Football news

Sven to tempt Richardson to City
Sven Goran-Eriksson has taken on hard-man Roy Keane with an audacious bid to hijack Sunderland's £5.5m bid for Manchester United winger Kieran Richardson. The new City manager, who handed the 22-year-old his England debut, is trying to persuade the player to move to United's rivals. Eriksson is ready to splash out a sizeable chunk of the £50m transfer budget he has been promised by new City owner, Thaksin Shinawatra, while Keane knows all about Richardson, having played alongside him at Old Trafford.
(David McDonnell, Daily Mirror)


Arrest order as Tevez flies to Man Utd
The Carlos Tevez affair took another twist last night when an arrest order was issued for the businessman in charge of the West Ham striker just hours before it was announced that the player was close to joining Manchester United. A federal judge in Brazil has charged Kia Joorabchian with money-laundering at the end of a two-year investigation. The development overshadowed the news that Tevez is expected to fly into Manchester on Tuesday - two days after playing in the Copa America final for Argentina against Brazil - to undergo a medical with a view to joining the Premier League champions on a two-year loan deal.
(James Ducker and Tom Hennigan, The Times)