* Lyon boss Alain Perrin about Heinze: "He has the profile."
* Roy Keane talks about Steve Bruce ahead of Sunderland's game with Birmingham:
"Brucey was brilliant for me and it's those sort of things you remember in football.
"Steve and his wife Janet helped me when I came to United as a young lad who was up to no good.
"With Brucey it was just little things, like going for a drink with him, looking after me for tickets, making sure my family were OK.
"It was stuff which helps a young player going to a massive club like United. Those are things you remember.
"It is not necessarily about the money or the medals it is about meeting people like Brucey.
"He was a good character, a good leader and a bloody good captain.
"He also did a lot of stuff away from the pitch making sure everything was well run at the club, from the tickets to the players lounge.
"But do we have a meal riding on the result tonight? No. We are not that close!"
* Reading's Michael Duberry on Rooney's injury:
"It was a complete accident.
"I hope and wish him all the best and the most speedy of recoveries - not just for Manchester United's sake but for England's too.
"He has already been through the trauma of injury, and I know myself what it is like.
"To be hurt in the first game of the season is even more disappointing, and now he is facing the long haul of rehabilitation."
* Steve Coppell, after accusations following Sunday's game, and before a return to Reading for Chelsea:
"I don't think anyone within football would say we were a dirty team.
"Our disciplinary record last year would stand up against anybody and that is one of the things I am proudest of - the fact that we are a competitive side but by no means do we go out to hurt anybody. We want to play football. Football is a game of skill and we want to match our skill against other teams.
"We had a thorough review of our injury treatment policy and we didn't question anything we did on the day. We regretted the incident at the time. We regretted the goalkeeper was injured. Thankfully [Cech's] back playing. He seems to be right at the top end of his game and we will be delighted to welcome him to the Madejski Stadium.
"There will be no special effort but the welcome is there if Jose wants to come in for a drink.
"Hunty's a real sociable fellow. But I'm sure that if anything is done it will be done out of the glare and [away from] people taking notes of reactions."
* Following on from this, a piece from the Guardian:
The ambulance staff whose procedures were criticised by Jose Mourinho when Petr Cech fractured his skull during last season's match at Reading have never received an apology from the Chelsea manager. Mourinho claimed the ambulance took 30 minutes to arrive at the Madejski Stadium following Cech's head injury but the Royal Berkshire Ambulance Service later revealed only seven minutes had passed.
"Chelsea had a press conference and he went on record and really was very damning, which could be understandable if it were accurate but unfortunately it wasn't," said Graham Groves, a spokesman for South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust. "Certainly those [staff] involved were very disappointed, to say the least, that such a high-profile figure had chosen to attack a service in this way and absolutely without justification.
"I don't know if those staff will be on duty tonight but I think our guys would be far too professional to approach [Mourinho]," added Groves. "None of us could believe what he said at the time. To be spoken about in such a high-profile way, especially when it wasn't accurate, was grossly unfair and did not reflect the actual events in which our staff were involved. There was never an apology."
* Chelsea have signed Brazil right-back Daniel Alves for a reported £21.5m.
* Get ready for more excuses if they lose:
The Indie:
Earlier this year Fifa banned countries from staging World Cup qualifiers at high-altitude citing the view that it imposed dangerous physical demands on players. The nations most affected won an easing of the limitation after arguing players' health was at greater risk competing in extreme temperatures.
This afternoon Liverpool's footballers are likely to discover the truth of that as they launch their latest European campaign. Last year's finalists will have to play Toulouse in temperatures approaching 100F in the shade - and there will not be much of that in the Stade Municipal. This is because the Champions League third qualifying round, first-leg tie is kicking off at 4.30pm local time due to the demands of television. Setanta are showing both this match, and Arsenal's qualifier in Prague.
"Given how hot it will be, and the fact we have had more preparation time than them, we hope we can make them suffer," said Nicolas Dieuze, the captain of Toulouse.
* The Indie report that Newcastle are 'mulling over' a £4m bid for Phil Neville.