STEVEN REID has admitted he considered quitting soccer after a series of career threatening injuries.

PATRICE EVRA has jokingly threatened to join in the booing of Carlos Tevez if his good friend turns out in Sunday’s Manchester derby.

REAL MADRID looked fabulous in attack but frail at the back as they began their Champions League Group C campaign last night with a 5-2 win over Swiss champions FC Zurich.

PAUL SCHOLES popped up 13minutes from time to ensure Manchester United’s bid to reach a third successive Champions League final got off on exactly the right note in Istanbul.

I’D imagine that the vast number of impoverished Mancunians would probably need a mortgage to purchase just one of the alloy wheels belonging to the supercars, gleaming in the late summer sunshine outside the ground on Saturday.

PREMIER League clubs pocketed an average of €160 million each in prize money in the last six Champions League seasons, almost four times as much as La Liga sides, a study showed yesterday.

KENNY DALGLISH claims Liverpool can still prove their doubters wrong and win the Barclays Premier League this season.

ALEX FERGUSON does not believe Manchester United will be at a disadvantage in this weekend’s eagerly-anticipated derby clash with City because of their Champions League commitment in Turkey.

CHELSEA will delve into their youth academy tonight in order to bolster a Champions League squad that has been ravaged by injury and suspensions.

AMID the bedlam that greeted Jermain Defoe’s magnificently acrobatic opening goal after just 52 seconds, only one man with connections to Tottenham Hotspur remained impassive.

THAT is the end of this section of questioning then, as Chelsea’s late show at the Britannia Stadium surely proves they have enough character in this squad to battle through their Fifa transfer ban and sustain a challenge for the championship this term.

HIBERNIAN have agreed a two-year contract with ex-Celtic and Manchester United midfielder Liam Miller.

ALEX FERGUSON admits Darren Fletcher’s success as a ball winner can get up the noses of rival managers but has backed his midfielder as one of the fairest players in football.

TOTTENHAM boss Harry Redknapp expects his players to genuinely believe they can reach the Champions League if they can get results against Manchester United and Chelsea in their next two games.

TOM COUGHLAN is having morning coffee and a scone in an almost empty pub by the Lee when the bread man comes in with the daily delivery.

MANCHESTER CITY boss Mark Hughes has warned Arsene Wenger he will win nothing with pretty football.

FURIOUS Alex Ferguson insists Manchester United will force Le Havre to retract their claims that the Premier League champions paid off the parents of a French teenager and said it would be “crazy” to even contemplate such action.

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Alex Ferguson has confirmed England centre-half Rio Ferdinand is in contention for their Barclays Premier League clash with unbeaten Tottenham at White Hart Lane tomorrow evening.

ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has backed Eduardo to beat the boo-boys, but accepted the striker faced more injustice from referees in the penalty area.

CAPTAIN Darren Fletcher admitted Scotland should have had a World Cup play-off spot wrapped up long before last night’s defeat to Holland ended any hope of reaching next summer’s finals.