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Schalke beaten again on Huntelaar's debut

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Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini confident Jo can fill void

Roberto Mancini has insisted he has faith in Jo, the maligned Manchester City forward, to step up to the plate against Blackburn.

Gérard Houllier arrives at Aston Villa and leaves them in confusion

• New manager unable to say when he will start Villa job• Contract dispute with French federation unresolvedGérard Houllier's arrival as manager at Aston Villa descended into farce yesterday when the Frenchman was unable to guarantee when his first game in charge would be.Houllier...

John Terry retains desire to play for England, says Carlo Ancelotti

• Chelsea captain cannot continue to play through injuries • Longevity of career has to become principal concernCarlo Ancelotti is convinced John Terry retains the desire to add to his 65-cap England career though the Chelsea manager has warned his captain that the days when he could...

Gérard Houllier's enthusiasm endures on return with Aston Villa | Richard Williams

Questions are piling up about when exactly he can start but the jovial Frenchman is relishing diving back into the piranha pondWith a flourish of Gallic rhetoric, a beaming Gérard Houllier returned to the Premier League yesterday, proclaiming that the future for Aston Villa, his new club,...

David Moyes battles to get baffled Everton out of bottom gear

Everton's manager faces the club's worst start for 15 years as he tackles Manchester United at Goodison ParkIf the spotlight was on a football problem only at Goodison Park this afternoon it would ignore Wayne Rooney and concentrate on the club he left behind. "We have a team capable of being in...

Frank Lampard: why a middle-class hero is not something to be | Barney Ronay

Frank Lampard has done nothing wrong but is still hated by some – just because he is perceived to be middle classThe fallout from England's uncharacteristically limber and frisky Euro 2012 qualifying victories has been rousing. Buoyed by the successes of some new faces there has been a call...

Marlon Harewood: I stopped enjoying football at Aston Villa

Marlon Harewood says he came close to quitting English football before signing for BlackpoolAfter being released from Aston Villa at the end of last season, Marlon Harewood spent most of the summer listening to his agent reporting back that yet another Premier League manager had no interest in...