Pesky international breaks. Premier League managers send off their players with a hug, kiss and a reminder not to go breaking any legs or pulling a hamstring. And what happens? They return with a slight limp or with a pair of designer crutches and are potentially ruled out for the next fortnight.

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez faces a potential Olympics nightmare after Holland’s Under-23 boss Foppe de Haan announced today that he intends to include Ryan Babel in his squad.
The attacking Dutch midfielder is currently recovering from an ankle injury he picked up in training at the weekend that will rule him out of EURO 2008. […]

Liverpool and Netherlands winger Ryan Babel will miss Euro 2008 after he tore ankle ligaments in training on Saturday, the BBC reports.
The 21-year-old Liverpool star is highly regarded in Holland and was widely expected to feature in Marco van Basten’s team during the tournament in Austria and Switzerland.
There’s no word how serious the injury is […]

Since Arsenal lost to Liverpool on Tuesday night, there have been plenty of post-mortems being carried out by various members of the Gunners squad. Kolo Toure and Arsene Wenger both bemoaned the penalty decision which led to the home team’s third goal, while Gael Clichy thought the team had to take a hard look at […]

Gael Clichy had a fantastic game for Arsenal last night and didn’t deserve to be on the losing side. The Arsenal left-back has also been a breath of fresh air with his post-match comments in the London Evening Standard, refusing to blame the award of the penalty as the reason why the Gunners bowed out […]

Despite the acquisitions of Fernando Torres, Yossi Benayoun and Ryan Babel in the summer, the Daily Telegraph reports that Jamie Carragher has lamented the quality of his Liverpool team this season. Speaking as frankly as ever, the scouser explains how gutted he was to be knocked out of the FA Cup by Barnsley but is […]