Hughes may take comfort from the fact that they have some serious history together where successful relegation fights are concerned, though he will hope for better beginnings with the 28-year-old than they enjoyed at Southampton. The City manager was....

City's cause in the Blackburn negotiations has not been helped by an unexpected hitch in the Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce's attempts to hire El Hadji Diouf as a replacement striker. The Sunderland manager, Ricky Sbragia, is understood to have been....

But the Spaniard's long list of complaints about the world and European champions was not an angry rant. It was a measured, controlled delivery at the media conference ahead of the Barclays Premier League trip to Stoke.

Hughes may take comfort from the fact that they have some serious history together where successful relegation fights are concerned, though he will hope for better beginnings with the 28-year-old than they enjoyed at Southampton. The City manager was....

Though Hughes said he did not "think" there had been an offer for the Newcastle United goalkeeper Shay Given, the Irishman is known to be within City's sights.

"Now he is complaining about everything, that everybody is against United. But the second half of the season will see them playing at home against all the teams at the top of the table, it is a fantastic advantage. But at Christmas, United played on ....

Hughes may take comfort from the fact that they have some serious history together where successful relegation fights are concerned, though he will hope for better beginnings with the 28-year-old than they enjoyed at Southampton. The City manager was....

Hughes may take comfort from the fact that they have some serious history together where successful relegation fights are concerned, though he will hope for better beginnings with the 28-year-old than they enjoyed at Southampton. The City manager was....

Hughes is eager to be as innovative as possible in securing a deal and has a number of players surplus to requirement who could conceivably help make Santa Cruz's arrival a reality. Though the defender Tel Ben Haim, who played for Allardyce at Bolton....

"Now he is complaining about everything, that everybody is against United. But the second half of the season will see them playing at home against all the teams at the top of the table, it is a fantastic advantage. But at Christmas, United played on ....

Bridge has been carrying a hamstring strain but said he is fit to play at Portsmouth tomorrow. Hughes was reserving judgment on that issue yesterday.

City badly need a win at Portsmouth – the side whose 6-0 thrashing at Eastlands in September marked the beginning of Arab ownership in Manchester – but injuries worries do not help. While Shaun Wright-Phillips' hamstring pull will keep hi....

The Liverpool manager, referring to an independent commission's decision to clear Ferguson for comments that followed the FA Cup quarter-final defeat to Portsmouth last season, a verdict later criticised by the FA, added: "We had a meeting in Manches....

Hughes may take comfort from the fact that they have some serious history together where successful relegation fights are concerned, though he will hope for better beginnings with the 28-year-old than they enjoyed at Southampton. The City manager was....

Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez is furious with Sir Alex Ferguson and launched a scripted attack on his Manchester United counterpart in a press conference on Friday. Photograph: Barry Coombs/EMPICS Sport

"I had opportunities to play at Chelsea and I thought I played well but at this moment in time, I thought no matter how I played I was never going to establish myself there," Bridge reflected. "I don't know [why it never worked out]. Maybe [Scolari] ....

manager acted above the law and warned Chelsea to expect the Scot to intimidate match officials when the two sides meet at Old Trafford tomorrow.

He scored in the final game at Manchester United to keep the club up - and condemn Sheffield United to the Championship.

The Manchester United winger lost control of the 205mph motor, which he has only owned for days, while taking a bend in a tunnel.

Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez is furious with Sir Alex Ferguson and launched a scripted attack on his Manchester United counterpart in a press conference on Friday. Photograph: Barry Coombs/EMPICS Sport