The yearly list of football club annual revenue is out yet again and the gap between the two Spanish behemoths and the rest of the field is growing ever wider. Despite the trophy success of last year, Barcelona has lost the financial Clasico to Real Madrid...yet again (lucky number seven in a row) and it wasn't terribly close.

I know I've banged the drum about this before but in light of recent developments, I feel it needs to be said again: Basel midfield maestro Xherdan Shaqiri is available for transfer right now for a comparatively cheap price, and Liverpool would be mad to miss out on this golden opportunity to sign the Swiss International.

With only 8 days until the January transfer window closes, it looks increasingly unlikely that Liverpool will bring any new players to Anfield. Kenny Dalglish has stated that he expects a 'quiet window', but if the Bolton game proved anything it's that the club is desperate for a striker and (arguably) a pacy attacking midfielder.

Two goals from Patrick Herrmann and another from highly rated forward Marco Reus guided Borussia Monchengladbach to a 3-1 win over Bayern Munich, cutting the Bavarians' lead atop the Bundesliga table to a single point.

Bastian Schweinsteiger struck late in the match for Bayern, but that was too little too late for the visitors, who could be joined at the summit by defending champions Borussia Dortmund over the weekend.

Mais um jogo das eliminatórias da Eurocopa de 2012, foi realizado no dia 07/10/2011, na cidade de Swansea-WAL, onde jogaram as seleções de País de Gales (90º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Suiça (18º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Eurocopa
Basel 12/10/2010 SUI4:1 (2:1)WAL 2000Wrexham 09/10/1999 WAL0:2SUI Preliminary round2000Zurich 31/03/1999 SUI2:0WAL Preliminary round
Amistosos
1996Lugano 24/04/1996 SUI2:0 (2:0)WAL 1951Wrexham 16/05/1951 WAL3:2SUI 1949Berne 26/05/1949 SUI4:0WAL
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Bjorn Kuipers-HOL
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Aaron Ramsey, aos 15 minutos do segundo tempo.

Suiza está convirtiéndose en los últimos años en un país donde prolifera de sobremanera el talento futbolístico y tras el éxito de la selección sub-17 que se proclamó campeona del mundo en 2009 no han dejado de aparecer nuevos jóvenes futbolistas que están haciendo de las categorías inferiores de la selección helvética un equipo a tener en cuenta, peligroso y cada vez con metas más altas.

Mais um jogo das eliminatórias da Eurocopa de 2012, foi realizado no dia 06/09/2011, na cidade de Basel-SUI, onde jogaram as seleções da Suiça (30º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Bulgária (51º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Continentais
Sofia 26/03/2011 BUL0:0SUI 1992Sofia 01/05/1991 BUL2:3 (2:0)SUI Group matches1992Geneva 12/09/1990 SUI2:0 (1:0)BUL Group matches
Amistosos
2009Geneva 11/02/2009 SUI1:1 (1:1)BUL 1992Berne 28/04/1992 SUI0:2 (0:1)BUL 1985Queretaro 05/02/1985 BUL1:0 (1:0)SUI 1983Varna 09/03/1983 BUL1:1SUI 1982St.

Like James Brown and his brand new bag, Manchester United have rediscovered their "groove". For a team supposedly in crisis, this win – and indeed, the general response post-Basel – serves as an emphatic reminder to the critics that they are very much still a force. Ryan Giggs perfectly summed up what was so good about Manchester United's performance against Fulham last night: "When you have so many options on the ball – people running in behind, people dropping in the hole – we're a very difficult team to play," Giggs eulogised after the impressive 5-0 win.

Like James Brown and his brand new bag, Manchester United have rediscovered their "groove". For a team supposedly in crisis, this win – and indeed, the general response post-Basel – serves as an emphatic reminder to the critics that they are very much still a force. Ryan Giggs perfectly summed up what was so good about Manchester United's performance against Fulham last night: "When you have so many options on the ball – people running in behind, people dropping in the hole – we're a very difficult team to play," Giggs eulogised after the impressive 5-0 win.

Old rivals Manchester United and Liverpool are both attempting to land the player dubbed the next Lionel Messi as they try and convince Xherdan Shaqiri to make the move to the Premier League.
Shaqiri has been one of the stand out performers for Basel this season and was instrumental in helping the Swiss side knock Manchester United out of the Champions League.

Two wins out of two, six goals scored and only one conceded post the black, dark and gloomy night of Basel. The first performance against Wolverhampton Wanderers was very good as we banged in 4...
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There are a couple of problems with waking up at 6.30 AM Central Time to catch a lunch-time kickoff on a Sunday. One, it's really early for a Sunday morning, and your system has not really slept off/flushed out everything that went into it on the Saturday night. Secondly, when they say lunch-time, they apparently mean noon.

14 February 2012 More » Lyon 20:45 APOELReferee: TBD – Stadium: Stade de Gerland, Lyon (FRA) More » Leverkusen 20:45 BarcelonaReferee: TBD – Stadium: Bay-Arena, Leverkusen (GER) 15 February 2012 More » Zenit 18:00 BenficaReferee: TBD – Stadium: Stadion Petrovskiy, St Petersburg (RUS) More » Milan 20:45 ArsenalReferee: TBD – Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan (ITA) 21 February 2012 More » CSKA Moskva 18:00 Real MadridReferee: TBD – Stadium: Stadion Luzhniki, Moscow (RUS) More » Napoli 20:45 ChelseaReferee: TBD – Stadium: Stadio San Paolo, Naples (ITA) 22 February 2012 More » Marseille 20:45 InternazionaleReferee: TBD – Stadium: Stade Vélodrome, Marseille (FRA) More » Basel 20:45 BayernReferee: TBD – Stadium: St.

He won't mind seeing a fit Wilshere

Let's start with the obvious shall we. The Champions League draw takes precedent and rightly so. The biggest tournament in club football today and the 2nd round draw took place without any Manchester clubs in it. For our efforts of finishing top of our group, we were rewarded with a date against AC Milan.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 DRAW

Olympique Lyonnais v APOEL Nicosia

Napoli v Chelsea

AC Milan v Arsenal

Basel v Bayern Munich

Bayer Leverkusen v Barcelona

CSKA Moscow v Real Madrid

Zenit St Petersburg v Benfica

Marseille v Internazionale

*The first legs will be played on Feb.

FC Barcelona draw Bayer Leverkusen in round of 16 (Photo: REUTERS/Denis Balibous)

The Champions League draw for the round of 16 was held earlier this morning in Nyon, Switzerland and FC Barcelona found out that their first opponent in the elimination stage will be Bayer Leverkusen.

The first legs will take place on February 14, 15, 21, 22 with the return legs be played on March 6, 7, 13, 14.

Premier League Team of the Week: Rooney & Nani return as Sturridge & Van Persie form attack

The Manchester United duo grabbed a brace each to help their side bounce back from their Champions League exit to Basel with a convincing victory against Wolves

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Manchester United put the demons of the terrible disappointment of being knocked out in the Champions League to rest by crushing Wolves 4-1 at Old Trafford. Much has been said and will, no doubt, be said about United's defeat against Basel that ended their Champions League campaign prematurely, but the Champions responded in the best [.

1. Well that was just the kind of performance we needed following the devastating result in Basel this week. We passed the ball around well and at long last put away a good number of the chances we created. Only Swansea have a worse away record than Wolves though and after playing them, it is obvious why.

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Demoralised Manchester United fans had feared the worst after their captain, Nemanja Vidic, was stretchered off during that disastrous Champions League exit in Basel during the week. And now, those fears have been realised, with Sir Alex Ferguson revealing that the Serbian centre-half would miss the rest of the season with knee ligament damage.

The last round of matches of the group stages of the 2011-12 Champions League had a couple of surprises.Firstly, Manchester United was elminated for the first time in the group stages of the tournament since the 2005-06 season. More surprising than this fact is nevertheless that it happened against the underestimated FC Basel in the last match of the tournament, where the English side needed only

Following recent statement regarding Nemanja Vidic's injury status which previously arrived from the player's agent, Manchester United's manger, Sir Alex Ferguson has now confirmed that the Serbian international won't be available for the rest of this season.

Fergie revealed that the situation has actually been predicted by United's medical team, stating that the player will immediately see a specialist and get an operation once the swollen on the knee gets better.

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Are Manchester United in crisis or is this just a blip? Hear from Robbie savge on why Fergie's side have become "wormanlike" and hear what happened in the aftermath of Nemanja Vidic's injury and the shock Champions League exit to Basel from our Manchester correspondent David McDonnell.

Welcome to the 17th Can They Score Manchester United podcast. If you're listening on a Mobile Device, use this link Episode 18 After our nightmare night in Basel, this week's episode features Christopher, Samuel and I as we dissect United's failure to progress to the knock out stages of the Champions League [.

"Thursday nights, Channel 5!" was a chant designed by Manchester United fans when Liverpool failed to get a top four spot in 2010, but expect it to be heard more often the next few months. United's loss to Basel was excruciating, humiliating, and painful. Memories of Benfica and the failings of the 2005/06 season were [.

Sir Alex Ferguson look's a forlorn figure as he try's to explain how his side lost to Basel in Switzerland and exited what he believes is the greatest competition in the World. To be honest I've never seen the great man look and sound so miserable!

Manchester United were dumped out of Europe's elite cup competition after a 2-1 defeat to Basel so it is adios to the Champions League and hello to the UEFA Europa League! The draw for the Europa League round of 32 and round of 16 will be held on 16 December 2011 on the same day [...] Related posts:

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1. Well, yesterday was certainly interesting in UEFA Champions League qualifying. Both mighty Manchester teams suffered quite the disgrace in failing to move into the final round of 16 in the Champions League. Manchester City, despite an obscenely rich owner, will now have to look to the Europa League for some hardware.

Not for the first time this season, Manchester United pressed the self-destruct button in Europe when losing 2-1 against Basel in Switzerland last night, a result which sees the champions dropping into the Europa League. It is nothing short of an unmitigated disaster for Ferguson, his players and the club.

Basel faulty Hot on the heels of but not quite as severe as Vito Mannone's howler, Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea got in on the act with his own bout of memory loss. De Gea also forgot that as a goalkeeper he is entitled to catch, punch or stroke the ball when [...]

This just wasn't a good day for Manchester. First United lost to Basel... sorry, still laughing at that... and then despite beating Munich 2-0, City is knocked out as well thanks to a Napoli win over Villareal earlier in the day.Video: FoxSports
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On another night of drama in the Champions League Lyon, Basel and Napoli all moved onto the round of 16, while last season's beaten finalist Manchester United was sent to the Europa League.

The most unlikely team to progress to the knock stages was Lyon, who needed Ajax to lose at home to Real Madrid while they beat Dinamo Zagreb and overturned a seven-goal deficit.

Welcome to the tenth episode of the Red Dead Podcast, the infallible Manchester United podcast for Truly Reds, brought to you as always by Tom "Darren Fletcher" Addison and Liam...
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Anyone taking a bet at the start of the season would not have been able to predict how this would all end up. Manchester City and Manchester United kissed goodbye to the Champions League this season, and there were few mitigating factors that they could cite as a defence. Manchester United can point to their injury list and Manchester City can invoke their inexperience, but ultimately both clubs have resources that dwarf almost all others in Europe.

Manchester United failed to reach the knockout stages of the Champions League for the first time since the 2005-06 season, after losing 2-1 in Basel on a disappointing night. Last year's finalist paid the price for making a mess of what was widely regarded to be the easiest group in the competition and stumbled to [.

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Group Winners Runners-up A Bayern Munich Napoli B Internazionale CSKA Moscow C Benfica Basel D Real Madrid Lyon E Chelsea Bayer Leverkusen F Arsenal Marseille G APOEL Zenit St. Petersburg H Barcelona Milan

Manchester United have crashed out of the Champions League following a 2-1 loss to Basel this evening. Basel took the
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