Pardew expresses anger of PSG's public courting of Yohan Cabaye

Ancelotti was the favourite to replace Jose Mourinho at the Bernabeu

Ferguson is to step down at the end of the season

Patrice Evra is favoured at left-back by the national team

Sir Alex Ferguson has prevented any other club getting close to a dynasty

Lyon's Yoann Gourcuff is delighted to be back in the France squad but is focused simply on the team effort against Italy this week.

Patrice Evra is the one with the backbone in the Manchester United team, always ready to answer the spiky questions on difficult nights

Samir Nasri and Jeremy Menez have been handed suspensions from the France national team after a disciplinary hearing into their conduct during Euro 2012.

France will have recognised Didier Deschamps as the only candidate with the clout to bang galactico heads together

Didier Deschamps is set to be France's new coach, a source on the board of the French football federation said yesterday. "There are two or three details yet to be ironed out but there is no issue, Deschamps will be the next France coach," the source said.

The French Football Federation has opened disciplinary proceedings against players Samir Nasri, Hatem Ben Arfa, Jeremy Menez and Yann Mvila for misbehaving at Euro 2012, the FFF said today.

Former France coach Raymond Domenech has criticised the current national team for a lack of unity and an absence of leadership after their exit from Euro 2012.

France assistant coach Alain Boghossian insists the squad are united for tomorrow's Euro 2012 quarter-final against Spain after holding a late-night team meeting following their shock 2-0 defeat by Sweden.

France assistant coach Alain Boghossian has described the heated dressing-room reaction to Tuesday's defeat by Sweden as "normal" and revealed he expects a positive response in their Euro 2012 quarter-final with Spain.