FREDDIE Ljungberg has admitted Arsenal’s title chances ‘do not look that great’ ahead of their “must-win” clash with Premiership leaders Chelsea at Highbury on Sunday.

MANCHESTER United Plc is bigger than David Beckham.

JOSE MOURINHO yesterday urged Scott Parker to be patient and promised the unsettled England international he would soon be given his chance to shine in Chelsea’s midfield.

MANCHESTER UNITED have rejected reports that winger Cristiano Ronaldo is stalling on contract talks.

RAFAEL BENITEZ insists he is focused on Liverpool ending the season in style rather than on securing a new deal.

THE FAI are involved in a tug-of-war with German authorities over the availability of Borussia Dortmund player Patrick Kohlman for Monday’s U-21 friendly international between Ireland and Germany in Turners Cross.

JENS LEHMANN’S penalty save will rightly earn him the glory and the headlines but Arsenal’s progress to the Champions League Final could not have been any sweeter for their under-pressure defender Sol Campbell.

ARSENE WENGER has never been one to mix his words, but admits sometimes they get lost in translation.

PAUL SCHOLES has banished the demons that haunted him for seven months and Ryan Giggs believes Manchester United’s “ginger prince” could now give Chelsea and Arsenal a severe scare.

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MANCHESTER United’s new owner Malcolm Glazer is set to hike ticket prices by more than 50% over the next five years.

ALEX FERGUSON is convinced the potent combination of youth and the predatory powers of Ruud van Nistelrooy can turn Manchester United into a European force once more.

CELTIC manager Martin O’Neill insists outward-bound midfielder Liam Miller still has an important role to play for the Parkhead club before he leaves for Manchester United at the end of the season.

ALEX FERGUSON will keep Wayne Rooney straining at the leash today as Manchester United look to maintain the winning habit at Tottenham.

ALEX FERGUSON anticipates the 100% backing of Manchester United’s disgruntled fans when he re-enters the Old Trafford cauldron for tonight’s Champions League clash with Benfica.

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.

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ALAN PARDEW has dismissed talk of a rift between strikers Jermain Defoe and Ireland’s David Connolly during his first two days in charge of West Ham.

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Chelsea midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron has responded to speculation linking him with Inter Milan by admitting he would relish the challenge of joining the Serie A giants.