YOUNG: Manchester United winger Ashley Young will miss the rest of the season with an ankle injury. The England international picked up the problem in this month’s 2-1 defeat by Manchester City and attended Wednesday’s 2-2 draw at West Ham United on crutches.

ZENGA: Former Inter goalkeeper Walter Zenga has put himself forward for the job as team coach if Andrea Stramaccioni is sacked after a series of poor results culminated in eliminated from the Coppa Italia semi-finals. “To coach Inter would be a dream come true for me. I think it would be a dream for anyone... Inter are a great club.” Zenga is currently the manager of Al-Nasr in Dubai.

ROBBED: Around 100 hooded ‘hooligans’ brandishing sticks broke into the changing rooms at Argentine second division club Huracan and stole players’ money and clothes on Thursday, coach Jose Maria Llop said. The incident occurred a day after the team were knocked out of the Copa Argentina. “There were 150 hooligans who came into the stadium, broke cars and threatened players,” club president Alejandro Nadur said.

BARCELONA: Injured Barcelona centre-backs Carles Puyol and Javier Mascherano will miss Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final first leg at Bayern Munich. Club captain Puyol had arthro-scopic surgery on the cartilage in his right knee in March and Mascherano damaged liga-ments in the same joint in Barca’s 2-2 quarter-final first leg draw at Paris SG on April 2.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP: Hull vs Bristol City 0-0.