AFTER sharing a dressing room with Wayne Rooney for 18 months, nothing the England star does comes as a surprise to John O’Shea anymore.

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

STEVEN GERRARD revealed his pride at being made England captain for tonight's friendly in Sweden as he set his sights on emulating his central midfield role models Patrick Vieira and Roy Keane.

BLACKBURN are bracing themselves for a third Chelsea bid for Damien Duff after rejecting two previous offers in three days this week.

RUUD VAN NISTELROOY has Sir Alex Ferguson to thank for getting him over the goalscoring blues.

LEE BOWYER’S advisors yesterday confirmed the former West Ham and Leeds midfielder is in talks with “a couple of clubs” as the race to secure his services hots up.

IRELAND’S rugby captain Brian O’Driscoll has expressed annoyance at the media intrusion into his personal life.

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For the German media, the No 1 story in football will be played out tonight. Steve Aldridge reports from Munich.

Simon Stone

THERE are certain aspects of Irish politics that have a lot in common with that inane television programme I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! with the glaring exception that the latter has an unfathomable attraction for millions of television viewers.

GRAEME SOUNESS has come out fighting as he bids to keep Damien Duff from quitting Blackburn for Chelsea.

THE prophets of doom who would consign Manchester United to the scrap-heap will find no comfort here.

STAR performers such as Hardy Eustace, Harbour Pilot and Moscow Flyer are likely to be attracted by record prize money of €1.7m at the four-day Punchestown Festival next month.