AVRAM GRANT is allowing his Chelsea team to do all the talking for him as they continue to strut the Premier League stage like potential champions.

MANCHESTER UNITED rookie Danny Simpson admits he is living a dream just now.

CHELSEA have been fined £30,000, severely censured and warned as to their future conduct for failing to control their players during the Barclays Premier League match against Manchester United.

STAND-IN skipper Ryan Giggs is confident Manchester United can cope with a growing injury list.

IPSWICH maintain there has been “no approach” from David Beckham’s camp for the ex-England captain to train with them during Los Angeles Galaxy’s close season.

The Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey likes a good argument when he hears it, and he’s got strong views of his own.

MARK CLATTENBURG has been left off the list of refereeing appointments for next weekend’s Premier League fixtures but neither the league nor his own governing body will confirm it is as a result of his performance in the Merseyside derby last Saturday.

ARSENAL skipper William Gallas expects nothing less than silverware this season — and insists there is every chance of going one better in the Champions League than he did with Chelsea.

EDWIN VAN DER SAR is relishing Manchester United’s latest foray into Eastern Europe.

ALEX FERGUSON is backing his fallen stars to recover from their international disappointments by firing Manchester United to victory at Aston Villa today.

ARSENAL could be without leading scorer Robin van Persie for a month after the Holland striker suffered a knee injury on international duty.

GROUNDED ROBIN: Striker Robin van Persie could be out for a month through injury and miss games with Slavia Prague, Liverpool and Manchester United.

ON a human level, you had to feel for Steve Staunton on Wednesday night.

STAFFORD Group’s Lifestyle Sports has announced a €150 million investment strategy to make it one of the largest branded sports retailers in Europe by 2012.

ROY KEANE has admitted consulting England’s sports psychologist Bill Beswick, but insists he has no intention of making a similar appointment at Sunderland.

ROY KEANE believes midfielder Liam Miller should go straight into the Ireland side following a hugely impressive performance against Arsenal yesterday.

AS Louis Saha, the Manchester United forward whose limbs appear to be crafted from finest bone china, limped off the Old Trafford pitch complaining of a knee injury moments before kick-off on Saturday, it simply underlined what many have suspected of Sir Alex Ferguson’s squad: that he continues to lack a true centre-forward capable of delivering the important silverware this season.

A SISTER of the late soccer legend George Best yesterday described him as a person that could never say no.

RAFAEL BENITEZ has demanded his stunned Liverpool stars “show their character” in a spell of matches that could define their season.

FIT-AGAIN Louis Saha is desperate for the chance to fire Manchester United towards major honours this season.