Officials from leading Barclays Premier League clubs did not discuss the possibility of a breakaway European Super League in London yesterday, it is understood.

You may have had to sleep with the light on this week. For an old bogeyman reemerged from the shadows: the European Super League.

WHEN I first glanced at the Craven Cottage team sheet, I thought Fergie had done a ‘Mick McCarthy’. No such luck: this, apparently, was the best team we could put out. What a fitting way to round off an ignominious week.

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is plotting a football revolution in Europe after calling for the continent’s biggest clubs to create a new ’Super League’.

CHELSEA chief executive Peter Kenyon wants football’s governing bodies to meet with clubs and thrash out a solution to the perennial club versus country debate.

Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein does not expect Malcolm Glazer to make breaking up the Premier League’s collective TV deal an early priority once the American takes hands-on control at Manchester United.

The European leagues are to set up a new body in Brussels next month with the intention of exerting more influence on UEFA and FIFA.

Celtic majority shareholder Dermot Desmond believes the club’s UEFA Cup final appearance could resurrect talk of a move to the Premiership.

ARSENAL striker Dennis Bergkamp set his sights on Champions League success and extending his Highbury career for another season after scoring his 100th goal for the club.