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Knee-jerkery at its finest.

No, it hit his arm but I'm not surprised it wasn't given, very difficult to see definitely for the officials.

Everton have been shocked by Manuel Fernandes' decision to join Valencia - less than 24 hours after he was their guest at the home game with Blackburn. The Benfica midfielder even spent an hour with chairman and owner Bill Kenwright assuring the Merseysiders that he would be joining them, before apparently heading home. In fact, Fernandes flew to Valencia, and now looks certain to join them for a £12million fee. He had already successfully completed a medical at Goodison Park, and the contracts - which included issues of third-party ownership - were being studied by Premier League officials. Everton boss David Moyes claimed a week ago that Fernandes would "be an Everton player within 24 hours". And as late as Friday the club were expecting clearance for Fernandes to be in their squad for the Blackburn game. But the whole deal has been turned on its head, even though Everton had actually agreed to meet the £12m asking price for 100 per cent of the player. Previously it was believed that they had agreed to pay Benfica £6m for their half of Fernandes, with the third-party owners holding the other 50 per cent. That initially caused problems for the Premier League, who are clamping down on all third-party transfers in the wake of the Carlos Tevez affair, and Everton then moved to buy out the other 50 per cent from the owners. But at the last moment it looks as if Valencia, who play in Spain's Primera Liga where third-party contracts are no problem, have stepped in and offered around £10m for just 50 per cent of the player, which means his owners would retain an interest in the player and any future transfer fees. It is a savage blow to Moyes, who now has a week of the transfer window to find midfield re-enforcement. link

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Apart from setting one up on a plate for Torres and being involved in both goals. You are the YNWA forum Charles Reep.

Palace in £1m plot to help Heinze join Liverpool Crystal Palace were offered an astonishing 'commission', thought to be around £1 million, to act as a go-between in an elaborately conceived transfer plot to get Gabriel Heinze from Manchester United to Liverpool. And now United are demanding that the Football Association investigate Liverpool's role in the affair, which is turning out to be a dramatic follow-up of the Argentine's £8m move to Real Madrid last Thursday. The plan, allegedly thought up by Heinze's representatives, called for Palace to buy the player from United then sell him on to Liverpool. It foundered when the London club refused to cooperate and, instead, made both Manchester United and the Premier League aware of the approach. Palace chief executive Phil Alexander subsequently gave evidence about both the contact and the proposed financial incentive, made by a lawyer named Richard Green purporting to be acting on behalf of Heinze's agents, to the Premier League tribunal who decided to uphold United's stance in refusing to sell the defender to their Merseyside rivals. 'I presented evidence about the approach to the Premier League and to Manchester United. It was up to the League to interpret it as they saw fit,' said Alexander, who also insisted the contact came completely out of the blue without any possible prior inclination that Palace might be willing to co-operate in the matter. Although Heinze's representative Roberto Rodriguez insisted he knew nothing about the approach to Palace, the two-man commission of Premier League chairman Sir Dave Richards and Peter McCormack, a solicitor and former Leeds United director, threw out the South American's claims and backed Alexander's version of what happened, making it a major factor in their decision. Now the Premier League are piecing together a dossier containing all the details about the attempt to involve Palace and will present it to the FA. 'There will obviously be an inquiry,' said a league source. Meanwhile, Sir Alex Ferguson revealed that United would be pressing hard for a full FA investigation into whether Liverpool had any prior knowledge of the convoluted transfer scheme. 'We are certainly investigating that and I would imagine we will be going to the FA,' he insisted. Asked whether United would make an official complaint to the FA, the United manager answered: 'We are investigating Liverpool at this moment in time. That is all I can say. Absolutely, we will take it as far as it goes.' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...amp;ito=newsnow

I think it's because of some dispute at Spanish TV.

To be fair that was mainly coming from one idiot.

33-1

Momo!!!!!

No he hasn't.

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As did the Independent.

Poll?

Mancs are claiming that it was Kuyt who injured Van der Sar in training. http://www.redcafe.net/showthread.php?t=167836

Ferdinand off with a groin strain.

Great strike

Priceless.

Liverpool defender Godwin Antwi could face up to four weeks on the sidelines after sustaining a hamstring injury while on-loan at Hartlepool. The centre-back, who joined Hartlepool on a season-long loan from Liverpool in the summer, picked up the problem in Saturday's 2-1 win over Doncaster. The Ghana-born, who is now poised to play for Spain had headed in Hartlepool's opener at Victoria Park, but he was then forced off after straining his hamstring with 15 minutes remaining. Hartlepool manager Danny Wilson has confirmed the injury, but he is hopeful Antwi will not be out of action for too long. "With a hamstring problem you're usually looking at three to four weeks," Wilson told Hartlepool's official website. "We'll see how he progresses and we're hoping it'll be sooner, but who knows? "It's a bit of a blow, but we have a great squad and this is the type of reason that we carry the squad that we are doing." http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/socc...l.php?ID=129288

I heard a difference......it was a much worse atmosphere than I expected against Chelsea. Pretty poor really.

It was until City just went 1 up.

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I've got a feeling that it might be quite a nasty knock that Gerrard got. He had a long time to run it off but he was still quite badly struggling with it when he came off. It wouldn't surprise me if he is a big doubt for Sunday.

Jose Mourinho says John Terry will return for Chelsea against Liverpool on Sunday. Terry, who has been out with a knee ligament injury, trained on Wednesday and is ready to return to compensate for the loss of Ricardo Carvalho. Carvalho limped out of the action in the first half at Reading on Wednesday night with a knee injury, and Mourinho is expecting to lose him for a long period. He said: "I think I am going to be without Ricardo for a while but John Terry is back. "I lose one central defender but I win another one. John was back in training today with no limitations. He trained for one-and-a-half hours with the reserves in a very competitive situation. "He could have played tonight but I wanted to protect him. He is ready for the next game so Steve McClaren can drink some champagne tonight after that information." http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8...2664575,00.html

Looked like he got his foot trodden on. Hopefully he hasn't done a Rooney.