Ipswich Town have become the latest club interested in signing defender Sean St Ledger from Leicester City after the defender had been put on the transfer list following a Boxing Day fall-out with manager Nigel Pearson.
Reading manager Brian McDermott has encountered another obstacle in his bid to keep hold of midfielder Jimmy Kebe as Premier League side Stoke are the latest club to announce their interest in the Malian winger who is out of contract in the summer.
After taking Queens Park Rangers from the odyssey of mid table in the Championship to the Premiership in little over a year, many would have been forgiven for thinking Neil Warnock would be given time in the limelight of the Premier League. Think again.
Barcelona’s emphatic victory against Santos in the World Club Championship last month only confirmed what every football fan on the planet already knew.
At a packed and expectant Etihad Stadium, in Middle Eastlands, Manchester the champions elect met for a game of little real meaning for either Club in terms of the seasons expectation but hugely significant as a statement of whether the rise of City has now passed the fall of United to claim the crown of the best team in England.
Arguably the shock of this weekend’s FA Cup third round matches was the recently retired Paul Scholes coming off the bench for Manchester United in their thrilling victory over Manchester City at the Ethiad Stadium this afternoon.
Manchester City went into Sundays FA Cup third round tie with Manchester United with a slightly depleted side. The Toures are on International duty and Balotelli and Dzeko are both nursing slight knocks.
Football, like the world, works quite simply, in business terms. Money equals power. Power equals success. (Or at least a better chance of it.)