The former Chelsea striker has returned to the Premier League, but is far from the peak of his powers

Swansea City are prepared to spend almost £20 million on the forward Wilfried Bony and the midfielder Tom Ince.

On the morning of Wednesday 2 July 2003, Tim Henman was preparing for a crucial Wimbledon quarter-final and David Beckham had signed for Real Madrid, but both were elbowed off the top of the sports pages by a little-known Russian businessman.

The Uruguyan international has been in sensational form this season

Ivorian striker was announced as a Galatasaray player this week

They do love the Premier League in China, and many an English side has made its way eastwards during the summer to grow market share for their merchandise and give Asian fans a glimpse of their team in action at the same time.

Liverpool boos allays fears about £12m striker's attitude

Chelsea recorded first profit since Russian took over in 2003

The Reds won 3-0 at QPR yesterday

Houllier is convinced the centre, the FA's Clairefontaine equivalent, will produce future stars

Last July he became the most expensive football player of all time – racking up a little over €171m (£137m) in combined transfer fees on signing for his seventh club, Paris Saint-Germain – and last week he was widely hailed as having scored the greatest goal ever … What's not to love about Zlatan Ibrahimovic?

Edwin van der Sar will sit down to watch Manchester United's Premier League showdown with Chelsea on Sunday still feeling a little pang of regret at no longer being involved.

Chelsea midfielder set to start tonight after being left out of team for Stoke and Arsenal

Shinji Kagawa scored his first goal for Manchester United as the Red Devils picked up the Chevrolet China Cup after a 1-0 victory over Shanghai Shenhua.