Benteke: Villa can’t force me to stay

BELGIAN striker put a host of big clubs on alert with Spurs, Man City, Arsenal and Chelsea leading the chase

Begovic: I’m off to the Kop

THE £15million-rated stopper is set to follow boss Tony Pulis out of the Britannia after saying he wants to train with Liverpool

Pell must win 5 trophies in 5 years

INCOMING boss faces a daunting task if he is to triumph as Roberto Mancini’s successor at the Etihad

Germans are coming ... blame Shearer

STEVEN HOWARD says the England striker’s winning goal in Euro 2000 has sparked the Fatherland into life

Mancini sacked for ... TOTAL FAILURE

MAN CITY bigwig reveals season was seen as such a failure even an FA Cup final win would not have saved Italian

Rom likes Luk of Dortmund

CHELSEA’S powerful striker says he would like to move to Champions League finalists as he eyes regular football

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Thomas has no doubts Prem still Hitz heights

THE march of Munich and Dortmund to Wembley has seen many predicting a shift in Euro footballing dominance

Ferdy signs on

FORMER England defender ends speculation surrounding his future by penning new one-year deal at Old Trafford

Golf chief in racism shocker

EUROPEAN supremo George O’Grady was forced to apologise for using the racially insensitive word “coloured”

SunSpeed 2013: Monaco Grand Prix

VIDEO: SUNSPORT’S Jim Munro and Chris Hockley sit down to discuss this weekend’s race in Monaco

Chumpions League of transfers

SUNSPORT looks at high-profile players who have left a club – only to see them triumph in the Europe the season after

Catch of the Day

VIDEO: JOE HART catches the NFL bug — in a gridiron throwabout with New York Giants legend Eli Manning

Let’s not be stamped by ‘losers’ tag

BAYERN MUNICH ace fears a loss to Dortmund will mean his Bayern Munich side go down in the annals as bottlers

It’s five into elite comp

RULE changes would see the European champions and Europa League winners both qualify for the following season

Pell: Mour to me than soundbites

EXCLUSIVE: INCOMING Man City boss is not one for the attention grabbing that is part of The Special One’s DNA

Bramble won’t be a thorn in Di Canio’s side

DEFENDER is set to be the first of several high-profile departures Paolo Di Canio will usher from the Stadium of Light

Wise has eyes on Lions job

FORMER Lions chief has applied for the vacancy at The Den where he was player-boss from 2003 to 2005

Year KO a stinker for Taylor

INJURY-JINXED Newcastle star has targeted August next year to return from snapping anterior cruciate ligaments

Going wild

VIDEO SPECIAL: TAKE a look back at the season's best moments of joy involving players, managers and fans

Let’s all have an Isco!

CITY want the Malaga star to follow incoming boss Manuel Pellegrini — but they now have a fight on their hands

Arsenal to dump Vermaelen

CLUB captain Vermaelen, a Man Utd and Barca target in the past, is keen to stay in North London and could go for £5m

Tasty Thi for Moyes

DAVID MOYES is weighing up a £15million bid for Barcelona midfielder Thiago as he starts his Old Trafford rebuilding

No Llam chop for Pards

TOON managing director has demanded improvements next term after talks with boss Pards and owner Mike Ashley

Sooner or later, Gareth will go

VIDEO: FORMER Real Madrid star reckons Welshman needs to be testing himself against best players in the world

Ain’t no Kopping it now

LIVERPOOL boss Brendan Rodgers insists Liverpool will move swiftly to sort out West Ham target Carroll’s future

Kagawa: Dortmund have inspired me

JAPANESE midfielder left German club for Man Utd last summer — and has now seen them go further in Europe

Ramos: We need Bale Real bad

DEFENDER Ramos says Bale can ‘punish any team in the world’ — and is the right man to help them rebuild next term

Franco’s going nowhere

SPURS are keen to bring the Italian to White Hart Lane as their new director of football but Serie A side are holding firm

C’mon Carroll

ANDY CARROLL has been told to hurry up and make up his mind by the Hammers — with £15million fee already agreed