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Images coming in from Man Utd  

Breaking News!   Apparently, Robin Van Persie has failed a medical at Manchester United. He has a severely damaged back after carrying a full squad last season.

Yey.   Beer and snacks ready  

Still early days, but poor defending emerging as a possible theme for the season. Hapless punditry is with us as ever. Martin Skrtel apparently made Garth Crooks' "Team of the Week" :lol:

 

Bringing Kolo "I steal my wife's dietary pills" Toure back as one of only three at the back. :rolleyes:

 

Great goal from RVP. Unlucky for Rooney, and if he's not fit already, it could be well into the season before he's up to speed.

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More moves away from Arsenal?

 

Manchester City are considering making a bid for Arsenal's Theo Walcott with the champions conscious his future at Arsenal is in serious doubt after discussions over a new deal broke down.

 

There has been no official offer from City but Roberto Mancini admires the forward with the Italian having retained an interest in Walcott throughout the summer. With Adam Johnson having departed for Sunderland and his initial replacement, Scott Sinclair, having seen his move from Swansea City to the Etihad Stadium break down, Walcott's potential availability may move Mancini to lodge a bid, although Liverpool have also been linked with the England international.

 

Walcott's future at Arsenal has been in the balance for some weeks. The player has entered the final 12 months of his deal at the London club but, after a period when negotiations over an extension were put on hold, his advisers reopened discussions with Arsenal last Friday and a final five-year offer worth around £75,000 a week was duly put to the winger. However, it is understood Walcott's representatives informed the club over the weekend that they would be rejecting that proposal.

 

Further talks took place on Tuesday but, while Arsène Wenger is instinctively keen to retain Walcott's services, he and the club's hierarchy have now made it clear that they will look to sell the winger before Friday's deadline unless they receive a clear indication that he is ready to commit his future.

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Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has scoffed at claims by Sven-Goran Eriksson that Steven Gerrard should leave Anfield to win a league title.

 

True though, isn't it.

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Champions League draw

 

Pot One: Chelsea, Barcelona, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Porto, AC Milan.

 

Pot Two: Valencia, Benfica, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit St Petersburg, Schalke, Manchester City, Braga, Dynamo Kiev.

 

Pot Three: Olympiakos, Ajax, Anderlecht, Juventus, Spartak Moscow, Paris St Germain, Lille, Galatasaray.

 

Pot Four: Celtic, Borussia Dortmund, BATE Borisov, Dinamo Zagreb, CFR Cluj, Malaga, Montpellier, FC Nordsjaelland.

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City got a good draw!

 

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Champions League groups:

 

Group A: Porto, Dynamo Kiev, Paris St Germain, Dinamo Zagreb

 

Group B: Arsenal, Schalke, Olympiakos, Montpellier

 

Group C: AC Milan, Zenit St Petersburg, Anderlecht, Malaga

 

Group D: Real Madrid, Manchester City, Ajax, Borussia Dortmund

 

Group E: Chelsea, Shakhtar Donetsk, Juventus, FC Nordsjaelland

 

Group F: Bayern Munich, Valencia, Lille, BATE Borisov

 

Group G: Barcelona, Benfica, Spartak Moscow, Celtic

 

Group H: Manchester United, Braga, Galatasaray, CFR Cluj

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A group of death and a half, that one for Citeh. I don't understand why Arsenal are in the top-seeded group, but there you go.

 

ManYoo away for the Toon in the League Cup, so no joy beckons again there this year.

 

Carroll off to West Ham on loan to be reunited with fatty Nolan. The Berb to Fulham. The window closes today, so its the last chance to clutch at them straws.

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At least the suggestion was inevitable:

 

Liverpool are weighing up a move for free agent Michael Owen after failing to add a striker to their ranks on transfer deadline day.

 

How would pool fans like that?

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Owen claims to be in talks with some clubs, and of course he requires PL.

He's a free agent so the window being shut doesn't matter of course.

If Liverpool are as striker lite as I read, they may need to seriously consider it.

Fans reactions should be classic though if he goes back.

 

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