It came much to my surprise this evening to see Chelsea have been linked with a summer move for Tottenham keeper Heurelho Gomes. The 28-year old has done little to impress since he moved to White Hart Lane last summer for a fee believed to be £7.8 million so why London’s Evening Standard have reported this is just beyond me.

Ok, current Chelsea number one Petr Cech hasn’t been too convincing of late but he is still considerably better than Gomes no matter what way you look at it. Maybe I am being a bit harsh on Gomes, but for a player of his ability to be linked with one of the best sides in Europe is a joke.

What do you think? Comments below please.

Ever since the beginning of January the pair have been arguing. Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez kicked it all off when he made his outburst about the FA’s leniency towards Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson when it comes to referees.

Since then, they have argued about a variety of different things including kick-off times following mid-week European games, United being “scared” of Liverpool and, of course, the title race.

In the build-up to United’s FA Cup semi-final with Everton on Sunday, Ferguson has decided to target Benitez’ lack of respect to Liverpool’s Merseyside rivals and Blackburn. The Scot had this to say : “Everton are a big club, not a small one which Benitez arrogantly said … Arrogance is one thing. You cannot forgive contempt, which is what he showed Sam Allardyce last weekend,”

“When Liverpool scored their second goal he signalled as if the game was finished. I do not think Sam deserved that … Sam has worked so hard for the LMA (League Managers’ Association) and he’s had a weakened team. I just thought it showed contempt … In my experience no Liverpool manager has ever done that. It was beyond the pale.”

Interesting stuff from Ferguson. I must say I did not see what Benitez did last Saturday during the side’s 4-0 win over Blackburn, however for Ferguson to say such things something must have happened. I do remember Benitez calling Everton a small club and at the time I thought it was quite disrespectful, however why it has taken Ferguson this long to say something about that is kind of strange.

What do you make of Ferguson’s comments? Comments below please.

So we’re down to the last four. In just over a month’s time Barcelona, Manchester United, Chelsea or Arsenal will be crowned Champions of Europe in Rome’s Olympic Stadium.

There is no doubt we’re in for two mouth-watering semi-final clashes as Barcelona face Chelsea whilst current Champions Man United play Arsenal. Based on current European form alone you would have to fancy Barca going all the way.

Pep Guardiola’s men have looked unplayable at times this season. Their quarter-final first leg against German giants Bayern Munich was outstanding. Barca completely outplayed their opponents, eventually running out 4-0 winners, however that figure could have been even more.

So who’s going to stop Barca from going all the way? In my opinion no one, however Guus Hiddink may have a thing or two to say about that. There is no doubt Chelsea, who have been in fine form of late, have the players to compete with Barca over two legs. When Didier Drogba is on form, I honestly don’t believe their is a better striker in Europe.

The one thing Chelsea have going for them is the fact that they are at home in the crucial second leg of the tie, which can play a major bearing on who actually progresses. Overall though, I think Barcelona will prove too good for Chelsea and will comfortably beat them 3-1 on aggeragate.

So who will join them in the final? I can’t see Arsenal stopping Man United. Sir Alex Ferguson’s men know they got lucky in the last round against Porto and I don’t see them slipping up again.

What do you think? Who do you think will make it to the final and more importantly who will go on to lift the famous trophy?