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Portsmouth transfer plea rejected

The Premier League has rejected Portsmouth's request for permission to sell players outside the transfer window.

I want to pay back Everton's trust

Goodison's returning Spaniard is ready to make up for lost time in midfield after year on the sidelines with a serious knee injuryA confessional in the latest edition of the Evertonian fanzine When Skies Are Grey shows there is still a place for idolatry in the Premier League and at Goodison Park...

Portsmouth on brink with £22m needed to finish season

• Portsmouth face bankruptcy unless funds are found• Balram Chainrai could acquire ground freehold and charge rentThe full extent of Portsmouth's dire ­financial position can be revealed today after the Guardian has learned that the club are set to be declared insolvent unless they...

Liverpool find cause for optimism as rivals for fourth begin to falter | Kevin McCarra

The contest between Manchester City, Liverpool, Spurs and Aston Villa for the final Champions League spot is set to be fiercer than the title raceIt is time for the also-rans to accelerate. The race for fourth place in the Premier League can seldom have been so keen. The usual cartel was broken...

Arsenal agony stretched to boiling point

A&E can wait if I'm watching Arsenal self-destruct while holding a scalded foot under a tapIt goes without saying that I watched Arsenal's defending on Wednesday night in some pain; and, as fans, we've all claimed to be in agony at some stage. I say it with some literalism this time, though. About...

Moyes buries the hatchet with Rooney

• Everton's manager praises Wayne Rooney's new maturity• 'Now he's the one sorting out the young players'David Moyes publicly ended one of the most emotive feuds of the Premier League era yesterday when he revealed how Wayne Rooney apologised for libellous claims in his autobiography...

Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson wants Paul Scholes to sign new deal

Sir Alex Ferguson believes Paul Scholes's recent fine form will convince him to sign a new deal with Manchester United.

Away goals count more than ever in Europe

That Manchester United did well in the Champions League this week is obvious, but so did Arsenal. Their 2-1 defeat in Porto may not have been as spectacular a result as United's 3-2 win in Milan, but Sol Campbell's away goal made it a good result nevertheless.