Barcelona president Sandro Rosell today urged the Premier League to slash a fifth of its clubs – and acknowledged that a European superleague is still being considered by Europe’s elite.

Alex Ferguson has dismissed retirement as a young man’s game and revealed he has left it up to his family to decide when he stops working.

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson believes Wayne Rooney realised he had made a major mistake when he felt the backlash against his plans to leave Old Trafford.