Luis Fabiano to Leave Sevilla

Luis Fabiano at the end of the season will leave the Sevilla,he revealed.

Luis is legally in contract with Sevilla until 2013 had been linked with a host of clubs across Europe before the January transfer window shut.


"Now we are in the middle of the season and perhaps it is not the best moment to speak, but it is clear that my cycle with Sevilla has ended," Fabiano was quoted on Brazilian website Globoesporte as saying.

"I have won many titles and have also played in the Champions League. [I've experienced] excellent things during the last few years but things in football don't always last.

"Clubs such as Corinthians, Santos and Inter Porto Alegre wanted me but Sevilla decided not to listen to their offers.

"The rumours and the blows have made the last few months complicated but personally I am content with my performances.

Fabiano has been capped 43 times for Brazil, and remains desperate to put a disappointing World Cup campaign last year behind him.

"Still my dreams lie with the Canarinha and my ambition is to help them triumph in the next Copa America," he was quoted as saying.

"I left the World Cup unhappy and now I want a title with Brazil."
Fabiano joined Sevilla from Porto in 2005.

Redknapp action against Mathieu Flamini

Uefa has been forced by Harry Redknapp to take action against Mathieu Flamini after claiming the AC Milan midfielder's challenge on Vedran Corluka could have broken the Tottenham Hotspur defender's leg.

Corluka was stretchered off at the San Siro 10 minutes into the second half of Tottenham's famous 1-0 win over Milan in the first leg of the last 16 Champions League tie.

Former Arsenal midfielder Flamini's two-footed lunge on Corluka only warranted a yellow card from the referee, but Redknapp is adamant the Frenchman should have been sent off.

Redknapp is waiting to learn the results of an X-ray on Corluka's injury and is optimistic the Croatia international has not broken his leg.

However, the Spurs boss is eager for Uefa to take retrospective action against Flamini for his 'horrendous' challenge on Corluka.

Why Roy Keane was a Far Better Captain Than Steven Gerrard

They say the devil's greatest trick was convincing the world he did not survive. On that note, Steven Gerrard's greatest trick has been convincing the world he is a great captain of a football team.

Gerrard pulled off such a good con job that he even became the English captain for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Yesterday I read an article about how Steven Gerrard is the greatest captain in the history of the Premier League.

Openly states that the amount of silverware a captain won with his club was not being careful as a factor in deciding who was the best.

Scotland fixtures announced

A predominately Thursday/Monday fixture schedule for Billy Stark's next UEFA Under-21 Championship campaign has been secured by the Scottish Football Association.

The Scotland Under-21 coach had been desperate to secure matches on those days to confirm there was no clash with Craig Levein's full national team.

Scotland starts their campaign at home to Bulgaria on Monday, September 5 before an October double header against Luxembourg away and Austria at home, followed by two matches in succession against top seeds Holland.

Messi urges Pep to sign extension

Since Guardiola appointment in 2008,Barca has led to successive league titles and also creep up the Champions League, Copa del Rey, Supercopa de Espana, UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup in 2009.

For the FIFA Coach of the Year award,he has been shortlisted despite the team is on top of La Liga.

Pep is currently preferring short term deals as he is out of contract at the end of the season.When agreeing his extension a year ago, he said that "a coach of Barca can't be here for life"

Messi expose that the team is currently struggling to envisage life at the club without Guardiola.

"The truth is, after everything he's created and how he's rallied the team around him, it's difficult to imagine," he said. "A Barcelona without him wouldn't be like it is.

"(I hope) he renews when he can, and stays.

"He's on top of us with all of the details - not only with me but with the whole squad. He's always looking for the best positioning for me near the midfielders so that I can have as much contact with the ball as I can in play."

McManaman: Benzema must step up

Current Merengues striker Karim Benzema has been forced by Former Real Madrid winger Steve McManaman to move up to the plate and insisted that the Frenchman is capable of being a key player at the Bernabeu.

In La Liga with Real Benzema, 23, has endured a profligate season netting just one goal despite playing more regularly since Gonzalo Higuain got injured in November.

In the Champions League,Benzema has shown glimpses of his goalscoring touch with hat-tricks.

Copa del Rey and McManaman, who twice won the European Cup with Real in his four-year stay in Spain, is confident that Benzema has what it takes - and urged him to show it.

"Karim has struggled to settle in," McManaman told ESPNsoccernet. "His language has been a problem and he's quite shy, which can be difficult for him in a dressing-room full of big characters.

"He had problems in pre-season but Mourinho is trying to get the best out of him and we must remember he is still a young lad.

"He has to stand up and be counted now because Higuain is out for a while and Kaka has only just come back. But everyone knows he is a good player and I think Real will rely on Benzema to produce the goods this year."

Aguero extends Atletico contract

A two-year contract extension to keep him at the Vicente Calderon until the summer of 2014,contract had been signed by Atletico Madrid striker Sergio Aguero.

The talented Argentina had various offers with the likes of Chelsea and Manchester City reportedly and he had been tipped to leave Atletico last summer.

But the 22-year-old pledged his future to the club ahead of the current season, and he has now put pen to paper on a new deal at Atletico.