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Manchester United of course play Chelsea at home on Sunday in the Premier League and with that in mind it’s worth taking a look at three players who we should be wary of going into the game.

Paul Tisdale’s Exeter City travelled to League One favourites Charlton Athletic on Saturday and despite a spirited 10-man display, the Grecians left the Valley with nothing after going down to a 2-0 loss.

Ok, so the headline may be a tad dramatic, as headlines tend to be, but much of the chatter surrounding Merseyside yesterday was the long awaited return of Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard but I’m struggling to see exactly where he would fit in.

113 places separate England and Wales in the FIFA rankings. According to statistics, England are the fourth best team in the world; Wales 117. They looked a shadow of that when they came up against Gary Speed and co. playing out a lacklustre 1-0 win in a match that the Dragons often outplayed the Three Lions.

“It’s a man’s game”. Yeah right! Do we really want this to be the slogan of the FA? For one thing the women’s game is growing and should be given all the financial backing that can be thrown at it so it can continue to grow.

Well tonight of course see’s Manchester United kick-off their UEFA Champions League group-stage campaign away to Benfica. United have played Portugal’s first European Champions 7 times in the competition having won 6 out of those encounters with the other game being lost.

At the age of 16, Villas-Boas (who was always a Porto supporter) lived in the same apartment block as the Englishman Bobby Robson, who was managing FC Porto at the time. Following a debate between the two, Robson appointed Villas-Boas to Porto’s observation department. Under the guidance of Robson, who was impressed with his fluent knowledge of English, he achieved his UEFA C coaching licence at the age of 17 in Scotland.

FOR many, the start of the Premiership football season is enought to whet the footballing appetite. For others, their footballing feast must come wih a side of fantasy. It’s that time of the year when football aficionados everyhwere desperately throw themselves at the unforgiving feet of the fantasy football league.