The Offside Daily – Sunderland manager believes in miracles, while RVP’s son trains with both Manchester City and Manchester United

10 of the best football stories of the day:

1) Gus Poyet has proclaimed that keeping Sunderland in the Premier League is his greatest achievement and he now ‘believes in miracles’.

2) Louis Van Gaal has formally come out to say he wants the job at Manchester United.

3) Man City are just one point from all but securing the Premier League title, and Pellegrini now expects his side to finish top.

4) Chelsea’s Petr Cech has been ruled out for up to 10 weeks with a shoulder injury.

5) Garry Monk has been appointed manager of Swansea City on a permanent basis.

6) A trio of Arsenal stars have found an unusual way of dealing with Twitter trolls, with help from bookmaker PaddyPower, watch the video here. (Standard)

7) Form an orderly queue ladies, we have here the smoothest football fan in the world. (Metro)

8) Robin Van Persie’s 7 year old son is already training in Manchester… At both Man United and Man City’s academies. (Daily Mail)

9) Japanese side Kyoto Sanga performed this elaborate free kick to perfection against Yokohama in the second division. (Youtube)

10) Manchester United youngster James Wilson had a glorious debut scoring 2 goals; his parents can relive the moment having filmed the replays on TV’s using their mobile phones. (Metro)

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