Isn't this a case of two plus two equals six here?? Surely the press have something better to do than to carry on with the ridiculous articles about Roman turning up the heat on AVB by attending training every day this week!
The next ridiculous rumour is that AVB is to be replaced by Fabio Capello "sooner rather than later"!

Today's announcement at Southwark Crown Court means that Spurs manager Harry Redknapp is free to resume full duties at White Hart Lane. We are therefore unlikely to see a repeat of Monday's game at Liverpool where Harry was absent due to transport problems and it's likely that all the players will be happy to see his familiar face in the dugout.

*Despite the presence of watching projected NFL top draft choice Andrew Luck in Carson today, the Galaxy lost 4-1 to the Portland Timbers at Home Depot Center. Dan Keat had a goal on a bicycle kick in the losing cause. The Galaxy starting lineup: Saunders; Jordan, Meyer, DeLaGarza, Dunivant; Franklin,

By Dario Camacho - MIAMI, FL (Feb 3, 2011) US Soccer Players -- As weeks go, this hasn't been one of Philadelphia Union manager Peter Nowak's most successful from a public relations perspective. In terms of fan loyalty, it has been down right ugly. What transpired in the course of a couple of days has been the complete gutting of the Union's veteran presence.

When it comes to announcing his presence at clothing stores, a gigantic poster is no longer enough for Davey Becks. These days, he doesn't get out of bed for anything less than a set of huge shiny Beckham effigies, dressed only in affordable high street underwear.

The LA Galaxy star's expectations were surpassed last night at the H&M store on London's Regent Street, when he unveiled his new 'bodywear' line (aren't all clothes technically 'bodywear'?

And I'm not talking about Beckham's 2-year $15 million contract.

I'm talking about Omar Gonzalez. Last month Omar pulled out of the national team training camp for a very exciting loan move to Nurnberg. His very first day there he suffered a season ending injury at the hands well, feet of his USMNT teammate Timmy Chandler.

Will Brittney Griner be the first female to make an NBA roster next season? She would have to declare for the draft. She's only a Junior at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
If she declares, this will be big news and more than likely, a team would go for her late in the second round just for publicity sakes.

Big man: An attacking threat as well as a defensive bulwark, Omar Gonzalez will be missed by the Galaxy as they begin the defense of their MLS crown (AP Photo). It's difficult to underestimate the influence the quiet, yet commanding presence of Omar Gonzalez had on the Galaxy's taut back

The only one with the ball will be the one missing

Ahead of this Sunday's game against Manchester United, the latest injury news update does not help to reassure any nerves. We are already going through a bad run of 2 consecutive league losses at the moment ahead of the imminent arrival of the team that gave us a beating in August.

By ADAM SERRANO

LOS ANGELES -- David Beckham has always been a vital part of AEG president Tim Leiweke's plans for the Los Angeles Galaxy. Now as Beckham prepares for his second stint with the club, Leiweke is considering the legacy that he will leave on his team.

Andy Carroll is hoping Steven Gerrard's comeback can help kick-start the striker's difficult start to his Liverpool career.
Injuries to both players have resulted in Carroll and Gerrard starting just one game together - last week's Carling Cup semi-final first leg win at Manchester City - since the forward's £35million move from Newcastle last January.

Ducky's Note: Ratna Prashanth analyzes Cahill's signing and what it means for Chelsea

Finally, after a loooooong discussion of personal terms, Chelsea announced the signing of Bolton Wanderers' English-born central defender Gary Cahill. This is a much needed signing at a low price in January market, considering the fact that Chelsea have been having a torrid time with their defence the whole season.

With neither of Seattle Sounders FC's MLS SuperDraft picks being from Generation Adidas nor pre-signed seniors or internationals the two players are going to have to fight to make the tight roster. A roster than may get even tighter before they report as General Manager Adrian Hanauer said during today's conference call there are "other deals that are possibly pending or getting close.

Earlier tonight, the Philadelphia Independence announced that Havertown native, Sinead Farrelly, has re-signed with the team. Farrelly, a midfielder, was the first round draft pick for Philadelphia in 2011, scoring one goal with two assists in her rookie season. In 2011, Farrelly started in 13 of the 14 games she played, bringing her strong presence to the Independence midfield.

The thing with Mark Hughes is that we don't really know why he left Fulham. There were various comments after the event mentioning a lack of ambition, which loosely translated seemed to mean "Fulham wouldn't pony up £15m for Pablo Osvaldo". Hughes had a 'get out' day in his contract and (out of nowhere, it seemed) used that clause to escape SW6.

The thing with Mark Hughes is that we don't really know why he left Fulham. There were various comments after the event mentioning a lack of ambition, which loosely translated seemed to mean "Fulham wouldn't pony up £15m for Pablo Osvaldo". Hughes had a 'get out' day in his contract and (out of nowhere, it seemed) used that clause to escape SW6.

1. Poor refereeing – the gift that keeps on giving.

Those that have been watching long enough will argue if Kompany's tackle was really worth the red card. A few years ago, it would have been a brilliant tackle but now considered a foul, but honestly to fans on both sides, was it really worth a red card?

Liverpool are now concentrating their efforts on financing a new stadium in Stanley Park, where they have planning permission, rather than redevelop Anfield.
American owners Fenway Sports Group had been keen to renovate the current ground like they did at their baseball franchise, the Boston Red Sox.

In the world of football, festivities and holidays don't last very long... just ask AC Milan! They've spent the last three seasons holed up in a winter training camp in Dubai, ringing in the New Year in the presence of one another. At least David Beckham threw a New Year's party when he was at the club.

Photo: Nicolae Stoian

Editor's note: At the end of the 2010 season, we posted a series of season reviews of every Philadelphia Union player. Over the next several weeks PSP continues with a review of the 2011 season.

Keon Daniel first showed up as the unknown trialist.

Liverpool look poised to open talks with FC Porto for the transfer of defensive midfielder Fernando.
The Reds recently lost Lucas to injury, depriving boss Kenny Dalglish of his favoured holding midfielder.
But Dalglish is looking beyond Lucas' spell on the sidelines – Fernando's potential presence at Anfield would allow the Scot to play two midfield enforcers when required, but at other times the option to play Lucas in a more advanced role would be explored.

As Camp Junior Mint (U-23) gets underway in Florida this week, Jurgen Klinsmann should be shortly submitting his roster for who gets an Evite to the annual Camp Cupcake in Carson, CA.

This will of course be Klinsmann's first time selecting for the camp that normally sees predominant enrollment of fringe US and Nordic domestic league players.

Real Sociedad defender Inigo Martinez insists he is happy to remain in San Sebastien, despite reported interest in his signature from Liverpool.
The 20-year-old made his senior debut for Sociedad this season, and has since registered a further 13 appearances in La Liga.
His composed displays at the back have reportedly caught the attention of Liverpool, and it has been claimed that Kenny Dalglish is keen to bring the Spaniard to Anfield in January.

The sooner we invent teleportation the better.

Not because I hate flying itself, although I really, really do. And not because airports are the most soulless, tedious places on earth, although they really, really are. It's mostly because every time you fly there's somebody with the plague sitting close enough to give you all their germs and leave you smothering.

As Sigi Schmid said several times today, "there is no replacing Kasey Keller." Instead Michael Gspurning is just the Seattle Soundersnext keeper. The Austrian Keeper is younger, taller and offers something that Keller didn't have. While he will need to make the saves and learn to command the backline as well as Keller did Gspurning offers a new passing option in the back.

Qatar-based satellite broadcaster Al Jazeera has significantly strengthened its presence in France by snapping up four of the country's five media rights packages for the UEFA Champions League from 2012-15.

It is an unfortunate reality of the game of football, one which dictates that an injury to one player means an opportunity for another. So it will be for Jay Spearing who seems to be the player within Liverpool's squad who can best replicate the job that Lucas Leiva carried out and which someone else will now have to do in the Brazilian's injury forced absence.

ECS has seen their gameday presence grow each of the Seattle Sounders' first three years in MLS. During the group's end of year business meeting on Saturday, ECS Co-President Greg Mokos revealed several changes for the 2012 season that will take their gameday presence to a whole new level.

Chief among the changes are ECS formally expanding into the upper sections of 121-123.

Priority for Lionel is his family and his club, Home UnitedWhile many consider retiring from international football at the age of 29 is too young, especially for the case of goalkeeper.
After all, great custodians like Dino Zoff and Peter Shilton did maintain their presence between the posts for their countries past their forties.

The swelling went down, the MRI was done, and the news came back confirming the worst fears and least palatable rumours: Lucas Leiva will be out, at best, for the remainder of the season after injuring his ACL. This is, of course, horrible news for the player himself, whose development into one of the best holding midfielders in world football had finally seen a long overdue shift in public and media opinion.

After leading the LA Galaxy to victory in the MLS Cup, former Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder David Beckham could be starting the next face of his career in Paris if talks between city club PSG and La Galaxy are fruitful.

According to PSG sporting director Leonardo who also happened to coach Beckham during his short stint with Milan confirmed that talks between the two clubs were underway.

Background backside Real Madrid's official photographer captured this photo of the players celebrating Cristiano Ronaldo's late winner against Valencia on Saturday. And it captured the moment so wonderfully that the club website wasn't going to let the presence of a stray Valencian arse stop it being used.

Bafana Bafana and Tottenham play maker Steven Pienaar has admitted that life has not been easy for him since he left Everton. However, Pienaar who has struggled to establish himself as a regular in Harry Redknapp's starting line up, maintained that he is not about to quit the team just yet.

FC Barcelona strengthen their leadership on the field of new technology with a strategic agreement with Google, the Club will have an official presence on the social network when Google unveils 'Google+ Pages' worldwide.

Arthur Irawan may not be the best known player in Indonesia. It seems even the various national team selectors weren't aware of his presence or talent as the 18 year old striker wasn't included in the current SEA Games squad.
Maybe not good enough for his national team but Irawan was obviously good enough for La Liga as Espanyol have signed him.

Liverpool defender Daniel Agger has been a solid presence in the team's defence since returning from injury, but he's now called for more consistency over the next few months in a bid to dispel the 'up and down' nature of the season so far.
Agger, who has helped Liverpool keep two clean sheets since returning from injury, noted:
"It's been a little bit up and down.

Personally I don't see a ton in this story, but it's been a major talking point the past few days. One of the team's designated players', Omar Bravo told Univsion this week that he had "a lot to think about" with regards to next season. Specifically Bravo was talking about last Sunday's conference final against Houston.

Manchester United defender Phil Jones and Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart are astonished to find two of their club teammates nowhere within the sight of England's squad ahead of Spain's highly anticipated visit to Wembley on Saturday evening.

Jones, who has been tipped as the future leader of United's defense, is still coming to terms with the exclusion of current leader Rio Ferdinand while Hart fully expected to see in-form right-back Micah Richards picked for the exhibition against the reigning World and European Champions.

TUDO BEM?!! Welcome to Day 2 of the Selecao Bootcamp, brought to you by the "Caras Novas" or newbies of the Brazilian team - Alex Sandro, Bruno Cesar, Dudu, Kleber and Willian! Many of them are from the winning U-20 Brazilian national side and were picked based on those performances.

By Chris Wright

A nude (save the dignity-preserving baseball cap) bloke took to the pitch during Bayern Munich's 2-1 away victory over Augsburg at the weekend and proceeded to perform what has since been branded the 'Wang Dance' in German football forums a brief, intricate piece of choreography that included a couple of backwards somersaults and plenty of genital waggling.