By Alex Miller 3 November 2010 The man in charge of Fernando Torres’ fitness has warned the rest of the Premier League that the Spanish striker is ‘close’ to firing on all cylinders again but the player really should have had a rest of at least three months after his knee surgery in April. Liverpool’s […]

2 November 2010 . A digest of some of the stories making Arsenal headlines today . Arsene Wenger is ready to let Jack Wilshere fill the boots of Cesc Fabregas. In the immediate term, he’s talking about Arsenal’s Champions League game with Shakhtar Donetsk (Fabregas misses tomorrow’s game), but with Fabregas recently pining to be […]

By Brian Sears 2 November 2010 There are only a dozen miles separating Stamford Bridge from Upton Park but already a chasm of 19 points has opened up between Chelsea and West Ham in the Premier League with 10 games played. Chelsea have 25 points to West Ham’s six. But what does this mean to […]

1 November 2010 . A digest of some of the stories making Spurs headlines today . Harry Redknapp says if he’s charged by the FA tomorrow for his remarks about the weekend fiasco at Old Trafford, then he won’t ever do a TV interview again. “If I can’t come on TV when I do get asked […]

* JOHN ROBERTS wrote for the Daily Express, The Guardian, the Daily Mail and The Independent, where he was the tennis correspondent for 20 years. He collaborated with Bill Shankly on the Liverpool manager’s autobiography, ghosted Kevin Keegan’s first book, and has written books on George Best, Manchester United’s Busby Babes (The Team That Wouldn’t Die) and Everton (The Official […]

By Nick Harris 1 November 2010 The Indian businessman Ahsan Ali Syed has withdrawn his interest in buying Blackburn Rovers, saying he has “not received sufficient cooperation from the club’s representatives.” A statement released on his behalf today adds: “He remains committed to acquiring a leading football club should the right opportunity arise but in […]