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Liverpool sale before transfer deadline looks unlikely
Chairman Martin Broughton had hoped to agree a sale before the transfer deadline and requested detailed proposals by the middle of this week.
Liverpool's Rafael Benítez unlikely to be flush in January transfer window
Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez is unlikely to be handed a significant January transfer budget.
Dossena agent: Italian return unlikely
Andrea Dossena's agent has ruled out a return to Italy for the Liverpool defender, claiming that Spain is a more likely destination.
StanChart and Liverpool FC make an unlikely pair
Football and finance have a mixed track record in partnership. Undeterred Standard Chartered has signed a £20mayear deal to sponsor UK Premier League soccer team Liverpool FC.
He's Notts the first: After Sol Campbell's unlikely move, we remember some other stars that have plunged the divisions
Sol Campbell's move to Notts County may have come as a surprise, but he is certainly not the first star to drop down through the leagues - and Sportsmail remembers some of them.
Supporters' big plans unlikely to stop owners saddling Liverpool with years of debt
Bold proposals by fans to launch a takeover of Liverpool will not stop the club's American owners refinancing their massive and costly loansLiverpool supporters have launched proposals to buy the club outright, on the day that its north American owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, are due to renew their £350m loans with Royal Bank of Scotland and Wachovia. Almost £200m of that was borrowed by Hicks and Gillett to buy the club, having said they were not "doing a Glazers" and loading the club with paying the interest and costs of their own takeover. They have since failed to raise the mon
THE INSIDER: Darron's unlikely to be a Brucey bonus, but Valencia is made for Man Utd, while Chelsea chase a Young Villan and Barca test Mascherano's love for Liverpool
Simon Jones is Sportsmail's man on the inside of all the biggest (and smallest) transfer moves this summer. His column, published every weekday, offers an insight into the deals which will be done and those that won't - and why.
VIDEO SPECIAL: United's John O'Shea joins the roll call of unlikely heroes
After Manchester United's part-time right back John O'Shea's thunderous finish, Sportsmail Online takes a look at some memorable defensive match-winners.
VIDEO SPECIAL: Unlikely heroes - John O'Shea and other defenders who became strikers when it mattered most
After Manchester United's part-time right back John O'Shea's thunderous finish last night at Old Trafford to put Arsenal to the Champions League sword, Sportsmail Online takes a look at some memorable defensive match-winners.
Andrey Arshavin the unlikely hero as Liverpool forget how to defend
Arsène Wenger has bought the finished product in Andrey Arshavin and his ruthlessness all but ended Liverpool's seasonFour attempts, four on target, four goals. Andrey Arshavin, the antithesis of a typical Arsène Wenger acquisition, cast a withering light on Liverpool's strange turnaround this spring. Rafa Benítez's team have learned how to attack exuberantly and forgotten how to defend. Fans and players alike staggered out of Anfield last night craving a cosy 1–0 win.Liverpool-Arsenal was Chelsea-Liverpool II: the 4–4 draw that rose again. After last week's epic stalemate in the Ch
Rafael Benitez has revealed that Fernando Torres is unlikely to be fit for the Champions League second leg against Real Madrid
• Spaniard one of three players causing concern for Benítez• Downcast Liverpool manager not ready to give up title bidRafael Benítez's prognosis on Liverpool was as sombre as his mood yesterday as he described their defeat at Middlesbrough as a fatal error in the title race and revealed that Fernando Torres may not be fit for the Champions League return against Real Madrid.The Liverpool manager remained downcast after the dispiriting display and result at the Riverside and, although he will not concede the title is beyond Anfield until arithmetic confirms it, he left no doubt as to th
Martin Samuel: Yossi is head man - Benayoun the unlikely hero gives Benitez shock victory
The ball swung in from the right and Yossi Benayoun, slight, spindly, not the sort of person normally associated with heroic matchwinning headers in the Bernabeu stadium, was there to meet it.
Liverpool Unlikely To Swoop For Heskey, Johnson - Report
The Reds may have to sell before they buy, with Anfield departures looking increasingly doubtful...by Ricky Brooks
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