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Aston Villa striker Emile Heskey faces a race against time to be fit for Villa's visit to Old Trafford on Wednesday night.

Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain says he has no plans to leave the Bernabeu despite reported interest from Chelsea.

Arsene Wenger has rejected reports suggesting Stoke keeper Thomas Sorensen was on the verge of joining Arsenal in the transfer window.

What is it about our previous board? Do they not know when to be quiet? When they ran the Blues they were always annoying other fans and causing people to look at us and take the rip out of us. I don’t know what it was, but they could say something that is quite reasonable [...]

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has revealed that Alberto Aquilani is out of Wednesday's trip to Arsenal through illness.

Matthew James could make his Preston debut against Sheffield United at Deepdale after joining on loan from Manchester United.

John Terry will be allowed to miss Chelsea's FA Cup fifth-round tie against Cardiff this weekend if he wants to try to patch up his marriage.

Leeds boss Simon Grayson will hand a late fitness test to striker Jermaine Beckford ahead of the clash with Carlisle.

Cardiff boss Dave Jones will give Jay Bothroyd a late fitness test ahead of the clash with Peterborough after he picked up a dead leg.

Crystal Palace boss Neil Warnock could name an unchanged side for the visit of Swansea although Stern John is pushing to be included.