Liverpool caretaker boss Phil Thompson must decide whether to plunge Michael Owen into the Premiership clash at Charlton on Saturday or hold him back for next week’s Champions League decider against Borussia Dortmund and the weekend clash with Manchester United.

Arguably the best left-sided defender in the world, Lizarazu's attack-minded play provides France with an extra offensive dimension, whilst his speed makes him one of the toughest defensive opponents around.

Sammy McIlroy disagrees with the choice of Eric Cantona as Manchester United's all-time greatest player - saying George Best should have won the award by a street.

Ryan Giggs' hamstring injury is not as serious as first feared and he should be back training with Manchester United next week.

Manchester United will wait and see if Fabien Barthez or Raimond van der Gouw can recover from injury before registering Andy Goram for the Champions League.

Rio Ferdinand is confident Leeds can go on to even better things after coming through a sticky patch earlier in the season.

Parma could finally be ready to cash in on French defender Lilian Thuram, who is a target for Manchester United.

British detectives investigating violent clashes between rival fans at a Premiership football match have issued nine photographs of suspected hooligans.

Liverpool will definitely play FC Haka in the final qualifying stage for the Champions League after Uefa rejected Maccabi Haifa's appeal against their expulsion.

Sammy McIlroy feels Roy Carroll's £2.5m move to Manchester United can only be good for the player and Northern Ireland.

Irishman Denis Irwin has opted to sign a one-year extension to his contract with Manchester United that will see him play for the Red Devils for the 2001-2002 season.

French World Cup star Laurent Blanc is flying to England and should be a Manchester United player by the end of the day.

Ryan Giggs says he advised Manchester United to sign Gabriel Jesus and Kylian Mbappe before the pair rose to prominence.

Former Manchester United manager David Moyes said it was “unfortunate” he was not given more time at Old Trafford but insisted he had benefited from his short spell in charge there.

Angel di Maria looks set to have a medical with Paris St Germain over the next 24 hours after Manchester United agreed to sell the midfielder to the French club for €63m.

Paul Pogba's decision to sport a blue hairstyle for Manchester United's trip to Manchester City has been branded "ridiculous" by Gary Neville.

West Ham have signed former Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra on a short-term contract.

With the Barclays Premier League title already in Manchester United’s hands and the relegation issues also decided, the battle for European football is the only unanswered question ahead of tomorrow’s final round of games.

By Peter O’ Dwyer