing of Blackburn.

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Manchester City's Martin Petrov celebrates after scoring a goal against Fulham (2-2). (Alex Livesey/Getty Images) Click to continue reading...

The English Premier League had four matches on Sunday, October 25, 2009 including Manchester City v Fulham. The match was a chance for Man City to stay in position for a top 4 finish while Fulham is needing points away from Craven Cottage if they want to repeat a top-1o finish in the EPL table. Here's a recap along with video highlights for the match.

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Jogaram em Sofia, no Vasilij Levski, para um público de 700 pessoas, as seleções da Bulgária (23º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Géorgia (117º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
12-10-1994 - Bulgária 2x0 Geórgia (Eliminatórias da Eurocopa)
11-10-1995 - Geórgia 2x1 Bulgária (Eliminatórias da Eurocopa)
12-11-2005 - Bulgária 6x2 Geórgia (Amistoso)
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TOTTENHAM will make a £6million move for Manchester City midfield ace Michael Johnson in the January window.

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Mark Hughes mused today on the possibility that Robinho could see a return to action in next weeks Carling Cup tie at home to Scunthorpe:

"There is a possibility that Robi will be on the bench for Scunthorpe, but it might be a bit soon and I don't like to throw players in before they've had games in training or in the reserves.

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Bulgarian ace wants recognition for his impressive form in the form of an extended run in the team.

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Manchester City winger Martin Petrov admits he is happy at the club but wants to start more regularly.

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Mark Hughes' Manchester City was unable to break down a well organised Wigan side.The Citizens fell behind to French midfielder Charles N'Zogbia's goal at the DW Stadium. Martin Petrov netted an equaliser to salvage a draw for Manchester City. Click to continue reading...

The English Premier League had two matches on Sunday, October 18, 2009 as Manchester City traveled to Wigan Athletic and Blackburn Rovers hosted Burnley. Here's a recap of both matches along with video highlights.

Wigan and Man City draw at 1-1 Video Highlights

Charlies N'Zogbia (45th minute) scored for Wigan and Martin Petrov (47th minute) scored for Man City as the two teams played to a 1-1 draw on Sunday.

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It's a good job the club revamped the medical facilities last season as the treatment room is a crowded place currently:

"We have a couple of doubts. Kolo has not trained since Villa due to the bang on the heel he received there, and Craig Bellamy has a little bit of stiffness in his groin.

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Several City stars will be casting their minds forward to next summer's World Cup after the final round of qualifying games on Wednesday night.

Shaun Wright-Phillips bagged his fifth goal for his country as England eased to a 3-0 win over Belarus at Wembley. He gave a good account of himself despite playing on the left flank, and he was joined in the starting line-up by Wayne Bridgeand Gareth Barry, who helped set up Peter Crouch's fourth-minute opener.

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Rafa should consider unsettled Man City winger as an affordable potential signing.

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Manchester City winger Martin Petrov has expressed his frustration at being left on the bench.

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Martin Petrov shows a nice line in sarcasm in this interview conducted whilst he is away on international duty:

"I wanted to save my energy to win some jitball matches during Bulgaria training sessions," Petrov said sarcastically to explain why he did not play against Villa.

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This was an interesting story I came across today. Apparently there is a "Little Italy" of sorts in the Bulgarian First Division (official named the Bulgarian TBI A Professional Football Group, which is ridiculous), as Bulgarian club PFC Botev Plovdiv is owned by an Italian owner, has an Italian chairman, an Italian-Congolese sporting director, an Italian manager, and a roster that contains 10 Italian players (soon to be 11).

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"Thank you NCNB for picking me twice!" - M. Petrov
Our Funny Feeling Friday selection this week is Manchester City's winger Martin Petrov. Petrov (I think) is our first ever repeat Funny Feeling Friday recipient.
Petrov is fit and Robinho is not. The Brazilian is still out for 3 more weeks with a right ankle problem. Click to continue reading...

Praise for the returning winger following the victory over West Ham:

"The great thing about the evening from my point of view is that Martin Petrov came in and made a real impression. That shows what a great professional he is.

"He's had to be patient and bide his time but he trains correctly and works exceptionally hard every day.

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It was a bad week for West Ham. In the wake of the Battle at Boleyn, the English Football Association had decided to charge West Ham with four offences and the club has 14 days to respond to these charges. Hopefully the punishment will be justified rather than just an publicity attempt by the FA chairman to set an example. Click to continue reading...

Carlton Cole's emphatic finishing is winning fans, but not the game. Cole's solitary goal is unable to prevent the Hammers from losing 3-1 away to Manchester City.The Eastland side was unplayable. Argentinian Tevez scored twice with Martin Petrov bagging the other. Click to continue reading...

Perusing the press and blogs this morning, last nights victory over West Ham has in the main been described as a solid and functional victory - precisely the type of win that we should be putting together from our hour games, where three points should be the norm.
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Former Pompey man is unhappy at the San Siro.

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The player's agent Fabian Piveatu admits it's been a tough few days and says there are no guarantees for his future at the club.

"Sulley has had a hard time in the last two weeks, but from next week the situation should stabilise," Piveatu tells Goal Italia.

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A quick opportunity then to put the derby defeat behind us and get back on track.
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From Old Trafford, Attendance 75,066 , Referee Martin Atkinson Manchester United 4 3 Manchester City

Wayne Rooney (2)
Darren Fletcher (49)
Darren Fletcher (80)
Michael Owen (90)

Gareth Barry (16)
Craig Bellamy (52)
Craig Bellamy (90)

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With the war of words/name calling/mind-games that have been prevalent the past forty-eight hours or so, it is a signal that the derby is now very much upon us - and the media has taken an even greater interest in this game than usual.
We have had plenty of comments so far, with particular contributions from Ferguson, Hughes, Toure, de Jong, Ireland and Sylvinho to stoke up the flames ahead of the weekend. Click to continue reading...

Top notch youngster benefiting from regular run in Boro side.

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An exodus of a number of Middlesbrough's first-team players was inevitable following their relegation to the Championship, but manager Gareth Southgate hopes he can keep hold of the club's star players for the foreseeable future.

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Much has been written about the way in which Mark Hughes has overhauled the side over the past twelve months, with the deadline day sale of Richard Dunne a symbolic move given his links to the past.
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The solution to the above question is simple. You sign his Croatian counterpart Niko Kranjcar.
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I feel like Mr Pink after the dust settles in that brief, but oh-so-memorable shoot-out. I'll just tip-toe around the bloody mess, pick up the case full of loot and hot-foot it out of here.

The bloody mess is Bentley to Man City, Petrov the other way, David James splattered all over the place, and even Anton Ferdinand, sitting lifelessly on a chair minus an ear.

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Usually if you are stuck at work on deadline day it can be an immensely frustrating time without Sky Sports News to keep you upto speed on the latest news, rumours and deals. Today however, if you missed the deadline coverage, consider yourself fortunate indeed.
Today, especially with the deadline being 5pm, transfer deadline day was as damp a squib as the Twenty20 games at Old Trafford. Click to continue reading...