MANCHESTER UNITED midfielder Ryan Giggs believes David Beckham will be disappointed at being told his international career is over — but that his former team-mate’s main focus will be on getting back to full fitness with Los Angeles Galaxy.

JOHN DELANEY says the FAI will learn from the ticketing problems which caused the kick-off in the first international at the Aviva Stadium to be delayed for nearly 15 minutes.

WELL, there goes the unbeaten record at the Aviva.

JOHN O’SHEA was feeling a familiar sense of injustice after Ireland crashed to another defeat thanks to controversial goal.

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Alex Ferguson is anticipating a “dogfight” in the battle just to finish in the Barclays Premier League’s top four this season.

THE chase to sign Mesut Ozil took a bizarre twist yesterday when a player profile of the Werder Bremen star appeared on Manchester United’s official website.

LIAM IRWIN knows that trying to emulate his father’s achievements in football is close to an impossible task.

MANCHESTER UNITED and Rangers were drawn together in Group C of the Champions League at yesterday’s draw in Monaco.

ROY KEANE says former Republic of Ireland international Colin Healy can still make his mark with Ipswich, despite his disappointing first season at Portman Road.

SCOTT PARKER spared West Ham’s blushes by scoring their winner against League Two outfit Oxford with a right-foot shot deep into injury time to send the Hammers through to the third round of the Carling Cup.

ALAN SHEARER does not expect to see Alex Ferguson on Match of the Day this season.

THE loss of two valuable points at Fulham on Sunday will be felt even more keenly by Manchester United because they had targeted the Premier League as their number one priority this season.

AVRAM GRANT admitted West Ham’s next two games against free-scoring Manchester United and Chelsea look even more daunting after Saturday’s 3-1 defeat to Bolton.

ONE-TIME Man City goalkeeping target Gianluigi Buffon says he is glad he turned down the Light Blues, because their defenders are not good enough.

IT IS the complete certainty surrounding Chelsea that gives off such an ominous feeling.

ARSENAL have been warned their bid to sign Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer is not a foregone conclusion.

AT LAST, following a seemingly endless parade of cricket scores and one-sided turkey shoots, Manchester United and Fulham have produced a match that proves the Premier League is not dead.

MANCHESTER UNITED aim to avoid getting caught up by a general strike in Spain today – and set up their own blockade against Valencia instead.

ROY KEANE has hit out at Premier League bosses who criticise referees week in, week out.

WAYNE ROONEY will miss Manchester United’s Champions League clash with Valencia tomorrow night.