ALEX FERGUSON has ruled out making any new signings in the January transfer window.

IF seasons hinge, twisting and turning almost imperceptibly, on numerous weekends of subtle momentum shifts, then Chelsea’s impressive victory at Ewood Park on Saturday may well prove to be one such moment in their attempt to hold onto the Premier League title.

HARRY REDKNAPP yesterday insisted Manchester United would push Chelsea all the way in the Barclays Premier League title race, despite their recent travails.

CHELSEA manager Carlo Ancelotti has warned his players that they will have to stop taking their foot off the accelerator during games if they are to successfully retain their Barclays Premier League crown.

SUNDERLAND midfielder Andy Reid has joined npower Championship side Sheffield United on an emergency loan deal.

ROY KEANE says there’s no need to panic despite his Ipswich side dropping to 14th in the Championship after three successive league defeats.

LIVERPOOL manager Roy Hodgson has warned Manchester United that goalkeeper Jose Reina is not for sale.

MICHAEL OWEN has warned Manchester United’s new fans’ hero Javier Hernandez that he cannot afford to rest on his laurels.

THE saga involving Manchester United contract negotiations with Wayne Rooney highlights why the GAA should always retain its amateur status according to Armagh legend Benny Tierney.

JAVIER HERNANDEZ confirmed his status as Manchester United’s new hero with a brilliant winner to take the Carling Cup holders into the last eight of the competition last night.

ALEX FERGUSON last night insisted he wants to draw a line under the last week’s “traumatic” saga with Wayne Rooney that saw the Manchester United striker say he wanted to leave the club only to change his mind.

SUNDERLAND manager Steve Bruce yesterday hailed David Meyler’s “staggering” recovery after the Irish midfielder returned to full training.

GEORGE BEST’S son has threatened High Court action after revealing a deepening family rift over the sale of his father’s soccer memorabilia.

OUR football correspondent LIAM MACKEY is back in top form and full of energy.

THE role of football agents has come under the spotlight again in the wake of the Wayne Rooney contract saga but Roy Keane insists there are good ones as well as bad.

MANCHESTER UNITED chief executive David Gill insists the club can still compete with big-spending neighbours Manchester City despite being overtaken in the pay league.

WAYNE ROONEY clearly forgot about Javier Hernandez when he claimed the future wasn’t bright at Manchester United.

ARSENE WENGER felt the manner of his Arsenal side’s victory at Eastlands yesterday suggests they are finally coming of age.

I KNOW we shouldn’t laugh but, a bit like the spectacle of a top banker having his gleaming motor repossessed, the sight of everything that can go wrong going wrong for Man City is a guaranteed source of schadenfreude in these bleak times.

ANYBODY who doubts the impact of Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea need only have listened to the murmurs of discontent during the second half on Saturday.