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The Giallorossi have agreed to release the Brazilian to his former club.

Former Reds ace says Emirates win could trigger Gunners collapse....

It's the end of an era.

Italian confident of gatecrashing Premier League top four...

Goal.com's Italy team have been crunching numbers so you don't have to...

The youngster would be honoured to wear the black and white…

The Tuscans are set to re-install Marco Giampaolo on the Franchi bench…

Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has called for the row between Germany coach Joachim Low and the national football federation to be resolved before the World Cup this summer.

Barcelona striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic insists he is not concerned by his recent barren spell in front of goal.

Fulham midfielder Kagisho Dikgacoi has been ruled out for up to six weeks because of ankle ligament damage.

Stoke City striker Ricardo Fuller has been arrested following an incident at a nightclub, the Premier League side confirmed on Monday morning.

Portsmouth have offered £1.8 million on their outstanding tax bill of £7.5 million as they seek to delay the winding-up order issued by HM Revenue & Customs.

West Brom sign West Ham striker Frank Nouble on a month's loan.

Roberto Mancini insists he is more confident than ever that Manchester City can finish fourth in the Premier League this season, despite suffering two defeats in his first six league games in charge.

David Beckham has promised he will not celebrate if he scores against Manchester United for AC Milan when he meets his former club in the Champions League last-16

Mark Bowen, Manchester City's former assistant manager, says Robinho "massively underperformed" at Manchester City.

Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack has hit out at Arsene Wenger's criticism of the Premier League leaders, after the Arsenal boss accused the Blues of tactically fouling his players during the 2-0 defeat that has left the Gunners nine points adrift in the title race.

Bolton Wanderers manager Owen Coyle has urged the Football Association not to take action against Kevin Davies despite the striker claiming referee Mark Clattenburg has a personal grudge against him.

Robin van Persie has described his recovery from a serious ankle injury as "right on schedule" as he aims to return for the latter stages of Arsenal's season.

Indonesia's hopes of hosting the 2022 World Cup are in doubt with the country's government yet to declare their support for the bid.

Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani has swiftly denied reports on Tuesday morning that he has made an offer to secure a 51% stake in Liverpool.

David Sullivan has warned West Ham will face "Armageddon" if they are relegated this season and has prepared all present at Upton Park for substantial pay cuts in the summer.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia's bid to host the 2022 football World Cup grew increasingly uncertain Tuesday as the deadline for the country's government to file a letter of support for the bid loomed.

Portsmouth say they are close to reaching an agreement to avoid being wound up in the High Court.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Godoy Cruz missed the chance to extend its winning start to the season after playing out a scoreless draw with Independiente in the Argentine Clausura tournament on Monday.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand football coach Ricki Herbert has disregarded objections from Rory Fallon and his Plymouth Argyle club by including the English-based striker in his squad for next month's World Cup warmup match against Mexico.

Dubai government-owned Emirates airline is to sponsor AC Milan from next season in a four-year shirt deal worth around 50 million euros ($68.31 million), a source close to the Italian club said on Monday.

CARSON, Calif. (AP) -Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Clint Mathis will miss four to six weeks after having surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee.

Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack hits out at Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger's criticism of his team following the Gunners' 2-0 defeat on Sunday.

PARIS (AP) -- Franck Ribery doubts whether Bayern Munich is good enough to compete with Europe's biggest teams and this may prompt him to leave the German club at the end of the season.

New-look Celtic are ready to begin salvaging their Scottish Premier League title hopes, according to new loan signing Diomansy Kamara.

WPS looks as if it is growing, but the demise of its supposed marquee franchise isn't a good omen, writes Goal.com's Andrea Canales -- even worse is that no one seems to be that upset.

The president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) insists his organisation were forced to sack coach Shaibu Amodu because of public pressure for a more high-profile appointment.

Bordeaux coach Laurent Blanc has rvealed he is prepared to send his B team to play a delayed League Cup semi-final next week after the French League turned down his request to ease the crowded calendar.

Real Madrid midfielder Esteban Granero feels both he and the team are improving all the time as they look to make up the ground on league-leaders Barcelona.

Embattled Chelsea captain John Terry has thanked the club's fans for their support in the wake of allegations about his private life. Terry was stripped of the England captaincy by Fabio Capello as a result of his alleged affair with Vanessa Perroncel, the ex-girlfriend of former Chelsea team-mate Wayne Bridge.

Real Madrid playmaker Kaka believes he has shaken off a lingering groin injury and his form is improving after an unspectacular start to life in the Spanish capital.

LONDON (AP) -World Cup teams Ivory Coast and South Korea will face each other in a friendly in London next month.

Former England star Paul Gascoigne was released on police bail today after he was questioned on suspicion of being drunk in charge of a vehicle.

A Premiership footballer was arrested over the weekend following an incident in a nightclub.

Soccernet can reveal that lawyers representing Portsmouth were locked in crisis talks with the lawyers of HM Revenue & Customs on Monday in a last-ditch bit to ward off Wednesday's winding-up order.

Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher says he always believed the Liverpool defence would come good as they keep another clean sheet on Saturday.

Wigan manager Roberto Martinez says midfielder James McCarthy must make his own decision about whether to switch from Republic of Ireland to Scotland.

The David Beckham Academy in Carson, Calif., shut down shortly before Christmas with no official announcement, according to a report in the Daily Breeze.

Sunderland midfielder Jordan Henderson is ruled out for between four and six weeks after injuring his ankle in the 1-1 draw with Wigan on Saturday.

Newcastle United striker Andy Carroll was charged with assault on Monday following an incident at a city centre nightclub.

Juventus midfielder Tiago has revealed he would like to make his loan move to Atletico Madrid permanent.

Sunderland manager Steve Bruce has confirmed Jordan Henderson is to have a scan on his injured ankle and expects the midfielder to be out for at least a month.

Preview followed by live coverage of Tuesday's game between Fulham and Burnley in the Premier League.

Preview followed by live coverage of Tuesday's game between Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League.

STOKE, England (AP) -Stoke striker Ricardo Fuller was arrested over the weekend over what the Premier League club calls "an incident in a nightclub.''

Wigan defender Erik Edman leaves the club after having his contract cancelled by mutual consent.

England hopeful Gary Cahill is in danger of missing the rest of the season because of a blood clot in his arm.

BOLTON, England (AP) -Bolton defender Gary Cahill may miss the rest of the Premier League season because of a blood clot in his arm.

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba admits his club had a "difficult" seven days before Sunday's win over Arsenal because of allegations surrounding captain John Terry.

Kevin Phillips believes he still has a future in the top flight after coming off the bench to earn victory for Birmingham City over Wolves.

Chelsea go back to the top of the Premier League after beating Arsenal and Birmingham leave it late to come from behind and beat Wolves.

UEFA and its president Michel Platini have underlined their zero tolerance policy towards corruption in European football following the UEFA Executive Committee's latest meeting in Valletta, Malta.

UEFA and the City of Barcelona will oversee the signing of a declaration of goodwill by European cities and football clubs ahead of a seminar on 2 February about hosting international matches.

Portugal 2-4 Spain
Spain secured their third European title in a row, and fifth overall, thwarting a late Portugal fightback in a top-class final in Debrecen.

Real Madrid CF custodian Iker Casillas discusses his all-time top ten goalkeeping heroes – from the "invincible" Peter Schmeichel to scary Lev Yashin via an Octopus, a Cat and an eccentric King Kahn.

Four of the most celebrated footballing names from central and eastern Europe will take part in the UEFA EURO 2012™ draw to determine the makeup of the nine qualifying competition groups.

In the latest edition of the uefa.com Magazine we drop in on the UEFA Training Ground to learn how to take a free-kick like David Beckham and look back on the star-studded Match Against Poverty.

The UEFA Executive Committee counted down to two major national team events – the UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying draw and UEFA EURO 2016 bid handovers – at its meeting in Valletta, Malta.

Spain coach José Venancio López said "the challenge is to carry on winning" after securing a third straight European title while retiring captain Javi Rodríguez told uefa.com: "It has been like a dream for me."

Sporting Clube de Portugal have signed the former FC Porto midfielder Pedro Mendes for an undisclosed fee from Rangers FC, ending the player's five-and-a-half year stay in British football.

Azerbaijan 3-5 Czech Republic
The Czech Republic claimed third place with an entertaining victory against Azerbaijan, who had beaten their opponents 6-1 in Group A last week.

High-profile reunions will dominate the headlines when the UEFA Champions League resumes as David Beckham and José Mourinho renew acquaintances with Manchester United FC and Chelsea FC.

An eye-catching meeting of two former European champions and FC Salzburg's defence of the competition's only unblemished record will be among the highlights of the UEFA Europa League round of 32.

Juventus have dismissed coach Ciro Ferrara and replaced him with Alberto Zaccheroni on a contract until June following Thursday's 2-1 loss to FC Internazionale Milano in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals.

Spain captain Javi Rodríguez and Portugal's Joel Queirós both struck in the final to share the adidas Golden Boot award for the top scorer with Azerbaijan's Biro Jade and Saad Assis of Italy on five goals.

The expansion of the UEFA European Futsal Championship finals from eight to 12 teams has brought a thumbs-up from the coaches in Hungary. uefa.com collects the thoughts of Europe's leading technicians.

Two Iberian neighbours meet in Saturday's UEFA European Futsal Championship final and Spain player Kike and Portugal captain Arnaldo present uefa.com with their own guide to the squads.

Pedro Cary has found his debut UEFA European Futsal Championship "crazy" experience and the 25-year-old Portugal midfielder says that having made the final they are well aware of the perils of facing Spain.

Spain have swept through to Saturday's UEFA European Futsal Championship final and all that stands between them and a third successive title is a Portuguese team they beat 6-1 last Sunday.

VfL Wolfsburg have signed defender Réver from Grêmio Foot-ball
Porto Alegrense, paving the way for centre-back Ricardo Costa to join fellow UEFA Europa League contenders LOSC Lille Métropole.

Russian international midfielder Igor Semshov, 31, has sealed a return to FC Dinamo Moskva from Premier-Liga rivals FC Zenit St. Petersburg for an undisclosed sum, a year after leaving the capital.

Walcott gets hat trick in England rout Luxembourg shocks Swiss 2-1 in qualifier Klose's 3 goals salvage draw vs.

Foster ruled out of Champs League final

Foolad Sepahan of Iran beat Al Ettifaq of Saudi Arabia 3-0 Tuesday in the Asian Champions League. Hossein Papi scored in the second minute of the Group D match, Hadi Asghari found the net with a close-range header in the 62nd and Hamid Azizadeh made it 3-0 in the 82nd. Al Ettifaq has already advanced to the knockout stage, while Sepahan cannot advance. Uzbekistan's Bunyodkor and Al Shabab of the United Arab Emirates are also in Group D.

Sunderland boss Ricky Sbragia remains confident of keeping his side in the Premier League - and even believes they can beat Chelsea on Sunday.

Josip Kuze was named Albania's new national football team coach on Tuesday. The 56-year-old Croatian replaces Dutchman Ari Haan, who quit last month after a poor start to Albania's World Cup qualifying campaign. Albania is next-to-last in Group 1, after losing 1-0 at home to Hungary on March 28 and 3-0 in Denmark four days later. Under Haan, Albania only won one of seven matches and has six points in its group, seven behind leaders Denmark and Hungary.

India´s wealthiest man Mukesh Ambani denied Tuesday a British newspaper report that he was in a race to take over Liverpool football club.

Robinho has accused Roberto Mancini of stifling him at Manchester City.

Arrigo Sacchi has advised Cesare Prandelli to keep his job as Fiorentina coach instead of taking charge of the national team.

David Beckham still has warm feelings for Manchester United. The English midfielder is set to face his former club when his club Milan meets United in the next stage of the Champions League.

India's wealthiest man Mukesh Ambani denied Tuesday a British newspaper report that he was in a race to take over Liverpool football club.

Manchester City are set to hand home debuts to Patrick Vieira and Adam Johnson as they look to revive their faltering Premier League campaign against Bolton on Tuesday.

Bordeaux coach Laurent Blanc has revealed he is prepared to send his B team to play a delayed Coupe de la Ligue semi-final next week after the French League turned down his request to ease the crowded calendar.

Franck Ribery has cast doubt on his future at Bayern München by questioning whether the Bavarian giants can compete with Europe's top clubs.

A court jailed two men on Monday for leaving a live grenade outside the home of former Liverpool and Scotland footballer Kenny Dalglish.

Chelsea's John Terry has thanked the club's fans for their support after allegations about his private life that cost him the England captaincy.

Michael Ballack has hit back at Arsene Wenger´s sniping at Chelsea´s perceived lack of flair by accusing the Arsenal manager of sour grapes over his side´s faltering Premier League title challenge.

Former England star Paul Gascoigne was arrested at the weekend on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, police said on Monday.

Ricardo Fuller, the Jamaica striker who plays for Stoke City in the English Premier League, has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a man in a nightclub at the weekend, police said on Monday.

Edwin van der Sar is set to sign a new deal at Manchester United.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic left Internazionale this summer to join Barcelona. Although the Spanish league is rated higher than the Italian league, the Swedish striker believes it's harder to score in Italy than in Spain.

Steven Gerrard hopes the win over Everton can inspire Liverpool to beat Arsenal on Wednesday.

Wigan confirmed Monday that they had reached an agreement with Erik Edman to cancel his contract in a move that frees the Swedish defender to return to his first club, Helsingborg.

Louis van Gaal has not ruled out a return to international football in the future.

Bolton defender Gary Cahill´s chances of going to the World Cup with England have been destroyed by a blood clot in his arm which is likely to mean he misses the rest of the season.

Cesc Fabregas has rejected a new contract at Arsenal.

Gonzalo Higuain is close to signing a new contract at Real Madrid.

Diego insists Juventus are not far away from turning their season around despite another disappointing result against Livorno (1-1) on Saturday.

On Saturday, Kevin Davies and Bolton Wanderers drew against Fulham (0-0). The Bolton captain managed to score against Fulham, but referee Mark Clattenburg cancelled the goal.

Tottenham Hotspur defender Ledley King has to go to the World Cup finals, according to his manager Harry Redknapp.

Mick McCarthy admits his Wolves side will find it tough to bounce back in their bid for survival in the Premier League after blowing the lead and losing 2-1 to local rivals Birmingham City on Sunday.

Carlo Ancelotti insists Chelsea´s 2-0 win over Arsenal has not reduced the fight for the Premier League title to a two-horse race between the Blues and Manchester United.

Real Madrid´s Brazilian superstar Kaka believes he is yet to show his best form since his 68.5-million-euro move from AC Milan after scoring for the first time in three months in his side´s 3-0 home win over Espanyol on Saturday.

Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti sang John Terry's praises following Chelsea's 2-0 win over rivals Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.

Club Brugge failed to take full advantage of Anderlecht's slip-up on Saturday, being held to a 1-1 draw at Zulte-Waregem themselves a day later.

Fenerbahce were close to defeat in their home match with Diyarbakirspor on Sunday, but scored a late goal to limit the damage.

Panathinaikos beat Larissa 0-3 on Sunday to maintain their comfortable gap with the rest of the Greek Super League.

FC Twente no longer share the lead in the Eredivisie as the Enschede outfit crashed to a 3-0 defeat at Ajax on Sunday.

Former French giants St Etienne dealt Monaco's hopes of a late run at the title perhaps a fatal blow on Sunday as they beat them 3-0 to end their seven match unbeaten run.

Spanish international striker Alvaro Negredo had a night to forget scoring an own goal and being sent off for violent conduct as nine-man Sevilla crashed to a 2-1 defeat at lowly Real Zaragoza on Sunday to slip out of the top four.

John Terry ended a miserable week on a high as Chelsea striker Didier Drogba tormented Arsenal again to inspire his team to a 2-0 win that sent the Blues back to the top of the Premier League on Sunday.

England manager Fabio Capello has warned England's young prospects that they need to play regularly to have a chance to represent their nation in South Africa.

Manchester United captain Gary Neville has warned Premier League leaders Chelsea that United are exactly where they want to be in the title race.

Italy coach Marcello Lippi said he was most wary of Serbia and Slovenia, both of whom have qualified for the World Cup finals, after the draw for the Euro 2012 qualifiers here on Sunday.

Joint Euro 2012 hosts Poland and Ukraine on Sunday brushed aside concerns about their readiness for Europe´s top football tournament, as the qualifying draw marked their first real-time test.

Struggling Bundesliga champions Wolfsburg will finish the season with Lorenz-Gunther Kostner as their coach, club director general Dieter Hoeness confirmed on Sunday.

Spain national coach Vicente del Bosque said he was relatively happy with the draw for the 2012 European championships but added the holders would not be taking anything for granted in Group I.

Robbie Keane scored his first goal for Celtic as the Hoops came from behind to beat Dunfermline 4-2 in a thrilling Scottish Cup fifth round tie here on Sunday.

Internazionale boss Jose Mourinho has said he "likes" working at the Milan giants amid reports that he is planning to activate a £5.5million buy-out clause from his contract.

Veteran Kevin Phillips´ double late strike here on Sunday put a dampener on Wolves manager Mick McCarthy´s 51st birthday celebrations as Birmingham City came from behind to win 2-1.

Inter Milan increased their lead at the top of Serie A to 10 points after they crushed Cagliari 3-0 at the San Siro while second placed AC Milan were held to a 0-0 draw at Bologna.

John Terry was named in Chelsea´s starting line-up for Sunday´s London derby against Arsenal just 48 hours after the defender was stripped of the England captaincy.

Spain versus the Czech Republic appears to be the biggest clash in qualification for the 2012 European Championships, of which the draw was performed on Sunday.

New Scotland boss Craig Levein welcomed Sunday´s Euro 2012 draw as handing his squad a "fighting chance" of making a major finals for the first time since the 1998 World Cup.

Fabio Capello´s England will face old rivals Wales in their Euro 2012 qualification campaign after the draw was made here on Sunday for the tournament to be held in the Ukraine and Poland.

Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal accused his side of being "arrogant" as the German giants beat VfL Wolfsburg 3-1 on Saturday to draw level with Bundesliga leaders Leverkusen.