HARRY REDKNAPP is adamant his transfer dealings as Portsmouth manager are not to blame for the club’s current financial problems.

ALEX FERGUSON has revealed that Wayne Rooney could be unleashed against Manchester City on Saturday week.

THE name Mike Dean, quite rightly in some cases, has been trotted out by any number of Premier League managers in recent seasons as an excuse to mask their own team’s inadequacies.

CARLO ANCELOTTI turned the screw a little tighter in the title race after his side’s pivotal victory at Old Trafford on Saturday by claiming Manchester United struggled to cope not only with his own side’s remarkable performance but also with the absence of Wayne Rooney, an analysis that leaves Alex Ferguson with food for thought this morning just 48 hours before a Champions League quarter-final.

ALEX FERGUSON yesterday told a relieved nation to get off its knees – and instead hail the talents of Dimitar Berbatov.

CHELSEA manager Carlo Ancelotti has revealed that striker Didier Drogba could require surgery at the end of the season to cure a long-standing groin problem.

REPUBLIC of Ireland defender John O’Shea or England midfielder Owen Hargreaves could be back in the Manchester United squad to face Chelsea today.

I expect this one to be settled by the narrowest of margins, what Giovanni Trapattoni – no stranger himself to footballing sub-atomic particles – likes to call the “leetle details”

MARTIN O’NEILL has dismissed claims from Chelsea skipper John Terry that Aston Villa fade in matches and insists his side are “one of the fittest” in the Premier League.

THERE’S no more appropriate week than Easter to have hostile forces closing in around you.

CHELTENHAM Gold Cup winner Imperial Commander heads 13 entries for the Totesport Bowl at Aintree on Thursday.

CHELSEA have been the big winners of a dramatic week of Champions League football as title rivals Manchester United and Arsenal count the cost of their midweek exertions.

WEST HAM co-owner David Gold claims England’s top-flight clubs are “spiralling towards oblivion” and has called for spending limits for Premier League sides.

THEO WALCOTT admits watching Barcelona pass the ball around Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night was like a video game at times – but has warned the Champions League holders Arsenal will be the ones out to take control in the Nou Camp next week.

CHELSEA coach Carlo Ancelotti admits Wayne Rooney’s absence could allow his side to seize the title initiative from Manchester United when the two clubs clash at Old Trafford tomorrow.

CORKONIANS across the world breathed a collective sigh of relief last night after drinks giant Coca-Cola confirmed it will continue to make the iconic fizzy drink Tanora.

FABIO CAPELLO will pick up the phone to make the call he dreaded having to make, hoping to hear some good news from Wayne Rooney.

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

THE good news for Manchester United is that there is no such thing as a one-man team.

LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez has called on captain Steven Gerrard to be the standard bearer as he leads his team into “battle” in the remainder of the season.