As Manchester prepared yesterday for what could be the largest migration in
decades of fans following a British team to a single match – tomorrow's Uefa
Cup final between Rangers and Zenit St Petersburg at the City of Manchester
Stadium – the Rangers goalkeeper, Neil Alexander, said he was readying
himself for a siege of a different kind: another penalty shoot-out.
Internazionale missed another chance to retain their Serie A title when they
were held 2-2 at home by Siena yesterday. Marco Materazzi had a penalty
saved.
Lyons stayed two points clear at the top of Ligue 1 with one game left after
a 1-0 home win over Nancy on Saturday.
Chelsea will clear out up to eight of their first-team squad this summer in
what is expected to be the most radical overhaul yet of a team who could be
crowned European champions on 21 May. The club plan on thinning down their
first-team squad considerably, with yesterday's new signing Jose Bosingwa
one of a maximum of four new names that the manager, Avram Grant, expects to
bring to Stamford Bridge.
How interesting, and rather telling, it was to see the reaction of Avram
Grant almost at the very moment it was confirmed that a quite stunning
achievement had been denied him.
The Manchester United chief executive, David Gill, yesterday reflected on
what last summer's £50m had delivered for the club this season and promised
the manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, money to build yet again.
Sir Alex Ferguson will just have to hope things do not prove so tight next
May because the secrets of his 11th-hour sleights of hand are out in the
open.
Frank Rijkaard will leave Barcelona at the end of the season, as revealed in
Tuesday's Independent, leaving a former club captain, Pep Guardiola, to take
over as coach, the club president Joan Laporta announced yesterday.
Benfica are privately extremely confident that they have persuaded the
Manchester City manager, Sven Goran Eriksson, to sign for them after their
meeting with him in Manchester on Wednesday.
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