The 42-year-old is looking forward to renewing his rivalry with Sunderland boss Roy Keane, the former Manchester United captain - albeit from the dugout - but he is under no illusions how tough the trip to the north east will be.

The 42-year-old is looking forward to renewing his rivalry with Sunderland boss Roy Keane, the former Manchester United captain - albeit from the dugout - but he is under no illusions how tough the trip to the north east will be.

Routledge: My loan stay at Cardiff could be longer - WalesOnline

Time for Cardiff City new boy Routledge to step out of the shadows - WalesOnline

times of my football career so far. Paul Robinson is looking forward to returning to Tottenham on Sunday, and admits he is relieved Juande Ramos is no...

After being out gunned by Aston Villa at the Emirates last Saturday Mark Hughes is well aware of what Arsenal did the last time they lost a Barclays Premier League game...go out a beat a rival from Manchester the very next weekend.

Fit-again Riccy Scimeca was back in Cardiff& 8217;s plan for the lunchtime trip to Plymouth today.

So Routledge has been farmed out on loan to replenish Cardiff& 8217;s dwindling resources in wide areas and today, at Plymouth& 8217;s Home Park, he gets the chance to shine in the Championship again.

He has gone on five times from the substitutes& 8217; bench, including a lone Premier League appearance in a 3-2 defeat at Stoke City back in August.

He has gone on five times from the substitutes& 8217; bench, including a lone Premier League appearance during a 3-2 defeat at Stoke back in August.

Routledge last played Championship football for Crystal Palace, helping them to promotion at the end of the 2003-04 season.

Sidcup-born Routledge was ready to fly for Spurs after leaving Crystal Palace, but he suffered a broken foot on his league debut.

Gallas, 31, also claims not to have had any support from his team-mates since his strop in the 2-2 draw away to Birmingham which sent Arsenal's campaign into meltdown last season.

Last season when we beat United twice and drew with Liverpool we showed we can really raise our game and we will need a bit more of that on Saturday. Three points would certainly give everything a different look on Sunday morning.

Manchester United tie up & 163;9m deal for Serbs Adam Ljajic and Zoran Tosic - mirror.co.uk Sir Alex Ferguson is signing Serbians Adam Ljajic and Zoran Tosic for & 163;9million. They will join Manchester United in January if granted work perm....

Privately, Benitez points to the fact that of all the top clubs in the Premier League, it is his side that cooperates most fully with the national teams. Other clubs have a record of withdrawing players from friendly games, with Manchester United chi....

The Sunderland boss admitted he used to love throwing the odd handgrenade when he was Manchester United skipper. And he claims he used to deliberately trigger training ground rows.

The manager could still do so for a while. Some sort of sanction is called for but casting him aside indefinitely is risky. Arsenal are weak in the middle of the defence and Gallas is by far their best performer in that area. He showed that recently ....

Wenger has taken the decision to axe Gallas well aware that Arsenal dare not lose today at Manchester City if they want to keep their title hopes alive.

Micah Richards does not want City to let Arsenal get into their stride when the two sides meet this afternoon.