As long as you can walk, perhaps even with a limp, and have played football at the highest level, it seems a medical at Manchester United is a breeze.

Owen Hargreaves spoke in depth about his rehabilitation after surgery on both knees and gave an insight into how United's medical team assess the fitness of a player.

Rafa considering move for former arch rival striker.

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Liverpool are reported to be lining up a January loan move for Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.

A feeling I'm sure my old mother was subjected to when watching me pick up a fifty-meter swimming badge back in primary school- looking on fondly as one of her own dropped, sans grace, into a vat of partially diluted chlorine, swallowing an unhealthy dose of it, before emerging, half-drowned at the other end like a dog being rescued from a river- I was awash with a certain amount pride this week after discovering that esteemed members of our own stock, Luka Modric and Wilson Palacios, had earned themselves a place on FourFourTwo's, frankly excellent, ‘100 Best Players in the World' list 2009.

Ruud wants Anfield move.

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Former Manchester United forward Ruud van Nistelrooy could be set for a January move to Liverpool.

Another story that is doing the rounds at the moment is the fact that Real Madrid have lost one of their key defenders in Pepe for 6 months and they are now focusing their spending power on Ricardo Carvalho after they had an offer in the summer for Alex turned down. They see Riccy as the ideal replacement to bolster their defensive line and are even looking at offering Chelsea Ruud Van Nistlerooy in exchange!