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Zidane: Ronaldo Is World's Best
French legend Zinedine Zidane has hailed the talent of Manchester United's number 7 Cristiano Ronaldo, branding the Portuguese winger-cum-forward as the greatest player in the world. According to 'Zizou', Ronaldo is also set to win the World Player of the Year award...

» Ronaldo Promises To Give His All For United
» Cruyff Joins Zidane On Illustrious Panel

Gerrard out of United clash

PaulEllis/GettyImagesSteven Gerrard: Inspirational skipper will not be back in time
Liverpool have been dealt a major blow ahead of Saturday's showdown with Manchester United with Steven Gerrard ruling himself out as he has failed to recover from a groin operation. "The United game is too soon," Gerrard revealed. "I've spoken to the manager and told him I'd like to do a certain amount of training before I come back. I don't want to go into a big game only having had one session with the boys." [+]

Petit Exposes Barça Nightmare
Emmanuel Petit has laid bare the dismay and unhappiness he suffered during his time at Barcelona and taken swipes at Llorenç Serra Ferrer, the cliques within the squad and labelled the board as behaving like carpet salesman.

» Iniesta Focuses On Results
» Laporta: We Will Learn From Our Mistakes

Laporta Tells All
In a revealing interview with Sport.es, Barcelona president Joan Laporta said that ex-players Johan Cruyff and Josep Guardiola were the only men fit to replace Frank Rijkaard this summer, and confirmed that the Dutchman knew of his fate back in January...
» Guardiola To Adopt Italian Method
» Laporta: We Will Learn From Our Mistakes

Laudrup To Seal Spartak Job
Spartak Moscow are set to unveil former European Cup winner Michael Laudrup as their new coach on Wednesday. Club and manager alike have all but confirmed the news, which will see the Danish legend back in a managerial hotseat for the first time since leaving Getafe in summer...

» Czech Necid Signs For CSKA Moscow
» Hammers Manager Search Enters Final Four

Mourinho's TV Fury
Jose Mourinho is well known for spotting mistakes on the pitch and he has now proven his knack for fishing out errors even on his utility bills at home. The coach was furious when he was invoiced €18,600 for a pay per view TV service and he started swinging his axe...
» Mourinho Gives Thumbs Up To Foreign Takeovers
» Inter Tie Up Di Maria Deal?

Schuster's Transfer Targets Failed
Spanish sports daily As claims that Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster's summer shortlist of several players to fill five positions resulted in exactly zero signings during the transfer window. Either his superiors disagreed with his assessment, or they failed to act on them...
» Sneijder Earmarks October Return
» Deco Frowns On Robinho's City Move

podolski!
According to the Corriere dello Sport, both Roma and Fiorentina have joined the race to sign Bayern Munich’s want-away forward Lukas Podolski. The German is unhappy at the Allianz Arena and the Giallorossi are ready to pounce...