NO SURPRISES when it comes to the issue which dominated water-cooler talk for the last few days. Anyone who saw Eduardo’s horrific leg-break in the Arsenal-Birmingham City game last week in the Premier League last week isn’t likely to forget it in a hurry.

ALEX FERGUSON has admitted he considered working abroad but the appeal of Manchester United proved too strong.

NEWCASTLE were yesterday closing in on their man as they stepped up efforts to lure Harry Redknapp to St James’ Park.

ENGLAND boss Fabio Capello took his four-man coaching team on a tour of Wembley yesterday and pledged to do his utmost to deliver a winning team to “one of world football’s greatest stadiums”.

MIKAEL SILVESTRE admits his rehabilitation from a serious knee injury has been “boring” and cannot wait to return to action with Manchester United.

NON-LEAGUE Havant & Waterlooville could face a trip to Anfield to take Liverpool in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

MANCHESTER UNITED is to unveil a record gross turnover of €328m, establishing it as one of the world’s richest football clubs.

SUNDERLAND boss Roy Keane insists he will not sign players looking for easy money during the January transfer window.

DIMITAR BERBATOV has called for an end to speculation linking him with a transfer from Tottenham and has revealed his determination to win a trophy at White Hart Lane.

WITH our chief soccer correspondent Liam Mackey still called away on other duties, Allan Prosser rises from the bench for a second week to arbitrate on the slings and arrows of outrageous opinions from our contributors.

WHAT price does a football club place on the FA Cup in the modern age of squad rotation and expanded cup competitions?

ANDY RITCHIE might not be the ideal person to ask when it comes to discussing the romance of the FA Cup, not least because the Huddersfield Town manager’s heart was broken by it no less than four times during his playing career.

WAYNE ROONEY does not subscribe to the Dave Kitson theory about the FA Cup.

A sunshine break with warm-weather training often awaits teams who find themselves idle on FA Cup weekends.

NEWCASTLE United supporters make no secret of the fact that they have a particular affinity for the FA Cup, more than half a century after the black and white ribbons were last draped on the famous old trophy.

CHELSEA coach Avram Grant remains tight-lipped over the expected arrival of Nicolas Anelka but has dismissed suggestions linking the club with Dimitar Berbatov.

ALEX FERGUSON has given an insight into how much Wayne Rooney loves his football — and Manchester United in particular.

GARETH BARRY believes new England coach Fabio Capello could become a regular visitor to Aston Villa given the depth of young homegrown talent at the midlands club.

NEWCASTLE manager Sam Allardyce admits he faces a fight to lift dressing-room morale after it plummeted to the lowest point of his troubled reign.

TOTTENHAM head coach Juande Ramos has warned potential bidders for Dimitar Berbatov that they would have to break the British transfer record to sign the striker.