Portsmouth Chief Executive Peter Storrie has reacted angrily to suggestions that Harry Redknapp is to leave the club at the end of this season. The story 'doing the rounds' is that Redknapp will be leaving for 'personal reasons'.

"It's a joke, total rubbish. You just wonder whether these people have an agenda because it's doing us no good. Harry is furious about this - we all are. It's a load of rubbish. We are about to play the FA Cup final and people are coming out with this. It's hardly helping things. We don't need this at this moment. People should not believe any of it, though, it's complete and utter nonsense. Where these silly stories come from I have no idea. They are nonsense, just nonsense. Harry is furious about this - we all are. It's a load of rubbish."

So, assuming that Peter Storrie is right and there is no truth in the rumour whatever, why on earth would someone in the media make this up?

There are twenty teams in the Premiership, two about to play in the FA Cup Final and two more about to contest the Champions League. Add to this the top leagues of La Liga, Serie A and the Bundesliga, and the other seventy-two teams in the football league and surely there are enough real football stories to go round!

I read Wayne Rooney's autobiography recently and he mentions a report he read in a Sunday paper that he and Alan Stubbs had been thrown out of a posh jewellers shop in West Londan when Everton had visited Chelsea. They had been thrown out because the owner didn't recognise them and just thought they were 'Scouse scallies'. Rooney says he enjoyed the story but he never went into any shops on that trip and certainly didn't get thrown out of any.

I think this type of completely made up tripe mascarading as 'journalism' should be stopped. I can only begin to imagine what it is like to see stories about yourself in the national press that are untrue in every possible way.

If Harry Redknapp has no plans to leave Portsmouth then how dare some newspaper hack write a story that he is.

In the war of words prior to next Wednesday's Champions League final between Chelsea and Manchester United, Chelsea wide man Joe Cole has said that he believes Barcelona's Lionel Messi to be a better player than Cristiano Ronaldo.

"Ronaldo's been fantastic but in the semi-final Messi showed he's the top man. He is only 20 as well, imagine how good he will be in the next 10 years."

This is a view that has been expressed by many people since the semi-final, and it is difficult to argue that over the two legs Messi produced more than Ronaldo. There is absolutely no doubt that both of these players are at the very top of the game and deserve all the credit they are given.

The question is, which one is the current best player in the world? I can't agree with Joe Cole, because although Messi looked mercurial against Manchester United and Ronaldo had relatively quiet games, who won? How many goals did Messi score or create? How many goals did his team score?

Football is all about end product. Both Messi and Ronaldo are attacking wide players and it is their job to score and create goals. Those goals then give the team the victories they need to be successful. If you look at the statistics, there can only be one winner.

Messi's team, third in La Liga and beaten semi-finalists in the Champions League. Ronaldo's team, Premier League Champions and Champions League finalists.

Messi appearances in all competitions, thirty one and six as a substitute. Goals scored, sixteen. Ronaldo appearances in all competitions, forty-five and three as a substitute. Goals scored, forty-one.

Individual skill is one thing that is wonderful to watch, but producing the end product as regularly as Ronaldo has this season, and helping your team to success, as Ronaldo has done this season, must put him ahead of the two at this time.

Both great players. Probably the best two in the world, but for me, Ronaldo has to have the edge at the moment.

Rangers attempt to achieve the second part of a remarkable quadruple of titles tonight when they take on Zenit St Petersburg in the UEFA Cup Final at the City of Manchester Stadium.

Rangers' only other European triumph came back in 1972 when they won the Cup Winners Cup and Zenit are looking for their first ever silverware.

Zenit St Petersburg go into the match as favourites and Rangers go into the match under a hailstorm of criticism from around Europe. Many people have been displeased with the way Rangers have made it to the final, concentrating on being hard to beat rather than playing expansive, attractive football.

Rangers and their legion of fans, 100,000 are expected to make the trip to Manchester despite a ticket allocation of 13,000, couldn't care less what others think of them. Manager Walter Smith said yesterday, "So far, we've had a lot of negative comments about us. We've had a lot of situations where people say that Rangers play anti-football, rubbish football or whatever. But, for a first-year team, we've settled in well and, for those teams that have lost to us, if they are that good, why have they not beaten us?"

Absolutely right Mr. Smith, the last time I looked at the rules it was the winning team that goes through to the next round! If Rangers do win the trophy it will be a fantastic achievement and the manner of how they did so will be soon forgotten.

Rangers go into the game having played three league games in seven days. Zenit, by contrast, have had their games postponed by their authorities to give them the best chance of preparing for the final. The difference in attitude from the two football bodies in Russia and Scotland could not be more marked.

Of course, the game is given an added dimension by the fact that Zenit are managed by former Rangers boss Dick Advocaat. He loved his time in Glasgow and says he will always be a Rangers fan.

I don't see Rangers changing the style that has been so successful for them and they will make themselves very difficult to beat. It will be a tight game and although Zenit are the favourites, I think it is impossible to call. Let's just hope that it is a good game and that whoever wins it, they are given the credit and praise that they will undoubtedly deserve.

With Manchester United and Chelsea finishing as the top two in the Premier League for the third season in a row and the two teams preparing to face each other in the Champions League final in Moscow next week the other teams in the Premier League have reason to be scared.

Yesterday, both clubs made their intention to improve further and maintain their dominance very clear. Chelsea announced the signing of Porto right-back Jose Bosingwa on a three-year contract for £16.2m. That will not be their only big signing in the summer, be sure of that.

Meanwhile, up in Manchester, United's chief executive David Gill was telling the assembled press that Sir Alex Ferguson would be given what funds he wants in the summer to add to his squad.

So the two teams who are clearly the best in England and apparently the best in Europe as well, are going to spend big and bring in the best players from around the world again. What chance does this give the others? I'm going to make a risky prediction right now. They'll be the top two in the Premiership next season as well. Anyone want to bet me a couple of quid that they won't be?

Look at what they are doing against what Arsenal and Liverpool are likely to do. Arsenal are struggling to keep their best players, let alone adding to their squad. Liverpool are going all out to sign Gareth Barry. He's a fine player, but will he turn Liverpool into champions? Is he so much better than Alonso?

Then take a look at the likes of West Brom, Stoke and Watford. (OK, I know it probably won't be Watford but we've all got to dream!) If they spend a lot of money to strengthen their squads to face the Premiership challenge, how much exactly will they spend? I would guess that it won't be much more than Chelsea have just paid out for a right back. Don't forget that Chelsea already have two international right backs at the club. That shows the difference that exists between these type of clubs and explains why the new boys will never be able to compete.

Obviously success breeds success and the rich get richer. They are both phrases that prove to be true time and time again. However, unless another club can take an almighty gamble or the rules of engagement are somehow changed, these two clubs could dominate English and European football for the next ten years. That would be great for them, but not great for the game.

There is a danger that Kevin Keegan's prediction that the game will become 'boring' could well come true.

I don't think I have ever seen a man appear quite so 'under-whelmed' as Roy Hodgson seemed to be after master minding Fulham's great escape yesterday afternoon. In interview he was quick to sympathise with Birmingham's Alex McCleish and Reading's Steve Coppell who went down as a result of Fulham's remarkable performance.

Five games ago Fulham were dead and buried and doomed to Championship football. With just four wins in thirty-three games, nobody could reasonably argue with their almost certain fate. Then, remarkably, they manage to win four out of their last five games and complete an incredible survival act.

I wrote a piece back in February saying that I thought Fulham would survive. Just. I'm not being big-headed about my prediction but...OK, I am!

For a team who had won only one away game in a season and a half to finish the season with three away wins in a row is almost beyond belief. The players and Roy Hodgson deserve all the credit and praise that will be lavished upon them over the coming days.

I was so pleased for Jimmy Bullard who has come back from a career threatening injury with the same enthusiasm, good humour and ability that he has always shown before. I was also pleased for Danny Murphy, who scored the decisive goal. Murphy has been one of the most cultured midfield players in England over the last few years but has never quite managed to be a star man.

It was all so exciting and such a wonderful performance that I think that when on his own, in a quiet moment, with nobody watching, even Roy Hodgson might even have just about managed to allow himself a little smile.

Why did Kevin Keegan say what he said after Newcastle's 2-0 defeat at home to Chelsea on Sunday? My reaction, as I wrote on this site, was that he was simply telling things how they actually are. Others disagree and feel that it was an attempt to get Mike Ashley to dig deeper into his pockets in the summer.

Whatever the reason behind Keegan saying it was, it is no surprise that Mike Ashley has summoned Keegan to London today to discuss the issues. It is widely reported that the relationship between the two men has broken down and Keegan himself said that their relationship was fine because they 'never speak'.

Whilst Keegan's comments were probably accurate in relation to his sides chances of breaking in to the top four, they cannot have failed to have angered Ashley. Can you imagine David Moyes, Martin O'Neill, Juande Ramos or Mark Hughes saying what King Kev said? No you can't. They would all talk about how hard it would be to do, but they would never say it couldn't be done.

There is an old adage that there is no point in taking part if you don't think you've got a chance of winning. Maybe Keegan should have thought about that before he spoke.

You have to take Kevin Keegan for what he is. He has a long history of saying what he thinks, even when with hindsight it may have been better to keep his thoughts to himself. If Mike Ashley didn't want a man who would be honest and who always wears his heart on his sleeve, then he should never have appointed Keegan.

I hope the talk of a breakdown in the relationship is only media talk. I truly hope that they can sort out their differences because I think their ongoing partnership has the potential to become one of the most entertaining sideshows in the Premier League.