DIEGO FORLAN believes his move to Inter Milan has come at the perfect time in his career.

CARLO ANCELOTTI says he is “not interested” in Salomon Kalou’s pleas for first-team football at Stamford Bridge.

MIDFIELDER Stephen Ireland is desperate to repay Newcastle’s faith in him after belatedly making his debut.

It appears two of the Premier League’s greatest rivals have made up, with Patrick Vieira yesterday revealing he and Roy Keane have settled their differences.

Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish does not want his players to be afraid of tackling Ashley Young and his Manchester United team-mates tomorrow.

ALEX FERGUSON convinced Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to become the new coach of Norwegian club Molde, said the former Manchester United striker, as he leaves Old Trafford to take up his new job.

JOHN O’SHEA has backed the Republic of Ireland to qualify for the 2012 European Championship finals.

HOLDERS Manchester United will continue their bid for a third successive Carling Cup win against West Ham at Upton Park after Saturday’s Carling Cup quarter-final draw.

THE role of football agents has come under the spotlight again in the wake of the Wayne Rooney contract saga but Roy Keane insists there are good ones as well as bad.

THE France squad got some shooting practice in yesterday – but not the type they’ll be making at the World Cup finals next month.

FIFA’s general secretary Jerome Valcke has revealed that an investigation into transfer complaints involving English clubs could take years to complete – but that none are as serious as the case which led to a transfer ban on Chelsea.

THE chase to sign Mesut Ozil took a bizarre twist yesterday when a player profile of the Werder Bremen star appeared on Manchester United’s official website.

Kim Milton Nielsen insists he was right to send off Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney for clapping in his face.

GARY NEVILLE fears the ‘diver’ taunt, levelled at him by referee Graham Poll, has turned him into a marked man among the men in black.

WHAT the British couldn’t achieve in 800 years of occupation here has now been secured in less than a decade.

EVERTON have been rocked by the prospect of Duncan Ferguson missing Saturday’s FA Cup tie with Manchester United.

LAST week’s postponed fixtures at both Bolton and Blackburn because of the failure of under-soil heating systems will be investigated by the Premier League.

PERPLEXED Manchester United officials will wait for documentation to arrive from UEFA before deciding what defence to mount on behalf of skipper Roy Keane.

NEWCASTLE defender Titus Bramble could make a surprise UEFA Cup return in Lisbon tomorrow, putting himself in line for the FA Cup semi- final clash with Manchester United.