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Spain should get Alonso on.

I agree. I think rotation is absolutely necessary in the modern club game but can be a disadvantage at an international tournament.

Yes, because a six game maximum international tournament is just the same as a fifty or sixty game domestic season.

Won me £60 that did.

Spanish striker David Villa, fresh from hitting the first hattrick at Euro-2008 in his country's thrashing of Russia, has suffered a hairline fracture of his right index finger, Spanish Football Federation spokeswoman Paloma Antoranz said Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT "He has a hairline fracture which will not prevent him from playing in the next match" Saturday against Sweden, Antoranz told AFP after the Valencia striker had a radiography session. Villa picked up the injury as he celebrated his first goal along with strike partner Fernando Torres. "It's nothing serious. I was celebrating my first goal with Fernando and I caught my finger on his shirt. It hurt a bit," said Villa. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080611/sp_so...lBIRpUAyiJ2yLQF

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What difference would an extra £2 million have made? Utd had their bid accepted but Ramsey chose to go to Arsenal. His decision had nothing to do with the size of Utd's bid.

Those terms are hardly the same as "yanks" though are they? "Yanks" isn't racist.

He's done well our Dirk. I'm made up for him.

Completely agree. There are some right pricks in this thread who couldn't wait to jump all over this.

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The future of Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry looks uncertain after it emerged that his opposite number at Manchester City has been approached about his job. Last season Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks labelled Parry a failure and called on him to resign. Now the Hicks camp have asked Alistair Mackintosh if he would consider a switch. With Mackintosh unsettled by life under Thaksin Shinawatra at City, a move to Liverpool would be attractive. The nature of his role at City is unclear after the appointment of executive chairman Gary Cook. If Parry is to keep his job, he must hope that Hicks loses his power struggle with co-owner George Gillett. Hicks' plan to replace Parry will go through if he can persuade his business partner and former friend to sell his stake in Liverpool. Mackintosh will be seen as a surprise choice in some quarters but it is understood that Hicks has been impressed by the manner in which the 37-year-old chief executive raised City's profile until the sale of the club to Thaksin by former chairman John Wardle last summer. With Liverpool due to move to a new stadium in nearby Stanley Park in the coming years, Hicks also feels that Mackintosh's experience in relocating City to the City of Manchester Stadium could be a benefit. http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/footba...l.html?ITO=1490

The foreign players in cricket are non-EU so it is a completely different situation.

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The Football Association is considering a ground-breaking appeal after Sir Alex Ferguson and Carlos Queiroz escaped censure yesterday for their outspoken criticism of the referee Martin Atkinson and the referee's chief, Keith Hackett. An independent commission cleared Manchester United's management team of improper conduct following a personal hearing into outbursts that stemmed from the club's FA Cup defeat by Portsmouth in March. Ferguson and Queiroz had been expected to receive a substantial fine at the hearing; a touchline ban was beyond the commission's powers. To the dismay of the FA, however, the charges were "found not proved", leaving a spokesman to admit last night, "We are surprised and disappointed", and the FA to consider its right to appeal against the commission's findings for the first time since the disciplinary procedure changed last summer. At a time of widespread calls for greater respect towards referees the FA is concerned the decision will set a precedent for next season. It has asked to see the commission's report before announcing its next step. The charges related to comments Ferguson and Queiroz made in the immediate aftermath of United's 1-0 defeat in March, when both were incensed by Atkinson's handling of the game and particularly his decision not to penalise Sylvain Distin for body-checking Cristiano Ronaldo inside the penalty area. Condemning Atkinson and Hackett, the general manager of Professional Game Match Officials, the United manager said: "Managers get sacked because of things like that and he's going to referee a game next week. He [Hackett] is not doing his job properly and he needs to be assessed ... that performance today should not be accepted by our game." Queiroz arguably went further, accusing Atkinson of being "a robber". http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/ma...p;feed=football

Cardiff City have rejected offers from Arsenal and Liverpool for Aaron Ramsey, the 17-year-old midfielder who is also on Manchester United's radar. It is understood that the offers, both believed to be worth close to £5m, were turned down because Cardiff are seeking a more substantial sum up front, with the Championship club reluctant to agree a deal in which the bulk of the fee is linked closely to the teenager's development. Arsenal and Liverpool are expected to return with improved offers but there is likely to be competition from a number of other Premier League clubs, including Everton, Portsmouth, Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur. United are also continuing to monitor the situation, although the lack of first-team opportunities at Old Trafford, and at Arsenal and Liverpool for that matter, is likely to be uppermost in Ramsey's mind when he makes a decision. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/ma...p;feed=football

He's scored 36 in 327 league games, most of those in the last four seasons since he's been taking villa's penalties.

If it wasn't for your confirmed family connections I would swear you're a wind up merchant.

Excellent.

The first Liverpool team was entirely non-English. I want to see the best players not overvalued mediocre English players. It won't happen anyway.