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Suarez starts for Liverpool but refuses to shake Evra's hand - watch it here

MirrorFootball — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:05:05 GMT

Striker starts first match since being banned for using racist language

Watch Liverpool target Dieumerci Mbokani score a world class goal

Football Spy — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:40:22 GMT

Anderlecht hitman reportedly on Kenny Dalglish's radar

Transfer news, rumours and gossip from Saturday's papers

Football Spy — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:15:47 GMT

Sneijder admits United link, Arsenal and Spurs want same defender and Liverpool look at Anderlecht hitman

Why farcical forced pre-match handshakes should be scrapped

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:01:52 GMT

The pre-match handshake is a meaningless farce and should be scrapped. You shake the hand of an opponent one minute and are trying to get him sent off by waving an imaginary card at the ref the next. Managers should shake hands at the end of matches, as an example to everyone. And it should not be with a grip like a limp lettuce or without looking at the man you are shaking hands with. Do it like you mean it. The procession of players shaking hands has come into our game via the Champions Lea...

What are the odds Suarez and Evra swap shirts at the final whistle? Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:00:06 GMT

The FA reckon Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra should shake hands when they come face to face on Saturday, because even boxers touch gloves before they beat the living daylights out of each other. In Audley Harrison’s case, it was the only meaningful shot he landed. Shaking isn’t compulsory, but it is encouraged by those grey men at the Football Association, particularly at the urinals. The FA have asked the two players to draw a line under their unsavoury spat and are hoping to return to some so...

EXCLUSIVE: Racist abuse drives Micah Richards to quit Twitter

John Cross — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:45:34 GMT

Police are called in over messages to Man City and England defender

Redknapp's up for "aggro" of the England job

Martin Lipton — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:35:22 GMT

Spurs boss confirms succeeding Capello would be the "ultimate" in management

Redknapp: I can handle ANYTHING after tax-trial ordeal

Martin Lipton — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:33:29 GMT

Stress of last five years have been horrendous says Tottenham boss tipped to be new England manager

Suarez 'can handle Old Trafford pressure cooker'

David Maddock — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:32:15 GMT

Dalglish backs racism-row striker not to wilt when he faces Evra and United

Fergie praises Evra for shrugging off Kop flak

David Anderson — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:32:05 GMT

Defender will stay cool when he faces Suarez says United boss

City's Barry backed to captain England (by City's manager)

David McDonnell — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:31:48 GMT

Midfielder has the intelligence and quality to replace Terry says Mancini

EXCLUSIVE: Henderson eager to make a racquet for Liverpool

David Maddock — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:31:00 GMT

Kop's £20million man finally proving to fans he was an ace signing

United v Liverpool has always been spiky... but it used to be about football too

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:59:19 GMT

We should have sacked Capello two years ago Why Moyes is the right man for Spurs Those who think today’s relations between Manchester United and Liverpool are toxic should have been at the FA Cup semi-final at Goodison in 1985. There were re-enactments of mediaeval pitched battles in the streets, a Stanley knife exhibition in Stanley Park and, on the terraces, the kind of tribal exchanges you see in Gaza on a bad day. Stones, coins and golf balls bearing eight-inch nails were hurled across t...

Chicharito: Even people in Mexico know how fierce the Man United-Liverpool rivalry is

MirrorFootball — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:12 GMT

Javier Hernandez can't wait to take on the Reds at Old Trafford

3PM Extra: Joe Hart's fart, when mascots attack and Turkish team's bus collides with express train

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:38:05 GMT

Presenting quality football videos from the interweb, daily at 3pm. Here's today's collection:

1) We missed this one when it went up so props to Who Ate All The Pies for digging it up again. We're not sure what we like most about this excellent Manchester City vid: the post-modern take on the 'I love...' format; the fact they've got Noel Gallagher in talking about farting; or the look on Vincent Kompany's face. Brilliant.

Ferguson takes swipe at Liverpool over Suarez case

MirrorFootball — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:31:29 GMT

"They've said plenty, haven't they? We've kept our dignity throughout," said the United boss

Fergie: De Gea will be in gear for Liverpool match

MirrorFootball — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:02:57 GMT

United boss says his keeper will take heart from his display against Chelsea last week

Man United vs Liverpool team news: Cleverley and Enrique in contention to return

MirrorFootball — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:02:27 GMT

Luis Suarez set for face Evra, Phil Jones remains out

Premier League team news round-up

MirrorFootball — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:20:29 GMT

Get all the squad news ahead of every Premier League match this weekend

Simon Bird's Premier League previews and predictions (Week 25)

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:09:42 GMT

'Arry'll put a smile on those poor England boys' faces. Yeah, 'Arry's a man manager. Arm round the shoulder type of bloke. Salt of the erf. One of us, working class boy done good. We can enjoy watching England again, can't we? Three pie, three mash and a slosh of liquor, please. We are 12 hours into the Harry Redknapp love in and it's nauseating already. Players, pundits, reporters all clamouring to heap love and praise on the Spurs boss. Arm round the shoulder? Ask Darren Bent about that. Th...

The Best XI Liverpool vs Manchester United games

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:25:39 GMT

The MirrorFootball Best XI is our new feature celebrating the very best of the beautiful game. Each list has been compiled by our expert reporters and, moving forward, we'll update them as and when to ensure they remain definitive guides.

First up, it's the Best XI Liverpool vs Manchester United games.

The Best XI Liverpool vs Manchester United games picture special

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:23:35 GMT

The Best XI Liverpool vs Manchester United games

Redknapp rules out combining Spurs job with England role

Martin Lipton — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:17:00 GMT

But Spurs boss says managing England is "the ultimate job"

Dalglish: If England want the best, they should get Fergie!

MirrorFootball — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:09:30 GMT

Liverpool boss has hinted that his old rival would be the ideal man to lead the Three Lions

Transfer news, rumours and gossip from Friday's papers

Football Spy — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:07:13 GMT

Real Madrid eye £30m move for Man City star, Sneijder on Russian club's radar and Juve want United youngster

Why do Rooney and co want Redknapp to succeed Capello? He'll make playing for England fun again

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:53 GMT

Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand have already taken to Twitter to say Harry Redknapp is the man they’d like as next England manager. And there is a feeling among the players that he has the character to unify a dressing room in danger of becoming split on racial lines. There is also a degree of weariness about the thought of another foreign manager taking control. Many of them had great respect for Fabio Capello, partly because of all he had achieved in a glorious club career in Italy and Spain...

New England manager 'must heal squad splits'

John Cross & Jeremy Armstrong — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:50 GMT

John Terry had angry exchange with another player at Three Lions training reveals insider

FA want Redknapp on his Tottenham wages

John Cross & Jeremy Armstrong — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:41 GMT

Spurs boss would be paid £4million a year to lead England - £2m less than Capello got

'Arry for England: All the latest news, opinion and features

MirrorFootball — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:02:02 GMT

Everything you need to know in one handy place

EXCLUSIVE: Jermain Defoe on the magic of Redknapp

Darren Lewis — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:01:09 GMT

'Some people just have an aura that inspires you to perform' says Spurs and England striker

EXCLUSIVE: Capello gagged by worried FA

John Cross — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:01:06 GMT

Terms of manager's £1.5m pay-off prevent him criticising England

EXCLUSIVE: Spurs to charge FA £5m for Redknapp

John Cross — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:01:02 GMT

Wembley chiefs want to appoint Tottenham boss next week but will have to pay a big transfer fee

Why having a Football Association chairman with balls gives England hope for the future

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:56 GMT

For a man who just shot the sheriff, David Bernstein looked thoroughly unruffled. The FA chairman was matter-of-fact when he talked about the departure of Fabio Capello the previous night. There was nothing complicated about it, he suggested. No agonising. No dithering. And certainly no regrets. He, and the FA’s general secretary Alex Horne, had told Capello they were not impressed with his dissenting comments about stripping John Terry of the England captaincy. Capello had taken umbrage...

England squad to be given code of conduct

John Cross — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:53 GMT

Terry free to play in Euros - but planned new rules will block selection of anyone awaiting criminal charges

Spurs on a loser if Redknapp goes - Hughton

James Nursey — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:36 GMT

Tottenham hero says old club will be victims if 'Arry takes England job

FA want England boss who'll fire up players and fans

Martin Lipton — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:24 GMT

Capello replacement will be more cheerleader than tactical wizard

Bernstein: We want Moore from England's captain

Martin Lipton — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:16 GMT

FA chief harks back to Sir Bobby in explaining why Terry had to be stripped of armband

McCarthy: Why I admire Fabio for quitting

John Percy — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:16 GMT

England boss praised by Wolves chief for resigning over captaincy row

New England boss will have to do it the Spanish way

John Cross — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:09 GMT

FA chiefs want to copy world champions and build coaching structure that will outlast changes in manager

Eriksson ready to be Redknapp's Svengali

John Cross — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:07 GMT

Harry can come to me for advice on managing England says Swede

Pardew: Give next England boss directions to the North-East

Simon Bird — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:03 GMT

Capello last visited the region to watch a match in August 2009

United warned: Bellamy is better than ever

David Anderson — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:31:33 GMT

Kuyt bigs up Liverpool team-mate before massive trip to Old Trafford

Refs have got it in for City claims Vieira

David McDonnell — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:31:23 GMT

"Anything we do will be amplified" says Blues exec over Kompany and Balotelli bans

Giggs: We must keep Liverpool in their place

David McDonnell — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:30:22 GMT

United star eager to keep arch-rivals in the rear-view mirror

What are the odds England win a trophy under their next boss? Derek McGovern's Bets of the Day

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:00:12 GMT

There is no doubt Harry Redknapp, hot favourite for the England job, has an amazingly consistent track record. Huntingdon, Plumpton, Taunton – he’s backed losers at pretty much every track. We learned from his tax evasion trial that the second-most lucrative job in football is Redknapp’s accountant. The first is Redknapp’s turf accountant. ’Arry’s odds to replace Fabio Capello drifted on Thursday after he said his only focus was Spurs, possibly how to extricate himself from his contract there...

Will Luis Suarez's Old Trafford return be as explosive as Eric Cantona's?

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:58:55 GMT

Enough has been said about Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra without me stoking up any more controversy ahead of their reunion at Old Trafford tomorrow. For what it’s worth, I hope they will shake hands before kick-off - if the FA will let them - and get on with the game. There is a rich history of rivalry between Manchester United and Liverpool. It is too big to become a subsidiary to any lingering bitterness between Suarez and Evra. What happened at Anfield earlier in the season has gone and Sua...

Capello 'could claim constructive dismissal'

MirrorFootball — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:03:26 GMT

Law expert says FA may not be in clear even though England boss quit

Capello resigns: All the latest news, reaction, analysis and opinion

MirrorFootball — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:59:13 GMT

Everything you need to know in one handy place

Allardyce on England: It's time for Redknapp

MirrorFootball — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:46:07 GMT

Tottenham boss the "obvious" choice for top job says West Ham manager

Wenger: It's a big blow for England and sad for Capello

MirrorFootball — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:28:19 GMT

Arsenal manager also rules himself out of taking over national team