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Mancini – defends mortgage choices. Supervisor Roberto Mancini has defended his choice to permit three senior Manchester Town stars to depart on mortgage in January when he has ended up so quick of gamers.

Fired-up Rooney standing tall for Manchester United
No prizes for guessing who was at the front of the line when the coaching ground sprints started off in the brilliant Carrington sunshine yesterday. Connected Stories Smalling relishing huge stage Lehmann happy to assist Gunners Jens Lehmann prepared to make shock return to Arsenal Fernando Torres at Chelsea: “Every thing appears a mess” Deschamps in mood to have very last laugh against Manchester United

Abidal faces surgery on tumour
Barcelona defender Eric Abidal will undergo surgery right after the club announced he has a liver tumour. The Primera Division club announced the news relating to the 31-yr-previous French player by means of their official Twitter feed.