BALLACK CONFIDENT OF HIS PARTNERSHIP

Chelsea midfield star and German captain Micheal Ballack has said that he was very confident that his partnership with Frank Lampard will work very well.Ballack and Lampard played together in the match against Liverpool which ended a goalless affair.It was the first time that the two had paired up together.Critics though are not convinved that the German captain can forge a partnership but the German captain thinks otherwise.Lampard's future in the club has also come under speculation and he has been linked to the serie a club Juventus strongly.

NEVILLE VOWS TO FIGHT ON

Gary Neville the forgotten Manchester United captain has come out and said that he will return for United and play at his full potential despite rumours indicating that these injuries could possibly spell the end of his football career itself.The 32 year old right back has not played a game for the Red Devils senior team ever since he damaged his ankle ligaments on the March of 2007.Neville however his adamant that his career is far from over and he is training very hard to overcome his problems.Let us hope he returns to his devastating best soon and helps United to a second consecutive title.

HAMANN EXTENDS HIS CONTRACT

Dietmar Hamann has extended his contract with Manchester City for one more year.He has been in excellent form while playing for city under Sven Goran Erikkson and has now been rewarded with a one year contract extension.The former Liverpool and French midfield star will now be looking forward to being paired with Micheal Johnson who will play against everton on Feb 25.The 19-year-old played a major part in City's flying start to the season but has been out of action since December with a niggling abdominal injury.However Bulgarian striker Bojinov is not expected to make a return against the Tofees despite playing a reserve game this week.

JENAS ENJOYING HIS FOOTBALL

Jermaine Jenas is finally enjoying this season after a woeful start to the season by Tottenham hotspurs.They lost many games at the start which saw Martin Jol sacked and his successor Juande Ramos has finally succeded in bringing a feel good environment to the players out there.Jenas has said that the good atmosphere is there because they still have a chance to win a silverware this season and also they have recovered now in the EPL to sit at the midtable.Tottenham face Slavia Prague in the UEFA cup in the round of 32 and also face chelsea in the finals of the Carling cup.Jenas hope should certainly become true for all the tottenham fans.

WENGER ADMITS BENTLEY TALENT

Arsene Wenger stated in public that David Bentley of Blackburn Rovers and formerly of Arsenal had plenty of talent and guts to make him a great player at Arsenal and it was an unfortunate timing that has prevented the midfielder from making his grade as an Arsenal player.Bentley now 23 years old is set to face his former team at the Emirates stadium and has had a fantastic season so far.He has also been included in the new look England squad of Fabio Capello.Bentley spent a season on loan at Norwich but on return to Arsenal was unable to grab a place beacause of legends like Dennis Bergkamp and Henry who were always above him in the pecking order.

TOTTENHAM BLANK DERBY COUNTY

Tottenham hotspurs just proved too strong for their fellow premier league strugglers Derby County and they defeated them 3-0 with all three of them coming in second half.Captain and ace striker Robbie Keane got the spurs off the mark midway through the second half in a contest which was essentially very dull in the first half.Younes Kaboul and Dimitar Berbatov completed the formalities for Tottenham in what was essentially like a warm up match for the spurs.Derby have now resigned themselves to relegation while Spurs will be looking to challenge for the UEFA cup spot in a season where they have flattered to decieve as usual.

TORRES OUT FOR CHELSEA CLASH

In what could be a big blow for Liverpool the clubs's leading goal scorer of the season Fernando Torres could be out for the game against Chelsea because of hamstring injury.Torres played for Spain in the mid week friendly against France and asked himself to be substituted against France which Spain won 1-0.Arberola,Agger and Fabio Aurelio will all miss the crucial game against Chelsea on Friday because of suspension and injuries.Mascherano is also out of the town to play the international friendly for Argentina.This has created a big headache for Benitez.

DROGBA HAPPY AT THE STAMFORD BRIDGE

Didier Drogba has said that he is very happy to be at Chelsea and they still have a chance to wrap up the season as the league champions.Drogba has reiterated his happiness with the club despite claiming remarkably in an interview in the month of November that his heart was no more at Chelsea.Drogba is currently playing in the African cup of nations for Ivory Coast and hopes to fire his country into the semifinals by defeating Egypt and all of them hope he will do that too.He also described that he gives 100% while playing in Chelsea shirt and wants to win the Champions League this season.