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• Wenger had accused Stoke defender of 'rugby tactics'
• 'He's obviously got something against me. It's just weird'

Ryan Shawcross has accused Arsène Wenger of holding a personal vendetta against him.

Wenger criticised the Stoke centre-back in February after his challenge left Aaron Ramsey with a broken leg. Then, after Stoke's match at Tottenham last month the Arsenal manager claimed both Shawcross and team-mate Robert Huth had repeatedly fouled goalkeeper

• Arsenal midfielder had 'taken his eye off the ball'
• Newspaper allegations had distracted Wilshere

The England Under-21 manager, Stuart Pearce, has said he feels Jack Wilshere is fully focused on football again but cannot guarantee the Arsenal midfielder a place in the side for tomorrow night's crucial European Championship qualifier against Lithuania.

Wilshere was left on the bench in Portugal for the 1-0 win on

There was no English manager picking the team at Wembley this weekend but there were two on show in Bangkok

It may not have been an Englishman picking the national team at Wembley this weekend but had you headed to Bangkok on Saturday to watch Thailand's 1-0 friendly win over India, you would have found two English managers marshalling the technical areas at the Yamaha Stadium.

Bryan Robson's Thailand deservedly defeated Bob Houghton's men in front of a crowd of around 10,000. The hosts played some

• Club is experiencing 'strange times'
• Manager wants new owner who will invest in players

Liverpool's manager, Roy Hodgson, says his principal responsibility this season is to keep his squad intact until the club is sold and its new owners give him funds to buy new players.

The club remains up for sale and despite a number of prospective consortiums linking themselves to a takeover, no genuine bid has yet been

Before I get to the specifics of the latest stories involving the News of the World, it's impossible not to notice the central place in the media landscape

• Player's name missing from originally published list
• Uefa confirms he had been included by United

Manchester United's latest signing Bebé has been included in the club's 25-man Champions League squad despite it appearing that he had been left out when the original list was published on Saturday night.

United submitted their list to Uefa last week, with Owen Hargreaves among the names excluded. It seemed Bebé

New badges – a sad trend that distances football from its historical roots, or a necessary exercise for all forward-thinking modern clubs?

The summer saw three Football League teams ditch their old club crests in favour of flashy new ones. Cheltenham Town swapped their old heraldic crest for one depicting a graphical robin:

"This was our most contemporary idea. We wanted one that represented the

• Manchester United forward decides to travel after allegations
Fabio Capello still to decide on Rooney's frame of mind

Wayne Rooney has boarded a flight to Switzerland with the rest of the England squad this morning but, as revealed by the

• Sponsor to continue relationship with England forward
• 'This is a private matter,' says US sportswear giants

Wayne Rooney's sponsors Nike has confirmed it will continue the company's relationship with the Manchester United and England forward despite allegations about his private life.

A spokesman for Nike said: "We have worked with Wayne for seven years and he continues to be a Nike athlete.

"This is a private matter for Wayne and his family and



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