TOTTI SPITS HIS DUMMY

Roma's Francesco Totti has said he expects to be man marked by United and that he isn't very fond of English football preferring the corrupt and negative Italian version.

"I am not worried about what Ferguson thinks of me as - as (Roma coach Luciano) Spalletti says - he will see for himself. I hope I will make him remember my name."

Totti told Sky that he was expecting to be man-marked by United.

"So they are going to put me in a cage?"

"The opponents always make a cage for me.

"When I grow up I won't be a footballer but I will go and work at the zoo with all the cages people have made for me."

And as if at 30 years old he hasn't already grown up he went on:

He added: "I don't like the way English football is even if some great players play there.

"I don't like English football and I don't like England either because of the weather."

Former rent boy Christian Panucci also had some unkind words for Ronaldo before Wednesday's game.

Panucci said: "Ronaldo's class is unquestionable. But I believe he abuses his dribbling talents and always exaggerates his falls. He knows we will not fall for his tricks."