LOUIS SAHA has been ruled out for four weeks with a hamstring strain.

MAN UTD have the cash to be in the fight to sign the best players in Europe this summer.

ROBERT GREEN admits the West Ham players “deserve to be shot” if they slide out of the Barclays Premiership without a fight.

Arsenal 2 Reading 1

Liverpool 0 Man Utd 1

DIRK KUYT has vowed that Liverpool will bounce back from the misery of home defeat by bitter enemies Manchester United to knock Barcelona out of the Champions League.

ALAN CURBISHLEY’S week has lunged from one crisis to the next, with West Ham hit by a Premier League charge over the signing of Argentina internationals Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano.

CHELSEA will almost certainly escape a massive fine despite admitting a Football Association charge of failing to control their players.

PREMIER League chiefs will urge the sport’s rule-makers this weekend to consider using video technology pioneered by Hawk-Eye to end uncertainty over goal-line decisions.

NEWCASTLE are determined to ensure midfielder Emre is given a fair trial as he attempts to fight allegations of racism.

MANCHESTER UNITED’S controversial Champions League tie with Lille remained in the spotlight yesterday, with FIFA president Sepp Blatter coming under fire for his criticism of the stadium used to hold last week’s fractious first leg.

RIO FERDINAND will use a close encounter with Liverpool’s fans as his motivation when Manchester United attempt to claim a vital three points at Anfield on Saturday.

CHELSEA insist John Terry’s scans since the Carling Cup final are part of the “routine” assessment following a head injury.

CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho has criticised the Premier League and the FA for a fixture clash which robbed them of the chance to pile the pressure on new champions Manchester United.

A MAN once voted the country’s top GAA fan kicked off a campaign yesterday for Cork to twin with Sunderland.

MASSIMO ODDO has clear ideas on how to cope with Cristiano Ronaldo when AC Milan welcome Manchester United in the return leg of the Champions League semi-final tomorrow night.

WITH their team rampant on multiple fronts, Manchester United fans have been contemplating a repeat of 1999 in recent days but Denis Irwin was yesterday pointing to the cautionary tale that was 1995.

ITALY World Cup-winning midfielder Gennaro Gattuso should be available for AC Milan’s Champions League semi-final return match with Man Utd on Wednesday — but veteran defender Paolo Maldini is a possible absentee.

JOSE MOURINHO has re-ignited his war of words with Cristiano Ronaldo by accusing the Manchester United winger of being immature and ill-educated.

WHEN Wes Brown told goalscoring hero John O’Shea that Manchester United were on the verge of seizing control in the title battle, the Waterford man thought it was a wind-up.