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Arsenal's owner Stan Kroenke hails Arsène Wenger as 'great manager'

• American has 'tremendous confidence' in Wenger • Kroenke discusses sale of Fábregas and Nasri The owner of Arsenal, Stan Kroenke, has given his full support to the club's manager, Arsène Wenger, who has come under pressure during a difficult start to the season. Arsenal are...

James Richardson's Euro papers review

AC Jimbo is back (with new titles, no less) to rummage through this week's European press James Richardson Andy Gallagher Matt Hall

City players claim they did not hear Tevez refuse to play

Manchester City players who witnessed the dispute with Roberto Mancini which has led the club to consider sacking Carlos Tevez were unable to hear enough in Bayern Munich's deafening stadium to support the manager's case that the player refused to enter the field of play, The Independent...

Dos Santos puts on a show after Shamrock stun Redknapp's men

For 10 minutes last night there was a serious danger that every bar in Dublin, and plenty in London, would be drunk dry. That was the length of time early in the second half here that Shamrock Rovers led Tottenham Hotspur before three quick goals by the Premier League side restored sanity to the...

Dalglish looks forward and back to derby day

Understanding Kenny Dalglish has never been easy. It is precisely 20 years since The Independent's observations on the manager hurtling towards an FA Cup fifth-round replay under the floodlights at Goodison Park were that he was "not a natural public relations man and will not enter into popular...

Capello calls for Rio, Rooney and Gerrard

Fabio Capello has named Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard and Rio Ferdinand in his provisional squad for the final Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro a week today, but he will leave it until Sunday night to decide if they are all fit enough to travel to Podgorica.

Walcott stands in the way of Arsenal's new kid on the block

For Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, the challenge facing him at Arsenal is, he acknowledges, a very simple one: he has to take his best mate's place in the team.

Lampard: I will show Villas-Boas he should start me consistently

If Frank Lampard had refused to come off on Wednesday night Chelsea would probably have won their Champions League tie at the Mestalla; it was his 83rd-minute replacement, Salomon Kalou, who conceded the penalty from which Valencia took a share of the points with a 1-1 draw. Lampard, though, is not...

Mertesacker relishing his first 'proper' derby at Lane

The Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker expects Sunday's game against Tottenham will be like no other derby he has played in before. Mertesacker has become a regular fixture at the heart of the Arsenal defence since his £10m move from Werder Bremen last month.