The Times says that Wenger has been given more transfer money than he says he needs this summer.

 Alan Campbell describes an outbreak of sanity at Tynecastle. Unfortunately for Hearts' fans it didn't help them to qualify for the UEFA Cup as Aberdeen ensured their spot on the final day of the Scottish season.

Gabriele Marcotti on Milan’s revival.

Joe Lovejoy looks at the Champions League Final.

For those who were wondering why Milan had points deducted.

Amy Lawrence takes a look at the player who is the heart of Milan - Gennaro Gattuso.

Ian Bell on the pressure of football management.

Another excellent article by Eastern European football expert Jonathan Wilson. The most dangerous job in football.

Ian Hawkey takes a look at Real Madrid’s run at the 2007 La Liga title.

Nominations for game of the week and the dog of the week (or should I just assume that the Cup Final wil be a unanimous selection for the latter?)

Another packed weekend of action with league titles decided, the Dutch Cup going to Ajax after an extended penalty shoot out, relegation fights continuing across Europe and Glenn Roeder resigning his position at Newcastle.

Premiership is suing YouTube over copyright infringement.

Matt Scott on the manouveres by Leeds United.

James Lawton chimes in on the West Ham ruling.

Meanwhile West Ham may find that they are sued into oblivion.

But Ian Bell contends that the likes of Wigan are missing the point. 

On Friday’s FSR we mentioned that FIFA/UEFA might not take of any civil court action by Premiership clubs against West Ham to well.

Amy Lawrence looks at how the Premiership has changed as it reaches 1,000 games. Based on 380 games being played each year I can't work out where the number 1,000 comes into it. On the other hand one of the responses that lists the Premiership nightmare eleven is fun to consider. Who would be in your nightmare eleven for the 2006/07 season and you might also want to select a manager?

Philip Cornwall looks at the value of the Premiership at birth.

Patrick Barclay looks at Manchester United on what turned out to be the eve of their ninth Premiership title.

Guy Hodgson’s review of the City – United derby is worth reading for the first three paragraphs alone.

And remember to nominate your dogs and stars from this week’s televised games.

Let’s start with the Messi / Maradona comparison video.

A recently released study claims that last summer’s World Cup had minimal impact on the German economy.

It looks like next season’s the Premiership television money will be divied up just a little bit more equitably.

Amy Lawrence on Arsenal’s next signing.

Brian Doogan on Stan’s plan.

Gabriele Marcotti thinks this season is Jose Mourinho’s greatest triumph.

Dundee supporter Patrick Barclay takes a look at Manchester United vs. Milan Champions League semi final.

Trevor Brooking laments the lack of skill shown by English youngsters.

Steve Tongue considers the relationship between Rafa Benitez and Jose Mourinho.

On a weekend when Lyon, Celtic and Inter sew up their respective league championships, PSV and Barcelona decide to make what looked to be straight forward tasks much more difficult.

A late equalizer by Utrecht against PSV means that a win for AZ Alkmaar next week against Excelsior will give AZ their first title since 1981. It could be the first time in 26 seasons that the big three of Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord have failed to lift the title. Quite the triumph for Louis Van Gaal.

Robert Pires gains a measure of revenge for being substituted in last season’s Champions League Final against Barcelona after Jens (short for Jennifer I understand) Lehmann was sent off. Pires scores the first goal and Barcelona’s miserable away form continues. They still lead Seville by a point and Real Madrid by two (and Sevilla and Real Madrid have still to play each other) but you have to think that Barca’s inability to kill off the chasing pack only gives the likes of Sevilla and Real Madrid more hope and confidence.

Cristaino Ronaldo and Shunsuke Nakamura pick up player of the year awards in England and Scotland.

And finally the last word goes to Nigel Winterburn the former Arsenal full back and colour commentator for Saturday's Manchester United vs. Boro match. "Rio touches his groin and shakes his head."

David Conn on the cost of watching a Premiership game in England.

David Lacey on the need for the Premiership to attract young fans to their games.

The Observer claims that Manchester United and Chelsea are intent on holding the line on wages at a paltry $200K a week.

….although it looks as if it doesn’t apply to John Terry.

 Amy Lawrence on Dimitar Berbatov – perhaps the best newcomer to the Premiership this season.

Rob Hughes claims that “there is no option for Arsenal other than Wenger’s way”.

And Gabriele Marcotti thinks that Arsenal should be applauded rather than criticized.

Ian Bell describes a very unique player and man – Henrik Larsson.

No shortage of talking points this weekend. Manchester United grind out a win at Craven Cottage...Javier Mascherano makes his Liverpool debut....West Ham gets a hiding from Charlton and the Hammers have a difficult last 10 games.....Real Madrid largely outplayed by Atletico and have Barcelona coming up in two weeks....meanwhile Barcelona and Sevilla will face each other this coming weekend.....Lyon fight-back to take a point after being two goals down....Schalke 04 - are they going to sel####estruct again? ........and there was a piece of silverware handed out in England.

Amy Lawrence contrasts Arsenal’s attitude to youth development and Chelsea’s.

Paul Wilson takes a look at the issue of standing at games. “When Saturday Comes” ran a a similar feature this month a looked at the experience of Borussia Dortmund.

Hugh McIlvanney – the dean of British football writers – provides his view on the Craig Bellamy and his short-game.

Nick Townsend on what might have turned out to be a tragedy in Lens last week.

The two faces of Arsene Wenger from James Lawton.

Michael Grant writes about Thomas Gravesen’s inability to gain a regular place in Celtic’s midfield. MLS bound?

Jim Duffy on the future of Chelsea assistant manager Steve Clarke.

Greg Lalas on Lyon’s very underrated Juninho.

The first two are a couple of articles from earlier this week.

Kevin Eason describes how the new Premiership television deal that kicks in next year will see the “richest-clubs” list being dominated by English teams.

Another insightful piece by Daniel Finkelstein – this time on Arsenal’s up and down season.

Rob Hughes on last weeks international friendlies.

A Steve Coppell interview with Amy Lawrence.

Former Germany and Scotland coach Berti Vogts surfaces as the new man in charge of Nigeria.

Joe Lovejoy on Steve McClaren – or Sven Mark II.

Rob Hughes describes how on Saturday against Liverpool Celestine Babayaro played through the pain of losing his brother less than 24 hours before. 

Grahame L. Jones on 800 potential teammates of David Beckham. 

This weekend I was thinking how difficult it is to come up with greatr trivia questions in the age of the internet and goggle. I would interested to see if anyone has a trivia question that can go unanswered for 24 hours - soccer related of course.

Howard Bloom’s blog – “Sports Business News” – looks at the latest developments in the FIFA, MasterCard and Visa sponsorship dispute.

Dennis Campbell updates the progress of the Stevens’ Inquiry.

Richard Winton describes Steven Pressley's exit from Tynecastle.The latest rumours have Pressley heading south - Southampton perhaps?

Brian Cooney attempts to solve one of the great mysteries of Scottish football.  Why did such a rare talent as George Connolly, walkout on Celtic in the 70s?

Amy Lawrence comments on the situation at Milan. Milan looked poor and quite stale against Torino on Sunday.

After giving Friday's announcement by U.S.S.F. President Sunil Gulati of Bob Bradley's appointment more thought, I am more convinced than before that this has been badly mishandled.

Gulati had the chance to simply announce that Bob Bradley would be taking over responsibility for the USA Olympic team. Further, negotiations with Jurgen Klinsmann had broken down after being at an advanced stage and that in the meantime, until a permanent coach was appointed, Bob Bradley will also be in charge of the full national team. Nothing more. 

Unfortunately, when Gulati started to talk about Bradley being a potential candidate to stay on long-term, he started to dig himself a very big hole. What possible criteria, could you apply to Bradley's performance over the next six months - over three years before the next World Cup - that could possibly tell you more than is known now?

Finally, some comments on the Chelsea - Arsenal game.

1. Chelsea did hit the woodwork three times, and had one shot cleared off the line. 

2. I thought Gilberto Silva and Michael Essien were absolutely outstanding. Just like at Old Trafford a few weeks ago, Essien turned the game for Chelsea.

3. Are Shevchenko's critics the same people who wrote off Drogba and Essien? 

4. If referee Alan Wiley yellow carded Jens Lehmann for this push on Didier Drogba, then booked Drogba for retaliation, why did the referee not award Chelsea a penalty?