The Offside Daily – 25th March 2014

10 of the best football stories of the day:

1) Neither Andre Marriner or Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will face any further punishment from the FA after the referee mistakenly gave  a red card to Kieran Gibbs in Arsenal’s 6-0 defeat to Chelsea.

2) Massimo Cellino’s proposed takeover of Leeds United has been blocked by the FA after the Italian was found guilty of tax evasion.

3) Arsene Wenger has been offered a 2 year contract extension, instead of the originally tipped 3 year deal, to remain at Arsenal.

4) Neil Warnock will not be taking over the reigns at Nottingham Forest after turning down the chance to become manager of the Championship side.

5) More potential problems for the World Cup in Brazil as the mayor of Porto Alegre has suggested that the city may not be able to host any matches at this summers event.

6) Tottenham’s Andros Townsend has been poking fun at Sky Sports pundit Kevin Phillips this morning over his attempts to say Gylfi Sigurdsson. (Sports Mole)

7) Andre Villas Boas is enjoying getting back to winning ways in football after his Zenit side won 2-1 against Samara. (IOL)

8) David Beckham is planning to move forward with his MLS franchise by unveiling plans for a 25,000 seater stadium in Miami. (Team Talk)

9) Chris Smalling has been punished by David Moyes after the 24-year-old was seen in the early hours of Monday morning singing in streets after a night out. (Manchester Evening News)

10) First time is the charm as a mystery punter landed over £85,000 from Ladbrokes in what was believed to be his first ever bet. (Metro)

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