Berbatov leaves the pitch during the defeat in Serbia. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters
The Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has become the centre of controversy in his native Bulgaria after his angry agent suggested the player could retire from international football because of criticism of his performances.
Last month several players, including Berbatov, were lambasted by the Bulgarian [...]

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has laughed off the latest barb from Ramon Calderon. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA
Sir Alex Ferguson has weighed in once more in the war of words between Manchester United and Real Madrid over Cristiano Ronaldo. The Real Madrid president Ramón Calderón yesterday branded Ferguson as “a bit senile” after the United manager [...]

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy and Juande Ramos. Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images
The Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has suggested that the sale of Dimitar Berbatov was one of several key events that led to the sackings of manager Juande Ramos and sporting director Damien Comolli.
The decision was made to sell Berbatov at the start of this summer, [...]

Mark Hughes being Mark Hughes. Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images
As anyone who’s stood next to the Mill in the fifth floor toilets will tell you, this substandard gossip column is the very definition of the little guy. So it’s good to see one of our own [LEGAL NOTE: in the metaphorical, not the physical sense] getting [...]

Cristiano Ronaldo took a full part in training ahead of the Champions League match. Photograph: John Peters/PA
Cristiano Ronaldo returned to full training with Manchester United this morning and will return to the first team squad for the Champions League match against Villarreal tomorrow. The Portuguese forward has not played this season after undergoing ankle surgery [...]

Can Dimitar Berbatov provide a cutting edge to the United attack? Photograph: John Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images
Two interminable Old Trafford summer transfer sagas: two happy endings for Alex Ferguson. The signing of Dimitar Berbatov from Spurs was the final - and pretty much the only – positive act of a three-month transfer window campaign [...]

Mark Hughes is happy with a ‘very satisfactory week’. Photograph: Phil Cole/Getty Images
Manchester City have completed the signing of the Argentine defender Pablo Zabaleta from Espanyol for an undisclosed fee. The 23-year-old has signed a five-year deal at Eastlands, and will further strengthen Mark Hughes’s squad following the acquisition of Shaun Wright-Phillips from Chelsea on [...]

Hargreaves told Sir Alex Ferguson this morning that he was unfit for tonight’s match. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/Guardian
Owen Hargreaves has been forced to pull out of the Uefa Super Cup in Monaco tonight after reluctantly having to admit that he is not fit to play. Hargreaves, who has been troubled by persistent knee problems, informed Sir [...]

Roque Santa Cruz: it’s a tough life. Photograph: P Noble/Reuters
Who would want to be Roque Santa Cruz? One minute you’re being whisked away from the Allianz Arena by one of Blighty’s most esteemed managers and shunted into the Blackburn Rovers attack, where you reap maximum benefit from the wing wizardry of Morten Gamst Pedersen and [...]

“Have you seen Mark Hughes’ hair?”. Photograph: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images)
Je m’appelle Le Mill, j’ai onze ans, j’habite a La Rochelle, j’ai deux soeurs et un chat, j’écoute les disques de Johnny Hallyday et j’aime le tennis, le foot et, bien sur, les rumours.
That, there, is some French for you. Pourquoi? Well, mes amis, it’s Bastille [...]