FORMER Manchester United midfielder Karel Poborsky has been named general manager of Dynamo Ceske Budejovice in his native Czech Republic.

ROY KEANE has been offered some dates at the end of the season to play the testimonial which was agreed as part of his severance package with Manchester United.

RYAN GIGGS maintains he is still hungry for success - and refuses to accept Chelsea have left Manchester United behind in English football’s power battle.

KEVIN KEEGAN fears the dominance of English football’s ‘big three’ clubs threatens to kill the popularity of the sport.

MARK HALSEY has been handed the task of refereeing the potentially explosive Carling Cup tie between Manchester United and Arsenal on December 1.

BOLTON manager Sam Allardyce yesterday snapped up Brazilian striker Mario Jardel, and then received a further pre-season boost from another of his foreign stars, when Jay-Jay Okocha announced he will only play in competitive matches for Nigeria.

JIM SMITH’S future as assistant manager at Portsmouth is in doubt as the fall-out from executive director Velimir Zajec’s appointment continues.

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UNDER-FIRE Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre has insisted his future remains at Old Trafford despite widespread criticism of his recent performances.

DAVID BELLION last night completed his loan move to Nice after Manchester United allowed him to end his loan spell at West Ham and return to his native France for the season.

DAVID MOYES believes his Everton side is good enough to rub shoulders with the high and mighty of the Premiership.

ALEX FERGUSON has waded into the great Manchester United takeover debate by telling Malcolm Glazer he is not wanted at Old Trafford.

OLE Gunnar Solskjaer is hoping to extend his Manchester United career beyond the end of his current contract in 2006.

FABIEN BARTHEZ yesterday admitted he would like to finish his career between the posts with Marseille.

Celtic earned a small measure of revenge over Manchester United for the poaching of Liam Miller by snatching young Canada star Jacob Lensky from under the nose of Alex Ferguson.

LIVERPOOL boss Rafael Benitez and captain Steven Gerrard have been named the Barclays Premier League manager and player of the month for March.

CHELSEA boss Avram Grant was dealt another goalkeeping blow when Carlo Cudicini was forced off in the first half against Fenerbahce.

CARLOS TEVEZ was accused of stamping on Portsmouth defender Hermann Hreidarsson before playing his part in the penalty shoot-out that earned Manchester United the FA Community Shield yesterday.

MANCHESTER United will face no further action over their conduct at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

FIFA yesterday announced they will not take any formal action against Real Madrid over Manchester United’s complaint about the Spanish club’s pursuit of Cristiano Ronaldo.