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Roma set to be sold to Liverpool partner

??? Deal for Italian club expected in next fortnight??? Di Benedetto a part-owner in Liverpool's parent companyRoma say the club are set to be sold this month to the American businessman Thomas Di Benedetto, a part-owner of the parent company of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool.Members of Roma's...

The art of ruling oneself out

Gareth Southgate has no plans to succeed Fabio Capello as England coach ??? and neither do IThirty years ago I lived in a private rented flat in west London. Whenever something went wrong with the electrics or the plumbing I phoned the landlord. A fortnight later, usually late in the evening, a...

Carroll vows not to change at Liverpool

??? 'I'll keep my head down and repay club's confidence in me'??? Kenny Dalglish says striker's 'innocence' will appeal to fansTo Andy Carroll, the price of becoming Liverpool's record signing is not ??35m but a life under greater scrutiny than he has ever known. He did not fare well before...

Letters: Are we heading for the beautiful bailout?

With a handful of Premier League clubs spending hundreds of millions of pounds on player transfers this January (Report, Sport, 1 February), I wonder whether history will record these past few days as football's equivalent of Gordon Brown's 2007 Mansion House speech ??? or, more pertinently, Royal...

A flying nipper and a bench brawl

Click to enlarge, and debate the strip below the line. Keith Hackett's verdict appears in Sunday's Observer and here from Monday.Competition: win an official club shirt of your choiceFor a chance to win a club shirt from the range at Kitbag.com send us your questions for You are the Ref to...

City councils may call Blatter to court over 2018 bids

??? Councils each contributed ??250,000 to failed England bid??? Morrisons supermarket also considering legal actionSepp Blatter could be called to court, to explain Fifa's conduct in the 2018 World Cup bidding race. A group of English city councils has notified the Football Association of its...

Angry, relentless and Beckham's bedrock

Gary Neville's image as a mere trier masked an intelligent and highly motivated player, who was key to David Beckham's development and showed Manchester United unswerving loyaltyOf all the myths flying around about Gary Neville the one most in need of correction is that he was an autodidact with...

No secret Spurs sale plan, says Levy

??? Daniel Levy fears undue political pressure in bidding process??? Spurs ponder possible legal challenge if they are not chosenThe Tottenham Hotspur chairman, Daniel Levy, has denied there is any secret plan to sell the club if they move to the site of the Olympic Stadium and has voiced fears...