The glum expression on the face of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich at Old Trafford on Tuesday night pretty much summed up Chelsea’s season.

This is going to sound like one of those typical rumours that you read on your club’s forum pages, but this one actually has some legs.

Three ties look to be dead meaning there is just one place in the semi-finals up for grabs. Two of the Portuguese sides look to be through as do Villareal after comfortable first leg home wins.

It’s always interesting to watch a team battle against relegation, invariably they’re more exciting games than those involving sides looking for promotion. And after traveling to a couple of relegation-threatened clubs in a matter of a few days, I saw two very different matches and two contrasting results.

Kenny Dalglish is lining up a shock return for former front man Michael Owen.

I think we’ve all seen Soccer AM’s comedy gold feature, Take one for the team. If not, to sum it up, it usually involves a team built from Soccer AM’s backroom staff pelting balls at full pelt towards a colleague’s arse.

According to reports in the Dutch media, Tottenham and Manchester United have set their sights on the versatile Ajax defender Vurnon Anita.

Borussia Dortmund’s defender Neven Subotic has been linked with Arsenal, Chelsea, Juventus and AC Milan after another impressive season.