Cheer up, Carlos Tevez. So you might have pulled off the miss of the season at the Stadium Of Light on Sunday, probably costing Manchester City three points…

“I think Milan, Barca, Fenerbahce, Besiktas. I think these teams (are interested),” says Mancini

Emmanuel Adebayor has indicated he could look to leave Manchester City if he cannot play regularly this season.Adebayor would not be the first big-name forward to depart City this summer if he leaves before the end of the transfer window. Craig Bellamy

Last week Sam Allardyce claimed that Benni McCarthy was not fat but simply suffering from an “addiction to sugar”.Wonder what he’ll say when he sees this snap of former Palace striker Neil Shipperley – these days being referred to as Neil Chipperley.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini believes his World Cup players still have a way to go to achieve peak fitness.England duo Gareth Barry and Shaun Wright-Phillips were given an extended break after the tournament in South Africa and the same

Talking West Ham, The Who, Craig Bellamy and how he nearly became manager of Liverpool

Zabaleta and Joleon Lescott also among starters

Blackburn eye unlikely Becks swoop, Liverpool plot double raid on Man City for Roque Santa Cruz and Wayne Bridge while Chelsea in the hunt for teenage duo

Vladimir Weiss is wanted by Celtic and Rangers

Hleb to Liverpool as Barca go for Mascherano; Nou Camp giants also want Tevez or Robinho in swap for Ibrahimovic; Real go for Didier Drogba