DIEGO FORLAN believes his move to Inter Milan has come at the perfect time in his career.

ARSENAL were last night embroiled in a desperate race against time to land Mikel Arteta as Arsene Wenger looked to fill the void created by the departures of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri.

MANY English-born strikers aspire to emulate Danny Welbeck but Londoner Rhys Murphy wants to make it to the top in an Irish shirt.

“WELL, I can see that they’re gone downhill, they’re not creating any chances, they’re struggling.”

WAYNE ROONEY has backed Manchester United’s youngsters to force their way into Fabio Capello’s Euro 2012 England plans.

ARSENE WENGER began the process of rebuilding Arsenal’s shattered defence yesterday after swooping for Per Mertesacker and Andre Santos, signings that have reportedly ended the Gunners’ interest in Bolton defender Gary Cahill.

A MAN has pleaded guilty to blackmailing Coleen Rooney.

EVERYONE is fixated on the similarities between this year’s final and the previous two.

TONY CASCARINO has been dropped to the bench for Transfer D-Day by Sky Sports News.

THREE of Irish football’s most decorated stars have backed Robbie Keane’s move to the MLS.

ONCE Arsenal’s fixtures for 2011-12 were announced, it was obvious August was going to be a difficult month. Aside from three tricky Premier League fixtures, there was the small matter of a Champions League qualifier.

BRANISLAV IVANOVIC has insisted Chelsea’s players never doubted Fernando Torres would come good after the £50m man took the biggest step yet towards ending his nightmare start to life at Stamford Bridge.

LIVERPOOL manager Kenny Dalglish has issued a robust defence of Luis Suarez after the striker was accused of racism.

IRELAND’S U17s face a cauldron of noise at the Tsentralniy Stadium in Almaty today (2pm) when 5,000 fans will be backing Kazakhstan’s bid to usurp John Morling’s side in their bid for UEFA U19 qualification.

WAYNE ROONEY became the highest English scorer in Champions League history as 10-man Manchester United scraped home against Romanian Group C stragglers Otelul Galati last night.

ARSENE WENGER is looking forward to another Champions League outing in Marseille after admitting his side play with more freedom in Europe.

JOEY BARTON, inset, lived up to his reputation for outspoken honesty yesterday with attacks on Ryan Giggs, John Terry and the England rugby team.

PATRICE EVRA has told Alex Ferguson he wants to pursue his allegation of racism against Liverpool striker Luis Suarez.

ALEX FERGUSON is ready to let Wayne Rooney loose on Champions League foes Otelul Galati tonight.

IF Ireland can overcome Estonia next month, expect Giovanni Trapattoni to run the rule over some new faces for his squad for Euro 2012.