Pompey face the very real threat of liquidation. Hopefully it's mere posturing, but you never know

a week of very odd possible nothingness comes to an end as Rooney signs a megabucks new contract at United. The battered wives at Man United say "we know he loves us and he's changed, he won't do that again". I wonder if the WHO'S THE WHORE NOW? banner will be making a reappearance

not many stellar games this weekend. Spurs - Everton should be of interest, what with the Hotspur pledge against defending. It's a risky tactic, but 'Arry knows 'is 'eggs. Arsenal come to the home of football for a lesson in effectiveness. Another 4-2 cracker with flying prawn sandwiches would be fun. Liverpool won't win, or even score. United will. Chelsea to tonk the utterly useless Wolves. Blackpool, West Brom and West Ham is the tasty prices treble for the weekend

Villarreal - Atl Madrid is the pick of the Spanish games. Leverkusen - Mainz the German games. Napoli - AC the Italian.