Available on a Bosman ...

With so many teams feeling the effects of the current economic climate, getting value for money and saving on crazy transfer fees is a must regardless of size, prestige and the transfer pot available. If you look hard enough, there are some absolute bargain out there on the market with some real quality players available on Bosmans.

GoalKeeper: Craig Gordon
At 28 years of age, Gordon is not anywhere near his prime for a keeper and when younger was regarded as one of the best prospects in Europe between the sticks. Injuries have taken their toll on him meaning that last year he was only able to play 15 games for Sunderland and has struggled to get back the No.1  shirt but would make a great pick up for a side willing to take a risk on his injuries.

RightBack: Gianluca Zambrotta
Zambrotta might seem over the hill at 34 but its easy to forget that the likes of Thuram and Cafu played well into their thirties and Zanetti continues to go strong. He might not be able to get up and down the flank as he used, but Gianluca remains a quality full back who could bring some much needed guidance and leadership to any top side in Europe.

CentreBack: Alesandro Nesta
Alesandro Nesta remains one of the best centre backs in the world. In conjunction with Thiago Silva, he has formed a water tight partnership that has led Milan to two consecutive league titles. The likelihood is that Milan will pick up his contract before any suitors come along but if they should not his pin point precise tackle on Messi at the Nou Camp with his wrong foot in the box should be evidence enough that he has still got more than enough to play at the highest level.

CentreBack: Gary Cahill
The likelihood is that Bolton will be forced to sell Cahill during the Winter Transfer Window to avoid him leaving on a free in the Summer but if they dont, there will definitely be a queue as long as your arm froma range of clubs across Europe. Cahill provides stability and certainty as well as the ability to play the ball out from defence; a rarity amongst defenders these days.

LeftBack: Eric Abidal
Considering that Abidal missed four months of last season having a tumour removed from his body, the fact that he was able to lift the Champions League trophy last season was nothing short of amazing.Contract talks at the Nou Camp have stalled but look to be moving on the right path but if available Abidal will be quickly snapped up by one of the big clubs despite his age, given the calm head that he provides at the back.

CentreMidfield: Owen Hargreaves
The season long contract with Man City has given Owen Hargreaves the opportunity to prove his fitness after years of difficulty at Utd. If he can prove his fitness, he'll prove a worthwhile addition for any squad given his ability play the defensive midfield role with precision and quality passing added to boot.

CentreMidfield: Ricardo Montolivio
The likelihood is that the Fiorentina skipper will be snapped up by Milan, the club he has supported as a child, but given that they are also after Ganso and others, if the deal fails to materialise expect all the big clubs in Italy and abroad to come calling. He provides leadership combined a genuine ability to get box to box and chip in with goals after having just made challenges on his own 18 yard line.

CentreMidfield: Daniele De Rossi
DeRossi is without a doubt the best player available for a free and will literally have every club in Europe trying to sign him up. Roma will do everything to try and tie him down to a contract with their developing project under Luis Enrique but if he leaves, he takes with him the soul of the side; a tough tackling central midfielder who drives the side forward and always arises on the big stage.

AttackingMidfield: Enzo Maresca
Maresca seems destined to be one of those players who talent was never quite fulfilled but is still only 31 meaning that there is enough time or him to make an impact, if not at one of the true top sides on the Continent. He has an innate ability to to play just in behind the front line and play through balls of just pure quality and class that just the finest would see.

Striker: Didier Drogba
It would seem unlikely in light of the heavy investment made in Fernando Torres that Chelsea are likely to offer Drogba a new deal. A powerhouse of a forward with the ability to score goals with his head or either foot, Drogba will be snapped quick and by a top side across the Continent.

Striker: Dimitar Berbatov
Last season's top goalscorer in the premiership sees his contract running out at OT. It would appear that he has fallen behind Rooney, Hernande and now Welbeck in the pecking order under Fergie and so might decide to leave to get first team football. He provides skill and guile, a first touch that cannot be better by many and at 31 is still young enough to be attractive to many of the top sides in Europe.

Gordon 

Zambrotta - Nesta - Cahill - Abidal 

Montolivio - Hargreaves - DeRossi 

Maresca

Drogba - Berbatove

UFC on Fox: Why Saturday 12th November 2011 might just be one of the most important nights in all of sports

At 9 pm Eastern Time Zone in the U.S. (about 2 am in the U.K.), Cain Velasquez (9-0), the UFC's Heavyweight Champion will defend his title against Number 1 Contender Junior Dos Santos (13-1). It will be Velasquez's first title defence since winning the title almost 12 months ago from Brock Lesnar (a major shoulder injury has forced him on the side lines for the past year) and Dos Santos's first title opportunity, with an impressive seven straight wins since joining the UFC.

Velasquez v Dos Santos

More than just another fantastic match up from the UFC, that never fails to deliver, it marks a true landmark moment for the sport of Mixed Martial Arts as the title fight will be free on U.S. television on Fox (the equivalent of the BBC in the States) and it marks a true coming out party for the UFC. The UFC recently signed a landmark 7 year deal with Fox which reaches pretty much everyone in the U.S. with the intention of it helping the UFC with their PPV sales which are already fantastic. Fox truly is the home of sports in the U.S. with it having the SuperBowl and World Series, both of which are 1 and 1A as the biggest sporting events in the U.S. It speaks volumes for the potential that Fox believes the UFC has that it staved off competitors to ensure that it acquired the rights to the fight company.

55,000+ at the Rogers Centre

The deal really is huge for the UFC and should put all other sports, I'm looking your way in particular boxing on notice that the UFC is here and ready to take on all comers. The UFC started in 1993 some almost two decades ago in Denver but it was not until Zuffa took over in 2001 that things started to get moving. Since then the sports which was once frowned upon and took place in some of the U.S.'s backwater areas, Dothan, Alabama anyone! in front of some 3,500 is now in regulated in every U.S. State (but New York and that is a matter of time) in front of crowds of tens of thousands UFC 129 in Toronto, Canada sold out the Rogers Centre with 55,000. And there not just stuck in the U.S. either as well as Canada, the company has had sold out shows in the U.K., Abu Dhabi, Australia and Brazil among others and it heading back to Brazil for a 100,000 seater Samba stadium.

In its primitive form, the sport was very much seen as a circus of freaks up against one another. There were no weight classes or rounds or any rules; anything with the exception of the ridiculous, obviously could not grab your opponents balls, was permitted. It was such a freak show, that in UFC1, one competitor turned up with a single boxing glove on; quite what he thought he was gonna do with Im not sure but over time, the sport truly has developed into an all conquering one. Now you have to be an athlete with skills in all departments from boxing to wrestling to muay thai to jiu-jitsu just to be competitive let alone successful. Sportsmen are deciding that the UFC is a viable option rather than playing American Football or Soccer; something that would never have been even considered years ago.

The UFC is all about PPV numbers and they are on the rise. In the past 2 years, the company has had 6 PPVs selling in excess of a million buys in comparison with 5 from boxing. Just as important however is that the UFC what boxing appears to be failing to do; creating new stars. Boxing has failed to create new stars with the likes of Bernard Hopkins still being one of the biggest draws around at his age but the UFC is constantly creating new and fresh stars; even with the likes of Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture retiring, nothing has been lost as Jon Jones and Cain Velasquez have stepped forward.

What the UFC and its President Dana White have been able to achieve given their limited in exposure on SpikeTV in comparison to Fox about half, has been nothing short of phenomenal but on Saturday 12th November 2011 the UFC 's two premier heavyweights are going to step into the Octagon to find out who the badest man on the planet truly is. But the significance of the fight beyond just these two men truly cannot be overstated.

A sport that has developed from humble mocked roots, is on the verge of exploding before out very eyes and is putting the others on notice. Millions across the World will be able to see the stars of the UFC for what they really are real athletes as good as any other in other field. All other sports should be put on notice, the UFC is coming for you.

Juventus: The Turin Giant's Resurgence

A quarter of the way through the Serie A season, Juventus sit on top of the league ahead of both Milanese clubs,  Napoli and big spending Roma. For the first time since returning to the top flight and having to sell all of their top talent in a fire sale (including Ibrahimovic, Emerson, Thuram and Cannavaro among others), the Turin giants are legitimate title contenders. Unbeaten thus far in their 9 games the side have taken on Milan and Inter already alongside Parma and Palermo with Napoli awaiting them this Sunday night.

Conte: The man at the helm

The side's resurgence has been down to a number of factors for one Antonio Conte; the manager. A surprise and much questioned choice (given that the same policy had failed to massively when Ciro Ferrara was appointed), Conte has brought a renewed sense of steal that the club has failed to possess since its return to the big time. There has been a sense of continuous apologising at the club with a fear that any on field aggression would not be taken kindly.

The recently opened Juventus Stadium has also been a hugely important factor in the side's success. The club decided some years ago that it needed to downsize, the Delle Alpi was simply too big at 70,000 and the playing surface too far from the fans given the massive running track built around it. The new Stadium while only 40,000 in capacity has already created a more imposing atmosphere than the Delle Alpi ever did, with the fans genuinly now able to play the so-called 12th man.

Matri: Juve's star man up front

Finally, quality signings have made a huge difference. Stephen Leicteiner has provided the side with a genuinly top draw right back for the first time in 6 years when Zambrotta was sold to Barcelona as part of the Calcopoli Scandal. Arturo Vidal and Allesandro Pirlo provide a quality central midfield partnership with skill, guile, creativity and power that the likes of Tiago, Sissoko et al. never truly could. Finally up front Alesandro Matri up front is a killer. A forward of genuine quality already top goalscorer in Serie A as well as chalking up the assists.

Whether Juventus can stay the course and stay top of the table in May is going to have to be seen but there is little doubt that the Turin giants are back in the top echelon of Italian football where they deserve to be.