money talks- celtics caldwell is lured from middlesbrough by wigan wad

... 'you always think a player will fancy a crack at the english premier league rather than the coca-cola championship ... the league two club already have simon ferry and ben hutchinson on short-term deals and signed scott cuthbert from celtic last summer

liverpool 1 reading 2- long goodbye - shanes winner has rafa reeling

... under pressure: out of the champions league, out of the cups and outside the top four, rafa benitez has endured a disastrous season jamie carragher made a hash of dealing with church's dangerousknee-high cross from the right, swinging his left boot at it andmissing completely ... five cup calamities worcester city 2 liverpool 1(fa cup third round, january 15, 1959)liverpool were in the second division, but this defeat by a southern league club was still a stunner

stoke city throw portsmouth keeper david james world cup lifeline

... meanwhile, portsmouth failed to have their transfer embargo lifted yesterday and have until the weekend to show they can pay their creditors, or the premier league will do so on their behalf from the club's £7m slice of television money ... despite portsmouth supplying additional documentation, the premier league are yet to be satisfied that the various clubs who are owed in the region of £10m are happy with attempts to renegotiate repayment terms

southend slam 'confetti' effect of hmrc winding-up petitions

... fortunately for the premier league it will not be asked to cover that cost with a compensation payment

rafael benítez under pressure as reading stun liverpool in fa cup

... a campaign that has witnessed a champions league group exit, defeat in the carling cup fourth-round and no premier league title challenge produced further misery for benítez as shane long's extra-time header condemned liverpool to a humiliating upset and an fa cup departure at the first hurdle

arsène wenger turns to sol campbell for to restore arsenal invincibles' touch

... the accusation that has nagged away at wenger since his decision to break up the invincibles, the team who coasted undefeated to the 2004 premier league title, was that he had no link between the generations, no guiding light for his talented younger players ... "campbell's last competitive game for arsenal was the 2006 champions league final, in which he scored but the team lost 2-1 to barcelona ... campbell was asked in an interview with the guardian last march whether he knew before the champions league final against barcelona that it was time to make a fresh start

brian laws pleads his case as burnley spring a surprise

... burnley introduced their former player brian laws as owen coyle's replacement yesterday, with the club's board believing the new manager's ability to work within tight budgets outweighs his lack ofpremier league experience ... i will give everything; blood, sweat and tears, to achieve premier league safety ... seeing beyond a series of superficially undistinguished league placings, kilby regards laws as having achieved minor miracles at scunthorpe and wednesday ... such words were underpinned by a deloitte study showing laws's results/budget ratios to have been one of the best in the football league between 2006-09 ... "burnley can't match the finances of a lot of premier league teams, money will always be tight, but nothing is broken here," laws said

david james set for surprise switch to stoke city

... james is reported to have a clause in his contract that triggers an automatic extension to his deal should he play a set number of premier league games with pompey

simpson contract closer to completion

... 23 year old simpson is out of contract with manchester united at the end of the season and if everything goes to plan could be chris hughton's first incoming transfer of the window and in time to face rivals west bromwich albion in the league next monday, the same day his current loan deal expires

manchester city to seek £9m for daniel sturridge at chelsea tribunal

... chelsea hope to pay around £2m for sturridge, who has started only one premier league game this season but could now get a run in the side with didier drogba and salomon kalou away at the africa cup of nations