Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has admitted the club have made enquiries about the availability of Fulham forward Clint Dempsey.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is paying special attention to how he will bolster his left-back options this season.

Manchester United have confirmed Paul Pogba has joined Italian champions Juventus, with manager Alex Ferguson blasting the teenager for a lack of respect and claiming the deal was done “a long time ago”.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson insists Dimitar Berbatov has not been unfairly treated at the club, praising the “fantastic talent” of the striker whom he expects to be involved in their pre-season tour.

David Wachman can continue his good start to the Flat campaign by saddling Precious Dream to land the Students Of Limerick Race at Limerick this evening.

JESSICA Harrington’s Johnnys Legacy shouldn’t be far away in the XL Handicap at Dundalk tonight.

Back from a winter sojourn in Dubai, Moran Gra and Banna Boirche fought out the finish to the Hibernia Steel Ltd. Race at Dundalk last night, victory going to Joanna Morgan’s charge under a strong ride by apprentice Ronan Whelan.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson admitted he endured “a nightmare” on Monday when he lost his two main goalkeepers ahead of tonight’s match against Stoke.

THERE is a growing belief at Manchester United that the crushing blow of an early Champions League exit has provided the impetus for a sustained assault on the Premier League title rather than kill the campaign.

ALEX FERGUSON has backed up Fabio Capello’s claim that Phil Jones reminds him of Italian legend Franco Baresi.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has promised record signing Dimitar Berbatov he will get games this season despite being left on the bench for last night's 1-1 draw with Benfica.

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Alex Ferguson says it is time to forget about signing Inter Milan’s Wesley Sneijder.

Dimitar Berbatov looks certain to discover within the next couple of weeks whether he has any future at Manchester United.

Dimitar Berbatov will return to the Manchester United squad for Sunday’s crucial Premier League trip to Arsenal.

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Alex Ferguson has claimed Javier Hernandez’s “startling” introduction to English football has condemned Dimitar Berbatov to life on the substitutes’ bench.

WITH Alex Ferguson high in the stands, it was up to assistant boss Mike Phelan to walk the line at Old Trafford on Saturday.

Manchester United full-back Rafael will miss Saturday’s FA Cup tie with Southampton after being carried off on a stretcher at Blackpool last night with concussion.

MANCHESTER UNITED go into their first top flight visit to Blackpool in 40 years with an air of confidence tomorrow, knowing a win will push them five points clear in the Premier League.

John O’Shea believes the secret to Manchester United’s title drive is quite simple – keep giving the ball to Dimitar Berbatov.

WITH a “welcome back” from Alex Ferguson, Kenny Dalglish returned to a Premier League dug-out for the first time in a dozen years at Old Trafford yesterday as Liverpool exited the third round of the FA Cup in a controversial 1-0 defeat.

New Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish was left to muse on how football has changed after a “joke” penalty and the sending-off of his skipper condemned the Reds to a 1-0 FA Cup defeat at Manchester United.

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Alex Ferguson felt Birmingham goal hero Lee Bowyer should have been sent off for his first-half challenge on Darron Gibson during Tuesday night’s 1-1 draw at St Andrew’s.

Javier Hernandez is confident his first competitive goal for Manchester United will provide just the confidence boost he needs.

ALEX FERGUSON last night accused Fernando Torres of simulation in an effort to have Manchester United defender John O’Shea sent off in a pulsating meeting between the bitter rivals at Old Trafford.

ALEX FERGUSON has revealed he had to step in and stop Dimitar Berbatov beating himself up about his Manchester United performances.

ALEX FERGUSON yesterday claimed that he twice rejected the chance to become England manager, insisting the job is a “terrible job” and a “poisoned chalice”.

Rafael Benitez has defended his record at Liverpool as his future as Reds manager continues to be the subject of speculation.

Chelsea seized control of the Premier League title race with a 2-1 win at Old Trafford before manager Carlo Ancelotti rubbed salt into Manchester United's wounds, saying the Blues' title rivals are far weaker without Wayne Rooney.

Manchester United have confirmed Wayne Rooney suffered only “minor” ankle ligament damage in the Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich on Tuesday night.

NEMANJA VIDIC is convinced Dimitar Berbatov is ready to answer Manchester United’s SOS call.

IT DID occur to me after filing my Becks-dominated column last week that it read like some kind of football obituary — and so, sadly for the lad, it now seems to be.

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Alex Ferguson has admitted Manchester City are now one of his club’s major competitors.

Alex Ferguson has admitted he got it wrong in expressing fears Dimitar Berbatov was struggling with his knee injury again.

ALEX FERGUSON is crossing his fingers record signing Dimitar Berbatov can make it to the end of the season without needing knee surgery.

Alex Ferguson's frustration at Manchester United failing to regain top spot in the Premier League has been compounded by the news striker Dimitar Berbatov may need exploratory knee surgery.

Manchester United are set to be without influential midfielder Ryan Giggs for Wednesday’s Champions League trip to CSKA Moscow.

DARREN BENT was last night breathing a sigh of relief after ending weeks of frustration by completing a £10 million (€11.8m) move to Sunderland from Tottenham.

Sunderland have finally landed striker Darren Bent in a club record £10m deal from Tottenham.

AJAX defender Thomas Vermaelen has claimed he is poised to complete a move to Arsenal.

SHOULD Giovanni Trapattoni feel the need to give his charges any extra motivation before their crunch World Cup qualifier against Bulgaria tonight, he could do worse than pin the thoughts of Nasko Sirakov on the wall in the dressing room in the Vassil Levksi stadium.

BULGARIA’S difficulty is Ireland’s opportunity — or should that be the other way around?

BULGARIA coach Stanimir Stoilov makes no bones about the fact that, as far as World Cup qualification is concerned, his team is drinking in the last chance saloon in Sofia tonight.

AH, the dilemma of the successful: who to laugh at first? Arsenal’s “11 babies”, as memorably skewered by ‘Potty’ Paddy Evra the other day – much to French team-mate Silvestre’s fury?

Alex Ferguson has conceded some of his Manchester United players might have started to believe their own publicity.