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THURSDAY 3
Uefa make final tickets admission
Uefa admit they will not be able to satisfy the huge demand for Champions League
final tickets.
Liverpool and AC Milan will each get more than 20,000 tickets for the 23 May final in Athens' Olympic Stadium.
There are plans for a fan park in the Greek capital, with giant screens, to cater for those without tickets.
But Uefa spokesman William Gaillard said: "Our advice to fans is not to travel without
a ticket as we do not want them to be exploited by touts."
He added: "We know that however many tickets we provide it would never be enough - we could probably sell out a stadium with a million seats!
"But if supporters just want to savour the experience then they can use the fan park in downtown Athens."
Uefa, meanwhile, are not expecting trouble between the two sets of supporters.
(BBC Sport Online)

Maldini to put off knee op
Milan skipper Paolo Maldini is to delay a knee operation so that he can play in the UEFA Champions League final against Liverpool.
Maldini has been struggling with a knee injury which forced him to miss Wednesday's semi-final win over Manchester United.
"Had we lost against Manchester United, I would have undergone knee surgery,"
said Maldini.
"But I really want to try to play my eighth Champions League final of my career."
"I have thought about the final of Istanbul for at least a year, even though two years have gone by," added Maldini.
"Liverpool are a team that have no fear and I hope to be available.
"It would be great to lift the Champions League cup.
"But then there will be the European Super Cup left to play and the Inter-continental final, so I have every intention to continue to play."
(Sky Sports)

Warnock fearing Rafa rotation
Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock fears Liverpool's run to the Champions League final could impact on the battle for Premier League survival.
Rafael Benitez's side finish their Premiership season with games at Fulham on Saturday, and then at home to Charlton on the final day.
Both the Cottagers and the Addicks are desperately fighting for their lives, while the players at Anfield will now have one eye on the final with AC Milan in Athens on May 23.
Warnock is hoping Benitez does not opt to field weakened sides in either match, stating: "It might not be good news for us that Liverpool progressed.
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan, whose side are only separated from the bottom three on goal difference, is confident Benitez will be honourable for his side's remaining two games.
"Liverpool usually put their strongest team out," remarked Whelan.
(TEAMtalk) 
 
Rafa: Milan will be dangerous opponents
Rafael Benitez watched AC Milan destroy Manchester United's European dreams in style last night and declared: "They're better than two years ago."
"It's clear we are going to play a team with players with a great attitude and quality," said Benitez.
"You could see by how hard they worked last night. They are desperate to win the Champions League, and after what happened two years ago we must be very careful. They are a very dangerous opponent for us.
"We enjoyed the day on Tuesday, but now that's gone and we must focus on the final. The hard work for the players begins now. The final is not today, it is in a few weeks time and we must start our preparation from this moment.
"Some people think because we won two years ago and we also beat Chelsea we will do it again, but this is not the right message. You do not win a trophy for winning a semi-final. Playing well in the final is what's important now."
(LFC Official Website)

Berlusconi: Bring on Liverpool
President Silvio Berlusconi viewed last night’s win as an “emotional moment” and is looking forward to revenge against Liverpool.
The result sets up a repeat of the 2005 Champions League Final, where Milan had been leading 3-0 before losing on penalties at the end of a 3-3 draw.
“All of us feel the need for revenge, as we are still under shock from Istanbul. It is curious and intriguing that after two years our opponents in the Final are again Liverpool.
“My motto for Milan is stronger than envy, stronger than misfortune, stronger than injustice.”
Having lost in Istanbul on penalties and seen Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina’s prowess in the shoot-out victory over Chelsea this week, Milan are taking precautions.
“We are practising penalties with all our regular takers, but with the goalkeeper moving towards the net, just as it would be in a match situation, so they learn not to lose concentration.”
(Channel 4)

Psychic Rafa predicted final pairing in February
Liverpool boss Rafael Benítez is rapidly building up an excellent reputation for the success he’s brought to Anfield since he joined the club almost three years ago, including taking the club to a second Champions League final in the space of two years.
What few people realised was that he has psychic skills too. Or at least it looks that way.
Back in February Rafael Benítez reflected on the draw for the last 16 as Liverpool were being written off due to their pairing with Barcelona. Speaking to Corriere dello Sport Rafa said: “I think the final will be Liverpool v Milan and that we will win again. It's sure.”
Well he’s got half of that prediction right, and in less than three weeks we’ll find out if he’s got the other half right too.
(AnfieldRoad.com)
 
Crouch has heart set on dream Athens result
Having dreamt of scoring in the Champions League final, Peter Crouch is now determined to make it a reality.
The striker is Liverpool’s leading goalscorer in this season’s competition, netting seven times to help Rafael Benitez’s side through to the Athens showpiece on May 23.
“I’ve dreamed about scoring a goal in the Champions League final,” he said. “Now I can make that dream come true. I’d love to play in the final and score. I will be giving everything to make sure I’m one of the players out there in Athens.
“But with Rafa you can never tell because he always has his own ideas and you can’t fault it.”
(Liverpool Daily Post)
  
Zat calls for Fulham roar
Zat Knight has urged Fulham fans to turn out in force and roar the players on against Liverpool on Saturday.
Fulham are firmly in the relegation dogfight, but one win from their final two games would in all probability ensure their position in the Premiership.
The winning habit has deserted Fulham, though, as their last victory came way back on 3rd February.
UEFA Champions League finalists Liverpool visit Craven Cottage on Saturday and Knight wants the fans to play their part.
"We hope there's a cup-final atmosphere because it's going to be like a cup final," Knight said in The Sun.
"We don't want it to go down to the last game."
Fulham travel to Middlesbrough on the final day of the season.
(Sky Sports)

Kaka looking for Reds revenge
AC Milan midfielder Kaka is relishing the opportunity to avenge the 2005 Champions League final defeat against Liverpool after progressing to the final at the expense of Manchester United.
Milan's 3-0 second-leg victory in the semi-final at the San Siro set up a rematch with the Reds, their conquerors two years ago.
"The final against Liverpool will be a unique game.
"I sincerely hope it will be different from that of 2005."
(PA Sport)
WEDNESDAY 2
United stunned by Milan mauling
Manchester United's hopes of turning the Champions League Final into an all-English affair were brutally crushed at the San Siro as AC Milan set up a revenge attack on Liverpool with a 3-0 win for a 5-3 aggregate.
Sir Alex Ferguson's men chose the worst night possible to turn in one of their poorest displays of the entire campaign, with Cristiano Ronaldo among the biggest let downs.
(Sporting Life)

Reds won't let stars depart
Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks is adamant there are no plans to let any of the club's star players leave.
Following The Reds reaching the UEFA Champions League final, the new owners want
to build on their success.
That means not letting the likes of captain Steven Gerrard and defender Jamie Carragher depart Anfield at any price.
Hicks, fellow co-owner George Gillett and Rafa Benitez have already discussed players' futures, with Gerrard high on the agenda.
"As far as keeping our players, that is on-going. We have sat down with Rafa a few times now and know what he wants," Hicks said.
"But I cannot imagine Steven Gerrard playing for anybody else but Liverpool."
(Sky Sports) 

Benitez the master of Europe
Rafael Benitez may struggle to return the Premiership to what Liverpool regards as its spiritual home - but a journey to the Champions League final on a regular basis more than makes up for that gap in his collection.
Benitez was quizzed about his lack of a title in the after-glow of yet another semi-final triumph over his arch-rival Jose Mourinho.
He admitted it was tough with Manchester United and Chelsea winning almost every week, but he can more than handle the demands of the Champions League.
And so it proved again as Anfield celebrated another wild European night in front of
The Kop.
(Phil McNulty - BBC Sport Online) 

Edmilson hails Liverpool team spirit
Barcelona midfielder Jose Edmilson has praised the team ethic at Liverpool which has helped the English side reach the Champions League final for the second time in three years.
Liverpool may not boast the individual superstars of some of Europe’s other big clubs, but 30-year-old Edmilson believes Rafael Benitez’s side are proof that a solid all-round team can be more than a match for anyone.
“At Anfield they don’t have the best players in the world, but they are a good team,” said Edmilson, whose Barca side saw the defence of their Champions League title ended by Liverpool at the last-16 stage of this year’s competition.
“They are very effective, almost perfect tactically, and obedient.
“Football is changing, it is not so much about fancy skills, now it’s about playing as a team. Liverpool showed that yesterday.”
(Evening Echo)

Keeper Cech laments penalty KO
Petr Cech admits Tuesday night's UEFA Champions League defeat to Liverpool on penalties was one of the most disappointing moments of his career.
"It took 120 minutes and there is still a lot of emotion and stress inside me, so I am very tired," he told CTK. "I have not slept much. I am hugely disappointed.
"We were very close to getting through. We had been on a long and difficult route to the semi-final, but we managed to get there.
"But there, we did not have enough luck. It is one of the biggest disappointments of
my career."
(Sky Sports) 
 
Liverpool's penalty hero burgled
Liverpool FC's heroic goalkeeper Pepe Reina was burgled on Tuesday night as he was helping send the club through to the Champions League final.
The 24-year-old Spaniard saved two out of three spot kicks in a penalty shoot-out against Chelsea at Anfield.
But he returned from celebrating the win in the early hours of Wednesday to find his home in Woolton, Liverpool, had been ransacked.
A number of high value items and the player's Porsche Cayenne were taken.
The grey-coloured car - which has Spanish number plates - was found burnt out in Fleetwood Walk at 0630 BST.
Merseyside Police said the burglary happened sometime between 1900 BST on Tuesday and 0045 BST on Wednesday.
Officers were called to the address at 0145 BST after Reina discovered the break-in.
The goalkeeper, who joined Liverpool in the summer of 2005, does not want to comment on the incident.
(BBC)

Reds chiefs blown away by Benitez
Liverpool co-owner George Gillett admits he and Tom Hicks had no idea just how good a manager Rafael Benitez was when they bought the club.
The American sports mogul, together with Hicks, watched Liverpool's incredible Champions League semi-final triumph over Chelsea at Anfield on Tuesday night and then hailed the Spanish coach who has taken the club to their second European Cup final in three seasons.
Gillett revealed he and his co-chairman have been blown away by the quality of the manager they have inherited.
"Rafa has been tremendous. My sons and I followed the sport here before we came; we knew about Rafa Benitez and what he had done in Europe.
"We knew of him but I don't think we realised how good he was, and not just as a coach.
"Not only was he a brilliant coach but he is a very sharp, savvy businessman. He knows what he wants and how to get it."
(TEAMtalk)   

Parry reveals final 'concerns'
Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry has expressed security concerns should the Champions League final be an all-English affair.
Manchester United will set up just such a scenario if they manage to overcome AC Milan in the second leg of their semi-final.
"There will be concerns from a security point of view if it's two English teams, sadly," Parry told BBC Radio Five Live the morning after his side booked their place in the Athens showpiece.
"There will be issues we'll have to address. There will be a lot of supporters from both teams travelling without tickets, which the authorities will have to deal with.
"A lot of careful thought and planning would definitely be required."
(PA Sport) 

An unbelievable night for this incredible club
Nothing can compare with a European night at Anfield.
It was a privilege to be a part of the atmosphere generated by the best fans in the world for an occasion to rank with the Inter Milan semi-final, the St Etienne tie, the 2005 win over Chelsea and the heroic night in Istanbul.
Now, it can be repeated all over again in another Champions League final this month in Athens.
The fans were absolutely unbelievable last night in what was a pulsating, absorbing game that kept you on edge throughout.
The football at times might not have been the best, but this was blood and thunder, no-holds barred stuff, where the stakes were high and everyone knew one mistake could spell the end of their European dreams.
In fact, there were occasions when neither side seemed to have a midfield as long balls were pumped up the middle but, irrespective of what Jose Mourinho thought, the Reds battled together as a team and deserved their night of glory.
(Tommy Smith - Liverpool Echo)   

Chelsea pay the penalty for caution
So the proud red shirts of Liverpool once more will contest the final of Europe's most prestigious cup competition.
For the seventh time. Quite possibly against their greatest football rivals Manchester United. What a mouthwatering prospect for English football fans.
And even a serial moaner like Jose Mourinho could surely not contest the justice of that.
Great sporting prizes are won by daring deeds and a sense of adventure. And not for the first time this season Mourinho's Chelsea side displayed too little of each as Liverpool earned their right to a Champions League final date in Athens later this month.
True, it was won via the lottery of a dramatic penalty shoot-out when Liverpool scored four in a row while their goalkeeper Jose Reina saved from Arjen Robben and Geremi.
But for too long on a nerve-shredding evening Chelsea sought to contain rather than add to their 1-0 first-leg advantage, while Liverpool always were the more positive.
(TEAMtalk)      read more

'Special ones' take centre stage
Rafael Benitez, like the rest of us in Anfield last night, couldn’t help but hear the stirring songs and shuddering screams of the his newly-christened ‘special ones’.
But thankfully for them, as the team news started circulating, it was clear he had already been listening to them intently. They had influenced one important outcome long before they helped their heroes into a seventh European Cup final.
Because Steven Gerrard was back where everyone wanted him. Where he wanted to be. Where he should have been in the first leg when Liverpool’s midfield withered without him along with hopes of an away goal, given the subsequent lack of natural width.
You wouldn’t dare ignore fans of the type of ferocity that created the swarming, swirling sounds that swept the players up in another tidal wave of Anfield European euphoria last night – and even the single-minded Spanish manager was ready to bow to their do-or-die demands.
It was a red-tinted campaign that Tony Blair’s would-be successors will do well to match for lack of subtlety when the Prime Minister steps aside next week.
So picking Gerrard in the centre was a defiant message not just to Chelsea but to the red masses: “I’ve done my bit now you do yours.”
Benitez remains king of all he surveys and, like everything he asked on the night, his subjects delivered. They and Gerrard did everything right and repaid his faith in their raw Scouse inspiration.
(Nick Smith - Liverpool Daily Post)   

Mourinho the deluded one
Jose Mourinho was stripped of his self-appointed status as the special one and became the deluded one as Liverpool visited another Champions League nightmare upon Chelsea.
Mourinho's disappointment was understandable, as he had to swallow a second semi-final defeat in front of an Anfield gallery that has taken particular exception to his unique, outspoken personality.
But it took all of Mourinho's brass neck and some very thick blue-tinted spectacles to sit and declare - without any sign of his tongue drilling a hole in his cheek - that the best team lost and that Chelsea were truly deserving of a place in the Athens final.
Nonsense. Every word of it.
If Mourinho truly believed Chelsea were the stronger team, the team pressing inexorably for victory, the team throwing men forward at set pieces to secure the goal that would have made a final place certain, he kids no-one but himself.
Mourinho's self-belief is iron-clad, but in this instance he simply used it as a shield against what was a grim reality for Chelsea.
(Phil McNulty - BBC Sport Online)   

Rafa tells Reds to enjoy
Rafa Benitez is determined to enjoy Liverpool's UEFA Champions League victory, with the Spaniard insisting he has no preference who his side face in the final.
Benitez admits his side had faced a stiff test of their mettle against The Blues, particularly in defence.
"It was difficult - we needed to score and not concede," Benitez told Sky Sports News.
Liverpool will learn their final opponents on Wednesday as Manchester United travel
to Milan.
Benitez added: "If I say I want Manchester United then the people in Milan will be disappointed and if I say Milan the people in Manchester will be disappointed so I prefer just to enjoy."
(Sky Sports)

Rafa promises Premiership assault
Rafael Benitez promised Liverpool fans a more sustained challenge on the Premiership next season after reaching the Champions League final.
New owner George Gillett could hardly drag himself away from the hundreds of Reds fans who rushed towards the directors' box after their team had won a penalty shoot-out against Chelsea to reach their second European Cup final in three seasons.
A 1-0 victory on the night, 1-1 on aggregate and then the agonies of a 4-1 shoot-out triumph, was just too much for Gillett, who milked the achievement for all it was worth.
Liverpool now face either Manchester United or AC Milan in Athens on May 23, but Benitez was already looking ahead.
He said: "This is really important for our club and for the future. We will try to have a bigger impact on the Premiership next season, but for now we will try to win the Champions League again.
"But the league is so hard, when you see United and Chelsea winning every game, you have to be almost perfect to be a contender."
(TEAMtalk)

Kuyt wants Man Utd in Euro final
Liverpool hero Dirk Kuyt has set his sights on a "historic" Champions League final meeting with rivals Manchester United in Athens.
Dutch striker Kuyt scored the decisive spot-kick as Liverpool beat Chelsea 4-1 on penalties in their semi-final.
He told BBC Sport: "AC Milan and Manchester United are two great teams and clubs.
"But a meeting between two big clubs from the Premiership in the Champions League final would be historic."
(BBC Sport Online) 

Carra takes record
Jamie Carragher has now played more European games for Liverpool than anyone.
Carragher made his 90th European appearance for the Reds last night, as they booked their place in the European Cup final, one more than Liverpool legend Ian Callaghan.
(LFC Online)
TUESDAY 1

Gerrard hails brilliant Reds
Steven Gerrard tonight hailed his team-mates after the Reds booked their place in the Champions League final.
"The first time round was special but to do it again after being a goal down to a magnificent team like Chelsea. It is unbelievable - together we achieved it," said Gerrard.
(LFC Official Website)   

Carra: I don't care who we meet in Athens
Jamie Carragher reflected on Liverpool's semi-final success over Chelsea and declared: "I don't care who we play in Athens."
"To reach the final again is brilliant and we're going to enjoy the fact that we're there again. That's the third year running we've beaten Chelsea in a semi-final.
"It doesn't matter who we play. We can relax now and all watch the game
on Wednesday night."
(LFC Official Website) 

Mourinho: We were better
Jose Mourinho insisted Chelsea were the best side during their UEFA Champions League semi-final defeat to Liverpool.
Chelsea rarely threatened at Anfield, but Mourinho was adamant that his men should have progressed.
"I respected Liverpool always in my words. I don't need to say more and today I think
the best team was Chelsea," he told ITV.
(Sky Sports)   

Rafa pays tribute to Anfield factor
Rafa Benitez praised the Anfield crowd as Liverpool defeated Chelsea, but Jose Mourinho claims his side were better on the night.
"Every player and every supporter (deserves the win) - the atmosphere was amazing today."
(ITV Football) 
 
Kuyt fires Reds to Athens
Liverpool booked their place in the UEFA Champions League final after defeating Chelsea on 4-1 on penalties at Anfield, after they won 1-0 on the night.
The Reds went into their second leg semi-final tie 1-0 down, but after just 22 minutes they had levelled when Steven Gerrard's clever free-kick found an unmarked Dan Agger on the edge of the box, and he fired home.
Chelsea had won the toss before kick-off and the Anfield Road end, opposed to the Kop had unsurprisingly been chosen by The Blues. The Reds opened up with Zenden scoring with ease - but Arjen Robben could not follow suit as his effort was well saved by Reina diving to his left.
Alonso, Lampard and Gerrard all converted - before Geremi saw his tame effort parried, which allowed Kuyt the chance to send Liverpool to Athens and he duly obliged as he tucked his penalty into the corner of the net.
(Sky Sports) 
 
Gerrard starts in the middle
Steven Gerrard and Javier Mascherano will be in Liverpool's engine room for tonight's massive Champions League Semi Final 2nd Leg against Chelsea at Anfield.
The Reds need to overturn Chelsea's 1-0 advantage from the first leg at Stamford Bridge and Rafa has named two up front in Peter Crouch and Dirk Kuyt.
Liverpool: Reina, Finnan, Riise, Carragher, Agger, Mascherano, Gerrard, Pennant, Zenden, Crouch, Kuyt.
Subs: Padelli, Arbeloa, Hyypia, Fowler, Gonzalez, Alonso, Bellamy.
(LFC Official Website) 
 
Record 60m fans to watch Reds in 185 countries
One of Liverpool’s most dramatic European nights could be watched by a record-breaking global audience tonight.
Uefa are already predicting up to 60m fans tuning in to watch the Reds at Anfield in the Champions League semi-final decider against Chelsea.
It comes as Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez issued a battle cry to the Kop and implored it to become the team’s famous 12th man.
Spokesman William Gaillard told the ECHO the game was likely to be the most globally watched so far in this year’s Champions League tournament.
If it goes into extra time, a record audience from 185 countries around the world could make footballing history in terms of viewing figures.
(Liverpool Echo)  

I wish I were on the Kop tonight, says Gillett
George Gillett is still enjoying his transitional period at Anfield, but he may secure his place in history far sooner than he could have imagined.
He’s been granted the prolonged honeymoon all new arrivals at the club appreciate, where the goodwill of the supporters radiates positive vibes and the eagerness to ‘give the new boy a chance’ keeps the more sensitive, pertinent questions at bay for a more appropriate time and place.
If the co-chairman sees his side deliver another epic victory over Chelsea tonight, this honeymoon will be extended for a further fortnight as the Athens travel packs arrive.
If Liverpool win the Champions League itself, he and Tom Hicks will join the exclusive club of two Anfield chairmen who have celebrated this momentous success.
“I wish I’d been sitting on the Kop the night we played Barcelona,” said Gillett. “They have so much fun and anticipate and affect the outcome, which is really unusual. I’m a huge Kop fan.
“I will be there on the Kop one day with my son. I tried to talk some people into letting me be there tonight, but I’ve been told it’s not a good idea. But I’ll definitely be there
next season."
(Liverpool Echo)  

"I want to savour moment of cup glory once again"
Is he the master of mind games or a rambling lunatic?
Jose Mourinho’s increasingly erratic Press conferences provoke a carefully considered assessment from Jamie Carragher.
“He’s the funniest thing to come out of London since Del Boy and Rodney,” says the Liverpool defender.
Carragher will also be hoping familiarity breeds content after emerging victorious in identical circumstances two years ago.
“It’s a pretty similar situation to 2005,” he said. “I remember going into that game thinking we had to keep a clean sheet and then I felt we’d do it, and it’s the same now. We are a better team now compared to then. The atmosphere this time will be even better because we’re behind.
“When we won in 2005 I wanted to savour every minute because you felt it was a one-off, but for it to come around again so soon, I just want to have those same feelings I had at the final whistle.
“Without a doubt, Anfield is the place all of us would most want to be on the night of the second leg of a Champions League semi-final, and the place every other team in Europe would least like to come."
(Liverpool Echo)  

Legend Barnes backs Reds to succeed
Kop legend John Barnes has backed Liverpool to overcome Chelsea at Anfield on Tuesday and book their place in the 2007 Champions League Final.
Barnes believes the Reds, with their strong tradition and fans behind them, can still make the final despite the disadvantage of losing the first leg of the semi-final at Stamford Bridge.
"Liverpool can rise to the occasion. Because they have enormous spirits," he told the press in Ghana, where he's a special guest at the National Sports Journalists Awards.
"Playing at Anfield the fans would be strongly behind the team and this would push them to do the job.
"The Liverpool fans are fantastic, especially at Anfield on major European nights. You can definitely count on them to help the team to victory.
"I am hoping for Liverpool to come back. Chelsea have the upper hand but the Reds can go through this test successfully."
(LFC Official Website)

Reserves win
Liverpool reserves beat Everton 3-1 in the mini derby last night.

The reserves bossed the game from start to finish and could easily have scored more than the three they did.

Reserve team boss Gary Ablett picked six of the FA Youth Cup winning side with David Roberts, Stephen Darby, Robbie Threlfall, Jay Spearing, Charlie Barnett and Craig Lindfield all in the side. Emiliano Insua, fresh from making his first team debut on Saturday, played at left back while captain Jack Hobbs partnered Robert Huth at the back.

It was a temporary reprive for Everton, as the Reds went 1-0 up a minute later. Anderson intercepted a poor clearance and then ran clear and slotted home.

The Reds doubled their lead after 25 minutes when a feeble Everton clearance was smacked against El Zhar's leg and then deflected in for 2-0.

Liverpool dominated the rest of the half with Spearing pulling the strings in midfield and should have added a third before the break. Lindfield and El Zhar both caused panic in the Bitters' defence while Anderson blazed a good chance over the bar.

After 55 minutes Harry Kewell played his first game in a Liverpool shirt since the FA Cup final when he came on for Huth. His appearance was his first since picking up an injury in the World Cup and the Aussie international made an immediate impact.

Kewell skinned a couple of defenders on the left wing before crossing for Lindfield to score a simple tap in. Kewell also created another chance for Anderson but his shot was well saved by the Blues' goalkeeper.

Everton pulled a goal back ten minutes from the end but it was no more than a consolation and didn't detract from an impressive final game of the season for the reserves.
(LFC Online)

Pearce eyes £3.5m Cisse
Stuart Pearce is ready to make a £3.5million summer swoop for Liverpool flop
Djibril Cisse.
Manchester City boss Pearce has drawn up a hit-list of targets to boost his Eastlands squad, despite fears for his future due to the current takeover battle for the club. And he sees French striker Cisse as the man to end the club's goalscoring nightmare.
(Daily Mirror)   

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