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.

DAVID BECKHAM has returned to the England side after a four-game absence for the friendly international with Austria in Vienna tomorrow.

ROY KEANE believes there has been an over-reaction to Joey Barton’s thigh-high challenge on Dickson Etuhu — and that football is in danger of going soft.

TOTTENHAM fan Dave Kitson could not help but be impressed by the way Arsenal took Reading apart at the Madejski Stadium — and hailed Arsene Wenger’s men as the “best on the planet”.