Last night Noh Alam Shah came on as a second half substitute for Tampines Rovers in the SLeague. But next month he will be pulling on the blue of Arema Malang in Indonesia.
"I have lost a lot of motivation to play in the S-League, for reasons I do not wish to elaborate right now," Alam Shah told Today.

O'Neill snaps up tremendous young talent.

Aston Villa have agreed a fee with Leeds United for Fabian Delph.

Villa released a statement confirming they have been given permission by Leeds to talk to the midfielder.

The highly rated 19-year-old has risen through the ranks at Elland Road and was a regular for United in League One last season.

Five years ago last month Manuel Almunia arrived at Arsenal from the backwaters of Spanish football with a sense of shock and awe. He had just spent another season on loan from Celta Vigo, his third in a row with a different club, and helped Albacete Balompié avoid relegation. Arsenal, meanwhile, had just won the Premier League and become the first club in 115 years of English football to remain undefeated in an entire top-flight league campaign.

Houston had another strong season behind Brian Ching. (Getty Images)

Dominic Kinnear teams always compete, always and the 2009 edition of the Houston Dynamo looked very similar to the ones we've seen win league titles over the last few years. Even though the Dynamo lost their big star in the midfield in a trade to Toronto before the season started everyone knew this team would still compete.

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.

Just got back from a night of pop perfection at Park West, where Fountains Of Wayne played an acoustic set with Jon Auer (The Posies, Big Star) opening. Incredible tunes played in a great venue by the two biggest wiseass New Yorkers in rock since Becker and Fagen. What can more needs to be said?

As for Auer, I've been a Posies fan ever since Dear 23 came out back in 1990.