BITS AND BOBS

Last updated : 21 June 2006 By Ed

* Sky:

Manchester United, Arsenal and Barcelona are all mulling over a move for Juventus stopper Lilian Thuram, according to reports from the continent.

Thuram is currently on World Cup duty with France but still rumours persist about his future at the beleaguered Serie A champions.


* St Michael due to be out for 9 months according to reports.

* Four Tottenham Hotspur employees have been arrested for allegedly passing on tickets to a tout, police said yesterday. Police in Haringey, north London, were alerted to irregularities after a routine internal audit by the club.

A police spokeswoman said: "Four employees of the club and one suspected ticket tout were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud the club of ticket sales revenue and false accounting." The workers, three women and one man, and the alleged male tout have been bailed until August.


* Niall Quinn is given more time in his bid to takeover Sunderland.