David Beckham Return To The Premier League in 2012.

Queens Park Rangers remain keen on snapping up David Beckham and the concede that they are unlikely to be the former England captain's 1st choice and the Premier League new boys are one of the clubs hoping they can land the 36-year-old on loan in the New Year.

LA Galaxy midfielder Beckham is keen to return to England during the MLS off-season and would favour a switch to the capital and the rangers could offer him that opportunity and owner Tony Fernandes has outlined ambitious plans for the club to a work in progress and appreciate that they have some way to go before they can lure the biggest names in football to Loftus Road and the Vice-chairman Amit Bhatia admits with it expected that Beckham will head to Tottenham should be return to the Premier League and chase his 2012 Olympic dream.

Return to Galaxy after his return from Milan many LA fans showed dislike and anger towards him as he missed the first half of the season and several held up signs saying "Go home fraud", and "Part time player" and the Galaxy had a much more successful season than in the previous years rising from 3rd to 1st in the Western Conference during Beckham's time with them.

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William Gallas Suffers Fresh Injury Defender Set To Miss North London Derby.

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has admitted there is virtually no chance of William Gallas facing former club Arsenal after picking up a new calf problem and the gallas has spent to the start of a season and the sidelines but had appeared to be closing in on a comeback after completing 90 minutes in a friendly against Brentford last week.

Redknapp had hoped to recall the defender for Thursday's Europa League clash at home to Shamrock Rovers with an eye to getting him match fit for the North London derby in the weekend for a gallas has now suffered a fresh injury to his other calf and will not be able to take his place in what is likely to be a otherwise youthful looking Spurs line-up against Irish at White Hart Lane.

The new problem is not thought to be serious Redknapp concedes the Frenchman is now highly unlikely to be available for Sunday's clash with the Gunners and the william was looking OK to return but, just when we thought he was over his initial calf injury, he has pulled a calf muscle in the other leg of a redknapp said in The Sun and he won't face Shamrock and has virtually no chance of playing Arsenal of a shame because he turned in a man-of-the-match performance against Arsenal last season.

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Report Says Barcelona's Alexis Sanchez to return in three weeks.

The Chile international appears to be making a speedy recovery from a hamstring injury and the could be back in action in October and the barcelona winger Alexis Sanchez could return from his injury sooner than expected according to a report in La Tercera.

The Chile international sustained a hamstring injury in Barca's 2-2 draw with Real Sociedad in La Liga earlier in the month after landing awkwardly following a sliding tackle and the Spanish champions have said that the 22-year-old will spend 8 weeks in the infirmary for a scenario that will see him return to action on November 20 against Zaragoza.

The former Udinese star is reportedly recovering well from the injury thanks to a special treatment and could regain full fitness in 3 weeks and this means that the winger might be available for selection for the home match against Racing Santander on October 15.

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Sunderland Star Titus Bramble Arrested On Suspicion Of Sexual Assault

Sunderland ace Titus Bramble has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and possession of a class A drug and the 30-year-old centre-back to who can played in the Sunderland's 2-1 defeat at Norwich on Monday night is a currently being questioned by police and is in custody in Stockton-on-Tees.

He was arrested in the Yarm area in the early hours of Wednesday morning for a cleveland Police spokeswoman said, A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and possession of a Class A drug and he is currently being questioned by police and the inquiries are on-going and the Sunderland spokesman said that the club is looking into this matter but due to ongoing police investigations is unable to comment further at this stage.

Sunderland for a 23 July 2010 Bramble joined Sunderland for a fee believed to be £1 million and signed a 3 year contract at the Stadium of Light and he was labelled as a 'bargain' by many football pundits after his transfer to Sunderland and this has been backed up by his accomplished performances early on in the 2010-2011 season.

Personal life for a One of his brothers, Tesfaye Bramble, is also a footballer and has represented Montserrat at international level and the two brothers were arrested on suspicion of rape in September 2010.

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Lionel Messi's Statistics Are Like

Lionel Messi's statistics are like those of a player about to retire, says Barcelona's Andoni Zubizarreta and the club's sporting director has expressed his admiration of a Argentine international and admits he is thoroughly impressed with his scoring record.

Barcelona sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta has taken the time to praise Lionel Messi following the attacker's superb start to the 2011-12 campaign and the Argentina international has already scored 8 goals in 5 La Liga appearances this term and is set to leapfrog Laszlo Kubala in the club's all-time scoring charts as he also rapidly closes in on record holder Cesar Rodriguez.

Messi has scored 192 goals for Barcelona since making his league debut for the club in October 2004, while Kubala and Rodriguez netted 194 and 235 strikes respectively for a Messi's statistics are like those of a player about to retire and he is still only 24 years old, Zubizarreta was quoted as saying by EFE and he will be looking to add to his tally in the upcoming Champions League Group H match away against BATE Borisov on Wednesday evening. The match in Belarus kicks off at 20:45 CET.

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Barcelona Attacker David Villa Says No Team is Unbeatable.

The former Valencia ace has said that the Catalans can be defeated and the added that the competition for places only makes them stronger and the Barcelona attacker David Villa has voiced his opinion that no team is unbeatable for the despite admitting that the Catalans can only grow stronger thanks to increased competition for places at Camp Nou.

The Spain international and his team-mates have not lost a single game for the 9 matches so far and have already scored over 30 goals in competitive fixtures and the barca play a very high level of football and the each day is different and no team is unbeatable, Villa was quoted as saying on the club's official website and we sense that the fans are excited. They know how much potential we’ve got and what we can do, we are aware that it is only just starting.

Villa then went on to discuss his side's strength in depth and stated that competition for places is only making them stronger and there are players here that have always been in the first 11 in there are more than 11 of us here and not everyone can play of a Whoever plays, helps the team.

Healthy competition leads to very positive things for the team and i try to do my job as well as possible whenever I get to play barcelona sit second in La Liga table with 11 points from 5 games and they are currently preparing for Wednesday's Champions League Group H match away against BATE.

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Robin Van Persie Not Ready For New Deal Does Not Believe It Is The Right Time To Talk About a Contract Extension.

Robin van Persie has revealed he is in no rush to sign a contract extension at Arsenal but insisted he is happy with his current deal and the focused on the business of the pitch and the Gunners lost two of a most influential players over the summer as Cesc Fabregas returned of a boyhood club Barcelona and the Samir Nasri was lured to the Manchester City.

Arsene Wenger announced last week that the process of signing up the likes of Van Persie would begin immediately for a voicing concerns that Arsenal could not match the rewards on offer elsewhere and he was made captain at Emirates Stadium following the departure of Fabregas and scored his 100th goal for the club against Bolton on Saturday is coming towards the final 18 months of his contract.

He maintains that he is satisfied with the situation as it stands and does not believe it to the right time to a discuss an extension at such a busy stage of the season for i still have almost 2 years left for the moment that's fine and i don't know for a we will have to look, said the Dutch striker.

I'm happy with my contract, I'm good. That's how it is, I can't say much more and i can't look into the future of a he asked if he might discuss a new deal soon and the Van Persie added, maybe I'll leave it because the main thing for me is the team and that we play well.

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Former USA boss Bob Bradley

Former USA boss Bob Bradley was unveiled as the new coach of Egypt in Cairo on Saturday and the 53-year-old has been charged with reviving the fortunes of a side that recently failed to qualify in the African Cup of Nations for a bradley agreed a deal worth $37,000 a month until after the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

I'm proud to take over as coach of Egypt, Bradley said at a news conference of a i am looking forward to dealing with the players and the bradley's 1st match in charge is a friendly against 5 time world champion Brazil in November.

Longtime coach Hassan Shehata stepped down in June after Egypt collected two points from four Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers for a subsequent loss to Sierra Leone confirmed Egypt's failure to qualify in a tournament it has won on the last 3 occasions and the record seven time winners will not feature at the continental championship for the 1st time in 33 years.

Bob Bradley fact file for a 2007 Concacaf Gold Cup winner, 2009 Confederations Cup runner-up, 2010 World Cup last 16, 2011 Concacaf Gold Cup runner-up.

Bradley's assistant is yet to be named but the Egyptian Football Association said it would be a local coach bradley led the U.S. to the last 16 in the World Cup last year and signed a contract extension until 2014 as a result and the even as Bradley was given a new deal for a concerns and the team had stagnated under his leadership and Gold Cup loss at home to Mexico in June was critical in his departure.

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Arsenal Midfielder Jack Wilshere Needs Surgery On His Injured Right Ankle And Set To Be Out Until Christmas.

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere needs surgery to repair his injured right ankle and is expected to be out of action until at least Christmas and the 19-year-old England international has been troubled by a stress fracture of it was hoped the problem would heal itself with the help of a protective boot.

Arsenal confirmed in a statement that Wilshere's ankle has failed to respond to treatment and he will now go under the knife on Monday morning of the midfielder is expected to be sidelined for several months and the throughout Jack's injury of the club has been guided by the continuous advice of several world-renowned specialists, said the statement on the club's official website.

The information attained this week has led to the conclusion that surgery is now required to gain an optimal response and the wilshere is now expected to be out for a period of months of the following surgery these timescales will become more specific.

A club spokesman added, We have given Jack time to heal naturally which is important wherever possible with a young player of a latest scans show surgery is needed everyone at the club wishes Jack a speedy recovery and the wilshere has been troubled by his ankle throughout the summer having sustained the original problem in the Euro 2012 qualifier between England and Switzerland in June and then aggravating it in a pre-season game a month later.

Hopefully I will return to action around Christmas time for i am in good hands! Thanks for your support everyone and the news also comes as a blow to England manager Fabio Capello and the Wilshere now certain to miss their final Group G qualifier against Montenegro on October 7.

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Hahnemann Boost For Moyes And The Everton Boss Brings in Goalkeeper On a Short-term Deal.

Everton boss David Moyes believes Marcus Hahnemann will provide extra cover for his squad after signing the goalkeeper on a short-term deal for a revealed by sports website earlier on Friday and the former Wolves shot-stopper has joined the Goodison Park club on a short-term deal until January.

Moyes had been eager to bring in a new face during the summer transfer window with only Tim Howard and Jan Mucha in the frame for 1st-team action and he was released by the Molineux outfit at the end of last season and is able to link up with the Merseyside club outside the window due to his status as a free agent.

America international will now compete with Slovakia shot-stopper Mucha to act as deputy to established first-choice Howard and the moyes told the club's official website, We have only got two so I felt we needed someone before the window closed and I have been on the look-out for a keeper and he is experienced and will give us that bit of extra cover we were after for a former Reading, Fulham and Colorado Rapids shot-stopper has plenty of top-flight experience under his belt from his time at Molineux and with the Royals.

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Football Match Fixing For A Naples Prosecutor Investigates Games in Spain, Italy & South America

Naples prosecutor investigates games in Spain, Italy & South America for alleged match-fixing and the official revealed the supposed existence of an international gambling ring, which may have influenced the results of hundreds of fixtures including Serie A matches.

A Naples prosecutor has announced that an investigation is underway on over 150 matches in Italy, Spain and South America as he attempts to uncover an alleged international match-fixing ring involving the Neapolitan mafia and the prosecutor Rosario Cantelmo revealed in the Friday during a press conference that a following the arrest of several members of the city's Camorra criminal syndicate and the authorities would be looking into widespread betting irregularities in Italian football of a covering a vast number of matches.

He added that the majority of the encounters were in lower leagues of a Serie A matches were also under suspicion ofa games in the Spanish championship and in some South American leagues which were left unspecified were also under the spotlight as he tries to break the illegal gambling syndicate of a having already secured dispensation to extend the search beyond Italian borders and it is clear that organised crime is making itself heard in some games or even attempting to intervene of the official stated to reporters.

Cantelmo refused to release specific details and the Italian media has previously stated that Naples magistrates were investigating a South American trainer and the believed to be based in Spain for links to match-fixing and the Camorra and the currently 8 people have been arrested under accusations of association with the mafia and involvement in illegal gambling are including several individuals with links to the Camorra and directors of the gambling firm Intralot.

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Manchester United Star Nani Good For This Season And Best Player In The World.

Manchester United star Nani hopes to take a step towards becoming the "best player in the world" in this season by having his best year at Old Trafford and the nani felt he moved his game onto another level last term as a due to Antonio Valencia's absence with an ankle injury for the Portuguese switched onto his preferred right wing ending the season with more Premier League assists than anyone else.

The Last year was my best year and definitely my most consistent season for the Portugal wide-man told Inside United and i hope this is my year and i will do my best of a i am fit for every game and i am 100 per cent sure I will do my best and will do well for my team is a big chance to show I can do much more than I'm a good player with a very strong mentality.

Nani has started in blistering form, scoring twice in the Community Shield and then bagging his 1st league goal of the campaign in the 8-2 annihilation of Arsenal and before firing in an excellent first-half effort in a last weekend's victory over Chelsea and he will hope to maintain that form against Stoke on Saturday aided by the arrival of Ashley Young, whose preference for playing in the left has again released the 24-year-old onto the opposite flank is only a couple of years ago that Nani appeared to have no future at United.

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Former Chelsea Manager Claudio Ranieri Named Inter Milan Head coach & He Managed Premier League Side Chelsea Between 2000 and 2004.

Former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri has become head coach of Inter Milan on a contract running until June 2013 and the announcement followed swiftly on Gian Piero Gasperini's sacking on Wednesday morning.

Gasperini was relieved of his duties after four defeats and a draw in his 5 matches in charge, having only succeeded Leonardo in June and it will be Ranieri's 1st job and the since quitting Roma in February following a run of four straight defeats of a claudio Ranieri is officially the new coach of Inter, read an official club statement on Thursday.

The former Juventus boss Ranieri has also struggled in a past to win silverware with his only trophies an Italian Cup in 1996 with Fiorentina and a Spanish Cup with Valencia 3 years later in his 1st season with Roma and he almost took them to the Serie A title before they were pipped by Jose Mourinho's Inter side and the last season his team struggled and Ranieri resigned with his team facing elimination from the Champions League and dropping out of contention for the European qualifying places in the league.

Claudio Ranieri managerial career for a 1987-1988 Campania Puteolana, 1988-1991 Cagliari, 1991-1993 Napoli, 1993-1997 Fiorentina, 1997-1999 Valencia, 1999-2000 Atletico Madrid, 2000-2004 Chelsea, 2004-2005 Valencia, 2007 Parma, 2007-2009 Juventus, 2009-2011 Roma and the 2011 Inter.

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Midfielder Joey Barton Has Claimed Arsenal Were Interested in Signing Him.

Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has denied knowledge of any plans to sign midfielder Joey Barton during the summer transfer window and the barton claimed on Wednesday that he had held talks with Gunners boss Arsene Wenger before making a move to QPR in August.

The 29-year-old said he might have joined Arsenal had he not been involved in Gervinho's red card on the opening day in the season while playing for his former club, Newcastle and he clashed in the Gunners new signing at St James Park and the going to ground after a fracas which saw the Ivorian sent off.

Barton believes that incident was pivotal in Wenger deciding against bringing him to the Emirates Stadium and the arsenal chief Hill-Wood says he had no knowledge of the manager trying to sign the tempestuous midfielder and he told the Daily Star, It's not something the board heard about and if it was a serious proposition I certainly would have expected us to.

Barton himself as expected, later refuted the suggestion on Twitter: Am not going to be drawn on PHW's comments and he obviously needs to open a dialogue channel with Wenger, Pat Rice and Steve Rowley and i feel I made the right move for me, am very happy at QPR and wish Arsenal, the best of luck of a everything happens for a reason, I believe2 hours ago.

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Owen Hargreaves England Target Midfielder Relishing Return To Action For City.

Owen Hargreaves has set his sights on getting back into the England squad as he prepares to make his Manchester City debut and the midfielder joined City on transfer deadline day is in line to make his bow for his new club in the Carling Cup game against Birmingham on Wednesday.

Hargreaves has endured an injury-plagued last few years and making just four appearances in the last 3 seasons for Manchester United prior to his switch to City for the 30-year-old is relishing getting back to playing football and he admits he has set himself a number of targets after several seasons in a wilderness.

Yes, I've written down a few targets, Hargreaves told The Independent and i will keep those to myself but I just want to get back and play football and what I've done for a long time but it's been taken away from me of a i have missed it and all the times I've played for a team I think I've helped them to get better and I hope that will be true of my time here.

Hargreaves added, i am a competitive person and i like to set my targets high and i have never not succeeded in achieving something that I've set myself out to achieve so yes of i have just got to take it step by step and i have just got to get back in training, consistently playing for a natural progression of I do a great job here then I will be in the England team probably again and we'll take it step by step 1st.

Owen Hargreaves International career for a Born in Canada to a Welsh mother and an English father and he was eligible to play international football for any one of England, Wales or Canada and a youngster he was a regular in a youth setups of Wales and was set to make his debut for the Wales U21 team against the Belarus U21 team in September 2000 but pulled out of the squad after he was approached by England and he played his 1st full international game on 15 August 2001 against the Netherlands at White Hart Lane and the FIFA announced that Hargreaves and Philipp Lahm would visit South Africa in advance support for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

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Inter Milan have sacked coach Gian Piero Gasperini

Inter Milan have sacked coach Gian Piero Gasperini after just 5 matches and 3 months in charge and the ex-Genoa boss, 53, lost 4 games taking just a point from Roma and his side sit 17th in Italy's Serie A and the last match was a disastrous 3-1 defeat on Tuesday by Novara were only promoted last season.

Inter also lost 1-0 to Trabzonspor at the San Siro in a Champions League and were beaten by AC Milan in the Italian Super Cup in August and the gasperini was a replacement for Leonardo is now at Paris Saint-Germain.

A statement from Inter read, Inter announces that today's training session has been carried out by Daniele Bernazzani and Giuseppe Baresi and the club wishes to thank Gian Piero Gasperini in the effort shown during his tenure and manifests its true disappointment for the interruption in a relationship with the coach.

After that, Gasperini hit back, Moratti has declared that I don't have the support of the players and the rapport with the group is optimum. If the problem is the coach, then it has an easy solution for a instead, as I believe, the problem is another one, then we must resolve it through work and the inter have yet to announce who will replace Gasperini for the travel to Bologna on Saturday before taking on CSKA Moscow in Russia in a Champions League 4 days later.

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Arsenal Rule Out

Arsenal will not sack manager Arsene Wenger, according to chief executive Ivan Gazidis and the Gunners have lost 3 of a opening 5 Premier League games and are just one point above the relegation zone in 17th.

Gazidis said, Arsene Wenger is not broken. To see him portrayed as an idiot is damaging - not to him or the club but to the game and the sacking him is a route we are not going to go down in the gazidis added and he didn't suddenly become a bad manager or out of touch of that's nonsense.

Arsenal's 4-3 loss at Blackburn on Saturday means they have made their worst start to a season since 1953 and the only league win coming at home against newly promoted Swansea and the speaking of the Sport Industry Breakfast Club in London on Tuesday, Gazidis backed Wenger to improve the club's fortunes.

He told BBC Sport's Dan Roan, If we get into short-termism we will do more damage to the club to he is a frustrated but very, very focused on putting things right and is as positively engaged as ever to drive the club forward and the club is not in crisis no division in the club of a we work together for a wenger sold Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri to Barcelona and Manchester City respectively during the summer transfer window.

Arsenal Next 5 Premier League Fixtures for a 24 Sep - Bolton (h), 2 Oct - Tottenham (a), 16 Oct - Sunderland (h), 23 Oct - Stoke (h) and the 29 Oct - Chelsea (a).

Gazidis said, We've made a slight adjustment by signing some more experienced players and we're very happy with who we've brought in we went out and spent all our money we would make bad decisions and so we have been restrained and the club is focused on a responsible, sustainable model for a football's going that way and people are trying to get where we already are for a we represent the future of football.

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Andre Villas Boas Has Revealed He Has Complained To Referees Chief Mike Riley Unhappy with Officials Following defeat to Manchester United.

Andre Villas-Boas has revealed he has complained to referees chief Mike Riley about the performance of the officials in Chelsea's defeat at Manchester United and he was unhappy with a number of decisions that went against his side as they slumped to a 3-1 defeat at Old Trafford and the chelsea fell 2-0 behind at Old Trafford on Sunday to a goals and the replays showed should not have stood as both scorers had been offside.

Villas-Boas believes his side were let down by the officials at Old Trafford feeling their decisions had a massive impact on the result of the game and a very unhappy Very, very unhappy with a poor performance from the referees in the end had a decisive role in the result and I don't take it very, very lightly and the insisted Villas-Boas.

You expect the linesman to do his job and i already went further ahead with the situation by speaking to the correct people and we all feel very, very down when the referee had such an impact on the result and he is the 2nd top manager to speak to Riley after Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish spoke to a general manager of the Professional Game Match Officials following his side's defeat to Stoke earlier this month.

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Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton says Manchester United Have Scored 21 Goals in Five Premier League season Matches.

Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton says he is surprised by the new-look team's 100% start to the Premier League season and the Red Devils are top 2 points clear of arch-rivals Manchester City  after 5 straight wins having scored 21 goals and conceded only 4 and they swept aside title rivals Chelsea 3-1 at Old Trafford on Sunday.

The start what's going to happen and the United have got off to a flier Charlton 73 said, manager Sir Alex Ferguson has dramatically lowered in a age of the side with the regular inclusion of David de Gea, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Tom Cleverley and Danny Welbeck and likes the Ryan Giggs, Michael Carrick and the Dimitar Berbatov have been left on the bench and the United have often been slow starters in the past to immediately hit top form in the opening fixtures as they aim for a record breaking 20th top-flight title.

The fans are enjoying it and even those who are just general football fans because of the way we play to even the goals we are scoring are dramatic well as beating Chelsea, United hammered Arsenal 8-2 and Bolton 5-0 Wayne Rooney scoring back-to-back hat-tricks for this season he has 9 goals for United and 2 for England.

It is a remarkable turnaround for the 25-year-old had a huge fall-out with the club in October last year and publicly announced he wanted to leave and he made his peace with his employers signed a new 5 year deal and is brimming with confidence.

Manchester City Manager Roberto Mancini Claims He Would Have Made More Changes in Midfield if He Had More Options.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini claims he is lacking midfielders in the wake of the team's 2-2 draw at Fulham on Sunday and the city led 2-0 at Craven Cottage thanks to Sergio Aguero's double before goals from Bobby Zamora and Danny Murphy sealed an unlikely comeback.

Mancini's side tackled Napoli in their UEFA Champions League debut on Wednesday and Italian tactician insists he would have made more changes to a team if he had more options for the likes of Nigel de Jong and James Milner on the sidelines City's manager only has Gareth Barry and Yaya Toure as options in a middle of the park.

We're lacking players at this moment, commented Mancini and i can only change the full-backs or the strikers and i have only two midfield players for the James Milner and Nigel De Jong are injured.

Mancini is not angry his players failed to pick up all 3 points from their weekend London trip and he was disappointed by the result and do we lack that? Yes, probably he continued for i am not angry but I'm disappointed for my players probably thought they had done enough to win.

Roberto Mancini International career for a success at club level Mancini never became a regular for Italy at U-21 level Mancini was part of the team which reached the semi-finals in UEFA U-21 Championship 1984 and finished runners-up in UEFA U-21 Championship 1986 and he made his international debut in 1984 against Canada,Fierce competition for places hindered his international opportunities with forward players like Gianfranco Zola, Roberto Baggio and later Francesco Totti and Alessandro Del Piero hastened his self-imposed exile from the Italian national team.

Ronaldo de Assis Moreira

Ronaldinho was born in the city of Porto Alegre and the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul and his mother, Dona Miguelina Eloi Assis dos Santos (daughter of Enviro Assis) is a former salesperson who studied to become a nurse and his father Joao de Assis Moreira, was a shipyard worker and footballer for local club Esporte Clube Cruzeiro (not to be confused with Cruzeiro) and he suffered a fatal heart attack in the family swimming pool when Ronaldinho was eight.

Today, Roberto acts as Ronaldinho's manager, while his sister Deisi works as his press coordinator and he became a father for the st time on 25 February 2005 after Brazilian dancer Janaína Mendes gave birth to their son and was named Joao after Ronaldinho's late father.

Club career and Early career for a Ronaldinho's career began with the Gremio youth squad. He made his senior side debut during the 1998 Copa Libertadores and he has considered playing on loan with Scottish Premier League side St. Mirren we never happened due to his involvement in a fake passport scandal in Brazil and ronaldinho signed a 5 year contract and the french side Paris Saint-Germain in a EUR5 million transfer.

FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta had promised to bring David Beckham to the club and the following his transfer to Real Madrid, Barcelona entered the running for Ronaldinho and outbid Manchester United for his signature in a reported EUR30 million.

Milan play for July 2008, Ronaldinho turned down a £25.5 million offer from Manchester City to join Italian Serie A giants Milan on a 3 year contract thought to be worth around £5.1 million EUR6.5 million a year for a fee in the region of £14.5 million (EUR18.5 million) and the number 10 already occupied by teammate Clarence Seedorf and he selected 80 as his jersey number.

International career for a Ronaldinho is one of few Brazilian players to have played at every international age level and he was part of the first Brazilian team to win the FIFA U-17 World Championship in 1997 in which his 1st goal was a penalty against Austria in the first group match for a brazil won 7–0 and ronaldinho finished with two goals for ronaldinho participated in his 1st World Cup in 2002 as part of a formidable offensive unit with Ronaldo and Rivaldo are also on the 1999 Copa América winning squad and ronaldinho scored three goals in the tournament and is tied with Cuauhtémoc Blanco as the tournament's all-time scorer with 9 goals.

I Intend To See Out My Contract At Real Madrid Says Lassana Diarra

The former Chelsea midfielder was linked with a move to AC Milan and Tottenham during the transfer window and the has stated that he wants to stay at the Santiago Bernabeu and Lassana Diarra has spoken out against transfer speculation of a stated that he intends to stay at Real Madrid until his contract runs out in June 2013.

The France international was thought to be surplus to requirements in the Spanish capital for a AC Milan and in particular Tottenham showing an interest in the midfielder and a despite for the 26-year-old came off the bench for Jose Mourinho's men against Dinamo Zagreb in Champions League on Wednesday and has no plans to leave his current employers for a i have a contract with Madrid until 2013 and would like to fulfil the commitment of the former Chelsea man told AS.

Madrid have had to watch as rivals Barcelona have sampled success at home and in the continent over the last number of seasons for a diarra feels this campaign could be different for a we're better season and we narrowly missed out on the last Champions League and madrid is also the favourite to win the league and I think this time we will get the double that we lacked last season.

We will prove to Spain and the rest of the world that we are better than Barcelona and other Spanish and European teams, he concluded and the diarra faces competition from the likes of Sami Khedira, Xabi Alonso and Nuri Sahin for a place in the 1st team and may be in consideration against Levante on Sunday.

Cristiano Ronaldo Misses Real Madrid Training.

Cristiano Ronaldo misses Real Madrid training ahead of Levante clash and the Portugal international is suffering from an ankle problem and could miss this weekend's La Liga game as a result.

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho will possibly have to make do without the services of star player Cristiano Ronaldo in Sunday's La Liga match away against Levante for the attacker has an ankle knock which forced him to miss Friday's regular training session for a marca reports and the Portugal international was on the receiving end.

A number of strong tackles in his side's 1-0 Champions League victory over Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday and his ankle needed to be stitched after the final whistle.

The injury has not fully healed as yet and prevented Ronaldo from attending training on Friday for a making his participation in Sunday's match doubtful and he is expected to the undergo a late fitness test on a day.

The game before the club's medical staff make a decision or not he will feature against Levante and the 26-year-old attacker has started for a 2011-12 league campaign in superb fashion as he has netted 4 goals in two games so far.

Sir Alex Ferguson Ready For Blues Battle And United Boss Has Strong Squad To Pick From For Sunday's Showdown.

Sir Alex Ferguson has reported no fresh injury worries for Manchester United's showdown with Chelsea and is expecting a 'very close affair and the Premier League champions head in a Sunday's game at Old Trafford boasting a 100 per cent record and Ferguson will have a strong squad to select from.

Ferguson freshened up his team for the midweek UEFA Champions League draw against Benfica and is weighing up where to make changes for the visit of Chelsea and the united boss has largely entrusted for his younger players so far this season and danny Welbeck and Tom Cleverley are now injured and join the captain Nemanja Vidic on the sidelines.

Rio Ferdinand is likely to return to face Chelsea and the Ryan Giggs could also start, leaving Ferguson licking his lips ahead of the weekend's encounter for a we came through the Benfica game without any injuries, said Ferguson and we have a full squad for Sunday for it will be a fantastic game with Chelsea over the last seven years have been very close affairs.

We come to the time of the season where we need our squad we've got European games carling Cup etc for a ferguson is also optimistic that striker Welbeck could be available for next week's game against Stoke City after being sidelined with a hamstring injury since the 8-2 thrashing of Arsenal last month and the danny Welbeck's back training now continued Ferguson could maybe be ready in the following week.

Barcelona's Andres Iniesta To Miss Four Weeks With Hamstring Injury Champions League Group Game on Tuesday Evening.

The Catalan club have confirmed that the 27-year-old midfielder will miss 5 games including the Liga clashes against Valencia and Atletico Madrid and the barcelona have announced on their official website that Andres Iniesta will be sidelined for the next month with a torn hamstring.

The midfielder picked up the injury 5 minutes before half-time during the Catalan club's 2-2 draw against AC Milan in a Champions League group game on Tuesday evening and the iniesta will miss the upcoming fixtures against Osasuna, Valencia, Atletico Madrid, BATE Borisov and Sporting Gijon and the playmaker could return in time for Spain's Euro 2012 qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Scotland to be played on October 7 and 11.

International career for a Iniesta burst on to the international scene in 2001 helping Spain win the UEFA European Under-16 Championship and was in squad that claimed the UEFA European Under-19 Championship the following year and he was called up to represent Spain at the World Cup 2006 on 15 May 2006 to the surprise of many and iniesta won his 1st cap for Spain when he was brought on at half-time in a friendly against Russia on 27 May 2006 and he scored his 1st goal for Spain in a friendly against England on 7 February 2007.

Celtic Manager Neil Lennon Prioritising Old Firm Derby in the SPL Over Europa League Clash against Atletico Madrid.

The Hoops are in the continental competition due to Uefa disallowing Sion from participating in a tournament and the boss still intends to focus on the Old Firm derby and the Celtic manager Neil Lennon is prioritising the Old Firm derby this weekend over the Europa League clash against Atletico Madrid.

Glaswegian club are in the European competition despite losing a qualifier for a opponents Sion were disqualified from participating in the tournament by Uefa and the former Bhoys skipper did not want to risk Scott Brown in Spain as the midfielder is recovering from an ankle injury and Anthony Stokes is also sidelined due to a thigh problem.

Brown has an ongoing ankle problem and if he has any chance of playing on Sunday was just as well to leave him at home Lennon said to reporters and the i think he has a good chance of playing against Rangers maybe 80 per cent of a priority is the championship and we have a huge game on Sunday.

A fit Scott Brown would be very important for us especially in a fixture as physical and high tempo as an Old Firm game and you saw what he gave to Scotland playing in that 4-5-1 system against Czech Republic recently and he likes that role and has qualities in terms of his athleticism and reading of the game of he is important to us and now as a Lennon feels that the game in Spain sees his side as underdogs and said, My job is to focus on the football and the players and coming out of here the pressure is not on us for a change as we are going into the game as underdogs.

Sunderland's Phil Bardsley To Serve Four-Game FA Ban And He Appeared To Stamp On Chelsea's Juan Mata

Sunderland defender Phil Bardsley will serve a 4 match ban after deciding not to contest a Football Association charge of violent conduct and the 26-year-old was involved in an incident with Chelsea's Juan Mata for the 1st half of their home defeat against Blues on Saturday.

A Scotland international appeared to stamp on the Spanish winger referee Lee Probert did not take any action but the FA reviewed the incident using video evidence and bardsley was sent off for 2 bookable offences during the 1-0 home defeat by arch-rivals Newcastle on 20 August.

His absence represents a fresh blow for manager Steve Bruce saw record signing Asamoah Gyan head for United Arab Emirates side Al-Ain on a loan for the rest of the season just hours before kick-off on Saturday for a sardsley has been one of Bruce's most dependable men in the recent times operating largely as a left-back rather than in favoured position on the right last season.

Sunderland defender Phil Bardsley will miss Stoke, Norwich, West Brom, Arsenal.

International career for a 6 October 2010 Bardsley received a call up for the Scotland national team for the Euro 2012 qualifier against the Czech Republic on 8 October 2010 and he qualifies through his father's line coming from Glasgow and he made his debut on 11 October 2010 in a 3–2 defeat by World and European champions Spain, filling in the injured Alan Hutton.

UEFA Champions League group H match between FC Barcelona vs AC Milan at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain.

Barcelona's Xavi believes AC Milan draw was pure bad luck and totally unfair the 31-year-old has spoken about his disappointment over the result against the Italian club and the claims the team plan to a bounce back against Osasuna and the Barcelona midfielder Xavi has stated that the 2-2 draw against AC Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday was down to bad luck.

The Catalan club looked set to win their opening group stage game after Pedro and David Villa scored to overturn Alexandre Pato's early goal for a thiago Silva's header in the 89th minute rescued a point for the Serie A champions, something Xavi believes was undeserved and what happened on Tuesday is pure bad luck, totally unfair, the 31-year-old told Barcelona TV.

The other day (2-2 draw versus Sociedad) we dropped our intensity in the 2nd half of the game for this time the team played well we pressurised them until the 90th minute and we had possession of the ball and the Spain international claims the reigning Liga and Champions League winners will now focus their attention on the upcoming clash against Osasuna.

We have to win now on Saturday for we'll battle on, we know we have a great team to the carry on winning things and we're competitive and it will makes us very excited and every year we start from scratch without looking back in the xavi has made 6 appearances for Barca in all competitions so far this season and the completing 430 minutes on the pitch.

International career for a Xavi Hernandez's abilities on the football pitch have led his teams to numerous titles and placed him among the most decorated footballers of all time and the playmaker has won major international titles with Spain and FC Barcelona in FIFA U-20 World Cup for the FIFA Club World Cup and the FIFA World Cup and his successes on the European stage include winning the UEFA European Football Championship and the UEFA Champions League twice and the 2010 World Cup Xavi was named in Spain's squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, culminating in winning the World Cup title.

Tottenham Manager Harry Redknapp No England Talks Spurs Boss Insists He Has Not Held Discussions With The FA.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has denied he has held talks with a view to becoming the next England boss and the reports over the weekend suggested the Football Association was ready to dismiss Fabio Capello following the abject display against Wales in fact took England to within a point of the qualifying for Euro 2012.

Capello is set to step down regardless after the finals in Poland and Ukraine next summer for a England qualify and the Spurs chief Redknapp is thought to be the leading candidate as a successor and the former West Ham, Portsmouth and Southampton boss has made little secret of his interest in managing England for a he has denied he has already discussed the role with FA officials.

He said, in the London Evening Standard, Until I get offered the job I wouldn't have a decision to make at the moment i haven't spoken to anybody about being England manager and i want to see England do well, I want Capello to get them to the Euros and I want them to win it they win it under Capello, I definitely won't get it.

Redknapp's immediate focus is instead on Tottenham, who are preparing to host Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday lunchtime and he said, i love doing what I'm doing. I enjoy my job at Tottenham and i am lucky to be managing a top club, a great club, and I love it.

Liverpool Manager Kenny Dalglish Has Respect For Refs.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish maintains full respect for Premier League match officials after meeting with referees' chief Mike Riley and the Anfield boss was left irate in a weekend after he perceived of a pattern of inconsistent decision-making was continued in his side's 1-0 defeat at the Stoke.

Dalglish was angry referee Mark Clattenburg awarded Jon Walters a penalty of the forward duly converted and implied there was a bias against Liverpool and the Scot said he was

going to discuss a possible complaint with Liverpool owner John Henry and chairman Tom Werner and his fury appears to a have calmed after talks with Riley.

Following a meeting with the general manager of professional game match officials and Dalglish told Liverpool's official website for a it was good to see Mike and we had an extremely informative and amicable discussion and has given us all a better understanding of how things operate it's our job to best represent the club and protect its interests we have the utmost respect for the job referees do and have never wanted or asked for any form of preferential treatment for a simply a level playing field for everyone.

We will continue to conduct ourselves in a dignified and respectful manner at all times of a from our perspective it was certainly worthwhile sitting down together and maybe it's something that should happen more often.

Rio Ferdinand Will Miss Manchester United's Opening Champions League Game against Benfica on Wednesday & Ferdinand Left out of 19-man Squad for trip to Portugal.

Rio Ferdinand was not in the 19-man squad that flew to Portugal on Tuesday morning, meaning United were without their 1st choice central defensive pairing as Nemanja Vidic is a currently missing with a calf problem.

And there was no place either for Federico Macheda or Mame Biram Diouf scored twice for the reserves in their win over Fulham on Monday night, and Jonny Evans and Patrice Evra shrugged off hip and the knee knocks picked up at Bolton on Saturday.

It is not thought Ferdinand has suffered a fresh injury after making his 1st appearance in a month during the 5-0 romp at the Reebok and with Chelsea due at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Sir Alex Ferguson is not wanting to take any chances with the 32-year-old Ferdinand out it is likely to mean a move into central defence for Phil Jones, outstanding at the full-back against Bolton would be making his debut in a competition.

Tom Cleverley has been ruled out as he recovers from the foot injury he picked up against Bolton and the michael Owen has also been included in the squad Dimitar Berbatov could be handed a rare start of a darren Fletcher Park Ji-sung and Ryan Giggs could also start as a ferguson has suggested he will rely on experience in the Estadio da Luz.

Manchester City Boss Roberto Mancini Cagey On Chances City Chief Targets Knockout Phase.

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is looking no further than reaching the knockout stages in the Champions League as the club prepare for a debut in Europe's premier competition and the big-spending City get their 1st taste of the Champions League on Wednesday night when they play host to Napoli at the Etihad Stadium in a opening game in Group A.

City have been tipped as one of the favourites to go all the way in this season's Champions League and Mancini is remaining cagey on their chances of lifting the trophy come May and i think it is normal for us because Manchester City is one of the best teams in England and Europe I hope, said Mancini.

For us it will be very important to do very well our job in group and our target is to go in the second stage fora former Inter Milan chief Mancini insists he is not worried about City's lack of experience in the Champions League feeling they have enough players in the ranks who have played before in the competition to handle the pressure.

Asked if there was extra pressure on his side, Mancini said, No I don't think this like I said before it will be a very important day it is always a football match difficult game probably for it's a football match and we have players with a lot of experience of a lot of our players have played in the Champions League and i don't think we have pressure for this game.

Derby County Defender Mark O'Brien Signs New Contract For a Four Year Deal.

Teenage Derby County defender Mark O'Brien has signed a four-year deal and the 18-year-old Republic of Ireland Under-19 international has seized his chance in the 1st team this season of a featuring in all 7 Rams games.

O'Brien has started 6 matches at centre-half starting in place of the injured Shaun Barker in five of the club's 6 Championship matches and the manager Nigel Clough told the club website for he has been playing well and deserves his contract of a O'Brien will now stay at Pride Park until the summer of 2015 and had to undergo heart surgery in Novemer 2009.

And Clough has been impressed with how he has come back of a he has had to overcome some challenging hurdles but his attitude has been exemplary and he has taken his chance because of the injuries of a he has shown to everybody he is an honest and the brave and committed player who will put and his head where some players would not even put of their feet.