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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

EPL

Arsenal
Arsenal head coach Arsene Wenger has admitted another season without silverware has caused him to question his football philosophy at the club.

Aston Villa
Aston Villa director general Charles Krulak has confirmed that coach Gerard Houllier will miss the club's final four fixtures of the season.

Birmingham
Alex McLeish will recall Barry Ferguson for Birmingham's home clash with Wolves after leaving him out at Liverpool to recharge his batteries.

Blackburn
Edin Dzeko scored his first Premier League goal to condemned Blackburn to their fifth home defeat following the match against Manchester City.

Blackpool
Blackpool frontman Brett Ormerod believes the Seasiders' ability to score goals will save the club from relegation from the Premier League.

Bolton
Bolton boss Owen Coyle is keen to offer striker Tope Obadeyi a new contract in order to prevent him from leaving the club for free this summer.

Chelsea
Chelsea are set to sell out-of-favour striker Fabio Borini after protracted contracted discussions with the youngster took another setback.

Everton
Tony Hibbert believes qualifying for Europe is no longer an acceptable target for Everton and they must end their trophy drought next season.

Fulham
Captain Karl Henry has accused Fulham 'big mouth' Danny Murphy of altering Wolves' image in the eyes of the public and Premier League referees.

Liverpool
Kenny Dalglish insists there is still nothing to announce regarding his Anfield future, but admits 'it is an honour' to be Liverpool manager.

Manchester City
Edin Dzeko scored his first Premier League goal as Manchester City registered their seventh away victory following the match against Blackburn.

Manchester United
Manager Sir Alex Ferguson has confessed his disappointment that Man Utd do not boast the European heritage of some of their continental rivals.

Newcastle
Newcastle are reportedly keeping track of striker Vedad Ibisevic, who is currently playing for Hoffenheim and is also a target for Fiorentina.

Stoke City
Stoke City striker Ricardo Fuller could miss the FA Cup final at Wembley with the Achilles injury he picked up in the draw with Aston Villa.

Sunderland
Sunderland assistant boss Eric Black says Steve Bruce has become a better manager after enduring a woeful last three months in the top flight.

Tottenham
Harry Redknapp is confident Tottenham will bounce back from their draw against West Brom and reclaim the fourth place he feels they deserve.

West Brom
Roy Hodgson has warned West Brom hanging on to top scorer Peter Odemwingie this summer is vital to them becoming established in the top flight.

West Ham
West Ham United striker Freddie Sears has pleaded with head coach Avram Grant to give him the chance to help save the Hammers from the drop.

Wigan
Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi is confident that Saturday's defeat to Sunderland will not derail the Latics' hopes of beating the drop.

Wolverhampton
Captain Karl Henry has accused Fulham 'big mouth' Danny Murphy of altering Wolves' image in the eyes of the public and Premier League referees.

La Liga

Almeria
Goalkeeper Diego Alves score an own goal to condemned his Almeria side to their 12th away defeat following the match against Real Zaragoza.

Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao defender Borja Ekiza warned his side not to get carried away by their win over Sociedad and to maintain focus especially at home.

Atletico Madrid
Good news for Atletico Madrid coach Quique Sanchez Flores as Fran Merida, Tiago Mendes and Jose Antonio Reyes have all returned to fitness.

Barcelona
Barcelona star Lionel Messi is destined to become one of the greatest footballers of all time, according to Argentina FA chief Julio Grondona.

Deportivo
Depor boss Miguel Angel Lotina has denied accusation that his players were lacking ambition after failing to score in their defeat to Hercules.

Espanyol
Espanyol head coach Mauricio Pochettino admitted that he cannot field the same line-up for the fourth straight games ahead of the Bilbao clash.

Getafe
Getafe president Angel Torres has finally admitted the sale of the club and that Royal Emirates Groups now own 99.3 per cent of the shares.

Hercules
Coach Miroslav Djukic believes Hercules had a good match versus Deportivo but admitted there were times when the players were a little nervous.

Levante
Levante head coach Luis Garcia Plaza was happy to visit Atletico but declined to comment about the possibility of switching sides next season.

Malaga
Genoa are reportedly among several clubs interested in signing young hitman Jose Salomon Rondon, who is likely to move if Malaga are relegated.

Osasuna
Osasuna head coach Jose Luis Mendilibar will recover Sergio Fernandez, Patxi Punal and Fernando Soriano for their next clash against Valencia.

Racing Santander
Racing head coach Marcelino Garcia Toral believes his players had done enough after the break to close the gap and should drawn against Malaga.

Real Madrid
Good news for Real Madrid as Emmanuel Adebayor and Angel Di Maria will be fit to take on Barcelona in their Champions League first leg clash.

Real Mallorca
Real Mallorca coach Michael Laudrup praised his team after the win over Getafe and said the players understood well the importance of the game.

Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad head coach Martin Lasarte was proud with his players' character against Bilbao and that they deserved points for their efforts.

Real Zaragoza
Goalkeeper Diego Alves score an own goal to allow Real Zaragoza to register their eighth home victory following the encounter against Almeria.

Sevilla
Sevilla coach Gregorio Manzano believes their win over Villarreal will be crucial in the club's hopes of playing European football next season.

Sporting Gijon
Sporting Gijon coach Manuel Preciado wants his team to put their La Liga survival beyond doubts by securing another 3 points against Levante.

Valencia
Valencia are reportedly interested to bring in Chievo Verona defender Andrea Mantovani in order to provide some competition for Jeremy Mathieu.

Villarreal
Villarreal head coach Juan Carlos Garrido is adamant that his side did enough to deserved a share of the points in their defeat to Sevilla.

Serie A

AC Milan
Napoli have reportedly joined the chase for Milan's Andrea Pirlo this summer and his agent has began talks with sports director Riccardo Bigon.

Bari
Bari goalkeeper Jean-Francois Gillet has urged his team-mates to honour their jersey and continue to hunt for points despite their relegation.

Bologna
Bologna coach Alberto Malesani is sweating on the fitness of Antonio Busce and Diego Perez who were injured during the match against Cesena.

Brescia
Brescia midfielder Perparim Hetemaj has committed 87 fouls - the most in the group after 27 appearences for the Rondinelle so far this season.

Cagliari
Cagliari midfielder Radja Nainggolan has committed 72 fouls - the most in the group after 32 appearences for the Rossoblu so far this season.

Catania
Catania coach Diego Simeone insisted that his team are alive but acknowledged that they need to be more balanced and consistant during games.

Cesena
Cesena president Igor Campedelli tries to play down their victory over Bologna and reminded his players to maintain focus on the job at hand.

Chievo
Midfielder Kevin Constant revealed that Chateauroux still own his contract but he is convinced Chievo will exercise their option to sign him.

Fiorentina
Fiorentina are reportedly keeping track of striker Vedad Ibisevic, who is currently playing for Hoffenheim and is also a target for Newcastle.

Genoa
Genoa are reportedly among several clubs interested in signing young hitman Jose Salomon Rondon, who is likely to move if Malaga are relegated.

Inter Milan
Ivan Cordoba acknowledges that Inter are unlikely to retain the Scudetto, but insists they have not given up hope of winning the Coppa Italia.

Juventus
Sebastian Giovinco's agent believes Parma will take up the options to purchase half of his right from Juventus and keep the winger this summer.

Lazio
Lazio defender Giuseppe Biava has committed 54 fouls - the most in the team after 31 appearences and was shown 7 yellows cards and 2 red cards.

Lecce
Lecce coach De Canio has identified Sampdoria as their strongest rivals in the relegation battle and is hoping for some luck with referees.

Napoli
Napoli have reportedly joined the chase for Milan's Andrea Pirlo this summer and his agent has began talks with sports director Riccardo Bigon.

Palermo
Federico Balzaretti's agent declared that Milan have not contacted him about the full-back and that they will have to go through Palermo first.

Parma
Sebastian Giovinco's agent believes Parma will take up the options to purchase half of his right from Juventus and keep the winger this summer.

Roma
Mirko Vucinic's agent has confirmed offers have arrived and the striker could be tempted to leave AS Roma and Italy at the end of the season.

Sampdoria
Sampdoria defender Daniele Gastaldello has committed 40 fouls - the most in the group and was shown six yellow cards and one red card so far.

Udinese
Udinese defender Medhi Benatia has committed 74 fouls - the most in the group and was shown six yellow cards in his 30 appearences this season.