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Ten great Liverpool/Arsenal moments

[The Telegraph]

Brilliant last-gasp goals

[Daily Mail]

A Robbie Savage fairy tale

[Dirty Tackle]

The Aquilani Arsenal conundrum examined

[Pies]

Get the Zoran Tosic look!

[Kickette]

Benitez spending under the microscope

[Caught Offside]

African Footballer of the Year shortlist

[The Offside]

Ahh, the good old days!

Mark Hughes must have witnessed a fair few Ferguson mind games during his playing days, and it seems that the kindly Scotsman hasn’t forgotten how to put the wind up his former student. As reported in today’s Telegraph, Ferguson said this:

“It can be difficult to pinpoint who would make it as a manager. For instance, nobody here thought Mark Hughes would become a manager, never in a million years… “

The young Jedi will, of course, get his chance to throw eggs on Ferguson’s Yoda face in the Carling Cup semi-final on January 4th.

In other Manchester United-related news, Zoran Tosic is keen to prove to his manager that he’s got what it takes.

“If I can keep playing well and scoring for the reserves, then hopefully that will help me break into the first team.”

And the dream of first team football could well come true in January. Although perhaps not at Man United.

Over in Liverpool, Aquilani will be crossing his fingers ever so tightly in the build up to the weekend’s game against Arsenal. He sent this coded message to Rafa Benitez, via the team’s official site: 

“I hope I can play against Arsenal.”

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Not-unattractive WAG Guilia Siegel is about to star in Germany’s version of I’m a Celebrity. More pictures and info right here.

Manchester Utd have finally completed the transfer of Zoran Tosic and the other Serbain guy
[Football365]

Former Wimbledon striker Marcus Gayle believes Lampard and Gerrard need “20 millimetres of wood”
[The Telegraph]

The top ten Steven Gerrard arrest jokes
[Off The Post]

Joe Kinnear vowed he would stay, but Shay Given wants to quit the Toon
[Sky Sports]

Philipp Lahm to Manchester City?
[Bild]

Eleven players who’ll probably all end up at Man City in January

With just 23 days left until the big day, footballers all over Europe are champing at the bit to leave their current employers behind, in search of lots more money fresh opportunities elsewhere. Here’s eleven stars who are likely to change clubs in early 2009, conveniently arranged into a football team in their own right…

Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, linked to Manchester City)
Juve say they want to keep their star keeper but Buffon says they should cash in if they receive a ridiculous offer. Good news for Joe Hart’s England hopes then.

Wayne Bridge (Chelsea, linked to Manchester City)
Bridge is still behind Cashley Cole in the Chelsea pecking order and Mark Hughes wants to build a world class team. With this vision in mind, one would expect that left backs Michael Ball and Javier Garrido won’t be playing much longer.

Pascal Chimbonda (Sunderland, linked to Lyon)
The man who put in a transfer request just minutes after Wigan’s last game of the season in 2006 seems ready to jump ship again. As Sunderland battle relegation, Chimbonda again proves he has an impeccable sense of timing.

Federico Fazio (Sevilla, linked to Arsenal)
Arsene Wenger has admitted his defence lack height and could sign 6′5 Fazio to shore

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Enjoy today’s links with a musical composition from Will Ferrell and John C Reilly (probably best not to play it if the boss is within earshot)

Why Manchester City are great value at 4/5 to beat PSG
[chickendinner]

Rio Ferdinand “hated” Manchester Utd
[Off The Post]

Lewis Hamilton suffers more racist abuse
[Grid Crasher]

The Gaffer’s pun-tastic advent calendar
[The Gaffer]

Manchester Utd’s imminent signing Zoran Tosic does a Paul Ince and poses with a Manchester Utd shirt
[Daily Mail]

Manchester City’s Spanish transfer targets
[Caught Offside]

Fireball tennis looks like great fun
[Polite Applause]

Fancy some festive WAG fun?
[The Spoiler’s WAGvent Calendar]

Goal compilation with an irritating soundtrack, anyone?

Serbain sensation Zoran Tošić (nicknamed “Bambi” for his scrawny build) is all set to join Manchester Utd in the transfer window, and judging by this video, the 21-year-old has never set foot in the penalty box. He just nails in awesome shots from outside it.

Looks like C-Ron has some fierce competition on the free-kick taking winger front…