Was all set this week to debate whether or not club's being
bought out by rich 'soccer' lovers was a good thing, had reasonable arguments
either way calculated in my head….then it happened. As I came out of the
newsagents after buying a paper to get change for the parking ticket machine
(came out of the bookies after placing a bet), this two bob, uptight yet oddly
laid back, aspiring megalomaniac, slapped a ticket on my car. Well threw a
ticket at my car, Frisbee style, …

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Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney hopes he can play a part in helping the club win the Carling Cup Final against Tottenham on Sunday.

Rooney came on as a late substitute in Tuesday's goalless Champions League draw against Internazionale which he hopes means he will be in Sir Alex Ferguson's starting line-up at Wembley.

The former

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Football
FanCast guest columnist Des Malone wonders if Rafa
really needs to look to Gareth Barry in the summer, given the sparking form of
Xabi Alonso this season.

From the sublime at the Bernabeu to the ridiculous at
the Riverside and in short it has defined our season. Our chances of Premier
League success are all …

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Football FanCast
reporter Juan Vasquez mulls over the
latest

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Football
FanCast guest columnist Jon Mackay wonders if the £8m cheque that Newcastle are reportedly set to payout to
Keegan has ultimately proved the costliest mistake that the club has made in
years.

When Derek Llambias came out this week and claimed
that he doesn't want to contemplate the affects of a possible relegation, I
have to confess that little else continually occupy's my mind. With the kind of
run in we have got and …

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England international Theo Walcott will return to full training on Monday, according to Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

The former Southampton star has been sidelined since November after injuring his shoulder while on international duty.

"Theo will join in on normal training on Monday and then we will see how he behaves with challenges," Wenger told the Gunners' official website.

Meanwhile, Wenger has described Manuel Almunia as one of …

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Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has blasted Manchester United's Bulgaria international Dimitar Berbatov in the build-up to Sunday's Carling Cup Final between the two teams.

Berbatov left White Hart Lane last August in controversial circumstances after allegedly engineering a move to the north-west.

Pavlyuchenko says Spurs' players were unimpressed by Berbatov's attitude …

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England striker Peter Crouch insists he has no intention of leaving Portsmouth after he was linked with a shock transfer to Tottenham.

There had been a suggestion that the former Aston Villa and Liverpool star wanted to be reunited with current Spurs boss Harry Redknapp at

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Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn is unsure whether the club will be able to afford to buy Djibril Cisse in the summer.

The 27-year-old Frenchman is currently on a season-long loan deal at the Stadium of Light from Marseille and has impressed during his time with the club.

However, the global credit crisis has contributed to his price tag rising by up to £3million, raising concerns that the deal will not now go through.

Quinn has added to …

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THE BIG MATCH PREVIEW – CARLING CUP FINAL
2009

MANCHESTER UNITED v TOTTENHAM
HOTSPUR

Wembley Stadium – Sunday – K.O. 15:00 – WATCH LIVE
on SKY SPORTS 1

Build-Up:

The 49th League Cup final pits
table-topping Manchester United against defending champions Tottenham Hotspur.
Their seasons could not have been much more contrasting, yet …

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