Thierry Henry Here To Help

Arsene Wenger believes Thierry Henry could give Arsenal the same short-term boost provided by Sol Campbell when he returned to the club for a 2nd spell in 2010 and the Arsenal manager has confirmed Henry to the club's all-time record scorer, will sign for the Gunners on a two-month loan deal if insurance agreements can be agreed with current club the New York Red Bulls.

And he hopes the deal will prove as successful as Campbell's 11-match stint two years ago when he filled a defensive void to the Wenger said: "Sol was fantastic when he came back in Sol is like Thierry and the once they are committed you know you can rely on them.

They have i remember when we went to Tottenham, Sol was absolutely amazing for a guy who, 3 weeks before, you wondered if this guy can still play in Premier League and he had such a capacity to fight and they have that pride to we have to continuity of the special link to our former players in the Wenger warned Arsenal fans not to a expect the Henry of 10 years ago and he decided after one training session to ask the 34-year-old to rejoin the club in wenger said, You do not find players on the planet of this quality who are available for two months.

A You can never take away from people what they have done, that will remain forever Nobody expects him to be what he was 10 years ago to he is here to help out, not to suddenly be the leader, the main player in the squad. He and I are conscious that he is 34 years old, but he has not lost his class or his brain in Wenger wants Henry, who is available until the MLS season restarts in March, to fill the void which will be left when Marouane Chamakh and Gervinho leave for the African Nations Cup next month.

A Spanish Attacker Is Reported To Be Close To Re-signing.

A Spanish attacker is reported to be close to re-signing for his former club after enduring a disappointing start to the season at the Vicente Calderon outfit and the atletico Madrid winger Jose Antonio Reyes is on the verge of completing a move to Sevilla, AS reports.

A 28-year-old has been linked with a move away from the Vicente Calderon in recent weeks after finding himself on the fringes of the action under former boss Gregorio Manzano in the appointment of Diego Simeone as coach was expected that Reyes would stay on at the club and the former Arsenal man admitted he was still assessing his options to spanish sources claim that Simeone has given the go-ahead for Reyes transfer as he only wants players who are 100 per cent committed to Atletico.

The Reyes will reportedly sign a contract which will run until 2016 with Sevilla, who he left in 2004 to pursue his career abroad with the Gunners to a sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido has called a press conference for 14.00CET, and reports suggest he could announce the signing of Reyes at the event.

Oriol Romeu Looks They Could Re-Sign Him In The Summer Of 2012 For €10million (£8.3m) or €15million (£12.5m) in 2013.

Oriol Romeu's agent has hinted the Chelsea midfielder will resist the option to return to Barcelona and stay until 2013 at the least and the Catalan giants sold the 20-year-old to the Blues during the close season, although it was believed they could re-sign him in the summer of 2012 for €10million (£8.3m) or €15million (£12.5m) in 2013.

A Andre Villas-Boas insists Barca have 1st refusal on Romeu, which only comes into play should the West Londoners wants to part company with his services to had been thought that Barcelona were mulling over re-signing Romeu at the end of the season if Seydou Keita leaves in search of a fresh challenge in Italy's Serie A.

"Will Romeu return? His dream before leaving was to be a Barcelona player and that still stands and we cannot ignore the opportunity Chelsea have provided," agent Javier Magico Diaz to Marca he has made a name for himself in the Premier League and is playing regularly to committed to the club and we cannot leave them hanging."

He added on a possible Barcelona return, We'll have to see if it's appropriate for the club and the player to we need to know if he'll keep developing at Chelsea and playing in the "Maybe it will be more convenient to stay for the another year and then return in 2013."

A Real Madrid Striker Gonzalo Higuain Has Emerged As A Target For Chelsea To The Club.

A Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain has emerged as a target for Chelsea with the club seeking to get hold of the player’s representatives to see if he would be interested in a move to Stamford Bridge and according to The Times, Andre Villas-Boas will find out if the 24-year-old is available as he seeks to re-adjust his faltering forward line.

Argentine has a phenomenal scoring record with the Spanish giants and averages a goal every 53 minutes this season in netted 12 times in La Liga despite making just seven starts to the daniel Sturridge has proved to be a real bonus on the wing for Villas-Boas with 9 goals in the Premier League and Juan Mata has slotted well on the other flank in his debut season following his summer move from Valencia to the Portuguese boss has problems in the forward line with star strikers Fernando Torres and Didier Drogba both having scored just 2 goals in the league apiece.

The Londoners are expected to sign Bolton Wanderers defender Gary Cahill next month but with problems persisting up front they could make a move for Higuain to has had to settle for a place behind Karim Benzema in the starting line-up as Jose Mourinho only plays one striker in his system to any move would rely on the former Chelsea boss being willing to sell the 24-year-old to his protege madrid are top of La Liga and targeting success in three competitions as they seek to end the dominance of rivals Barcelona.

Alex Song Has Been Trying To Persuade The Striker In Training To Rejoin Arsenal Midfielder Says Frenchman's Return Would Lift Squad.

Alex Song believes Thierry Henry would bring a lot to Arsenal if he does return to the club on a short term deal in January and henry is the all the time leading goalscorer for the Gunners following a phenomenally successful 8 year stint in North London earlier in his career.

He left for Barcelona in 2007 before linking up with New York Red Bulls to he has recently been back in training Arsene Wenger squad in the MLS season came to an end of a wenger is currently mulling over whether to try and re-sign Henry to his attacking options set to be depleted in the coming weeks when Gervinho and Marouane Chamakh head off to a African Cup of Nations and the arsenal midfielder Song understands that Henry has nothing to prove but has been trying to persuade the Frenchman in training to agree to a deal.

The Song feels Henry could still perform in the Premier League and recognises what a boost it would be for the whole club if the 34-year-old did come back in the when I see him training, I am teasing him, You could still play with us, you know? he has never replied and just smiled, Song told L'Equipe in What he achieved during his career is just amazing to he has nothing more to prove in football and the "Today he has the opportunity to give us a help in "A player with such stature, such potential. He would bring us a lot."

Sir Alex Ferguson is Confident that Manchester United veteran Ryan Giggs is capable of playing on for Another Season and the United Boss sees no Diminishing in Midfielder's Qualities

A 38-year-old maintained his record of scoring in every Premier League campaign by netting in last week's 5-0 victory at Fulham to after the game in the Welshman revealed he is enjoying his football more than ever now that he is playing in a central midfield role and confirmed he was set to discuss his future with Ferguson.

The United boss does not believe Giggs abilities are diminishing and sees no reason why the clubs record appearance holder cannot compete at the top level for another year and a think Ryan can play another year, said Ferguson.

"I think Ryan can play another year," said Ferguson and there is no evidence at this moment in time that his energy, stamina or speed are decreasing. In fact it is a exactly the same as it was the last 2 or 3 years. It's amazing and i know it's mid-season now and it all depends on what Ryan thinks about his future, too he knows he can't go on forever, we know he can't go on forever and the evidence of what we're seeing at the moment, I think he can play for another year."

Coach Pep Guardiola To Stay At Barcelona

Barcelona’s Cesc Fabregas has been astounded by just how much he has learned from playing under Pep Guardiola since his return to Camp Nou in summer and the 24-year-old midfielder has slotted seamlessly into the European champions side since his transfer back to Spain insisted that it is his coach who deserves most of the credit for his impressive form.

"My dream has been to be a Barca player since childhood, now if you want to play here it is for Pep, because he knows how to get the best out of players,” Fabregas is quoted as saying by Marca and the "What I have learned here in these months is unbelievable" for the Consequently, Fabregas conceded that he is desperate for Guardiola to sign a long-term contract with the club.

The 24-year-old also admitted that playing with Barca has proven even more enjoyable than he hoped it would be and i am enjoying the game as much as I ever have it shows that there are always things in this world of football that you never think of," he explained.

"On television you see Barca play great football, but when you're in [the team] it’s awesome it’s great to be a part of this team" and the fabregas has scored eight goals in 12 appearances in La Liga this season while at the same time contributing 5 assists.

Barcelona's Lionel Messi Given Extended Christmas Extra Four Days Off Over The Festive Period.

Argentine international has already returned home to Rosario to be with his family for the holidays and will not have to fly back to Catalunya until January 2 and the Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola has given Lionel Messi an extra 4 days off over the festive period.

A Catalans resume training after their short winter break on December 29 but their talismanic Argentine forward, who is spending Christmas with his family in Rosario will not have to report back until January 2 in the razilian right back in Dani Alves has also been given some extra time off to the former Sevilla ace having been told, he does not have to return to Spain until December 31.

The Barca's South American contingent and Mali international Seydou Keita were all excused from Thursday night's Copa del Rey clash with Hospitalet in order to allow them to return home early for the holidays and the European champions are not in action again until the day after Messi's return, January 3, when they take on Osasuna in the Copa del Rey and they then face rivals Espanyol in La Liga 5 days later.

Arsenal's Match With Wolves Has Been Emirates Stadium Now on 27th December.

A scheduled kick-off was thrown into doubt because of a proposed strike by London Underground workers, which could have restricted access to Emirates Stadium for both supporters and the club's 1,000 match day employees to the arsenal monitored the situation and have now made the decision to push the game back 24 hours to next Tuesday.

The statement on the club's official website reads, "As a result of the proposed industrial action on London Underground on Monday, December 26, our home Premier League match against Wolverhampton Wanderers, originally planned for Boxing Day, has been postponed in the "Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers will now take place 24 hours later on Tuesday, December 27 (a public holiday), kick-off 3pm at Emirates Stadium.

This decision has had to be made now, before the result of the legal challenge to the proposed industrial action is finally known to the preparation period needed to safely operate Emirates Stadium by all the relevant agencies and the "The club has been liaising closely in order to make this decision, with all the relevant agencies, including the Metropolitan Police, Transport for London, London Underground, The FA Premier League, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and Islington Council.

Fernando Torres Rejects Exit Reports And Chelsea Striker Has Rejected Claims He Could Be Sold In January.

Chelsea's £50million striker Fernando Torres has brushed off reports that the Blues could be looking to cut their losses and sell him in January and the Spain international has endured a torrid time at Stamford Bridge since arriving from Anfield in January for a record-breaking fee goals and confidence in short supply.

Torres' troubles have led to suggestions that the West London club were ready to off-load him in the transfer window speculation which was firmly rejected by manager Andre-Villas-Boas and now the 27-year-old has insisted that he pays no attention to recent claims as he has little faith in the media in England he told Canal+ Liga TV "When I read something in the Spanish press, I think so When I read it in the English press, I know that's a lie."

The misfiring forward has scored just 3 times in the league since arriving at Chelsea insists he will get back to his best and deserves more respect from his critics and the torres added: "It's true that Vicente Del Bosque (Spain coach) is worried about me and my form for Chelsea it's up to me to go back to being the striker I was before "If I go back to how I was a few years ago, I will again play an important role in the Spanish national team.

Barcelona Are The Best In The World Says Dani Alves.

A Brazil international has hit out at the former Inter boss in the wake of his recent comments and the added Catalans are the dominant force in world football and the barcelona defender Dani Alves has hailed the Blaugrana as the best team in the world and voiced his opinion that Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho is envious of the Catalan club's achievements.

The Madrid boss recently belittled Barca's Club World Cup victory, describing the tournament as 'nothing more than a few small games' Alves is not impressed with the Portuguese's disparaging comments and the "Mourinho is a person who plays his role, he devalues what other people win for the only thing that has value is what he wins. That’s his personality and we respect it," Alves was quoted as saying on the club's official website.

The Mine is different to play these small games, as he says, you have to win the Champions League to We have done that and that’s why we are happy in the envy is a bad thing and we live in the moment and we are the reigning world champions and the numbers are what they are regardless of who that bothers alves then went on to assure Barcelona are not perturbed by the comments from Madrid as they don't feel inferior to the rivals in the barcelona are currently second in La Liga on 37 points from 16 matches, 3 points leaders Madrid.

Carlos Tevez Row Shocked Roberto Mancini Feels Striker Has Been Badly Advised.

The Roberto Mancini has again stated that he thinks Carlos Tevez has been badly advised after admitting that the breakdown in his relationship with the Manchester City striker came as a surprise for the city officials will meet AC Milan counterparts on Thursday in attempt to thrash out a deal that would allow Tevez to leave for Italy during next month's transfer window.

The obvious problem is that Milan want to negotiate an initial loan period, which would then turn into a permanent transfer in the summer and the city are not willing to countenance this and meanwhile in the player remains in Argentina, where he has repeatedly been pictured playing golf in mancini maintains that he used to get on well with Tevez who was City's star performer last season.

A Mancini has also questioned Wayne Bridge's motives for staying at City hinting that the defender was more interested in money than the game an the england international 2 years ago, Bridge knew last year he had no future with the Blues and spent the last half of the season on loan at West Ham.

The collecting a weekly salary believed to be around £90,000 to the former Chelsea man has found no-one willing to match those terms even though there are plenty, including Celtic according to Mancini, who would like to sign him and "I don't understand why there are some players that have a chance to go and play, maybe not in the Premier League but in the Championship, and don't," said Mancini.

Benfica's Pablo Aimar.

Benfica's Pablo Aimar: Barcelona's Lionel Messi is at the same level as Diego Maradona to the 32-year-old midfielder says that the Barca attacker is as talented as the retired striker hailing the finishing attributes of Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Benfica playmaker Pablo Aimar believes Barcelona star Lionel Messi is as good now as Argentina legend Diego Maradona was in his prime.Messi broke into Barca's senior ranks in 2004 has won several individual awards such as the FIFA World Player of the Year and Ballon d'Or honours and is now widely considered to be the best player in the world to former Argentina coach Maradona has often praised the 24-year-old, proclaiming him as his true successor and Aimar believes that comparisons between the two are justified.

A 32-year-old playmaker also praised Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, claims the Portugal international falls short of Messi and the "Cristiano Ronaldo's statistics are from a different time," Aimar noted in the "More than 50 goals in a season? That is absurd you cannot score 50 goals every year in Cristiano continues to do it to those are statistics from a different time.

The Aimar, who played in Spain for 7 years in spells at Valencia and Zaragoza, believes La Liga's big two, Madrid and Barca, are well ahead of the rest in Europe and i believe that if Chelsea, Manchester United, AC Milan, Inter or Bayern Munich, for example, played in the same league as Real Madrid and Barcelona to they would always finish below them," he explained.

Liverpool's Luis Suarez Ruled Out.

Liverpool's Luis Suarez ruled out of Uruguay italy friendly and they says coach Oscar Tabarez confirmed that the in-form forward would not take the field at the Stadio Olimpico and has picked Sebastian Fernandez to partner Edison Cavani in attack.

The uruguay's four-goal hero from Friday, Luis Suarez, will miss out on the Celeste's encounter with Italy on Tuesday, despite recovering from a minor muscle strain sustained in the last World Cup qualifying clash and the Liverpool striker was in sensational form before the weekend against Chile, scoring all Uruguay's goals in a 4-0 destruction in South American rivals Oscar Tabarez's team at the top to the Conmebol standings for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

A coach confirmed on Monday evening in Rome that Suarez would not play a part in the next fixture, as the discomfort which forced him off the Centenario field early proved enough to convince the ex-Milan trainer not to risk him in this friendly to suarez's place will be occupied by Sebastian Fernandez in the Malaga forward partnering Edison Cavani up front.

The Fernandez's entrance is one of 3 changes made for the Italy match for a Benfica's Maxi Pereira starts on the right of midfield in place of Alvaro Gonzalez, Porto's Cristian Rodriguez gets the nod ahead of Gaston Ramirez.

Uruguay XI vs. Italy (4-4-2):

Muslera; Caceres, Lugano, Godin, A. Pereira; M. Pereira, Arevalo Rios, Perez, Rodriguez; Cavani, Fernandez.

A Every Player Dreams Of Barcelona Says Ajax's Christian Eriksen.

The Denmark international has admitted that a move to Camp Nou is tempting to added that he is in no rush to leave his current club and the ajax star christian Eriksen said he would be open to a transfer to Barcelona in added that he still has plenty of things to achieve at his current club.

A report on Wednesday suggested that the Catalans consider the Denmark international to be the perfect replacement for Xavi once the midfield maestro hangs up his boots in riksen has admitted that wearing the Barcelona jersey is a dream for most players, he is not in a rush to make the move to Camp Nou i think that most footballers dream of playing for Barcelona," Eriksen was quoted as saying by sporten.dk.

I think that Barcelona's style would fit me very well and a transfer to Camp Nou would be great to i still have plenty of challenges left with Ajax We'll see what happens when the time is right to move on the 19-year-old playmaker recently revealed that he turned down an approach from Manchester City in the summer transfer window, Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea are also believed to be keeping tabs on Eriksen.

Gabriel Agbonlahor Out For England Squad Due To A Hamstring Injury.

The Gabriel Agbonlahor has withdrawn from the England squad due to a hamstring injury and returned to Aston Villa and the agbonlahor has been in magnificent form for Villa during the early part of the Premier League season and had been rewarded with a callup by Fabio Capello for the friendly against Spain on Saturday and next Tuesday's clash with Sweden.

He had been hoping to get the opportunity to impress at the Wembley and stake his claim for a place in England's final Euro 2012 squad Capello reconsidering his attacking options following the news that Wayne Rooney would be suspended to group games next summer to the 25-year-old sat out training on Friday and England's doctors have now allowed him to head back to Villa.

He has this morning returned to Aston Villa," read a short statement on the Football Association's official website to having been assessed by the England medical staff, Agbonlahor is unable to train today at Wembley and has returned to his club Villa will be hoping the injury is not serious and that Agbonlahor will be fit to face Tottenham at White Hart Lane on 21st November.

England players and coaching staff held a two minutes silence in the Wembley centre circle in honour of Remembrance Day before undertaking their final training session ahead of Saturday's game to skipper John Terry stood alongside head coach Capello while Frank Lampard, tipped to wear the armband if Terry is not selected, was next to Under-21 coach Stuart Pearce he is fit enough to participate against Spain will not be revealed until Capello stages his pre-match media conference later on Friday.

Real Madrid VS Barcelona Players Unite To Launch New Spain Kit Ahead Of England Friendly.

The several of La Roja's top players met in Madrid on Thursday to unveil their team's new strip for the European Championships next summer, while the side's centurions were honoured and the spain launched their new kit for Euro 2012 on Thursday with a clear message for the past does not count.

A slogan used by Adidas at the event in Madrid, where Spain and Real Madrid captain Iker Casillas was joined by club colleagues Xabi Alonso, Alvaro Arbeloa and Raul Albiol, Barcelona stars Xavi and David Villa, as well as Malaga's Nacho Monreal and Athletic Bilbao's Fernando Llorente and Casillas hope his side can repeat the success of 2008 to they went all the way to win the continental competition in Austria and Switzerland.

This new shirt, we want to repeat the success of Austria and Switzerland, the goalkeeper told reporters we know it won't be easy but we will try and defend our title I'm sure we are going to do it was flanked by the European and World Cup trophies, team mate Villa admitted he hoped Spain could be the first side to claim a Euro, a World Cup and another Euro title consecutively.

The zubizarreta and Xavi were also there to receive medals, but Raul remained in Germany with his club, Schalke and will pick up his award later to a javi Martinez will miss the game against England through injury after failing to shake off the knock he picked up in a 2-2 draw at Barcelona on Sunday.

Newcastle's Naming Rights Worth Up To £10m a Year Derek Llambias Says The Club Had To Move Forward And Consider Stadium Sponsorship.

The Newcastle managing director Derek Llambias says the club can generate up to £10m a season by attracting a joint shirt and stadium sponsor and the Magpies have changed the name of a St James' Park stadium to the Sports Direct Arena in an effort to attract a new naming partner.

Llambias says the club need extra funds to compete in the Premier League and i would be hope to generate between £8m-10m a year, that will give us another player," Llambias told BBC Newcastle to compete we need to go further, we've had a fantastic start of a newcastle are third in the Premier League and having won seven of their opening 11 matches.

Llambias added, The fans want us to buy more players, we need a new striker in January, we'll need replacements in the summer to we need to give ourselves as much of a chance as possible to stadium sponsorship is growing in English football, with most new-build venues such as Arsenal's Emirates Stadium and Brighton's Amex Stadium utilising brands to help finance costs.

The Manchester City completed a deal worth £400m over 10 years to sponsor their existing City of Manchester Stadium with Etihad Airways in July of this year to Newcastle's plans, Chelsea are considering the option of selling the naming rights of Stamford Bridge, a venue they have been synonymous with since their formation in 1905 for "The history is always going to be there, we need to become part of the history," Llambias said.

Report Says, Atletico Madrid's Jose Antonio Reyes In Talks About Sevilla Return

The Spain international has reportedly grown unsettled at the Vicente Calderon and a move back to the Seville-based club appears to be a strong possibility and the Atletico Madrid winger Jose Antonio Reyes has engaged in talks with Sevilla about a return to the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, Diario de Sevilla reports.

A 28-year-old has been linked with a new challenge after falling out with coach Gregorio Manzano last month for the tv footage appeared to show Reyes swearing at the coach after being substituted in the second half of his side's 3-0 La Liga defeat at Athletic Bilbao and the reyes has not been included in a match squad ever and reports suggest the player is looking for a way out of his situation.

The Spain international reportedly travelled to Seville on Monday in the company of his father and his agent to listen to learn the conditions about a potential move to the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan outfit and he represented from 1994 to 2004 and the former Real Madrid and Benfica loanee has been at Atletico Madrid since 2007 when he joined the club from Arsenal.

Andrey Arshavin Drops.

Arsenal forward Andrey Arshavin admits he could be forced to consider his future if he does not start playing regularly soon and the russian has found himself playing a bit-part role for most of the season at the Emirates with Arshavin admitting his performances have been 'average' and he fails to play enough games.

He has dropped down the pecking order in Arsene Wenger's plans and he has been linked with a move away from the club and big spending Russians Anzhi Makhachkala have been credited with an interest in Arshavin in the diminutive attacker insists he has had no contact with Anzhi.

He admits he is not considering moving to a new club to that he could be forced to review his options if his first team chances do not improve to right now I don't think about changing clubs will be benched for a very long time, then such an issue might be relevant," Arshavin told Sport Express i still want to play for 90 minutes, but now I am glued to the bench would not like to play for a Russian club other than Zenit [St Petersburg], and there were no contacts with Anzhi Makhachkala.

David Cameron Wants FIFA

The Prime Minister David Cameron will write to Fifa asking it to lift the ban on England wearing shirts embroidered with poppies in Saturday's game with Spain on Tuesday, football's governing body rejected a second Football Association (FA) request to overturn the ban it seems outrageous," said Mr Cameron and, "I hope Fifa will reconsider."

The FA said England players will wear black armbands during the game and lay a wreath on the pitch during the national anthems and the mr Cameron added, The idea that wearing a poppy to remember those who have given their lives for our freedom is a political act is absurd to the "Wearing a poppy is an act of huge respect and national pride."

Fifa decrees that shirts should not carry political, religious or commercial messages for such initiatives would open the door to similar initiatives from all over the world, jeopardising the neutrality of football, it said and the fifa has allowed a period of silence to be held prior to the game against Spain at takes place the day before Remembrance Sunday.

Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor

Tottenham's Emmanuel Adebayor likens Harry Redknapp to Real Madrid's Jose Mourinho and the striker who spent a short period working under the Portuguese coach last season, hailed his new manager due to his approach with players.

Emmanuel Adebayor has hailed Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp as ‘special’ and likened him to Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho to he arrived at White Hart Lane on loan from Manchester City after spending six months under Mourinho’s command at the Bernabeu for the second half of last season for the striker has compared Redknapp's man-management skills to Mourinho's and has conceded the Real Madrid boss still tracks his progress.

Speaking to Hotspur magazine, the former Arsenal man said: "Harry Redknapp is a top manager “I would put him closer to Mourinho because of the way he treats players and he gives you full confidence to he  knows how to talk to players and that makes him special as well to  have huge respect for Mourinho of a learned a lot at Real Madridto even after my goal at Wolves I woke up the next morning and had a message from him to that is what he is like and it is appreciated.

Fifa Boss Urges Poppy Talks & Vice President Boyce Would Welcome FA Debate.

Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce would welcome further talks between world football's governing body and The FA over their request for England players to wear poppies in friendly international with Spain and the Fifa will allow a minute's silence at Wembley to the England players will wear poppies on their training kit on Friday.

They will also stand for the traditional two minutes' silence to mark the 11th hour and the 11th day of the 11 month in an act of remembrance in the Fifa will not allow the Three Lions to wear poppies during the game because it contravenes their rules regarding shirt emblems.

The Football Association have once again written to Fifa asking them to change their minds and Boyce has sympathy with the request for the fully understand why The FA has made this request, Boyce told Sky Sports News i will understand why Fifa has this regulation because it could be abused if there was not such a regulation in place and i also feel that are individual circumstances, these should be treated separately and judged on their merits.

The International Football Association Board meet once a year to discuss the Laws of the Game, so Fifa alone cannot change its rules to the FA have made it plain they have no wish to get embroiled in a row over the matter and the chief executive Alex Horne has been in contact with the world governing body asking them to reconsider.

Goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak Accuses Man Utd Of 'Slave' Treatment & He Has Not Played A First Team Game Since May.

Goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak has claimed he is being treated like a "slave" by Manchester United after a proposed loan move to Leeds was blocked and the Poland international was keen to join the Championship club to boost his chances of selection for Euro 2012 according to the 29-year-old his request was turned down by manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

The comments reported by a number of national newspapers, Kuszczak said: "I've become a slave to Manchester and the Pole added: "I'm frustrated but I don't want to slander or criticise Ferguson it is not my style to i have talked to Ferguson recently. I asked him to let me leave the club now, before the January transfer window.

I told him I want to play and get back into the national team, because Euro 2012 [which Poland will co-host with Ukraine] is just around the corner it seems he doesn't care to the possibility of a two-month loan to Leeds United came up two weeks later and the club blocked it.

It was a glimmer of hope for me to it would have reminded the Poland manager about me to i did not get the club's approval in the have respect for Ferguson because, for me, he's a great manager, but I hope he will let me go in January.

Tomasz Kuszczak Manchester United Carrier: 2006-07: 13 appearances, 2007-08: 18 appearances, 2008-09: 8 appearances, 2009-10: 14 appearances, 2010-11: 10 appearances, 2011-12: 0 appearances.

Barcelona Are The Best Club In The World Says Santos Neymar.

The Brazilian sensation is in awe of the Catalan giants and has conceded he is eagerly anticipating a match against them in the Fifa Club World Cup final and the santos forward Neymar has heaped praise on Barcelona, branding the Champions League holders as the strongest club in the globe.

The Copa Libertadores champions will have the chance to lock horns with Barca in December as the two sides will compete in the Fifa Club World Cup in Japan and the Camp Nou oufit have been suggested as one of the likeliest destinations for Neymar when he decides to move to Europe to despite being heavily linked with their rivals Real Madrid and the 19-year-old has conceded he is relishing the opportunity to meet the Liga champions on the pitch.

The santos are preparing for the last match of the year to will be the match of our lives, he told reporters after Santos victory against Vasco da Gama and We will improve our playing pace for the right now, Barca are the best team in the world, but if that will make them win or not, it will be seen on the field of play in the santos are ninth in the Brazilian league, 10 points shy of leaders Corinthians.

Blackburn Rovers Are Considering A Move To Sign Mexican International Jonathan Dos Santos From Barcelona Says Report.

The Rovers are reportedly interested in the young Mexico international midfielder, who has so far been unable to maintain a place in the Blaugrana 1st team and the 21-year-old is the son of former Brazilian footballer Zizinho and brother of Tottenham’s Giovani dos Santos and has appeared regularly for the Barcelona B side.

It is said that Rovers scouts have been watching Dos Santos at recent B games and he made his debut for Barcelona in 2009 has featured infrequently for Guardiola’s side and may decide to leave for more 1st-team opportunities and the midfielder was controversially sent home with seven others from Mexico’s squad in the Copa America earlier this year after an alleged prostitution scandal for which he has since apologised.

Dos Santos plays in central or defensive midfield and would add to the selection of young players manager Steve Kean has signed for Blackburn over in the summer transfer window to has included the Mexican's former team-mate Ruben Rochina from Barcelona B.

Best Set To Miss Ireland Games & Best Could Be Out Of Euro 2012 Play-offs Due To Injury And Child Birth.

Newcastle striker Leon Best is set to miss the Republic of Ireland's crucial Euro 2012 play-off games against Estonia and the Magpies forward was substituted during Saturday's win over Everton and has to since complained of groin and toe problems.

The 25-year-old was only named in Giovanni Trapattoni's squad last Friday after fitness doubts over West Brom striker Shane Long and he will join up with his team-mates in Ireland on Monday to be assessed by the medical team on the newcastle boss Alan Pardew feels it is the birth of his child that may be the deciding factor.

Pardew said: Leon's wife is imminent and they are in discussions to he is desperate to play don't get me wrong and we have spoken to the manager and spoken to the medical team about maybe a bit of compassion in terms of him staying about today because she's that close to we will see and the ireland face Estonia after finishing second in Group B and have a chance to reach their first major tournament since World Cup 2002 to the trapattoni has had other injury problems to contend with after Portsmouth midfielder Liam Lawrence was withdrawn from the squad with an ankle ligament injury.

Barcelona's Lionel Messi Says Bayern Munich Have A And That The Bundesliga Outfit Are Stronger Than Last Season.

The Bavarian outfit have stormed to the top of the Bundesliga and a difficult Champions League Group A, and the Argentine feels Jupp Heynckes' side are a European threat and to following the summer appointment of Jupp Heynckes in the Allianz Arena outfit have impressed both domestically and in Europe, unlike in their disappointing 2010-11.

The Spanish side looking to make it three Champions League crowns in four years this term, their South American attacker has identified the Bavarians as a key contender in the continent's top club competition for the bayern have a great team, and a very dangerous team," the diminutive forward told Bild.

They are stronger than last year in the except for Bastian Schweinsteiger they are all in top form and importantly, the final of the Champions League takes place in their stadium this is also a plus for them the 24-year-old stated to when asked if he would ever consider leaving the Camp Nou for another club, Messi remained defiant in his answer.

My plan is to play my whole career for Barcelona and i would only go when I'm not good enough or the club does not want me, he concluded for the barcelona and Bayern Munich look like two of the favourites for this campaign's Champions League and are on the verge of qualification from Group A and H respectively.

Why Sir Alex Ferguson Is The Greatest Survivor And The Football's Top Names Pay Tribute To The Longevity Of Sir Alex Ferguson.

Berlin were at number one with the theme to Top Gun when Sir Alex Ferguson took charge of Manchester United in November 1986 to a more appropriate cinematic reference from the autumn of that year is Highlander the story of an ageless Scottish warrior whose feats transcend time and the ferguson's kind of magic is his ability to win trophies and his haul of silverware and his longevity at Old Trafford are undoubtedly related.

And the putting to one side his repeated successes, the fact he has lasted 25 years as United manager is an unprecedented achievement at any level in the professional game in the modern era in England, let alone the very highest for there are 13 managers above him in the long-serving list in this country but all of them began their tenures more than 100 years ago and cannot be fairly compared.

Unless, like Highlander's Connor MacLeod, Ferguson really IS immortal, he is unlikely to outlast Fred Everiss to a spent 46 years as manager of West Bromwich Albion from 1902, for example for a back then, management was more of an administrative role than the delicate mix of tactical nous, mind games, media and man-management plus financial acumen that it is now.

It has become a cut-throat business to since its formation in 1992, the average time spent in situ by Premier League managers is 4.09 seasons and, in the entire Football League and the drops to 2.14 seasons in the same period to the League Managers' Association (LMA), a body Ferguson helped form almost 20 years ago, 1,052 managers in the English game have been sacked, resigned or left by mutual consent since he was appointed to replace Ron Atkinson on 6 November 1986.

David Beckham Says 'Will Know When To Quit' Football & Beckham Flattered By Interest From Premier League And PSG.

David Beckham says he can still perform at the highest level and that he will know when it is time to quit football and los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Beckham, 36, also restated his aim to represent the Great Britain football team at the 2012 Olympics for the "People have been saying, i am too old for the last 10 or 15 years and I've still continued to play for my country," he told BBC Sport.

Right now, I feel fit and still love playing, so I'm not finishing yet and he said he was "flattered" by reports linking him to top European clubs but that he was focused on helping LA Galaxy attain success in Major League Soccer in paris Saint-Germain are said to be keen to sign Beckham, who told BBC sport editor David Bond that "certain clubs in the Premiership" have also shown an interest.

And the Beckham, whose five-year deal with Galaxy runs out in the next few weeks, said: "At 36-years-old, to still have that interest in me is an honour, I'm very flattered and right now I'm a Galaxy player and I will continue to be a Galaxy player until we win the league the MLS Cup and then we'll see for the i haven't even sat down and thought about what my options are yet.

Beckham also says he might be interested in buying a team in the United States when he gives the game up and he added: "I have the option and it's something I probably will do a obviously I have to wait until I finish playing and i want to be part of something that is going to grow and I believe that this sport is going to grow.

The Argentina Legend Diego Maradona Says Football Needs AC Milan's Antonio Cassano.

The Argentina legend offered his solace for the Rossoneri star who is in hospital and waiting to undergo an operation that will keep him out of action for some time and the Al Wasl coach Diego Maradona has offered Antonio Cassano his full support after learning the Italian striker requires heart surgery for a AC Milan announced Cassano needs surgery to his heart after tests showed he suffered cerebal trauma following the 3-2 Serie A win over Roma on Saturday.

An extract of the note reads to these are very difficult moments where Cassano must be strong, think about himself to his family and children. I am thinking of you a lot in these days and I was struck by what has happened and i know the feelings when going through a dark period and so I am close to you and Gennaro Gattuso who is also going through a sad time.

And i know that from the time I met you in Rome that you have a strong and positive character to the affections of those who love you will help you overcome this i hope football can see your return soon because the fantasy of players like you in football is never enough and the milan said Cassano would be out for some time once surgery is completed, but they did not confirm how many months.

A Team News For The Alexis Sanchez Returns To The Bench As Isaac Cuenca Earns Starting Slot For Barcelona Versus Viktoria Plzen.

Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol partner each other at the back as Xavi, Andres Iniesta, and Javier Mascherano are left on the bench for the European champions and the barcelona welcome back Alexis Sanchez from injury, who is fit enough to earn a place on the bench in tonight's Group H Champions League encounter with Czech side Viktoria Plzen and the Catalan side managed to defeat 2-0 in their last European match.

Pep Guardiola also awards Isaac Cuenca another start as the young Spaniard continues to impress in barca attack and there is no place in the squad for David Villa as Adriano takes up the role on the left of the attacking trio and viktoria Plzen opt for a 5 man midfield against the European Champions and Marek Bakos is selected in the lone striker role.

Viktoria Plzen (4-5-1): Pavlik, Limbersky, Bystron, Cisovsky, Pilar, Horvath, Petrzela, Jiracek,
Kolar, Rajtoral, Bakos

Subs: Tichacek, Reznik, Sevinsky, Fillo, Darida, Duris, Hora

Barcelona (4-3-3): Valdes, Alves, Pique, Puyol, Abidal, Fabregas, Thiago, Busquets, Adriano, Cuenca, Messi

Subs: Pinto, Maxwell, Xavi, Iniesta, Mascherano, Keita, Sanchez

Jordan Rhodes Has Won His First Call-up For Scotland's Friendly With Cyprus & Barry Bannan Has Been Dropped From The Squad.

Norwich defender Russell Martin and Queens Park Rangers striker Jamie Mackie have also won recalls from Scotland boss Craig Levein and the mackie's last appearance for the Scots was almost a year ago against the Faroe Islands for the Martin earned his only cap against Wales in the Carling Nations Cup in May.

Levein revealed over the weekend that in-form Huddersfield striker Rhodes was in line for his 1st senior cap against Cyprus and that he would link up with the Under 21 squad for the European Championship qualifier against Holland on 14th November for the aston Villa midfielder Bannan has been omitted from the squad, following his arrest on suspicion of drink-driving and the rangers forward Steven Naismith and Celtic midfielder Scott Brown are both missing through injury.

Full squad:

Allan McGregor (Rangers), David Marshall (Cardiff City), Matt Gilks (Blackpool), Phil Bardsley (Sunderland), Christophe Berra (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Gary Caldwell (Wigan Athletic), Grant Hanley (Blackburn Rovers), Alan Hutton (Aston Villa), Russell Martin (Norwich City), Lee Wallace (Rangers), Steven Whittaker (Rangers), Charlie Adam (Liverpool), Don Cowie (Cardiff City), Graham Dorrans (West Bromwich Albion), Darren Fletcher (Manchester United), James McArthur (Wigan Athletic), James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion), Barry Robson (Middlesbrough), Robert Snodgrass (Leeds United), David Goodwillie (Blackburn Rovers), Craig Mackail-Smith (Brighton and Hove Albion), Jamie Mackie (Queens Park Rangers), Kenny Miller (Cardiff City), James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion), Jordan Rhodes (Huddersfield Town)

Wayne Rooney Is Only British Player On Ballon d'Or World Footballer Of The Year Shortlist.

Barcelona have eight players on the list, including Lionel Messi, who has won the award for the past two seasons and the nani (Man Utd), Luis Suarez (Liverpool) and Sergio Aguero (Man City) are the other England-based players named.

BRITISH BALLON D'OR WINNERS for a 1956: Stanley Matthews, 1964: Denis Law, 1966: Bobby Charlton, 1968: George Best, 1978/79: Kevin Keegan and the 2001: Michael Owen.

Arsenal's Arsene Wenger joins Sir Alex Ferguson and Chelsea's Andre Villas-Boas on the managerial list for a decision will be made on 9 January and the rooney helped Manchester United lift a record 19th league title in 2011 and reach the final of the European Cup and the european champions Barcelona dominate Fifa's list, Cesc Fabregas, who spent part of 2011 with Arsenal, named alongside Messi.

Real Madrid have 5 nominees, including former Manchester United player Cristiano Ronaldo and ex-Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso and the shortlist will be narrowed down to three names for each category on 5 December.

Player nominees:

Eric Abidal (France), Sergio Aguero (Argentina), Karim Benzema (France), Iker Casillas (Spain), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Dani Alves (Brazil), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon), Cesc Fabregas (Spain), Diego Forlan (Uruguay), Andres Iniesta (Spain), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Muller (Germany), Nani (Portugal), Neymar (Brazil), Mesut Ozil (Germany), Gerard Pique (Spain), Wayne Rooney (England), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands), Luis Suarez (Uruguay), David Villa (Spain), Xabi Alonso (Spain), Xavi (Spain).

Coach nominees:

Vicente Del Bosque (Spain/Spain national team), Sir Alex Ferguson (Scotland/Manchester United), Rudi Garcia (France/Lille), Pep Guardiola (Spain/Barcelona), Jurgen Klopp (Germany/Borussia Dortmund), Joachim Loew (Germany/Germany national team), Jose Mourinho (Portugal/Real Madrid), Oscar Tabarez (Uruguay/Uruguay national team), Andre Villas-Boas (Portugal/Porto, Chelsea), Arsene Wenger (France/Arsenal).

Marouane Chamakh Striker Out Of Champions League Clash With Knee Injury.

Marouane Chamakh has been ruled out of Arsenal's UEFA Champions League clash with Marseille on Tuesday and the 27-year-old striker is likely to be replaced on the bench for the Group F clash by Park Chu-Young after suffering a knee injury to a arsenal boss Arsene Wenger now faces an anxious wait to see how long the Morocco striker is sidelined.

The Chamakh is injured, said Wenger he has a knee problem and is not involved and joining the promising South Korean on the bench will be Thomas Vermaelen as he eases himself back to full fitness.

The Belgian defender suffered a minor calf strain on his return against Bolton and featured late on as a substitute in Arsenal's 5-3 mauling of Chelsea on Saturday and the wenger is also able to welcome back Carl Jenkinson who was named in the squad alongside his defensive partner he added, They will both be available and in the squad tomorrow and i have not picked the team yet so I don't know if they are fit enough to start are they fit enough to play? Yes, of course for a yossi Benayoun is also back in the squad.

International career for a Chamakh is a Moroccan international at the senior level in prior to representing Morocco he played for the under-19 team of France and made his debut on 12 February 2003 in a friendly match against the Czech Republic to that was his only appearance with the team in qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Chamakh scored 3 goals and One of his goals during qualification occurred on 8 October 2010 against Tunisia for he appeared in only 4 matches and scored no goals as Morocco failed to qualify for both the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.After going scoreless for 6 months at international level, on 4 June 2011, Chamakh scored the second goal in a 4–0 win over Algeria in qualification for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

Barcelona defender Dani Alves

Dani Alves the Media Try To Destabilise Barcelona, Nothing Will Affect Us and the Brazilian full-back has stressed that the Catalans should not let any criticism get to them and insists that he and his team-mates have never doubted their abilities.

Barcelona defender Dani Alves has made it clear that media criticism cannot destabilise the Champions League holders as he feels nothing can affect them and the Catalans' form has been questioned in recent weeks after a goalless draw against Sevilla and a narrow 1-0 win over Granada.

The Alves insists he and his team-mates remain unperturbed as they ignore any negative comments from outside of the club to we have to avoid looking at what's being said about us in the media, because they are usually full of the Alves was quoted as saying by they are trying to destabilise us, but nothing can affect Barca.

We should not give any importance to criticism from the outside world. We have to trust in our potential to the important thing is that we never doubted our own abilities and the barcelona climbed to second place in La Liga following their impressive 5-0 home win over Mallorca on Saturday.

Striker Robert Hall Only Experienced One Defeat In His 10 Games At Oxford And He Recalled By West Ham.

West Ham United have recalled striker Robert Hall from his loan spell at League Two Oxford United and he 18, has been instrumental in Oxford's success this season scoring 6 goals in 10 games for the U's and the U's had wanted to extend his loan stay but West Ham have injury concerns and have asked Hall to return.

Although we are disappointed to see Robbie go at this point, we always knew this was a possibility when taking him on loan said, chairman Kelvin Thomas added, The timing is tough as we had begun discussions on extending his loan for a longer period and there would have been no issue with this without West Ham's injury problems.

The positive is that it is great for Robbie He has come here, played well to scored goals and had that little bit of experience and west Ham are very happy with the way he has been looked after and the way he has played and have taken him back to be involved with the 1st team squad.

West Ham are very happy with the way he has been looked after and says, Kelvin Thomas

Emmanuel Adebayor Has Scored Three Goals For Tottenham This Season And My Time At Man City Was A Headache Says Emmanuel Adebayor.

Emmanuel Adebayor insists he has no regrets about leaving Manchester City and described his time at the club as a "headache" and he joined Tottenham on a season-long loan in August after being frozen out of Roberto Mancini's plans since last December in e told BBC Sport, "I wish them the best of luck do I wish to be part of that team right now? No.

The Mancini's expensively-assembled side have moved to the top of the Premier League in Adebayor's absence, but the former Arsenal striker said he is not missing life at City after quickly settling into his new surroundings in north London and you want to be in a house where you feel comfortable, added the former Togo striker.

Adebayor has scored three goals in 6 games this season to help edge Tottenham closer to the top four and qualification for the Champions League in we have to do everything it takes to go beyond that line, he said, we can achieve that as a goal and the adebayor said he was impressed with the strength of Tottenham's squad and it is not only Rafael Van der Vaart, Luka Modric and Gareth Bale who have caught his eye.

Every morning when you come in you see lots of lads working hard in the gym to be fit for the weekend which is a very good sign, added Adebayor and the tottenham's next game is against Queens Park Rangers on Sunday.