Nicolas Anelka has confirmed he will try to lure former Chelsea team-mate Didier Drogba to China following his shock appointment to the coaching staff of Shanghai Shenhua.

Calm down, calm down! If you're a Scouser like me you would have heard that phrase about every 10 days for the past 20 years, usually coupled with the flat-palmed hand gestures and "'ey, 'ey". Thank you, Harry Enfield, for cementing a stereotype of Liverpudlians that has been harder to shift than a van full of shell suits.

View From The Sofa: Manchester United v Liverpool, Sky / Country at the BBC, BBC 2

This week I've been drinking...Snowballs

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Cup mind games begin as Ferguson locks horns with his opposite number at City

Back in 2004 Glenn Tilbrook, his wild hair sticking out like Christopher Lloyd's Doc in Back to the Future, cheerfully tore through a short set of Squeeze classics in support of an awed Fountains of Wayne, the US equivalent of Squeeze.

The Last Word

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Newcastle boss Alan Pardew and his scouting team have started to identify potential targets for a summer recruitment drive.

Liverpool have completed the signing of Uruguay forward Luis Suarez on a five-and-a-half-year contract.

Kevin Keegan today cast doubt on David Beckham's hopes of making another England comeback or even coping with a return to the Barclays Premier League.

Liverpool legends Kevin Keegan, John Barnes and Steve McManaman today insisted Roy Hodgson could survive as Liverpool manager, despite him appearing on the brink of the sack.