Some areas of the press are suggesting that it hasn't been such a stellar year for Gareth Bale in comparison with last season. Those reports tend to just point to the winger's hat trick in the San Siro but they conveniently forget that this has been a much more consistent campaign for the Welshman.

The end is nigh

Does everyone realise that there's only 5 days left in the transfer window? Technically the weekend doesn't count but no reason why deals can't be finalised then and the registration done by Monday or Tuesday. It's all gone quiet on the Arsenal front. Newspapers has even gone bored of recycling the same stuffs over and over again.

Wayne Rooney has against reiterated his respect for Sir Alex Ferguson after the manager was presented with FIFA's Presidential Award at the Ballon d'Or ceremony last night.

Following Rooney's Boxing Day meal out, the press have been reporting of a big rift between the player and manager.

Either Rooney and Ferguson are better actors than we thought or the newspapers have been blowing the situation out of proportion this week.

The Independent has run a story today which claims that Wayne Rooney and Sir Alex Ferguson have fallen out which has lead to the striker looking for a move away from the club, again.

Acting quickly, in a statement issued last night by the club and Rooney's agent, Paul Stretford, it was confirmed that Rooney has no intention of leaving United.

The Independent has run a story today which claims that Wayne Rooney and Sir Alex Ferguson have fallen out which has lead to the striker looking for a move away from the club, again.

Acting quickly, in a statement issued last night by the club and Rooney's agent, Paul Stretford, it was confirmed that Rooney has no intention of leaving United.

Two time champions Muang Thong United sit in 3rd place in the Thai Premier League, a whopping 25 points behind champions Buriram PEA. The gap is so large I needed a calculator to work it out. Of course they were never gonna make it three TPLs in three years, not once Buriram PEA decided they wanted to win it this year.

An interesting statement recently revealed by Milos Krasic's agent, Dejan Joksimovic, stating that the wantaway Juventus winger is being seriously monitored by Chelsea.

The agent also stated that his client most likely will leave his current club because he hasn't been featured in the plan of the Turin giant's new tactician, Antonio Conte.

Many of the newspapers and websites are giving the nod to VDV this morning for his all round contribution to yesterday's win. Rafa linked up with the two strikers well after Harry shuffled the pack on 27 minutes and his neat pass let in Pavlyuchenko for the goal.

Pav could conceivably be a contender too while elsewhere, Scott Parker made his usual telling contribution.

Kenny Dalglish today confirmed Liverpool 'have the option' to add to their squad in January - but insisted they don't necessarily need to bolster the ranks.
With the transfer window set to re-open in 16 days' time, journalists at Melwood were eager to quiz the boss on any potential plans to bring in new faces to the Reds squad.

Last January Liverpool paid 35 million pounds to Newcastle for striker Andy Carroll and 13 starts later that its not looking like the greatest purchase ever. Despite his struggles Carroll is set pocket £150k bonus from Liverpool, according to the Daily Mail. Not bad for a guy who has only scored four times for the reds.

Nikica Jelavic insists he's happy at Rangers despite being flattered by reported interest from Liverpool.
The striker has bagged 28 league goals in just 40 appearances since joining from Rapid Vienna in 2010.
The Croatian international was the subject of a big-money bid from Leicester City in the summer and Gers boss Ally McCoist is braced for further interest in the January transfer window.

Chelsea's versatile winger/striker Salomon Kalou is being linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge as the January transfer window approaches. According to most newspapers in France, the Ivorian could end up at Paris St. Germain as the club continues to purchase stars from across Europe.

Kalou has previously been linked with a move to Marseille, but with PSG now cash-rich the former French giants could land the Ivory Coast star.

There have been more unlikely transfers at White hart Lane but the suggestion that Real Madrid's Kaka will arrive on loan in the New Year seems a little far-fetched.

It's not that Spurs wouldn't be a big enough draw for the 29 year old Brazilian but it seems hard to understand where he would fit in to the current squad.

The newspapers are reporting Harry was brilliant, brilliant, - or his Coach Mem thought he was.
Guess what the text I received from a football mate straight after the game said, "Kewell ordinary."
And I might be "just a blogger" but I know brilliance when I see it.
Lionel Messi Sunday morning - absolutely brilliant.

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The morning after doesn't feel any better. If anything the feeling is even worse than last night, like a terrible hangover that will take some time to get rid of. Trouble is that, like all hangovers, some say it was utterly unexpected while some say that it had been coming for a long time. Newspapers, [.

The back pages of the newspapers write about it, every football website worth its salt writes about it and every Arsenal fan knows about it. Arsene Wenger is looking at the two players who can make the difference with this Arsenal side – Mario Gotze and Eden Hazard. Some Arsenal fans think that both of [.

Aloha and good morning. Just a quick one from me. What to say about Bolton? Not a great deal if I can help it. In his comparatively short turn at t'Reebok, Owen Coyle's managerial stock has fallen somewhat rapidly. From the Glaswegian Wenger to Sue Barker in the time it takes to polish and glue in those unfeasibly white teeth.

Morning all.

We'll turn our attentions to the Champions League shortly with a huge game against Borussia Dortmund to come tomorrow but first, if you haven't seen it already, you can find the full transcript of Arsene Wenger's L'Equipe interview over on Arseblog News. It provides some context to the selected quotes which first appeared and is a fantastic read overall.

Morning all.

We'll turn our attentions to the Champions League shortly with a huge game against Borrussia Dortmund to come tomorrow but first, if you haven't seen it already, you can find the full transcript of Arsene Wenger's L'Equipe interview over on Arseblog News. It provides some context to the selected quotes which first appeared and is a fantastic read overall.

Following on from his attack yesterday, Gus Poyet has dug himself an even bigger hole, by basically claiming that Luis Suarez called Patrice Evra a "negro" but shouldn't be punished as it isn't a racist term in Uruguay.

"I know Luis very well and I will go to court if someone wants to prove he's not racist," he said.

In the waning days of print media, an old sports columnist for a major metropolitan daily shakes his fist limply at soccer to remind readers exactly why they left newspapers behind in the first place. The Los Angeles Times is ...
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Arsenal striker Andrey Arshavin rarely speaks about Arsenal in public as he is wary of being deliberately misquoted, or having his words 'taken out of context'. Rafa Benitez also suffered exaggeration and misquoting at the hands of the British press, and in a rare recent interview, Arshavin expressed some sympathy for Liverpool's former manager.

This can't be serious??? The newspapers headlines aren't something to be make...

It's taken a while, but the very first stories concerning a serious move for Emmanuel Adebayor are starting to hit the newspapers this morning, with the majority of reports seeming to stem from The Sun.

The Togolese international joined the club on loan in August and proved an instant hit at the Lane, scoring three times in his first two games.

Fresh from his impressive display against city rivals United on Sunday, Manchester City's Italian striker Mario Balotelli has for the first time spoken out on the fire incident that broke out in his house in the ealr hours of Saturday morning.

The fire was caused by fireworks, however, it is not known who did it or how it happened.

By Chris Wright

It's so ironic, it simply must be fattening!

As we creep toward Bonfire Night and stupid children start dreaming about doing stupid things with over-the-counter explosives, Man City have started a club campaign called TREACLE to promote firework safety this November and who better to front that campaign than a man who nearly lost everything (on his towel rack) at the weekend in a fireworks-related house fire?

Over the weekend, rumours began to spread about a Spurs move for Blackburn's Junior Hoilett during the January transfer window. While it's traditional for the newspapers to look at ‘doomed' clubs such as Blackburn and rake over the talent that they still possess, what is all the fuss about here?

Torino defender Angelo Ogbonna has admitted he is flattered by the stories linking him with a move to Premier League club Liverpool.
The 23-year-old is of Nigerian descent, but has represented the Italy at Under-21 level and has gained glowing reports for his outstanding displays for the Serie B team.

Stop me if you've heard it before but the stories in the newspapers and over the web today are full of reports that Roman Pavlyuchenko wants out of the Lane in January.

Pav hasn't been given the game time that he has craved so far this season but when he has appeared, his performances have been lacklustre to say the least.

Now I know newspapers like to sell extra copies with their headlines, but the one in today's Mail on Sunday takes a little bit of believing. It reads, "Man City planning £30m raid for disillusioned Arsenal skipper Van Persie." Told you it would take some believing. The report in the Mail on Sunday says that [.

By Alan Duffy

Following the Gunners' less-than-impressive 3-1 Carling Cup home victory over Shrewsbury Town during the week, the newspapers were quick to note the attendance at that game at the Emirates, (46,539) which was well below the stadium capacity.

However, the papers weren't so quick to highlight the far smaller crowds at the likes of the Etihad Stadium during the other mid-week Carling Cup games, something that obviously irked Arsenal themselves.

It seems that the newspapers are ready to latch on to any perceived dispute between club and player in order to produce a transfer rumour and today there have been many stories appearing linking AC Milan with a move for Rafael van der Vaart.

Last week, VDV reacted with surprise at being left out of Spurs' squad for the initial stages of the Europa League,
"I still think it's a peculiar situation.

Transfer rumours and paper review, September 17

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Cesc Fabregas has furiously denied bad-mouthing the Arsenal and insisting he didn't leave, as claimed in an interview, because the Gunners couldn't win silverware in the next few years.

Cesc-gate erupted yesterday with a supposed interview in which the Barcelona midfielder set out his reasons for quitting the Emirates, chief amongst them was the percieved inability for Arsene Wenger to steer the club to some trophies any time soon.

Bob Bradley to be Head Coach of Egyptian National Team

Well I guess it's official. All this will they, won't they stuff seems to have come to an end with most major newspapers and soccer sites reporting that Bob Bradley and Egypt have come to an agreement.

It looks like the American coach is now charged with getting Egypt to the 2014 World Cup.

A great column by the Daily Mail's Martin Samuel on how it takes time to get to the top of the Champions League. City discover it's a steep climb to Carnegie Hall. They might get there one day, but its going to take time especially in a group that features Napoli, Munich, and Villarreal.

Most of you would have woken up to a whole load of stories in the press this morning about Fernando Torres and his position within the Chelsea team being under threat. Headlines such as "AVB will drop Torres if the drought continues" fill some newspapers this morning with the focus on the fact that Torres has scored just the one goal in 21 games for us.

England manager Fabio Capello is preparing a clear-out of senior players after becoming convinced that too many of his squad have been "scarred" by previous failures, reports said on Thursday.
Several newspapers speculated that the axe was hovering over Frank Lampard, James Milner, Rio Ferdinand and Gareth Barry as Capello attempts to freshen up his team with next year's Euro 2012 finals in mind.

We had the same stories with William Gallas last year so it should be expected that the newspapers should highlight Emmanuel Adebayor's past and ask whether Spurs fans will be welcoming him with open arms this season.

To be fair, these stories had been a bit thin on the ground this far so it was left to our old nemesis the Daily Mail to ask the question.