TOUCHLINES

ATLETICO MADRID will offer want-away strikers Sergio Aguero and Diego Forlan to Tottenham for a combined price of £40m (RM200m) this summer.

REAL MADRID are ready to cut their losses on Kaka this summer – and Chelsea and AC Milan are currently leading the chase to sign him. The midfielder has struggled form and fitness since moving to Spain from Milan in 2009.

DANISH midfielder Christian Eriksen – a target for Liverpool – says Barcelona are the only club who could tempt him away from Ajax.

INTER MILAN are considering a move for Tottenham’s Croatian Luka Modric.

MANCHESTER UNITED winger Nani faces up to a month on the sidelines as the gash suffered to his knee during the 3-0 loss at Liverpool is worse than first thought.

WIGAN boss Roberto Martinez has been given a vote of confidence by chairman Dave Whelan, despite the club slumping to the bottom of the Premier League.

LIVERPOOL fear captain Steven Gerrard will require surgery on a troublesome groin injury and could miss much of the season run-in.

FORMER Chelsea boss Gianluca Vialli has tipped Carlo Ancelotti to lead the club to the Champion League final this season. “They have got a great side with great players, experienced players. The are very hungry to win the Champion League because they have been so close for so many years. They deserve to get at least to the final and I’m sure they will,” said Vialli.

MANCHESTER UNITED could be boosted by the return of winger Antonio Valencia to their match-day squad for tomorrow’s FA Cup tie with Arsenal at Old Trafford.

ENGLAND defender Rio Ferdinand hailed Massimo Busacca as the world’s best referee on his Twitter account – before the Italian showed Arsenal’s Robin van Persie a second yellow card for kicking the ball away in their defeat at Barcelona. Ferdinand later stood by his initial assessment, tweeting: “..... still the best ref for me, one decision doesn’t change that.”

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Source : THE SUN 11 MARCH 2011