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Newcastle striker Micheal Owen is set to get a wage cut of £25,000, the former Anfield man is currently on £105,000 a week but has been offered a new contract at Newcastle which consists of £80,000 a week.
Owen has suffered form a series of injuries after leaving Real Madrid in 2005 but has still proved over and over again that he is a top goalscorer. Owen is a free agent this summer and rumour has it he will wait till his contract runs out at St James park and sign for a free agent to one of the top four clubs to play Champions league football.

Manchester City are set to make a shock 50 million bid for Liverpool ace Fernando Torres.

City are determined to bring top players to their club and the latest man to be linked with the blues is Torres, Mark Hughes has stated he would love to see the former Atletico Madrid man at The City of Manchester stadium.

Torres only signed for Liverpool at the start of the 2007-08 season for a club record of £20 million. The 24 year old had a great season in his first year at Anfield scoring 24 league goals and also played a major role for Spain in securing the UEFA Euro 2008 and was named in the team of the tournament alongside strike partner David Villa. This season so far has been a disappointment to El Nino due to a series of injuries.

It is said that Torres will stay faithfull to the Reds but who knows what will happen if your offered £300,000 a week.

Brazilian club Corinthians have confirmed they have signed Ronaldo on a 1 year deal. The legendary striker has been recovering from a serious knee injury and is dying to get back to his goalscoring ways. The 32 year old has been linked with a number of clubs around Europe especially English premier league club Manchester city but looks to play the rest of his carear in his native country.

The FIFA all time leading goal scorer is a huge fan of mine and i would have loved to see him playing in the Premier League, in my opinion Ronaldo has got more to give to football and i cant wait to see him back playing.

Eric Djemba-Djemba has claimed club West Ham United want to bring the Manchester United flop back to the the Premier League.

The Cameroon international failed to achieve high expectations at Manchester United and then moved on to Aston Villa where he found first-team football hard too come across. Djemba Djemba has got his carear back on track with Danish club Odense and the Hammers are said too be watching him closely.

The 27 year old says he would be interested in a move back to England saying he has unfinished business there.

Manchester United defender Patrice Evra has been baned for four matches and fined £15,000 by the FA after an incident on the 26th of April with Chelsea`s groundskeeper Sam Bethell during a warm down.

However an allegation from Evra insisting that Bethall engaged in racist comments and abusive language towards the French man. Evra reacted and admitted he pushed Bethall in the chest and hit him at the side of his head.
The FA reviewed the situation and found Evra guilty of improper conduct. Chelsea have also been fined £25,000 for failing to ensure an employee behaved in an orderly fashion.

Sunderland have confirmed that Roy Keane has left the club after a run of disappointing results.

Keane has been under immense pressure recently as the club have slipped into the relegation zone.
Keane was appointed manager of Sunderland in August 2006 and lead the club to promotion to the Premier league, in his debut season in the Premier league Sunderland finished a pleasing 15th position.

Since the Irish man has been in charge at the Stadium of light he has been give a great financial backing signing numerous amount of players. Keane stated that he asks himself everyday is he the right man for Sunderland and today he doubted himself and decided to move on in his managerial carear.

Niall Quinn said that we wanted Keane to stay at the club but things were not to be and wished him all the best in the future.

Birmingham City have agreed a deal with Irish Club St Patricks Athletic for playmaker Keith Fahey. Fahey started his carear at Arsenal and then moved on to Aston villa but things did not go his way and went home.

The 25 year-old deserves a second chance in English football and he is joining up with the Blues on the second of January. The deadball specialist will give Birmingham a cutting edge and help them regain their Premiership status.

Cristiano Ronaldo is the hot favourite to win the prestigious award Ballon d`Or. The Manchester United star had an unbelievable year last season scoring 42 goals last season and helped United become Champions league and Premier league Winners.

The 23 year old has already won World Player of the Year and has also took the top prizes in the PFA and Football writers last season.
If Ronaldo does win the award he will become the first Manchester United player since George Best to win the Ballon d`Or.