Transfer Zone For Manchester City

A Premier League leaders do not want to fall behind Manchester United in the race for the Argentine and sent a scout to check on the player on Wednesday and the Manchester City are keeping a close eye on Benfica winger Nicolas Gaitan, according to a report from Portugal.

The Record claims that the Premier League outfit dispatched a scout to observe the Argentine in Benfica's 2-0 victory against Santa Clara on Wednesday in the League Cup in he has been strongly linked with a new challenge after an impressive start to his 2nd season at the Estadio da Luz.

Manchester United are also tracking the 23-year-old manager Sir Alex Ferguson confessing that he is a fan of the former Boca Juniors star to he agent stressed last month that he was unaware of any talks between Benfica and the Red Devils over the transfer of his client and he joined Benfica in 2010, has a €45 million release clause attached to his contract, which expires in 2016.

Lionel Messi To wear New Adidas Boots F50 For Wednesday's Clasico Fixture against Real Madrid.

The three-times Fifa Ballon d'Or winner is looking to continue his excellent record against the Santiago Bernabeu outfit and will sport new 'smarter' footwear on Wednesday in barcelona attacker Lionel Messi is set to wear a new pair of adidas F50 adizero boots for Wednesday's Clasico fixture against Real Madrid.

The diminutive forward wore a golden pair of the same footwear after being awarded the Fifa Ballon d'Or award earlier this month to will sport a new blue and red version in the Copa del Rey quarter final 1st leg to the new design is exclusive to the South American superstar and will also be a testament to the fact that the game in the Spanish capital will be his 300th appearance for the Camp Nou outfit in the F50 boots are recognised as leading, innovative footwear and are lightweight at only 165 grams.

They are also fitted with miCoach technology, which can track how far a player has ran over a selected period of time, maximum speed and number of sprints per match, amongst other statistics he will not be the only player to wear the adidas model at the Santiago Bernabeu, as Karim Benzema and Fabio Coentrao are also set to wear F50's albeit in different designs and the Argentine's boots have 'Fifa Ballon d'Or Player of the Tear engraved into the lining and Messi will hope that they can lead Barcelona to another victory over their bitter rivals.

Chris Coleman Set To Land Wales Manager Job in England, Spain and Greece On Thursday.

Name: Chris Coleman

Born: 10 June 1970 in Swansea

Won: 32 caps for Wales

Played for Swansea City, Crystal Palace, Blackburn Rovers and Fulham

Managed Fulham, Real Sociedad, Coventry City and Larissa

A Football Association of Wales has called a media conference in Cardiff at which the appointment will be confirmed in former Wales defender Coleman, 41, held talks with the FAW earlier this week after expressing his desire to be Gary Speed's successor and the "Every manager wants one day to be in charge of his country and I'm no different," said Coleman on Sunday.

The ideally for me the opportunity wouldn't be here. It's only here because of one reason, and I wish it was not to course if I do get the position I'll be a very proud Welshman and after treading carefully under difficult circumstances following Speed's death in November to the FAW has accelerated its search for a new manager over the past few days.

The Verheijen and Roberts have received the backing of many of the players, with captain Aaron Ramsey particularly strong in his belief that "as little change as possible" should take place and he joined Larissa in May 2011 as he attempted to resurrect his managerial career after a year out of the game to his last job in England was with Coventry City to he was sacked in 2010 after a difficult two and a half years in charge.

His managerial career began less than a year later when he was appointed by Fulham following Jean Tigana's dismissal and he spent four years in charge at Craven Cottage, leading the club to their then highest Premier League finish of 9th before being sacked in 2007.

Barcelona Pedro To Miss

Barcelona player Pedro to miss Real Madrid Copa del Rey clash with hamstring injury to the Spain international picked up a knock on Thursday and will face 10 days on the sidelines which will keep him out of next week's cup Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu have announced that Pedro will miss the 1st-leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals against Real Madrid after picking up a hamstring injury in Thursday's 2-1 victory at Osasuna.

A versatile forward featured from the start in the second leg of the last-16 cup match at the Reyno de Navarra, but was forced to leave the pitch after 68 minutes of play due to the knock and he will be out of action for the next 10 days, which means that he will miss Barca's Liga matches against Betis and Malaga, and next week's Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu in the 24-year-old has so far made 25 appearances in all competitions this season, scoring six goals.

International career for a Pedro On 20 May 2010, Pedro was included by Vicente del Bosque in Spain's 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup On the 29th, he made his debut in a 3–2 friendly win against Saudi Arabia, and earned his 2nd cap shortly after, as a 58th minute substitute in a 1–0 win against South Korea.On 8 June 2010 in the last friendly prior to the finals in South Africa, with Poland, Pedro scored his 1st international goal, and also assisted Fernando Torres, in a 6–0 victory and the final stages, he appeared in five matches (three as a late substitute) on July 7, in the semi-final against Germany and the he started in place of Torres, who had been performing poorly in earlier matches.

Sir Alex Ferguson Boss Ready To Meet Challenge From Manchester City.

A Sir Alex Ferguson believes Manchester United can combat the threat from Manchester City by adopting the route that helped them counter Chelsea's challenge and the until Sunday's FA Cup triumph at the Etihad Stadium, it seemed City were ready to romp away with the title of a suddenly there are doubts on the blue half of Manchester united will look to exploit by overcoming Bolton at Old Trafford tomorrow to move level with their neighbours, who do not play until Monday when they travel to Wigan.

The United eventually manage to retain their crown and become the first English club to reach 20 titles, it does appear to be only a matter of time before City reach the top is not something that scares Ferguson to a after all the chelsea looked as though they would dominate for a decade when they won successful championships under Jose Mourinho it did not quite work out that way as United went on to win four of the last five.

The indications this would happen were there of course," Ferguson told MUTV in weren't buying any kids in brought a good deal of experience to that shouldn't frighten us for we have a job to do being Manchester United, as we have proved over the years in how we handled the Chelsea situation will hopefully apply itself again."

The mood around Old Trafford is a lot more optimistic than it was a week ago to a Ferguson's team still need to recover from successive defeats against Blackburn and Newcastle that have damaged their title hopes.

Gary Cahill Still Talking To Chelsea And They Remain The Only Side in The Running For His Signature.

Owen Coyle says Gary Cahill's representatives remain locked in talks with Chelsea, meaning he could figure for Bolton against Manchester United on Saturday and the deal to take the England international to Stamford Bridge is edging closer in the Blues having agreed a fee with the Trotters.

A anticipated that a move would be pushed through this week in the clock is ticking on Chelsea's effort to have everything put in place by the weekend in a personal terms proving to be something of a stumbling block, there is a chance that Cahill will line up for Bolton in their meeting with North West rivals United at Old Trafford dialogue continues between Gary's agent and Chelsea, said Coyle.

We accept it has probably been long-drawn. It is over two weeks ago that we agreed a fee in some times that is the nature of football business. It can take that period of time on the gary is a Bolton player and until I hear something different in terms of negotiations being concluded between both parties and he will be in line to play against Manchester United.

It has been suggested rival suitors have made their interest in Cahill known to this is news to Coyle in insists Chelsea remain the only option for the 26-year-old at present in other clubs are linked with him it is just speculation," added the Scot and they are have agreed a fee with Chelsea. I have had no dialogue with any other club.

I Want To Play in Argentina Before Retiring Says Barcelona Lionel Messi.

The former Newell's Old Boys trainee claims he is determined to appear in his homeland, while praising Ronaldo, who presented him with his third consecutive Ballon d'Or on Monday and he has affirmed to that Barcelona are the only team he will ever play for on European soil he has revealed his intention to play in his native Argentina before retiring.

A 24-year-old won his third straight Fifa Ballon d'Or accolade on Monday evening, after leading the Catalan club to five trophies during 2011 and to moved to Spain at the tender age of 13 after starring in the youth ranks at Newell's Old Boys, Leo is the only member of the current Albiceleste squad not to have started a single league game in Argentina to speaking on Tuesday to Ole, Messi was in no doubt that at some point in future this would be remedied and that he would appear in his home country.

"In Europe I want to play at Barcelona. I would stay here forever, the longer the better because I feel very comfortable and loved," the 24-year-old said and the before I retire I want to play in my country, I am absolutely certain that I want to play in Argentina. It is a dream and I am going to make it come true."

The player continued to state that he was delighted to have received the award from Brazilian legend Ronaldo, saying that it was another landmark in his career so far he played Barcelona are back in action on Thursday, when they meet Osasuna in their Copa del Rey last-16 second-leg match.