Thankfully the "leaked" fixtures were wrong, here are the official opening day fixtures for the 2008/09 Premier Legaue season.

Saturday, 16 August 2008
Arsenal v West Brom, 15:00
Aston Villa v Man City, 15:00
Bolton v Stoke, 15:00
Chelsea v Portsmouth, 15:00
Everton v Blackburn, 15:00
Hull v Fulham, 15:00
Man Utd v Newcastle, 15:00
Middlesbrough v Tottenham, 15:00
Sunderland v Liverpool, 15:00
West Ham v Wigan, 15:00

But still, an easy home game for United. What a surprise!

It is now thought that Liverpool are preparing their final offer for Gareth Barry. Rafa Benitez has had bids of £10m, £12m and £13m (+ £5m if they won the league.. so £13m) all rejected so far. He is expected to make a final bid between £14m-£16m, if this is rejected he will turn his sights towards Man City's Michael Johnson and Villarreal Santi Corzola. The bid is expected to be rejected as O'Neill wants in the region of £20m, and another offer less than this will only annoy him even more.

This would be so great if the deal doesn't go through. Could it be the end of the big 4 getting who they want!?

(IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Who are they kidding?

Liverpool want £15m for Crouch and they refuse to spend £20m on Barry!? (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) What a joke!

But Kurt... wouldn't it be bad if you kept him while he wants to go?

It would be bad if he's desperate to leave, but he says it's all upto the manager. MON has improved him as a player and put him back in the England team, so I'm sure he won't turn his back on him and do a Gallas and threaten him with things until he sells. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

@kurt: Did you just say Man United had an easy home game? I think you meant Arsenal... (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/realmad.gif)

(IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) I remember Gallas saying he'd score own-goals if they did not sell him! (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

(IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

Really?
That desperate?

Gallas never confirmed it, there was a huge fuss about it and I think the footballers association came out and defended him saying that he always was a great professional, of course that was before this year's incident when he wanted to go out of the field after Clichy's error (I forgot the opponent) (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

SIC - a Portuguese TV channel - is saying Deco is already a done deal with Chelsea.

http://www.record.pt/noticia.asp?id=791730&idCanal=292

Porty, João Pereira any good? We've been linked with him, yet another Portugese right-back! £4m the price.

He's OK. Nothing like Bosingwa though. Benfica youth product I think.

Guillem Ballague, who does all the Spanish football stuff on Sky Sports, has said tht Ronaldo has told him that his "Premier League caree is over". Thank God for our defense!

Paul Ince has been named the new coach of Blackburn Rovers.

Good player but coach?

Ok, he got Wimbledon (MK Dons) promoted but they, like QPR are the Chelsea of the lower leagues I mean have you seen their stadium?!

It will be interesting to see how he does at this level.

Can't be worse than others they were linked with.. Steve McClaren!