No big fancy international transfer for the youngster. Just a mid-league switch from Benfica to Belenenses on a one-year loan.
As long as things work out and he's getting playing time.

It appears Saviola has finally found a happy home with Portugal's Benfica after many years of disenchantment with various European clubs. This season he joined the other two Argentine players Pablo Aimar & the youthful Angel DiMaria to form a very effective trident. He has already score 4 times in 7 appearances for Benefica thus becoming a house favorite.

Maybe you had too much too fast. Maybe you had too much too fast.
Or just over played your part.
Nothin shakin on shakedown street. Used to be the heart of town.
Dont tell me this town aint got no heart. You just gotta poke around.

Freddy Adu was once pure potentiality.

Benfica defeated Celtic in their international friendly game at BMO Field in Toronto, Canada. Benfica scored early in the game when Keirrison gathered a rebound two minutes in to give the pro Benfica grab the lead but Celtic tied the game just before the half when Paul McGowan scored on one of Celtic's few chances in this game.

Good morning football fans regardless of what time of day it is when I finally get this posted and you actually read it. As I write this post, I am on a train from Munich, Germany to Vienna, Austria and I don't have internet service, so if I miss a fact, I apologize. I think I've downloaded all of the information I need, so let's get started.

New arrival Freddy Adu hopes to see some time coming off the bench against his former team as Belenenses host Benfica on Sunday afternoon at Estadio do Restelo in Lisbon.

Pablo Aimar is in superb form with Benfica this season and is receiving alot of acclaim in the Portuguese media. This week he was the best player of the game in Benfica's 5-0 win over Leixoes.

Hopefully, the great football moment that Aimar is in will carry over to the national team and help Argentina qualify for the World Cup.

England international Shorey to Portsmouth

• Follow all the transfer deadline day dealings live as the clock ticks away [Telegraph]

• Aston Villa defender Nickey Shorey will be loaned to Pompey. The left back would have been pushed down the pecking order with Villa's capture of Stephen Warnock from Blackburn [Goal]

• Portsmouth wins one, but loses a bigger one.

Which team will win this season's Champions League title? Choose one of the teams from the selection below or add your own choice. Don't forget to tell us why. Answers to the Champions League quiz can be found at the foot of the post.

Which team will win the 2010 Champions League?

After spending most of the offseason looking for a new club, U.S. midfielder Freddy Adu has secured a move away from Benfica.
I've been to their ground. Crappy stadium. Great location. Tiny club. Good luck, Freddy...

Benfica have arrived in Toronto, Canada for their friendly tomorrow against Scottish side Celtic at BMO Field. Benfica will have a practise tonight before tomorrow's matchup which kicks off at 7.30pm eastern time

Remember JAVIER SAVIOLA, ex Barça & ex Real Madrid? SFS is soglad to see the Argentine forward regain form, play & happiness as thisvideo shows of his incredible goal for BENFICA against Belenenses thisweekend:Nice one Saviola, keep it up!

Benfica have handed Argentina star Angel di Maria a gold-plated contract in a bid to see off interest from Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal.
The winger is about to sign a one-year extension on his contract that will see his buy-out clause raised from £27million to a prohibitive £45m.

Some major upsets in Italy and England had the potential to shake up the Top 10 this week. Did they? A little. Take a look:
1. Real Madrid
Last ranking: 1
Record (wins-losses-ties, in all competition; two-leg match-ups count as one): 6-0-0
Results of note: None yet.
Commentary/recent results: Real beat both opponents last week, Villareal and Tenerife, without giving up a goal.

American goalkeeper Dominic Cervi is set to make his club debut for Celtic FC tonight as the Hoops take on Benfica in the CNE Cup, a friendly at BMO Field in Toronto.

Celtic will be without most of its top stars, which are away on international duty, including starting goalkeeper and Polish international Artur Boruc.

A great run and goal by Javier Saviola in Benfica's 4-0 win over Belenenses.

Benfica continue its torrid scoring pace in the Superliga with a crushing 4-0 defeat of Belenenses. Javier Saviola with his first as a Benfica player, Cardozo, Ramires and Javi Garcia all chipped in markers for Benfica who prepare to take on Everton in UEFA Europa League play

Well, there has been quite a bit of discussion in the post AEKBaltimore put up. Since the match alot has happened, most regarding the horrendous officiating at the match. But first, a review.

For everyone who has been following AEK you know how incredibly unlucky we tend to be, especially when it matters most.

So, another derby lost. That makes it the first time we've lost two derbies in a row in about ten years. Not a good sign.

Not many positives to take from this game, both sides played some pretty poor football. I'm not going to bother writing much as there is little to say. Firstly, our forwards still can't score.

We recommend minute by minute (kind of) updates from the Guardian here. Alternatively you can watch that twat on Sky Sports News who sits there with 10 mobile phones pretending people are calling him and he knows what's going on.

We'll review the major moves come tomorrow - here are those confirmed so far.

If you are Paul Hart - by far the bookies' favorite to become the first sacked manager in the Premier League this season - you would need a miracle to save Portsmouth from relegation at this point. Four games into the new season, Pompey are yet to scrap up a single point, which is a clear indicator of how the team roster was in desperate need of major bolstering on the final day of transfers.

O jovem guardião brasileiro estreou-se esta madrugada na baliza do Benfica com um golo sofrido, em que não ficou totalmente bem na fotografia, sofrido na vitória por 3-1 frente ao Celtic. O novo guarda-redes dos "encarnados" mostrou algum valor no Belenenses mas trouxe fama (e algum proveito como podem ver no vídeo abaixo) de "frangueiro" do Brasil.

esteja caladinho

Luis Pinto meta-se frente do meu carro.. e ( nao se esqueça!) faça como o jornalista: sare as "feridas" e cale a boca.. a liberdade de opinião serve para quem usufrui dela correctamente não para morcões da segunda circular com a benfica tv.

Assiste-se hoje em blogs e sites, aos mais despudorados e incríveis comentários.

Que orgullo siento escuchar que, el equipo al que le voy es nombrado Equipo del Siglo XX(a pesar del dolor de muchos hinchas contrarios) .

Y es que La Federación Internacional de Historia y Estadística de Futbol nombró al Real Madrid como el mejor club del Siglo XX, dejando por debajo a equipos como Juventus, Barcelona, Milán etc.

How much!

Benfica have increased their buy-out clause to 50million euros for coveted Argentinian forward Angel Di Maria.

The 21-year-old moved to Portugal in 2007 from Rosario Central and has attracted considerable attention since, not least as he scored the winner in the 2008 Olympic final against Nigeria.

Portuguese clubs took to action in their first games of the group stage of the revamped UEFA Europa League. Benfica, Sporting and Nacional all played today with two of the three teams getting wins in the first matchups. Benfica took on Bate Borisov at the Estadio da Luz and defeated the Belarusian side 2-0 on first half goals by Nuno Gomes and Oscar Cardozo while Sporting visited the

Braga continue their unbeaten run in the Superliga (Liga Sagres) this season with a 1-0 victory over defending Champions Porto. Alan scored in the 70th minute for Braga in what was a tight defensive affair. Braga now have defeated two of the big three this season and if they can defeat the third in Benfica this could be a very interesting season for the men from the Minho region.

The two surprises of the call for the last two games of the world cup qualifying are the return of defender Naldo and midfielder Alex, ex-Inter. I'm very pleased about the latter. It is also cool to see that Diego Souza from Palmeiras stayed. The list:

Goalies
Julio César (Inter de Milão)
Victor (Grêmio)

Side-backs
Maicon (Inter de Milão)
Daniel Alves (Barcelona)
André Santos (Fenerbahçe)
Filipe Luis (La Coruña)

Center-backs
Lucio (Inter de Milão)
Luisão (Benfica)
Juan (Roma)
Miranda (São Paulo)
Naldo (Werder Bremen)

Midfielders
Gilberto Silva (Panathinaikos)
Josué (Wolfsburg)
Lucas (Liverpool)
Kaká (Real Madrid)
Ramires (Benfica)
Elano (Galatasaray)
Sandro (Internacional)
Alex (Spartak Moscou)
Diego Souza (Palmeiras)

Forwards
Nilmar (Villarreal)
Adriano (Flamengo)
Luis Fabiano (Sevilla)
Diego Tardelli (Atlético-MG)

Two weeks ago Diego Maradona was talking about shake up and revolution within the Argentine national team ranks. He talked about going to Europe and going "face to face" with players to tell them that they were no longer on the national team. He talked about having a domestic side that was going to be fielded as they were "hungrier" than the foreign-based players.

Now would be the ideal time for Dopey to experiment seeing how the seleção have already qualified for the World Cup. What we don't get, however, is tio's love for Andre Santos!!!

Anyway, the squad for the remaining qualifiers against Venezuela and Bolivia has been finalised and it's nice to see Naldo and Diego Souza back again.

Falcao scored an early marker on a header in the 3rd minute and Porto hung on for the rest of the match as they defeat Sporting 1-0. Sporting now have lost two of their first six matchups while Porto moves into a tie with Benfica for second with the Eagles yet to play this week and are five points behind leaders Braga

According to Reuters, this is a picture of Benfica's David Luiz celebrating his goal during a 5-0 win over Leixoes on Saturday. And since Luiz didn't score on his own team, I'm going to have to assume that Benfica are into some pretty sadomasochistic goal celebrations.

You should see what they do to a teammate who scores a hat-trick.

Saint Etienne started this season just like they ended the last one, with poor performances and they quickly found themselves in the relegation zone. Seeing that the team have taken the wrong path, the club management decided to act and brought a couple of very good players in the dying moments of the transfer window, but it was Argentine striker Gonzalo Bergessio who stole the spotlight in the last few weeks and he certainly looks like the man that can turn things around for Les Verts (The Greens).

American goalkeeper Dominic Cervi is set to make his club debut for Celtic FC tonight as the Hoops take on Benfica in the CNE Cup, a friendly at BMO Field in Toronto.

Celtic will be without most of its top stars, which are away on international duty, including starting goalkeeper and Polish international Artur Boruc.

It was a very busy week in topflight soccer, with Top 25 clubs playing twice, oftentimes against each other. Remarkably, there were no major upsets to report, leaving the top 10 very much unchanged. The second tier, however, was all shook up. Let's get to it:
1. Real Madrid
Last ranking: 1
Record (wins-losses-ties, in all competition; two-leg match-ups count as one): 4-0-0
Results of note: None yet.

It appears Saviola has finally found a happy home with Portugal's Benfica after many years of disenchantment with various European clubs. This season he joined the other two Argentine players Pablo Aimar & the youthful Angel DiMaria to form a very effective trident. He has already score 4 times in 7 appearances for Benefica thus becoming a house favorite.

Luisao's younger brother could be on his way to the Luz to sign with Benfica. Andre Silva who will turn 18 in October is also a central defender like his older brother and would join Benfica's junior club as he gets accustomed to European football.

Arqueros: Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar), Mariano Andújar (Catania).
Defensores: Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle), Nico Pareja (Espanyol), Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City), Emiliano Insúa (Liverpool) y Gabriel Heinze (Olympique de Marsella).
Volantes: Jonás Gutiérrez (Newcastle), Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Angel Di María (Benfica), Pablo Aimar (Benfica) y Lucho González (Olympique de Marsella).

Diego Maradona confirmó la lista para los partidos ante Perú y Paraguay, los cuales definirán el futuro de la Selección Argentina. Clasificar directamente, ir a repechaje o quedarse afuera son las opciones.

Sorprenden las convocatorias de Pablo Aimar y de Emiliano Insúa, el juvenil ex Boca que actualmente se desempeña en el Liverpool.

Maradona presented this afternoon the call up list of European based players for the final two WC qualifiers.

The list:

GK Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar)
GK Mariano Andújar (Catania)

D Emiliano Insúa (Liverpool)
D Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle United)
D Gabriel Heinze (Olympique Marseille)
D Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City)
D Nicolás Pareja (Deportivo Español)

M Javier Mascherano (Liverpool)
M Luis González (Olympique Marseille)
M Jonás Gutiérrez (Newcastle United)
M Angel Di María (Benfica)
M Pablo Aimar (Benfica)

F Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
F Sergio Agüero (Atlético de Madrid)
F Carlos Tevez (Manchester City)
F Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid)
F Diego Milito (Inter Milan)
F Ezequiel Lavezzi (Nápoli)