Friday: World Cup draw worries ..

England will not be in the top seeds for Sunday's 2010 World Cup draw in Durban, as the BBC reports.

Looks like Steve McClaren still thinks he has something to offer English football, as The Telegraph reports his offer of assistance in taking the game forward. Strange, as many would think it's down to him that we have progressively edged backwards.

Elsewhere, things look to have gone a bit sour at Liverpool with manager Rafa Benitez not impressing his American owners in the way he might have wished.

Maybe he should appease them by turning his attention to that almost-forgotten US wonderkid Freddy Adu?

The quick-footed Yank was grabbing all the headlines a few years ago before fading into relative obscurity, but it looks as if he is beginning to rediscover his razzamatazz - this week he grabbed the clincher for Benfica to send the Portuguese side top of the Super Liga. Check out the goal here.

http://www.soccerblog.com/2007/11/freddyaduishewaking_up.htm