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The players gave Guus Hiddink a A 200,000 watch. Poor trophy-winning Rafa got nothing.

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Being sniffy about the Europa League is ridiculous. All football is inherently pointless and this competition is no more pointless than any other.

Less than four days after the jubilation of their dramatic Europa League triumph, Chelsea can end Rafael Benitez's short reign on a further high note by securing third place in the Premier League with a victory over Everton on Sunday.

Chelsea are pushing ahead with player recruitment even before they confirm Jose Mourinho as their new manager.

Manchester City has reportedly agreed to sign a record 54 million-pound transfer deal with Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao , who will become City's first signing of the Manuel Pellegrini era.

Unlike Rooney, Terry has not asked to leave his cluba twice. Terry deserves a lot of the flak that comes his way.

Leinster emulated Chelsea by winning the Amlin Challenge Cup to ease the blow of losing their status of European champions - and they did it in style.

'We have been scotched a little by three teams - Spurs, City and Chelsea - who decided to go on long close-season tours' says boss Roy Hodgson has A revealed his frustration at the way his England plans have been sabotaged by close-season tours.

Chelsea players are dog-tired after playing a game every three days for three months.

The transfer window may be shut but gossip never sleeps. Here are the latest rumours from the papers and beyond.

Three are leaving with their heads held high while one should never had to wait so long to stay, writes Kenny Dalglish It will be a sad day for everyone at Liverpool Football Club when Jamie Carragher plays his last game , against QPR at Anfield tomorrow.

Cristiano Ronaldo is at the centre of a bidding war after it emerged the Manchester United target is wanted by Chelsea.

Keeping the Belgian hitman should be Paul Lambert's top priority - and Villa bigwigs are confident they'll convince Christian to say Christian Benteke has had such a wonderful debut Premier League campaign, Aston Villa fans will surely forgive him his red-card against Chelsea.

Tonight sees Chelsea and Benfica lock horns in the final of the Europa League, the only of the four big trophies missing from the medal collection of two of the London outfit's Spanish stars: Fernando Torres and Juan Mata.

London, May 16 : Chelsea's leaving interim manager Rafael Benitez has said that he is proud of the team after they won the Europa League 2-0 against Benfica with the help of a match-winning strike by Branislav Ivanovic.

Players found guilty of racist or discriminatory abuse will be banned for a minimum of five matches from next season.

New Sierra Leone coach Johnny McKinstry has selected two Chelsea youngsters in his squad for two World Cup qualifying matches in June.

For all that talk of falling apart without Robin van Persie, things really have gone okay for Arsenal.

The England manager, Roy Hodgson, will ask Ashley Cole if he wants to captain England against the Republic of Ireland at Wembley on 29 May, when the controversial left-back is due to receive a commemorative "golden cap" as recognition at reaching the 100-cap milestone with his nation.