Tuesday, September 17, 2013

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Manchester United’s Champions League finals
Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher claims nobody wants to grow-up to be like Man Utd stalwart Gary Neville
Spurs old boy Gareth Bale considers buying Arsenal star Mesut Ozil’s old house in Madrid
Aleksandar Kolarov: ‘Man City players are looking forward to Vincent Kompany’s return’
Arsenal ready to pay £11m for Liverpool target Kyriakos Papadopoulos
Video: The Jonjo Shelvey Show (Swansea 2-2 Liverpool)
GIF It: Liverpool fan falls over the hoardings
Video: More footage of Manchester United training ahead of Bayer Leverkusen match
Football Lookalikes: Man Utd pair Maroune Fellaini and Wayne Rooney vs Home Alone

Manchester United’s Champions League finals

Posted: 17 Sep 2013 02:48 AM PDT

Another Champions League season group stage gets underway this evening. Premier League champions Manchester United are at home to Bayer Leverkusen. The German side beat United in the 2002 Champions League semi-final, and David Moyes will be hoping they don’t cause any such problems as he attempts to make his first Champions League campaign a […]

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher claims nobody wants to grow-up to be like Man Utd stalwart Gary Neville

Posted: 17 Sep 2013 01:13 AM PDT

Jamie Carragher reduced the Monday Night Football team to fits of laughter with his assertion that no-one wants to grow-up to be Gary Neville. The Liverpool legend was initially making a general point about most full-backs being failed wingers or failed centre-backs. But, spotting he had touched a nerve with professional right-back Neville, he hammered […]

Spurs old boy Gareth Bale considers buying Arsenal star Mesut Ozil’s old house in Madrid

Posted: 17 Sep 2013 12:49 AM PDT

Former Tottenham star Gareth Bale is thinking about buying the former Madrid home of Arsenal’s record signing Mesut Ozil. After his protracted summer transfer saga, the Welshman is hoping for a simpler deal when it comes to snapping up Ozil’s £1m pad. Ozil has already put his former home on the market for rent or […]

Aleksandar Kolarov: ‘Man City players are looking forward to Vincent Kompany’s return’

Posted: 17 Sep 2013 12:37 AM PDT

Manchester City left-back Aleksandar Kolarov says the squad are looking forward to welcoming captain Vincent Kompany back into the team. The Belgium international has been out of action since limping off during the club’s Premier League opener against Newcastle. But he is expected to be fit to start tonight’s Champions League opener against Czech side […]

Arsenal ready to pay £11m for Liverpool target Kyriakos Papadopoulos

Posted: 17 Sep 2013 12:20 AM PDT

Arsenal are preparing an £11m bid to beat Premier League rivals Liverpool to the signing of Schalke defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos. It’s not clear whether Brendan Rodgers side will launch a bid of their own. The Reds were heavily linked with the Greece international but, having signed PSG’s Mamdou Sakho and Sporting Lisbon’s Tiago Ilori, Rodgers […]

Video: The Jonjo Shelvey Show (Swansea 2-2 Liverpool)

Posted: 17 Sep 2013 12:09 AM PDT

Jonjo Shelvey played a part in all four goals as his current club Swansea drew 2-2 with former club Liverpool. The England international look set for the perfect reunion with the side he left this summer when he broke into the box and scored the opener after just two minutes. But he then managed two […]

GIF It: Liverpool fan falls over the hoardings

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 12:23 PM PDT

What lengths would you go to to get your hands on a t-shirt worn by Daniel Sturridge? For this Liverpool supporter, the answer was some painful bruises, an embarrassing fall and humiliation in front of your peers and a global TV audience.

Video: More footage of Manchester United training ahead of Bayer Leverkusen match

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 08:19 AM PDT

Following the short clip of the warm-up we brought you earlier, here is a longer video of Manchester United’s training session this morning. The players are preparing for tomorrow’s Champions League opener against Bayer Leverkusen. Japan international Shinji Kagawa was back in training after recovering from a bout of flu. The injured Phil Jones and […]