Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that he has won the race to sign Patrice Evra, with the Monaco full back due to undergo a medical on Monday.

The French defender becomes the second transfer window arrival at Old Trafford, following hot on the heels of Nemanja Vidic sealing his switch from Spartak Moscow.

A reported £4 million will be paid to Monaco after the player made it clear he wanted to leave the Principality outfit.

Ferguson revealed the news ahead of United's live Sky Sports 1 FA Cup third round trip to Burton Albion.

"The deal is done," said the United boss. "He will come in Monday.

"We have been looking at him for some time since Gabriel Heinze was injured in September."

Monaco are happy with the outcome of the negotiations.

"Everything went fine," said Monaco vice-president Gerard Brianti. "There is a real common desire to complete the deal.

"I am very optimistic.

"We are on the same wavelength and we will reach an agreement."

Internazionale were also determined to sign the 24-year-old, but his preference was to head for United, where he will fill in for long-term injury victim Heinze.

English fans to get German lessons

Ever wondered how to explain the offside rule in German?

The British Embassy in Berlin has set up a website to explain this and more to the estimated 100,000 England fans going to next year's World Cup finals.

The site has translations of necessary football phrases such as "sick as a parrot" and "nutmeg" alongside more typical travel tips and city guides.

Embassy spokesman Jonathan Brenton said he hoped to entertain the fans as well as getting serious information across.

The English fans are expected to be the second largest group attending the tournament - second only to the Germans themselves. Here are a couple to get you started.

Abseitsstellung - Offside
Uebergluecklich - Over the moon
Er verpasste seinem Gegner einen Beinschuss - He nutmegged his opponent
Ihm war kotzuebel - Sick as a parrot

Studying the female ass

It is one of the most fundamental and, for men, potentially hazardous question of modern life, for which academics now hope to provide the definitive answer: ''Does my bum look big in this?'' The School of Textiles and Design at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh have begun what is believed to be the world's first-ever study on how women’s clothing affects the bottom.

Models with variously sized posteriors will wear different types of clothing as part of the research, which will examine how designs, colours, patterns and fabric types affect perception.

Best Screen Nudity of 2005

In December of each year, Uncle Scoopy's Fun House runs a members ' poll to select the best nude performances among that year's releases. This year's competition was open to films and TV shows which were released in 2005, or films which were not available until 2005. Check out the results of the poll, equivalent to the Oscars, for the best screen nudity of the year 2005.

I Cant seem to pick between the 2. Hmm. Guess ill just have em both. Heh.

Tits For Tots

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