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Newcastle United have confirmed that Joey Barton has signed for Queen 's Park Rangers on a four-year contract.

"Some answers come in the enormous Cyril Kinnear Get Carter in question in this week 's knowledge," tweets to break my colleague John Ashdown, a study of the concentration to sit across the desk from me, news like a cowboy is wild horses, wearing a dark blue Mustang T-shirt 's seen better days.

I 'm not point to a Vuvuzela this snippet, because it' s talking about, but simply because it 's Harry Redknapp, the \ s there discovered from a broad range of new icons I' ve and not to use. so now seems a good time as any. Harry 's been entertaining his friends from the press today, telling them that he things Manchester City' s squad is now better than the European champions Barcelona.

You don 't have Messi but man for man, they certainly have a stronger team than Barcelona. You have two men in each situation, in which top players. It looks that forward-looking online now and they [Sergio] Aguero, [Carlos] Tevez, [Edin] Dzeko, [David] Silva - it 's amazing. Then you can have players like [Mario] Balotelli, who 't come into the team with [Emmanuel] Adebayor, [Craig] Bellamy and [Roque] Santa Cruz. It 's an amazing number of players have. "

I must go and make a cup of tea, so here 's something to keep you amused while I' m away. "Since it is on this afternoon as a zombie \ Pull your tongue, there 's only one thing to do - you see nine minutes, a 1989 episode of The Krypton Factor," writes Ben Stokes. "The Art of Noise's theme music, Gordon Burns 'helmet hair ... classic." It' s not wrong.

This club has had many highs over the years and also many lows. You probably find out more about people when you have the lows. I don't have any doubt that the boys in the dressing room will bounce back in terms of the performance and their desire to get a result against Aberdeen.

So now you know - there are some Dialogue goes, but a deal has been by any manner or form suggested in this moment in time by Scott Parker.

NEWS FLASH: Tottenham are in talks with West Ham over the possible transfer of midfielder Scott Parker, Hammers manager Sam Allardyce has confirmed.

In the wake of Colin Ward's travelogue, and in the interests of balance, some pro-London propaganda:

14.10: Here 's David Moyes on Fitba, and the output of the Old Firm and the heart of Europe last night.

No country would want that - it's disappointing. But it is difficult for Scotland. You don 't get the finances, we are down here. Sometimes we can sit here and look and say, "How bad is Scottish football" But they get very little money in their league and the teams set buy 't the top players now can.

That is why Walter Smith and Martin O 'Neill always Rangers and Celtic Cup final was remarkable.

It was a bad year for them, but I 'm sure they bounce back - they are two massive clubs. Hearts are good and Dundee United are a strong side, so Scottish football is good.

1.55pm:

01:04: Here are the Champions League groups in full:

Group A: Spurs , Rubin, PAOK,







I: Atletico Madrid, Udinese, Rennes, Sion (

12.20pm:

UEFA president Michel Platini said on Friday that the flashing warning lights, and he fears for the future of professional football when the game do not act urgently to clean her.

Platini and stressed that he gave his personal opinion, told reporters in Monte Carlo in the traditional season-opening message: "I see flashing a lot of red lights and I'm afraid for the future of football, the go is pear-shaped in some areas \. "

He said he had no fear that the game would always be loved by millions, and would always be played on the streets and parks, but was serious about the money flooding into the game and the viability of the clubs to survive affected.

He said that Uefa's Financial Fair Play rules were vital in ensuring that some degree of accountability was introduced to the leading clubs, and although there had been some criticism of his insistence it was introduced, there was no turning back.

"There is no alternative," he said, "have clubs to live within their means. But we are facing major problems. Perhaps I am scaremongering, but we need to match fixing, corruption, illegal betting, violence on the playing field, racism and hooliganism.

"Of course there are many good qualities and values ??of football, but we ignore the problems at your own risk."

Right, here are the teams in the Europa League draw:
Spurs,

Disappointing as it was to have the Serie A strike confirmed, it comes as not great surprise. It's been on the cards all summer, and the language used by the Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani last week, when he warned that teams were willing to "wait till December" if necessary, was indicative of an increasingly beligerent stance from the league's owners.

Including Antonio Cassano at Sampdoria and Lazio Goran Pandev to - - is out of training on perceived offense frozen in recent years, there were a number of sensational cases of players. The players view this as a restriction of trade and as such had written a clause into the contract to eliminate the practice. However, should the owners have refused to make anything of their managers the autonomy to do their job as they see fit.

The Italian soccer player 'Association launched a last-ditch attempt to save the first weekend' s games this morning, with its president, Damiano Tommasi suggesting too that the two sides of a temporary one-year contract to bridge them to sign up for next season, but the league has rejected this proposal. Provides the international break it is now time for further discussions will be, but it is perhaps an indictment of both sides that these negotiations until now, even if the contract had been prepared and signed by the players were left in May.

11.58: The Eruope League draw coming up any minute now, so it 's the best time for League of Ireland fans to their claims for partial shares are unchanged in the applause given to right to Sharmrock Rovers. "Following Colin O 'Brien at 10:43 clock and clock Hibernica at 10.26 at the lack of appreciation for St Patrick' s Athletic, I 'd like to point out that the Irish teams have two rounds in Europe won (Non-Intertoto) only eight times in history, "yells John Owens. 'St Pat's, they have achieved three times in the last four years, opposition from Latvia, Sweden, Malta, Russia, Iceland and Kazakhstan beat in the process. Last night was the first time Shamrock Rovers have done it. Good luck to them \. "

11:47: Here 's still more to Bolton' s rejection of Arsenal 's bid for Gary Cahill and Owen Coyle confirmed that Marcos Alonson injury pause for over a month. And here 'sa snippet of his view of Arsenal' s Offer: "The ridiculous word doesn 't even cover it, if I were to make an offer for a player, I'. D as in the right ball park thinking, but that was not 't even close. "

11:38: David Hytner is loitering with intent around Arsenal's training ground and here's how things are shaping up there: "Arsene Wenger is keeping it low-key at his press conference this afternoon, according to the official line or, according to the non-party line, he has thrown a strop at all the negative coverage and cancelled his newspaper briefings. He'll still hold his general conference and he should
be in decent spirits after Udinese on Wednesday evening, despite his selection splitting headache Old Trafford. I can 't remember arsenal are bigger underdogs before the season' s showpiece fixtures. "

11:36: "In my opinion, it seems pretty fair to say that Wenger started tendering for Cahill so low - the business, is not it" Rollick Henry Rudd-Clarke. "He 's hard for £ 17m to go and Wenger knows that Bolton need the money. Should always start bidding low and try to get the best deal in these situations. Add that to the fact that we just sold Clichy £ 7mil for the same contract situation, he has a lot of Champions League experience and is also a (longer) than regular international Cahill It 's reminded that Bolton aren' t in the Champions League but - they can keep Cahill. until January, and he is still seen as an asset of the Champions League clubs, because he will be cup-tied \ won 't \. "

11.32am:Right, it has just confirmed that the Serie A kick-off tomorrow facat not because the players know to go on strike in protest against the authorities 'refusal to use their new collective agreement. But you should read it.

11.25: The Serie A season, or may not kick off this weekend and say better than Paolo Bandini you why you should care?

11.23: Andrew Fitchett to say thanks for our attention on Bolton chairman Phil Gartside 's ingenious use of retweet what he really means: see.

11.15: Joey Barton 's thinking is almost complete. Explain it 's only been on Twitter,:' re going to have to come to a decision today, the only fair for all parties ". If you were Joey Barton, you join QPR? I 'm still slightly surprised that he hasn' t had an offer from an established Premier League club. He 'd be great at Stoke, for example, allow content.

11.10: Here 's Dart James' s preview of the league at the weekend, including a summation of Plymouth 's suffering, to see the players and a few surefire tips.

11.08: I 'm connected to Jacob Steinberg' s Small Talk with Pat Nevin again, because now I actually had a chance to read it and it 's champion. Go on a gander.

10.56: David Hytner 's been fraternizing with Arsene Wenger this morning and told us that Thomas Vermaelen remains a doubt for Arsenal' s clash with Manchester United. And Wenger is confident of signing M 'vila. He would also recruit a fine. He was a midfielder on his presence 21 years and is a ball-winning midfield who can actually more than just tap a more talented teammates to create: His death is quick and smart.

10.55: Here 'sa more complete report on Ferguson' s condemnation of the FA.

10.46: "Nasty stuff from Hibernica!" Smoke Colin O 'Brien in terms Hibernica' s post on 10.23. "A well done to Shelbourne, Cork and Derry over-spending their way and no pat on the back to your neighbor and sometime rival St Patrick 's Athletic, put who in recent years to such giants of European football as Elfsborg Valletta FC have and in the name of the League of Ireland? bad shape. "

10.42: My colleague James Dart has a link to this page with a counterclaim for Ferguson 's assertion that Manchester United sighted the most abundant source of players for England.

10.39: "I 'm interested to see what happened to make the Champions League today, what with two Midlands clubs involved," says the Guardian' s Midlands football guru, Stuart James. "I was in Birmingham last night after Chris Hughton 's provisional team Clock exploit fully a very disappointing Nacional side. Nathan Redmond, a 17-year-old England youth international was outstanding and could be observed in this season . Anyway, you realize, 've been on the line after the UEFA this morning - you asked if there was any truth the rumor, St Andrew' s last night, that wants the UEFA Stoke to Birmingham in the last "Yes to make? Of course I asked her, and that Michel Platini has confirmed that it is precisely the kind of showcase event that would bring the tournament from the Champions League 's shadow.

10:34: The "harsh punishment", which Ferguson says Manchester United players received by the FA last season? Presumably he 's, which has long ban on the Wayne Rooney for thrusting his elbow into the face Wigan' s James McCarthy. Oh no, wait ...

10.28: Sir Alex Ferguson's in a good mood this morning. He may not want to explain why he finally lifted his ban on talking to the BBC but he has decided that now is the time to tell us what he really thinks of the FA, who, he apparently believes, are hellbent on persecuting Manchester United. "They treat us like shit," he thundered in reference to the various punishments United received last season. "One day they may realise this club produces more England players than any other," he added.

10.25: Scotland Strikes Back! Celtic might crawl back in Europe? Consider this, from the AP agency:

Uefa said the Swiss club FC Sion faces of the Champions League for fielding ineligible players kicked when he Scotland 's Celtic beat in the playoffs.
Uefa says Celtic have lodged official protests that injured one years Sion FIFA transfer ban, which was originally imposed in 2008 but took effect in January.
Uefa President Michel Platini says Sion fielded its offseason signings "in clear violation of the ban."
Sion is included in today 's group stages but Celtic could be drawn again.
Gianni Infantino, UEFA general secretary, says his discipline is on the Commission to Celtic 's protest against the first game, 15th September to decide.
First, the UEFA for a Swiss civil court to decide on Sion 's case will be waiting.

10.23: "Congratulations to Shamrock Rovers," begins Hibernica and added his voice to the melodic chorus, before using this connection. See "I 'm as a League of Ireland fan to see it happen, enthusiastic, but (only slightly) than seeded Bohemians fan, it happen to our biggest competitor. And I should also point out that in the last ten years or so, the results of the League of Ireland teams in Europe improved significantly on the spot, where Rovers have a decent draw in this season. So well done like the Bohemians, Drogheda United, Shelbourne help, Cork City and Derry City Rovers get over the line. "

10.17am:Mancini says he tried to sign Nasri five years ago, when he was at Inter. Silva, Aguerro and Nasri: it 'sa slinky front three and no mistake. And then there 's Tevez, Dzeko, Balotelli, Yaya Toure, Johnson, Milner. Blackburn have made their work if they 're the Champions League before, that cut a lot to gain ...

10.14: Samir Nasri is to speak with Manchester City, and after talking about how happy he is there, etc and so on, address it, the reports about him slagging Arsenal fans. "You have the wrong \," he told the hacks. "I never told Arsenal fans lack passion. I've just told Manchester City fans are passionate .. and like Cesc, I said, that there is a difference between Highbury and the Emirates."

10.12: We 've already seen, Pat Sullivan' s force in Shamrock Rovers 'historic victory last night, now my colleague John Ashdown, thank you for sending the link to this jewel for PSV: a sumptuous finish, and just reward for Jeremain Lens for staying on his feet.

10.09: Owen Coyle has confirmed that Arsenal in fact declined a bid for Gary Cahill, Bolton, however, on the grounds that it was "well below our valuation model" of the player.

10.06: What happened when will-o'-the wisp Scottish winger-turned-DJ-for-hire Pat Nevin met Fiver scribe Jacob Steinberg? The answer to that question and several even more ludicrous ones can be found here.

09:59: "I'm a Stoke City fan living in Bucharest," boasts Steve Clowes. "The Europa draw involves four groups of ten. I'm praying for my team to be drawn against a Romanian team. Rapid Bucharest is out as they've been put in the same pot as Stoke. That leaves FC Vaslui and Steaua. Steaua's colourful owner has assured fans that they will make the final in their home city. In the last round they played their home game in Cluj. I'm not sure where they will play their home games in this group stage. Can you shed any light on this matter?" The good people of Uefa tell me that Steaua will play their group games at the national Stadium in Bucharest. I also asked if they could arrange for Stoke to be sent there just for you, but the line went curiously dead straight after that ...

9.51am:Thanks for posting this mike65ie below, Pat Sullivan 's stonking equalizer for Shamrock Rovers in Belgrade last night.

09:49: I 've been told, a precedent was set, with the drone responsible for this early blog posts his / her Premier League predictions doors. So here are mine, which I place it so no money.

Aston Villa 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wigan Athletic 2-0 QPR
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Everton
Chelsea 1-0 Norwich City
Swansea City 1-1 Sunderland
Liverpool 2-1 Bolton Wanderers
Newcastle United 0-0 Fulham
Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Manchester City
01:01 West Brom Stoke City
Manchester United 2-2 Arsenal

09:38: Norwich City fans were optimistic about any center back Daniel Ayala brought in her team just in time for tomorrow 's trip to Stamford Bridge should know that the club has just announced that he taught for two months after a knee injury.

09:36: "17.00 clock today is the deadline for the 'agree' takeover of Plymouth Argyle: If this is not fulfilled, it is likely that the club should be disbanded," recalls Marc Woodward threatening.

09.27 Clock: "Do we know if there is any truth to the 'Arsenal bid £6 million for Cahill' stories?" wonders Peter Thorn, . "It sounds depressingly Wengeresque for this Arsenal fan, but the tabloids are not exactly huge Wenger fans anyway. Chances of three new signings before deadline day? Very, very slim indeed." I don't know how much truth is in that but you can be sure Wenger will be asked about it today at his 12:30pm press conference and you'll learn of his reply right here, right then. But you're right about the reported fee: Wenger seems to have a habit of making bids that have little chance of being accepted.There's something charmingly quixotic about his insistence that the football market will eventually come around to his way of thinking, no? Mind you, he has just bid over £20m for Yann M'vila.

21.16 Clock: It 'sa Friday I' m at work, as the title of The Cure 's famous hit as didn' t go. But there is reason to rejoice, because today we bring you word from:
- Press conferences, including Samir Nasri 's revelation for Manchester City against 10 clock. Hold before Alan Pardew and Sir Alex Ferguson their weekly address and a short time after that Harry Redknapp will tell us the state of Tottenham nation - and perhaps even closer to the comment that he has for the last night 's Game against heart when he said that Manchester City have "the best team in the world, even better than Barcelona 's" In about 11 clock David Moyes convene with the hacks, all of us to Everton \ tell' s new signigns. What? oh.

- The move to Europe League, which not only the above Tottenham but Fulham, Birmingham and the seemingly unstoppable Stoke. And no Scottish team. And an Irish TEAM - So from hat evening before Bohemians, brave conquerors of Partizan Belgrade yesterday.

- Other stuff. Feel free to change the agenda.

09.08: Good morning and welcome to our new weekly live football blog. We 'll keep you up to date with the latest news before this weekend bracket \ date' s action, as well as news and updates from the Premier League teams before a further round of matches. .