The scrutiny in Munich was meant to be on under-performing Mesut Ozil but whatever the German could do, Bayern’s Thiago Alcantara could do far, far better as Arsenal were outclassed in Europe yet again - leaving Arsene Wenger as the man feeling the heat of the spotlight instead of his star midfielder.

An ex-footballer who plays golf is nothing new, but former Manchester United winger Lee Sharpe takes the game more seriously than most.

Southampton say they have contacted the Football Association and the Premier League and "intend to work closely with both bodies on this matter when the facts become clear".

Norwich 0 Manchester United 1: Juan Mata insists Wayne Rooney is ready to spearhead Manchester United’s attack for the final two games of their Premier League campaign as they continue to chase a top four finish.

West Ham 1 Manchester United 2: Manchester United kept their underwhelming season alive by ensuring this most excellent final campaign at Upton Park would contain at least one bitter memory for West Ham.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is to undergo a scan to determine the severity of the injury he suffered against Barcelona on Tuesday night.

Five lessons we learned from Man United’s crushing derby win over their neighbours.

FA Cup Quarter-Final

Tributes have been flying in for Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard after he announced the end of his association with hometown club Liverpool when the current season ends.

Arsenal have announced the signing of England international forward Danny Welbeck from Barclays Premier League rivals Manchester United for an undisclosed fee.

Frank Lampard looks set to complete his move to New York City FC next week.

It’s funny how things change, isn’t it? Ashley Cole was initially one of our most unpopular signings ever when he arrived from the Marble Halls of Mordor as part of the William Gallas deal in 2008.

George Best put it best, saying with that famous twinkle in his eye: "Maybe one day people will say I was another Ryan Giggs."

Ronnie Whelan reckons it could take years before Liverpool get as good a chance to win the Premier League title as they had this season.

Hull striker Yannick Sagbo has been fined £15,000 and ordered to complete an education course after showing support for Nicolas Anelka’s controversial quenelle goal celebration on social media.

Owner Assem Allam’s application to change the name of Hull City to Hull Tigers has been rejected, the Football Association has announced.

You can take a man out of the GAA – and even put him in the Premier League – but you can’t take the GAA out of a man…

Man City 2 Chelsea 0

West Brom have confirmed Pepe Mel as their new head coach on an 18-month contract.

Call us old fashioned but once upon a time you’d have to at least have a passing notion of the job you applied for to get the position.

Andy Keogh took to Twitter yesterday to express his dismay with Giovanni Trapattoni for not letting him know he was dropped from the squad for next month’s World Cup qualifiers.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has signed a contract extension, the club have announced.

Phil Neville is set to become the latest recruit to David Moyes’ coaching team at Manchester United.

New Manchester United coach Jimmy Lumsden, who has joined manager David Moyes from Everton, spent part of his playing career with Cork Hibernians in the 1970s.

Paul Scholes was happy for his retirement to slip under the radar on the day when Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson also bade farewell to Old Trafford.

Alex Ferguson's 26 and a half years at Old Trafford are littered with key moments and turning points that have helped forge the 71-year-old’s legacy.

Ho hum. This column has touched before on sport’s propensity to be sidetracked by events which have little or nothing to do with the events taking place inside the white lines, or whatever the equivalent parameters may be in the various codes that demand our attention, and here we are again.

It’s now beginning to look like Roman Abramovich’s scorched earth approach to manager-management can even cause collateral damage – witness Southampton’s stirring fightback from two-down at the Bridge on Wednesday to be followed, just two days later, by the sacking of Saints boss Nigel Adkins.

Football bosses are to launch a musical contest with a series of pre-match gigs to find an official FA Cup anthem for this season.

New Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez has suggested that the established duo of Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard could leave the club at the end of the season.

David Beckham is to leave the Los Angeles Galaxy after next month's MLS Cup - with speculation surrounding his next move already gathering pace.

Wigan manager Roberto Martinez has been fined £10,000 after admitting a charge of misconduct in relation to comments made after his side’s game against Manchester United last month, the Football Association have confirmed.

John Terry’s disciplinary hearing will go into a third day today as the Chelsea skipper continues to contest a charge of using racist language.

Liverpool FC and Fenway Sports Group (FSG) have confirmed that "Kenny Dalglish is to leave his post today as manager after having his contract terminated".

Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay gave nothing away about Roberto Di Matteo’s future after watching the caretaker manager lead the club to FA Cup glory.

Petr Cech declared Chelsea were in better shape to secure Champions League glory than four years ago following their FA Cup triumph.

This year‘s FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Liverpool will kick-off at 5.15pm, the Football Association have confirmed.

ARSENE WENGER will spend the rest of the festive season mulling over whether to make an extraordinary bid to bring Thierry Henry back to Arsenal on loan.

Manchester United have complained to the Football Association about the number of tickets they have been granted for next month’s FA Cup tie at Manchester City.

THE Football Association last night began the disciplinary hearing into claims that Liverpool striker Luis Suarez racially abused Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.

WHILE Alex Ferguson appears to have ruled out raiding the transfer market next month, the same cannot be said of Kenny Dalglish.

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has been ruled out for three to four weeks after suffering a knee injury in training.