Russian Berries but you're quiet tonight

After all the excitement (which admittedly I never got round to posting on...), comes the calm.

Today there's this story on Evra from The Guardian:

Evra admits he has some way to go before seeing himself as being on the same level as some of his national team-mates. "I'm not going to expect a place in the starting XI just because I'm a European champion," he said at the French national camp.

"I've come here with more confidence and I'm going to show that. But I don't feel like an international. I don't even have 10 caps, I've only got nine. An international is someone who has had a great tournament."

As for last week's Champions League final, the French left-back has defended his compatriot Nicolas Anelka and thinks John Terry, who missed the chance to win the penalty shoot-out, was most culpable. "In England they want to say that we won because of Nico but, as far as I'm concerned, the decisive penalty was John Terry's. When Terry slipped I knew that we were going to win. I knew nothing could stop us."

And there's speculation that Carlos is ready to step up whenever Sir Alex retires:

Manchester United have given the clearest indication yet that Carlos Queiroz could succeed Sir Alex Ferguson as the club’s manager. Ferguson, who will be 67 in December, said over the weekend that he would stay on as United manager for another three years “at the very, very, very most” and that there was no chance of him still being in charge at Old Trafford at the age of 70.
“Both Carlos and Alex would be the first to admit it, as would the players, that he [Queiroz] has been a key factor in the success we have achieved over the last couple of seasons. What we are doing is making sure our squad is continually reviewed and improved as necessary and the age of the squad is right, so when Alex does decide to retire, anyone taking over has a fantastic squad with the right age profile.”

And that's yer lot.