Just a few news stories that caught my interest over the last couple of days. Enjoy!

• Karim Benzema admits turning down Manchester United and Barcelona
• Jonathan Wilson’s article on the ties that existed between Romanian secret police and Dinamo Bucharest
  
• Ever think your video game managerial skills would make you a good boss of a real team? Think again!
• Tired of the same old names in the silly season rumours? Try these 50 alternate transfer targets (Thanks to The Footy Blog‘s Joe Ross for that one.)