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Thursday, April 28, 2011

EPL

Arsenal
Emmanuel Eboue has urged Arsenal to show no fear when they try to derail Manchester United's march towards the Premier League title on Sunday.

Aston Villa
Aston Villa's on-loan full-back Kyle Walker has identified Stewart Downing as the player everyone at the club should be looking to emulate.

Birmingham
Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish is confident goalkeeper Ben Foster will be fit enough to face relegation-threatened Wolves this weekend.

Blackburn
Malaga are not prepared to sell Blackburn Rovers target Jose Recio amid reports that the Premier League outfit are scouting the midfielder.

Blackpool
Sunderland are understood to be lining up a move for Blackpool midfielder David Vaughan, who has yet to agree to a new contract at his club.

Bolton
Clint Dempsey scored his 12th Premier League goal of the season to condemned Bolton to their 10th away defeat following the match at Fulham.

Chelsea
Gianfranco Zola could return to Chelsea in a managerial role next season, with owner Roman Abramovich planning to pair him with Guus Hiddink.

Everton
Everton will face Major League Soccer side Philadelphia Union in the second pre-season friendly game on their summer tour of the United States.

Fulham
Clint Dempsey scored his 12th Premier League goal of the season as Fulham registered their eighth home win following the match against Bolton.

Liverpool
Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish will not rush Andy Carroll into the Newcastle game if the GBP35 million striker is unfit to face his former club.

Manchester City
Nigel de Jong believes Manchester City should not settle for Champions League qualification while they can still catch third-placed Arsenal.

Manchester United
Sir Alex Ferguson hailed Manuel Neuer's display against Manchester United as the best goalkeeping performance against the club he has seen.

Newcastle
Newcastle midfielder Stephen Ireland has been ruled out of the final four games of the season with an ankle injury, the club have revealed.

Stoke City
Jon Walters has revealed Stoke were fired up during their win over Wolves by the way some away fans taunted the stricken Matthew Etherington.

Sunderland
Sunderland are understood to be lining up a move for Blackpool midfielder David Vaughan, who has yet to agree to a new contract at his club.

Tottenham
Tottenham are in the lead to land the services of Pablo Osvaldo and will reportedly table a EUR12 million offer for the Espanyol star striker.

West Brom
West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie expects the Baggies to offer him a new deal and intends to ignore interest from Juventus to stay in England.

West Ham
Mark Noble is certain to miss West Ham's game at Manchester City on Sunday, although the full extent of his stomach injury is being assessed.

Wigan
Wigan boss Roberto Martinez expects keeper Mike Pollitt is expected to return before the end of the season after undergoing an elbow operation.

Wolverhampton
Wolves have apologised to Stoke for the behaviour of a minority of their fans, who taunted Matthew Etherington as he was carried off field.

La Liga

Almeria
Almeria have striker concern as Leonardo Ulloa is unable to train due to muscle problem while Pablo Piatti is still struggling with discomfort.

Athletic Bilbao
Ex-Athletic Bilbao midfielder Josu Urrutia is reportedly weighing up the decision to challenge Fernando Garcia Macua for the club's presidency.

Atletico Madrid
Besiktas have confirmed their interest in Atletico Madrid striker Diego Forlan but stressed they will not pay EUR12 million for his transfer.

Barcelona
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique claimed that his side were better and were spurred on by the fact that Real Madrid were reluctant to attack.

Deportivo
Deportivo are reportedly keen to acquire the services of midfielder Victor Vazquez, who is struggling to break into Barca's first team squad.

Espanyol
Tottenham are in the lead to land the services of Pablo Osvaldo and will reportedly table a EUR12 million offer for the Espanyol star striker.

Getafe
Getafe's new owners Royal Emirates Group have set themselves a target of top three finish for the Spanish Primera Liga side for next season.

Hercules
Midfielder Abel Aguilar has warned Hercules not to repeat their poor first half performance against Levante when they travel away this weekend.

Levante
Head coach Luis Garcia Plaza will lead Levante for the 34th Primera Division game this season - matching Bernd Schuster's record at the club.

Malaga
Malaga confirmed they will quickly secure Jose Salomon Rondon and Duda to a new and improved deal once the club secure their La Liga status.

Osasuna
Good news for Osasuna after it was confirmed striker Walter Pandiani did not suffer serious injury and will be back in training on Thursday.

Racing Santander
Racing Santander owner Syed Ali Ahsan announced that he intends to remain as the top shareholder and has never considered selling the club.

Real Madrid
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho praised Barcelona's quality but was disgusted with referee Wolfgang Stark, who sent him to the stands again.

Real Mallorca
Real Mallorca board are pleased that the club have managed to secure their Primera Liga status with a much lower budget than in recent seasons.

Real Sociedad
Sociedad star Antoine Griezmann is refusing to give up hope of gaining points against Barcelona and is determined to keep the club in La Liga.

Real Zaragoza
Paulo Da Silva has urged his Real Zaragoza team-mates to reduce their error in defence if they are to steal points from Real Madrid this week.

Sevilla
Luca Cigarini's agent says the midfielder will return to Napoli this summer as he is 99 per cent sure Sevilla will not sign him permanently.

Sporting Gijon
Sporting coach Manuel Preciado recovers Rivera for the weekend game but has doubts over the availability of Andre Castro and Alberto Botia.

Valencia
Bruno Salto vowed that Valencia will approach the Osasuna clash with a very different mentality as they look to finish the season on a high.

Villarreal
Villarreal midfielder Bruno Soriano admits Porto are the favourites to win Europa League and that his team need to improve on their defence.

Serie A

AC Milan
Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani has confirmed that he will sign Kevin-Prince Boateng on a permanent basis from Genoa for EUR7 million.

Bari
Goalkeeper Jean-Francois Gillet is unsure whether Bari want to cash in on him this summer but he is willing to follow them down to Serie B.

Bologna
Good news for Bologna head coach Alberto Malesani as midfielder Albin Ekdal has resumed training regularly and will be available this weekend.

Brescia
Andrea Caracciolo's agent insists all market talks are just rumours for now as the striker's future is very much attached to the club's status.

Cagliari
Cagliari president Massimo Cellino has informed Roma, Genoa and Milan that keeper Federico Marchetti is available this summer for EUR5 million.

Catania
Catania defender Pablo Alvarez has hailed head coach Diego Simeone for giving the team confidence and acknowledged that they must win at home.

Cesena
Cesena star striker Emanuele Giaccherini is looking forward to clash against Yuko Nagatomo and is determined to steal points from Inter Milan.

Chievo
Kevin Constant's agent believes Chievo will let the midfielder leave if they receive an interesting offer, following Roma's reported interest.

Fiorentina
Fiorentina are preparing a move for River Plate starlet Rogelio Funes Mori, who is set to be auction off to the highest bidder this summer.

Genoa
Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani has confirmed that he will sign Kevin-Prince Boateng on a permanent basis from Genoa for EUR7 million.

Inter Milan
It was reported that Inter will let Houssine Kharja return to his parent club Genoa in order to facilitate the transfer of Domenico Criscito.

Juventus
Lazio and Juventus will open talks about the prospect of trading several players reportedly involving Martinez, Amauri, Lichtsteiner and Radu.

Lazio
Lazio veteran Andre Dias wants to stay with the Biancoceleste and has asked for a pay rise especially if they qualify for the Champions League.

Lecce
Lecce midfielder Djamel Mesbah has urged his team-mates to quickly forget about the defeat to Genoa because now begins their decisive races.

Napoli
Luca Cigarini's agent says the midfielder will return to Napoli this summer as he is 99 per cent sure Sevilla will not sign him permanently.

Palermo
Federico Balzaretti's agent is not surprised about the number of interest for the Palermo man as there are few top left-backs in the league.

Parma
Parma defender Alessandro Lucarelli voiced his confidence that his side can pull off a shock result against Palermo despite their 12-point gap.

Roma
New Roma sports director Walter Sabatini is keen to keep hold of Mirko Vucinic and will apparently offer the striker a renewal with a pay rise.

Sampdoria
Sampdoria have reportedly shortlisted former Catania boss Pasquale Marino as possible replacement for Alberto Cavasin at the end of the season.

Udinese
Udinese defender Mehdi Benatia admits he is flattered being linked to big clubs but the Moroccan underlines that he is already in a great team.