Paul Hill

Real Madrid could allow as many as eight players, including Argentina winger Angel Di Maria, 25, and striker Gonzalo Higuain, 25, to leave the Bernabeu this summer in a move that will take £25m off the club’s wage bill. Only 11 players are certain of their futures at Real.

Roberto Mancini has cast fresh doubt over his future as Manchester City boss by claiming he has been given no assurances by the club’s hierarchy that he will remain beyond the end of this season. 

Beckham has had a trial with Chelsea

All the talk this week has been of Bradford City’s remarkable two legged defeat of Premier League side Aston Villa

To be honest I am sick to death of hearing about Eden Hazard kicking the Swansea City ball boy

Chris Hughton has made no bones about his lack of transfer funds for a striker this January but there is one man in the Championship he could get for a relative bargain considering the quality he can bring.

If most clubs lost their first choice goalkeeper to injury they would promote somebody from the youth team or draft in a loan signing as a temporary, but not Real Madrid.

Jack Wilshere is likely to become Arsenal’s youngest ever captain