The final net spend figures for the summer are in, with Manchester City the biggest spenders by a big margin and Tottenham climbing to third after the last-gasp capture of Rafael van der Vaart.

Manchester United's constantly improving winger Nani spoke to Betfair about his targets for the season ahead, who they will be fighting with for the title and which clubs will win Serie A and La Liga.

Robbie Keane looked all set for his traditional deadline day move this summer, but despite interest from several clubs, the Ireland international decided to stay put...

Benjani today became the latest player booted out of Eastlands this summer to fiercely criticise Manchester City, but are the attacks the bitter words of jilted exes, or is there some substance to them?

We've been forced to take a break from the Premier League this weekend thanks to the start of qualifying for Euro 2012. None of the games are particularly exciting, but a tidy little multiple should make things more interetsing...

Group F may not be the most thrilling group for the neutral, but it should still be an intriguing battle as two of Europe's steadiest teams - Greece and Croatia - come face to face...

The Hornets completed the loan capture of Middlesbrough's Andrew Taylor on deadline day but were unsuccessful in their attempts to prise Anis Ben-Hatira away from Hamburg, it has been confirmed.

Rafael van der Vaart is in illustrious company in terms of leaving it late to seal a switch, with Ashley Cole and Andrey Arshavin also on the list. Benjani makes it in too purely for commitment to the cause!

It's obviously a bold shout to claim that dominant World Cup qualifiers and eventual finalists Holland aren't going to waltz their way to the top of Group E, however there are reasons to expect an upset.

It looks as though yet another Scottish player could be heading out of the SPL, although, for once, they won't be heading to Middlesbrough...

After all the hype about how the new 25-man squad list requirements would really shake the Premier League up, it turns out that barely anything has changed, with only a few vaguely notable players left out.

To try to figure out what to expect against Bulgaria at Wembley tomorrow night, we've looked at how England have kicked off their last five qualification campaigns. The results haven't exactly been encouraging...

Sheffield Wednesday did the business for us yesterday with their win over Notts County in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy. But we're looking further afield for our punt today...

The Owls have started the season in a fashion that suggests they won't do a Nottingham Forest or Leeds and stay stranded in League One, and they've also made Johnstone's Paint Trophy progress.

We're starting the day by looking at Group D. Despite their impossibly bad World Cup, France look like they'll comfortably qualify from a group that looks less than intimidating...