THE Special One eyeing the exit? Say it ain’t so, Jose.

THE chances of England midfielder Owen Hargreaves joining Manchester United in the summer have become even more remote with Bayern Munich set to lose the services of several midfielders.

DUTCH striker Dirk Kuyt would be happy to commit the rest of his career to Liverpool.

ARSENE WENGER has always known that he will eventually have to confront a future which does not include Thierry Henry, but he could never have expected that day to arrive so soon.

TEENAGE prodigy Freddy Adu must wait until next June to learn whether Manchester United will try to sign him.

ALEX FERGUSON has no personal grudge against Gareth Southgate but he is adamant the Middlesbrough manager should not be in the home dugout when Manchester United visit the Riverside today.

ARSENE WENGER accepts everyone is entitled to their opinion on how to get the best out of his Arsenal side — but declared “I will do it my way”.

MARTIN JOL took weeks to recover from losing a Champions League place to Arsenal last season but believes coming so close shows Tottenham are closing the gap on their neighbours.

CHARLTON goalkeeper Stephan Andersen will join Danish side Brondby in January.

TOTTENHAM striker Jermain Defoe “is going nowhere” according to his manager, Martin Jol.

ALEX FERGUSON has revealed Tim Howard could still have a future at Manchester United.

ARSENE WENGER accepts Arsenal’s campaign is about to face the “moment of truth”.

REAL MADRID sporting director Predrag Mijatovic believes the possibility of finally winning some silverware with the Spanish giants will lead David Beckham to extend his contract at the club.

JOSE MOURINHO has warned Manchester United the hard work starts here if Alex Ferguson’s men are to hold off his defending champions and take the Barclays Premiership title back to Old Trafford.

BAYERN MUNICH chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has accused Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich of stifling the competitiveness of European football.

ARSENAL expect Thierry Henry to return for Tuesday’s trip to Fulham but manager Arsene Wenger insists they are anything but a one-man team.

ROY KEANE reckons Stephen Elliott could play in goal — and still get his name on the scoresheet.

FOOTBALL and politics are so inextricably linked in Italy that it was no surprise when Silvio Berlusconi fainted while delivering a speech on Sunday and had to be whisked off to hospital for a check-up.

BEFORE Tuesday night’s game at Celtic Park, Gordon Strachan intimated that the Premiership was over-hyped, something I totally agree with him about, and that the SPL wasn’t that far behind it.

IT’S official. He says so himself. Arsene Wenger is a bad loser. He’ll have enhanced the role at the Reebok on Saturday night.