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Big spending Liverpool travel to the Emirates Stadium to face big sellers Arsenal in Saturday's early kick-off, in what promises to be an early-season Premiership blockbuster.

Pundits are calling it a shocking sports story -- allegations from a former booster and subsequent NCAA investigation that University of Miami football players received millions of dollars in improper benefits including gifts of money, jewelry and prostitutes over the course of eight years.

Arsene Wenger could consider walking out of Arsenal if he loses the fans and Samir Nasri, who is on the verge of a move to Manchester City had reportedly told his friends that he prefers Man United.

Chelsea manager Roman Abramovich is set to splash cash to the tune of £60 million for Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric and Valencia winger Juan Mata, according to a report in The Daily Mail.

Yahoo! Sports stunning investigation into the Miami Hurricanes athletic program has knocked the college sports world off its feet. If the classy Randy Shannon couldn't stop the rampant cheating, can anyone in college football do it?

Antrel Rolle, Jonathan Vilma have responded to the allegations against them from disgraced former University of Miami booster Nevin Shapiro.

Barcelona secured the Super Cup with a 3-2 win, 5-4 on aggregate, over Real Madrid, after Lionel Messi capped a wonderful display with a late winner.

The Miami Hurricanes football scandal erupted with a confession, reportedly backed up by detailed paper proof, from a convict serving a 20-year prison sentence.

After a scintillating first leg, Real Madrid and Barcelona will fight out the second leg at the Camp Nou in a bid to claim the Spanish Super Cup.

After a scintillating first-leg, Real Madrid and Barcelona will fight out the second-leg at the Camp Nou in a bid to claim the Spanish Supercup.

After a scintillating first-leg, Real Madrid and Barcelona will fight out the second-leg at the Camp Nou in a bid to claim the Spanish Supercup.

Before the second leg of the Spanish Supercopa meeting against Real Madrid, Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola has suggested that Madrid are better than his team at the moment.

Although Arsenal began their post-Fabregas era with a win, it was a far from convincing performance in the 1-0 win in the first leg of Champions League qualifying tie.

Having lost their captain Cesc Fabregas, who stood for everything good about the club, Arsenal will attempt to bounce back and secure a place in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League as they take on Udinese in the first of a two-legged encounter at the Emirates.

Arsenal have made Robin Van Persie the club's new captain, following the departure of Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona, and Thomas Vermaelen will assist the Dutchman.

With fitness concerns regarding his side's defenders, Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish will attempt to kill two birds with one stone as he looks to sign Stoke captain Ryan Shawcross with a cash-plus-player deal involving unwanted midfielder Christian Poulsen.

Chelsea are in the thick of a bunch of juicy rumours including Samir Nasri, Luka Modric and Raul Meireles.

One of the most protracted transfer saga's in football history is finally coming to an after Arsenal and Barcelona confirmed that they have agreed a deal for Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas.

It wasn't altogether convincing performance from the champions, as Manchester United struggled past West Brom to win 2-1 at the Hawthorns.

After a number of ugly clashes between the two sides last season, Real Madrid and Barcelona played out a 2-2 thriller in the Spanish Supercopa at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Man United set about defending their title against West Brom, who have looked defensively solid since their takeover by former-Liverpool man Roy Hodgson in the latter part of last season.