* Various sources report/claim that United are interested in Sporting Lisbon's winger Nani. Depending on where you read it, he is a replacement/ wing partner for Ronaldo.
* Sky Sports report that Barcelona have said that they will not buy big in the summer:
United have steadfastly refused to countenance the sale of Ronaldo and insist the Portugal international is going nowhere.
Talk of a contract extension has been floated and convincing the attacker his future is at Old Trafford could now be easier for the Premiership leaders.
Barca's vice-president Ferran Soriano has revealed the club are not looking to sign players of Ronaldo's ilk for next season.
"For next season, we are not predicting any big midfield signings," Soriano told Marca.
"We only wait on two or three men for concrete positions."
* Portsmouth's Serbian defender Dejan Stefanovic talks about Vidic:
"Nemanja is a typical English-style defender - and you don't get many of those coming from foreign countries.
"He is strong, powerful and is perfect for the Premiership. He is a Serbian John Terry and I believe Nemanja will go on to be much better than him.
"He is playing for the biggest club in England and one of the biggest in Europe. He has the potential to be the best central defender in the world.
"Nemanja struggled a little bit when he first signed for United and people were very critical of him but he has proved them all wrong this season.
"He has been one of the best players in the Premiership and is a hero in Serbia."
* Daily Mail report on proceedings at Everton's game with Sheffield United yesterday:
Phil Neville was involved in an angry confrontation with one of his own fans after an Everton supporter threw a cider bottle on to the pitch at Bramall Lane.
The England full-back threw the bottle back towards the crowd, splashing spectators with the contents, after making a "you're mad" gesture at the spectator responsible.
Earlier, stewards had to separate fans after some Everton supporters broke through into in a home section of the crowd.
An Everton fan was grabbed by a steward and ejected from the ground by police after the bottle-throwing incident, which occurred when David Moyes' side were awarded a penalty midway through the second half.
* In a little corner in North London, a man is still seething:
The Daily Mail report that Wenger is not happy with FA justice whilst backtracking about calling the linseman a 'liar'
After claiming assistant referee Darren Cann told "lies" following the dismissal of Emmanuel Adebayor in the Carling Cup Final, the Arsenal manager refused to show any contrition.
Wenger, who has already been asked by the FA to explain his comments in his extraordinary attack on Cann, said: "It is an injustice. The club have been treated with disrespect and deserve better. I don't accept it.
"Was it a mistake or a lie? I don't know, but it is not the truth. The FA have one responsibility: to respect football.
"They can say what they want about me, but that decision is wrong and I can prove it. With professional editors, we can show that Adebayor never intended to throw any punches. Not only did he not intend to throw any punches, he tried to separate people."
Wenger insists his crusade is not an attempt to deflect criticism from his under-achieving team, but Blackburn manager Mark Hughes has claimed his Arsenal counterpart is making a mistake by questioning match officials.
Hughes, whose side reached the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 1-0 win over Arsenal on Wednesday, said: "I'm not sure where Wenger is coming from. I'm sure they make decisions with honesty and integrity and if you suggest they don't, then you're undermining the whole FA process.
"Maybe it was a tactic to sway attention away from the fact he had just been beaten for a place in the quarter-finals."