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ROONEY OUT FOR TWO TO THREE WEEKS

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has said striker Wayne Rooney will be out for two to three weeks with the ankle injury he picked up playing against Bayern Munich on Tuesday. Rooney's injury was confirmed as a minor ligament strain by the club yesterday and Ferguson said in Friday morning's press briefing that the England international would be back within three weeks. That rules Rooney out of the second leg of the Champions...

Owen Hargreaves could be back in the Manchester United squad to face Chelsea on Saturday. Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that he is considering bringing Hargreaves - who has not played a first-team game since September 2008 after undergoing surgery to both knees - and John...

GALLAS SET TO MISS REST OF SEASON

Arsenal are counting the cost of their incredible draw with Barcelona after both Cesc Fabregas and William Gallas suffered potentially season-ending injuries. Fabregas limped away from the Emirates on crutches after voicing fears that he has broken his leg. The Arsenal captain will undergo an exploratory...

Now That`s What We Call Drama...

I'll go out on a limb here and say that one of the qualifiers for the Champions League semi-finals will come from Ligue 1. But none of the quarter-final first legs proved decisive, which is exactly how it should be. Better than that, it has been a treat to watch the games so far. Reading reactions to Wednesday...

Stuck With Berbatov? Poor Things...

It's tempting to see Wayne Rooney's injury as the pivotal moment in Manchester United's season - after all, how could they possibly hope to beat Chelsea and Bayern Munich without the media-appointed Best Player In The World? What hope do they have of glory when the only player available to take his...

Dean Finally Pays The Penalty

*Gasp* - the Penalty Man got one wrong. Mike Dean, who trains at home dangling a yo-yo from one finger to make sure he gets the gesticulation of pointing to the spot just right, awarded a pen to Blackburn for a foul by Brian Jensen on an onrushing Martin Olssen.Let's get one thing clear here - it is not a...

Johnny And Al`s Football On Telly...

We caught a bit of Time Of Our Lives on Sky - one of the best, Nottingham Forest, featuring Shilts, Kenny Burns and Larry Lloyd. Larry is seriously massive these days, Kenny Burns now looks uncannily like Rene from 'Allo 'Allo, Shilts seemed to be constantly on the verge of doing a huge, programme-ending...