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City give the people of Manchester the opportunity to walk on Manu Adebayor’s face
[Dirty Tackle]

An exclusive Nemanja Vidic interview
[Red Rants]

Abbey Clancy’s partner will marry Abbey Clancy in St Lucia
[People via Kickette]

Mark Hughes says he’s ready to gatecrash the Big Four
[Daily Mail]

Everton to sell Goodison Park to fund new stadium
[Goal.com]

Peter Reid joins Stoke
[FourFourTwo]

The latest transfer gossip, rumours and damned lies…

Javier Mascherano to Barcelona
Concerned by the departure of Eidur Gudjohnsen, and the fact that Yaya Toure and Seydou Keita will be absent for a large portion of next season thanks to the African Cup of Nations, the Champions of Europe may turn to the Argentinean defensive midfielder. “Few players are rated so highly by the powers that be at Barcelona,” says Spanish paper Sport.

The Spoiler truth-o-meter: Rafa will take some persuading on this one, but the Spanish press seem to think €25m will do the trick.

Edin Dzeko to Arsenal
The Daily Mail believe the Gunners are joining the race for the jewel in Wolfsburg’s Bundesliga-winning

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Vintage YouTube: Jimmy Greaves tries his hand at wrestling in 1986
[Guardian via Pies]

The 2009 FIFA Congress was held in the Bahamas - that must have been gruelling for the attendees
[The Offside]

Milan and Barca are trying to take Nemanja Vidic away from smelly rainy Manchester
[Daily Mail]

Carlo Ancelotti is going to a nunnery
[Dirty Tackle]

Are 92 tattoos of autographs from your favourite sporting heroes excessive? Maybe a little
[Deadspin]

Manchester City target Peruvian midfielder Roberto Merino, aka ‘Little Maradona’
[Goal.com]

behind the scenes of Abbey Clancy’s new viral video
[YouTube]

The games that have made this season worth watching

Now that Manchester Utd have pretty much put the final nail in the coffin of the 2008/09 Premier League title race, it’s high time that we start peddling out some end of season lists. Accordingly, here is a top ten of the campaign’s most entertaining matches, which somehow includes a game involving West Brom…

#10: West Brom 3 - 2 West Ham, 13th September

Gianfranco Zola must have been wondering what he’d signed himself up for, watching his first West Ham game from the stands before taking over as manager. A game with a neutral-baiting mix of awful defending and open attacking play, both teams managed to lose their lead twice before an 83rd minute West Brom counter attack saw Chris Brunt sprint free of the Hammers’ defence and clinically place one inside the far post.

#9: Fulham 0 - 0 Sunderland, 18th October

Sunderland’s early visit to Craven Cottage should go down as the best goalless game of the season. Fulham’s goalmouth literally took a battering. Kieron Richardson, taking time off from his usual job of lying on a physio’s table somewhere, had his 25-yard free-kick bounce between the posts twice (before having another free-kick goal disallowed) and Djibril Cisse’s rasping long ranger was saved by the crossbar. However, the Cottagers created their own opportunities in the back-and-forth battle, with Zoltan Gera having a shot cleared off the line from Pascal Chimbonda before spurning his team’s best chance with a Carragher-esque air kick.

#8: Fulham 2 - 0 Manchester Utd, 21st March

It’s testament to how crap United were

Serbian’s wife wants to leave rain and “joyless fans” behind

Back in March, Nemanja Vidic rubbished rumours of a move away from stinky rainy Manchester to beautiful and not-at-all-dull-and-industrial Milan. “He loves it in Manchester and will stay put,” reasoned his agent.

However, Spanish paper Mundo Deportivo are today claiming that Vidic, via a person he trusts, has “offered himself” to Barcelona. Furthermore, the article states that Vidic has made Manchester Utd aware of his desire to leave.

Mundo claim the transfer request comes on the insistence of his wife Ana Ivanovic, who is, sadly, no relation to the hot tennis player. Apparently, she no longer wants to put up with the “inhospitable climate” of Manchester, and seeks a sunnier home in Italy or Spain.

Vidic, under contract until 2012, would probably cost the Catalan giants around £30m.

Manchester Utd/Porto, UCL Quarter-final 1st leg, 7.45pm, ITV1

Alex Ferguson couldn’t really have asked for a better draw in the Champions League, and equally, Porto couldn’t have asked for a worse one. But who will make the Red Devils starting lineup at Old Trafford tonight?

Here’s our selection:

We’ve thrown in a curveball by in the form of bloke-you’d-never-heard-of-last-week Federico Macheda. We think he may start ahead of Carlos Tevez, who may be wheezing from Sunday’s match and the ill-fated high altitude international match in Bolivia.

Let us know your thoughts by adding your preferred lineup in the comments section below…

Another great night for English clubs in Europe

Manchester Utd 2/ Inter Milan 0 (2-0 agg)
Thanks to an early effort from Nemanja Vidic and Ronaldo’s 49th minute header, we were spared the possibility of seeing a well-dressed Portuguese man sliding down the touchline in the dying minutes. Manchester Utd looked a tad shaky at times, but still completely unstoppable.

Roma 1/ Arsenal 0 (agg 1-1, Arsenal win 7-6 on pens)
Plenty of drama in the inhospitable surroundings of the Stadio Olympico last night, but a mixture of confidence and incredible luck has ensured the Gunners a place in the final eight.

Spoiler bonus: Highlights of Barcelona’s emphatic victory and Porto’s much less emphatic draw after the jump…

Patrick Vieira will line up against Manchester United again tonight

Jose Mourinho has decided to start Patrick Vieira and Mario Balotelli against Manchester United tonight while Walter Samuel returns to the Inter Milan defence. Carlos Tevez’ reward for scoring twice against Fulham is a place on the bench while Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes both start in midfield.

Arsene Wenger has named the same eleven players for Arsenal that started the 1-0 win over Roma a fortnight ago. As well as indicating that the Frenchman doesn’t intend to adopt a safety-first approach, it means he has Theo Walcott and Eduardo waiting in the wings to make an impact of the bench.