What you missed while pondering whether or not the Maltese Phallus should be removed before the pope comes to town…
- Your Premier League roundup: Chelsea 1-0 Bolton. Chelsea is now four points clear of United at the top of the table.
- Juventus have given Rafa Benitez ten days to decide whether or not he wants to manage for them next season; Benitez is also a favorite for the soon-to-be-vacant Real Madrid job.
- Juventus tried to make Benitez feel at home by announcing that attacking midfielder Sebastian Giovinco will miss the rest of the season with a leg muscle problem.
- The Spanish player’s union has called off the strike planned for this weekend over unpaid wages (which means the piece I was writing on this but kept getting sidetracked on is now irrelevant).
- Time for some Arsene Wenger algebra: Robin van Persie – Ankle Injury = Lionel Messi. Don’t ask him to show his work.
- No progress has been made in Arsenal’s contract negotiations with William Gallas.
- Harry Redknapp secretly hopes is afraid that Tottenham fans will brutally abuse Sol Campbell when he returns to White Hart Lane; Campbell left Spurs for Arsenal in 2001.
- The Copa del Rey final will be held either on May 13th or May 19th at the Nou Camp; this is news, because as of yesterday nobody’d bothered to actually schedule the final.
- Spain will play Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Poland to artifically extend their unbeaten streak warm up for the World Cup.
- 5:31 AM EST: Lionel Messi predicts a reunion with Cesc Fabregas. 8:26 AM EST: Barcelona have promised not to bid for Cesc Fabregas this summer.
- Udinese midfield Gökhan Inler would consider a move out of Italy if the right offer presented itself.
- In Copa Italia news, Inter Milan beat Fiorentina 1-0 (2-0 on aggregate) to advance to the final; technically, Inter and Bayern are still in the running for a treble.
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