ROBBIE SAVAGE has backed his Blackburn team-mates or fellow FA Cup semi-finalists Watford to gatecrash a potential Manchester United-Chelsea final.

The Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey likes a good argument

TOTTENHAM striker Dimitar Berbatov is confident of getting a result at Chelsea and ending Jose Mourinho’s hopes of a quadruple.

LILLE have decided to end their protest against Ryan Giggs’ winning goal for Manchester United in the first leg of their Champions League tie a fortnight ago.

ALEX FERGUSON is convinced the sheer speed of Cristiano Ronaldo’s feet will rob the Manchester United winger of penalties.

This week Examiner soccer correspondent Liam Mackey steps into the latest installment of the Roy Keane wars.

ENGLAND coach Steve McClaren has rejected reports of a rift with star striker Wayne Rooney.

SOCCER player was awarded £1.5 million (€2.2m) yesterday after suing a surgeon for ruining his career.

IF the GAA’s decision to open Croke Park to rugby was historic, the significance of today’s soccer match in the heartland of Gaelic sport is mind boggling.

SCOTT SEVERIN knows only too well how lethal Kris Boyd can be in front of goal — and he believes the striker can fire Scotland to Euro 2008 qualification glory.

WALES defender Danny Collins insists all the pressure will be on the Republic of Ireland in tomorrow’s historic Euro 2008 qualifIer at Croke Park.

RYAN GIGGS led his Wales troops into Dublin yesterday insisting that the fear of failure is the driving force in his career.

MANCHESTER United’s crucial Premiership showdown with Chelsea has been re-arranged for Wednesday, May 9.

MANCHESTER UNITED are circling the wagons to protect Cristiano Ronaldo.

JAMIE CARRAGHER admitted Liverpool are currently “a level behind” Manchester United and Chelsea — but he hopes the gap can be bridged with the players who will be brought in during the summer.

WAYNE Rooney is “likely” to marry his childhood sweetheart Coleen McLoughlin next summer, sources revealed yesterday.

CALEB FOLAN is the only confirmed casualty for Steve Staunton after a busy weekend of football in Britain, but the Irish manager still has to sweat through tonight’s FA Cup replays before his squad gather in Dublin for the European Championship qualifier against Wales on Saturday.

IN my hotel in Bootle the morning after Liverpool had knocked Barcelona out of the Champions League at Anfield, a large group of Asian supporters, resplendent in red, were happily chatting away over breakfast.

WEST HAM defender Lucas Neill insists all the club’s players are pulling together for the Barclays Premiership strugglers.

CHELSEA midfielder Mikel John Obi’s contract with former club Lyn Oslo is being investigated by Norwegian police.