Ferdinand, Carrick and finally Wes Brown all agree new contracts
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7354524.stm
I'm glad to see Carrick has been rewarded, after a slow start to the season he has now become pretty much undroppable from our best first eleven. He has a very good season last year but i would say his performances since Christmas have surpassed that. As for Wes, well it's good for the squad, and i always want as many Mancunians as possible playing for the reds, but he is still only a temporary right back i would imagine.

Keegan predicts United return some time in the future
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/article3776147.ece
He won't be the next manager, but i can see him being the one after that

Sparky tells Ronaldo the grass isn't always greener on the other side
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/sport/2008/04/19/sfnhug119.xml

Robbo likes the look of the present United side
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/04/19/sfnbry119.xml
When we look back over the last three years, the signings of Vidic and Evra were very influential in the success of the last two seasons.

Hull City in the Premier league?
http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2274937,00.html
Good luck to them, especially with Frazier Campbell doing such a good job there, but i am afraid if they did come up, they are going straight back down.

The credit crunch and football
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/article3776119.ece

Is the end game approaching in the ownership battle of Liverpool, as the indy says the Arabs are about to enter the fray again.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/arabs-set-to-enter-the-battle-of-anfield-811332.html

Barca rest key men, worryingly that's just what AC did last season. I still think the first leg is crucial, and i expect them to really come at us just as Milano did at the San Siro. I just hope we are in better shape to withstand the onslaught this time, and then take the game back to them and get that all important away goal.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/rijkaard-rests-barccedilas-key-players-811829.html

Mathew parris has a pessimistic take on the future for Africa
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/matthew_parris/article3775299.ece
It's not beyond the realms of possibility

The corporate kleptomaniacs by Prem Sikka
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/prem_sikka_/2008/04/the_corporate_kleptomaniacs.html