Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger will carefully manage the fitness of Jack Wilshere to avoid the heart being ripped from of his midfield following the news Abou Diaby was set for nine months out with a knee injury.

UEFA have confirmed they are to launch an Under-19 shadow Champions League tournament from 2013.

It was hard to know where to start with Premier League Chairman Dave Richards’ insistence in Doha that football had been stolen from England, its rightful administrators.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has confirmed the club’s interest in signing Sporting Lisbon midfielder Joao Carlos Teixeira.

Celtic have been dealt a blow ahead of Thursday’s Europa League clash against Sion with the news that Gary Hooper could be out of action for “a few weeks”.