
AC Milan have reopened negotiations over a dramatic late swoop for Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez and the long-running saga of Tevez's future had appeared set to continue until the summer following a frustrating month for City in their attempts to part with in the striker.A number of potential suitors have emerged only to apparently drop their interest at a later date, with Paris St Germain and Inter Milan switching their focus to the AC Milan's pursuit of the Argentine also seemed to be at an end when they completed the signing over the weekend of Maxi Lopez to had been lined up as an alternative option if Tevez did not arrive.The vice-president Adriano Galliani left the door open for a last-minute move on Monday as he refused to rule out the possibility of a surprise switch it is now understood that Milan have re-entered talks with Tevez's representatives ahead of Tuesday's 11pm deadlineis still a lot of work for the Rossoneri to do to finalise his capture and change of heart from one of the clubs over the terms of a deal.A Manchester City have always maintained that they want to sell the 27-year-old to Milan had previously been keen to sign him on loan with a view to making the arrangement permanent in the summer to play milan may not be the only option for Tevez at this late stage to ambitious Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala also still thought to be interested.

Barcelona's Victor Valdes admits to we have no more room for error in La Liga for the Catalans are now seven points behind Real Madrid at the top of the table following Saturday night's disappointing 0-0 draw with Villarreal at El Madrigal.The Victor Valdes believes Barcelona must win all 18 of their remaining fixtures if they are to have any chance of holding on to their La Liga crown in the Catalans are now seven points behind leaders Real Madrid after their dismal 0-0 draw with Villarreal at El Madrigal and the Spain goalkeeper admits that Pep Guardiola's men are now in a precarious position."We have no more room for error," Valdes is quoted as saying by Sport to we have dropped two important points against Villarreal have to win all the points that remain in that is what you get of a we want to fight for the league in can not fail anymore because there is a rival in front of us that is very strong."A Trying to work out the reasons behind Barca's inconsistent form of late, particularly on the road, Valdes believes that fatigue has become an issue for a side which travelled to Japan for the Club World Cup in December and the injuries can never be used as excuses," he argued to would be small team that does that. There is enough in strength in depth to deal with all of the games.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger not ruling out Jack Wilshere return this season The Arsenal manager admitted to his key midfielder had suffered a setback in training and they are refused to be drawn on whether the injury was season-ending.Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists that it is premature to suggest that Jack Wilshere's season is over to his he confirmed reports that Wilshere had suffered a setback in training on Wednesday in Friday press conference and said that the midfielder was sent for a scan after complaining of a pain in his foot.A 20-year-old has yet to feature for Arsenal this season after breaking down in a pre-season friendly against New York Red Bulls in the injury stemmed from over-use in the 2010-11 season, with Wenger quoted at the time as saying he was "in the red zone are Wenger and Wilshere himself were confident that the diminutive midfielder would return in February, possibly in time for the Gunner's crunch Champions League tie against AC Milan to his return date has now been pushed back.He is adamant though that it is too early to rule out his talismanic playmaker for the rest of the season and subsequently for England in the European Championships to feel for him and of course, he wants to be in the big tournaments said Wenger. "I believe as well, he wants to play for Arsenal to he grew up here.

The Spokesperson of Real Madrid's Jose Mourinho slams Barcelona's Dani Alves says 'A donkey with small ears & glasses is still a donkey' and the Portuguese coach's spokesperson has hit out at the Brazilian defender in the comparing him to a donkey, and feels referees are always in favour of the Catalan outfit.A Eladio Parames, the spokesman of Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho, has hit out at Barcelona defender Dani Alves in the wake of last Wednesday's 2-2 Copa del Rey quarter-final draw at Camp Nou in the Catalans winning 4-3 on aggregate and the parames also voiced his dismay with the standard of refereeing in Spain stated his belief that Barcelona have the backing of the match officials if they are struggling in a game.What's changed since he [Dani Alves] came to Spain. He's undergone surgery on his ears, they've become smaller in he's wearing glasses like an intellectual a donkey with small ears and glasses is not all of a sudden a doctor, he's still a donkey," Parames said on Twitter have already said it before to barcelona play well, they're winning in the opponents play better than them, the referee will help them to win."The Parames than went on to reveal what Jose Mourinho said to referee Teixeira Vitienes in the parking area after Wednesday's game to you have no respect for professionals to going to smoke a cigar now and have a good laugh Mourinho said, according to his spokesman.

The Inter Milan have announced they are no longer interested in signing Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez having previously held negotiations to the Argentine in the AC Milan and Paris Saint Germain have also held talks 27-year-old, but no club has been able to meet City's £30 million-plus valuation.They are less than a week remaining of the transfer window, Tevez is presently in Argentina, having returned to South America in November for the City have stopped paying his wages in the striker and his club are keen to see an end to what has become an arduous saga, which began in September after he refused to resume his warm-up in the UEFA Champions League defeat at Bayern Munich.A Tuesday evening City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak outlined the club would not allow Tevez to leave in any undervalue deal and if any suitable arrangement cannot be found then they would expect the forward to honour the remaining two-and-half-years of his contract for the AC Milan have been Tevez's preferred destination to PSG having pulled out of a deal because they believe it is too expensive, they now also appear to be his only option after Inter ruled out a move due to the return of other players from injury.The Inter, meanwhile, remain unsure over the future of Thiago Motta, who has been regularly linked with PSG to asked whether the midfielder will stay at the Giuseppe Meazza, Provera said: "It's a question that for now has no answer to they are choices which the club will do with the player."

The Chris Smalling believes Manchester City will "crumble" under the pressure if Man United keep up their pursuit of the league leaders and he was played in United's 2-1 win at Arsenal which kept them within striking distance of their Manchester rivals, after City defeated Spurs in Sunday early game.A defender believes big-spending City will collapse if United keep winning to the 22-year-old told the Manchester Evening News, "Soon enough, if we keep ticking these wins then they'll crumble in the victory was the 1st of four away matches manager Sir Alex Ferguson says United must win, with Tottenham, Chelsea and Man City the others to was a massive win for us," said Smalling.They are 1-1, we all knew that we really needed to win this game because of what happened earlier, and I think we showed real character to a another youngster to become a Man United regular this season is 21-year-old Danny Welbeck, who scored the 80th minute winner against Arsenal to he was full of praise for his international team-mate, who has scored in his last three games."I think that was something that he's really gained and he's scoring goals in he is had a knack of scoring good goals this year and at vital times as well to the last year, he did well (on loan) at Sunderland and this year he's getting his chance."

Wesley Sneijder rules out leaving Inter before close of January transfer window and the Netherlands international has been linked with Manchester United again in recent weeks in the playmaker insists that there is no chance of him leaving San Siro.Wesley Sneijder has reiterated that he will not be leaving Inter before the close of the current transfer window to the Netherlands international was reportedly close to moving to Manchester United in the summer and to link has resurfaced in recent weeks.When asked after Sunday's 2-1 victory over Lazio if he could still join the Old Trafford outfit before the end of the month, Sneijder told Inter's official website and the "How much is left? A week? I'm staying here" and the nerazzurri president Massimo Moratti also insisted that the Dutch playmaker is staying put in claiming, "No one has ever thought otherwise."He only featured as a substitute during the win over Lazio in coach Claudio Ranieri revealing afterwards that the player is not yet 100 per cent after only just returning from a two-month spell on the sidelines with a muscular problem.