Italy face Poland tonight with the chance of opening a six-point advantage over England at the top of Group Two of the World Cup qualifiers.

The Everton chairman Peter Johnson is reported to have short-listed Jurgen Klinsmann as a replacement for Joe Royle if a move to recruit the Barcelona manager Bobby Robson fails at the end of the season. The German striker has already announced his intention of quitting Bayern Munich in the summer and Johnson will hope to lure him to Goodison Park with the prospect of becoming the club's player-manager, but no further announcement will be made on the matter until Tuesday.

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West Ham face Leeds at Upton Park tonight with their search for a striker yet to bear fruit. Celtic's Pierre Van Hooijdonk is understood to be the top target, although Jurgen Klinsmann and Andy Cole have also been the subject of gossip surrounding the Upton Park club.

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Ray Harford hopes to pull off a coup by luring the Brazilian World Cup striker, Bebeto, to Blackburn Rovers.

Aston Villa's assistant manager, Allan Evans, suggested yesterday that the club's goalkeeper, Mark Bosnich, has no problems that maturity would not cure.

For the first time in seven years, Internazionale stand alone at the top of Italy's Serie A - and they did it despite having only 10 men on the pitch for over half of Saturday's 2-0 home win against Piacenza, writes Rupert Metcalf.

Italy, England's main rivals in World Cup qualifying Group Two, managed only a 1-0 home win over Georgia in Perugia last night, Middlesbrough's Fabrizio Ravanelli scoring the only goal.

Mens sana in corpore sano. Now I don't know too much Latin (just prima facie, quid pro quo, alea jacta est, que sera sera, stuff like that), but I do understand what the British mean when they say it. Literally it translates to "a healthy mind in a healthy body" - a two way trade- off.

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