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Gareth Barry; Luke Young; and Gabriel Agbonlahor were all on the scoresheet during Aston Villa’s 3-2 victory over Blackburn Rovers and the former believes the latter, together with Ashley Young, deserve an international call up due to their burgeoning club form.
The pair are among the most exciting prospects for England head coach Fabio Capello to [...]

There is no better way to win the fans over after a summer of oft-reported greediness at holding out for a gold-laden contract than to score against the club’s most hated rivals.
It is a fine knack that Arsenal’s frontman Emmanuel Adebayor could now deliver a keynote speech on as he has scored an incredible eight [...]

Beckham: Made the first move
AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani claims David Beckham made the first moves regarding a loan deal with the Italian club.
Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Beckham is considering a short-term loan switch to the San Siro to maintain his fitness during the MLS off-season.
Beckham has confirmed he is discussing terms with [...]

Adriano: Mourinho fall-out
Inter Milan striker Adriano has been dropped from the squad for Wednesday’s Seria A game at Fiorentina after turning up late for training.
Adriano is reported to have already upset coach Jose Mourinho with his tactical indiscipline in the recent goalless draw with Genoa.
He is then said to have spent the evening [...]

Gilardino: Scored with his arm
Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini has called for Alberto Gilardino to be handed a lengthy suspension.
The Fiorentina striker was on target for La Viola on Sunday in a 3-1 victory at Renzo Barbera.
However, the Italy international bundled the ball home with his arm as he opened the scoring in a [...]

Marko Pantelic put Hertha BSC on the road to victory over Hannover 96, a result that takes them up to fifth in the league.
Goals from Pantelic (62.), Andrei Voronin (84.) and Valeri Domovchiyski (90.+1) ensured a comfortable win in the end for the team from the capital, who are now unbeaten in six games.
Hannover start [...]

A great coach, who has proved himself many times over. A club structure that has shown it can cope with the demands of the Bundesliga. And some exciting players.
Before the season started, comment on Bundesliga newcomers Hoffenheim focused on coach Ralf Rangnick and on players like Carlos Eduardo, Demba Ba und Chinedu Obasi. [...]

A goal from Artur Wichniarek spared Arminia Bielefeld from their first ever Bundesliga home loss to Energie Cottbus, and from the drop into the bottom three.
The Polish international equalised for the home side in the 63rd minute, ending a personal 415-minute drought with his seventh goal of the season.
Rangelov red-carded
The result leaves Arminia [...]

A solid all-round performance earned Schalke their first win in five competitive outings, with Marcelo Bordon (15.), Kevin Kuranyi (19.) and Jefferson Farfan (68.) securing them a 3-0 victory away to KSC.
For the home team, this was the fourth defeat in a row, with their misery compounded by the 56th-minute sending off [...]

Maldini: Backing for Beckham
Paolo Maldini believes there are only positive motivations behind David Beckham’s desire to join AC Milan.
The Italian giants are in talks to sign Beckham on a short-term loan deal from Major League Soccer side Los Angeles Galaxy.
Commercial, rather than footballing, factors have been put forward as the reasons behind both [...]