Aston Villa are going to be without their captain Stiliyan Petrov for at least 2 months according to Houllier. He said:
We have lost Petrov for maybe at least two months. We will know whether he needs an operation by the middle of the week. It’s a shame because he was getting back to a good level.
The Bulgarian picked up the injury against Sunderland on Saturday.
After the match on Sunday against Man City, Cesc Fabregas was interviewed on Sky Sports where he made this comment:
Even if they were 15 and we were 11, we would still go and win.
Now anybody watching that interview can clearly see what he meant by those words and they were in no way meant as a diss to Man City, but the media got a little carried away and now Fabregas has come out and clarified exactly what he meant:
I never said we would beat City with 15 men, I said that even if they were 15 players, we’d have to still try to go for the victory as usual.
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Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has written off his Ferrari in a crash near Manchester Airport.
The 23-year-old winger was driving the sports car through a tunnel beneath the runways when he smashed into a barrier.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said his team-mate Edwin van der Sar was following in his Bentley, but the Dutch keeper was not involved in the crash.
Ronaldo was not injured in the accident, which happened on the A538 Altrincham Road at about 1020 GMT.
One lane of the road has been closed while the debris is removed.
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Tottenham have signed Defoe from Portsmouth on a 5 year contract. Defoe returns to his old club in which he left less than a year ago and will cost them £15m.
“Portsmouth can confirm a fee has been agreed with Tottenham for Jermain Defoe,” read a statement from Pompey.
Defoe scored 17 goals in 36 games for Portsmouth, comprising eight in his first seven matches and nine more this season.
The Spurs board continue to amaze me, they sold Defoe whilst he didn’t want to go and now they buy him back for double the price…nice bit of business there guys!
Carlos Tevez has reacted angrily to Alex Ferguson’s comments regarding his contract situation.
He said:
I didn’t like him saying I didn’t like the offer I was made because neither my agent nor me were given one,
I don’t know anything on my future. United know what they must pay if they want me to stay.
I want everybody to know no offer has been made. I don’t like that they are playing with our fans, who show their love to me in each match.
I will sign my last contract and then I figure that I’ll go back to Boca Juniors. That could be in four or five years.
I say well done to Tevez for standing up to Ferguson because it seems like Fegie is trying to get rid of him and trying to do it in a sly way.
England and Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard has been arrested following an alleged assault.
Police were called at about 0230 GMT following an incident at a pub in Southport. Six men were detained later in a nearby street.
The men, four from Huyton, one from Formby and one from Litherland, remain in police custody.
A 34-year-old man from Southport was taken to hospital with facial injuries, not thought to be life-threatening.
Source: BBC
William Gallas scored a second-half header to earn Arsenal victory in a scrappy match with Portsmouth.
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