Liverpool youngster Mikel San Jose may be set to return from his loan spell in Spain ahead of schedule.
The 20-year-old defender agreed to join Athletic Bilbao on a season-long deal over the summer, but has grown frustrated at a lack of opportunities in his homeland.
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For once, UEFA President Michel Platini has said something nice about England. Platini has said a lot about the Premier League's spending, which was mainly aimed at Man United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and more recently Manchester City. However he didn't say anything about Real Madrid's spending and other high profile European clubs. Click to continue reading...

Yup, you guessed it... Michel Platini, better known as the Antichrist, is once again in the media criticizing Arsenal and Arsene Wenger. It is truly amazing how Platini has turned into a one-man crusade against Arsenal and his fellow countryman. We here at Arsenal Station have not long forgotten his psychologically-disturbed rant last season during which he exhibited the full extent of his obsession and disgust with Arsene Wenger.

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Inter flop Ricardo Quaresma has been tipped to return to the Premier League as Everton take a peep over the precipice.

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I did not think that any team could outdo Newcastle for their off-field antics, but Portsmouth is determined to outdo even Mike Ashley. Portsmouth's season has descended yet further into chaos with news that the Premier League have hit them with a transfer ban.

The Premier League confirmed reports by the DailyMail that they had taken the drastic action because of Portsmouth's debts to other English clubs that remain outstanding.

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Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has joined the chase for Georgian wonderkid Zhano Ananidze.
Arsenal are already tracking the 17-year-old Spartak Moscow midfielder.
The Gunners, along with Sevilla, Juventus and AC Milan are said to be tracking the Georgia international - dubbed the new Georgi Kinkladze. Click to continue reading...

In terms of English clubs that are facing financial disasters we are used to discussing WHU, Liverpool Beachballs and Manchester U.� To that list we can now add Portsmouth. � Their new owner in September turned out not to be the billionaire Sheik Yermoney but a guy who borrowed £50 off a bookie's runner and [. Click to continue reading...

While Wednesday's UEFA Champions League matches didn't have the same kind of upsets, save for one that was fairly huge. AC Milan, who had been off to a slow, struggling start to the 2009 campaign, came back from a 1-0 deficit to win 3-2 on the road against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu.

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This may come as very surprising news for fans of English football in the 21st century - particularly with so many foreign names flooding our professional leagues from the Premiership all the way down to League 2 - but it seems that even today, many young non European footballers are still encountering serious difficulties in settling in at their new clubs here in the UK. Click to continue reading...

We're back in the United States for the week while club football returns to action around the world. All of the top clubs were in action this past weekend and most of them play twice in the coming week, so we are back in full force.

The volatility that marked the past few weeks in the rankings has slowed down this week, though top-ranked Chelsea did manage to lose to Aston Villa to give up its place at the top spot both in the Premiership and the rankings.

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Hi Insiders, what with the International break there is not alot happening on the news front today. Couple of things through firstly Arsenalinsider has moved to it's new home alongside our other sites in the "Insider" brand. You can still find us at� www.arsenalinsider.com and now also at: http://arsenal.

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It never fails. Every interlull brings the inevitable 'Cesc-to-Spain' stories. Cesc to Barcelona, Cesc to Madrid, Cesc to Malaga, etc... Now, apparently, following their loss to Sevilla, Madrid once again are making noise. Arsenal have reportedly received bids of up to £60m for Fabregas over the last two seasons and each time the player and the club rejected them.

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Last week UEFA announced that the number of early round European matches under suspicion of match fixing had risen to forty games, but that, almost exclusively, these events featured teams from eastern Europe.
Well, the UEFA roster may well only feature such matches but Football Is Fixed can reveal that TWO of the Champions League representatives from England have also been involved in a little insider trading over the first two rounds of this years' Champions League. Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Europa League wrapped up its second day of group stage matches on Thursday, October 1, 2009. Both of the English clubs, Fulham and Everton, won on Thursday. Many of the favorites also won in matches. Here's a full list of video highlights for Thursday's matches.

UEFA Europa League Video Highlights Thursday, October 1, 2009

FC BATE Borisov (1) Everton (2) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

FC Dinamo Bucuresti (0) Panathinaikos (1) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

Sporting Lisbon (1) Hertha Berlin (0) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

PFC Levski Sofia (0) Lazio (4) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

Anderlecht (1) Ajax Amsterdam (1) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

Werder Bremen (3) Athletic Bilbao (1) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

FC Timisoara (0) Dinamo Zagreb (3) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

Galatasaray (1) SK Sturm Graz (1) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

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In what will be remembered as one of the most surprising Champions League group stage upsets in recent memory, FC Zurich shocked AC Milan 1-0 at the San Siro. Hannu Tihenen's goal in the 10th minute proved to be enough. Zurich had shown some fight in the previous matchday, coming back from a 3-0 deficit to make Real Madrid sweat a little.

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In what will be remembered as one of the most surprising Champions League group stage upsets in recent memory, FC Zurich shocked AC Milan 1-0 at the San Siro. Hannu Tihenen's goal in the 10th minute proved to be enough. Zurich had shown some fight in the previous matchday, coming back from a 3-0 deficit to make Real Madrid sweat a little.

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Wednesday night's Champions League matches completed in less than spectacular fashion as there was little to no excitement around the continent. Both English clubs Manchester United and Chelsea grabbed scrappy wins while one Champions League giant was embarrassed at home. The upset of the round was Zurich's 1-0 win over AC Milan at the San Siro, and results elsewhere in the competition all favored the bigger clubs.

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Well, last night was a whole lot more fun than Saturday wasn't it? Until about the 60th minute when that old familiar feeling started to creep in and no matter how hard you fought it, the thought 'this has 1-0 Olympiakos written all over it' started battering around your head. Well, it did in mine at least.

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Japanese playmaker Keisuke Honda has been the talk of the town (or should I say country) in Holland as he attracted a lot of attention with his impressive performances for small Dutch club VVV Venlo. His goals, assists and superior technical skills haven't gone unnoticed with clubs like Liverpool, Chelsea and Everton thought to be keen on the Japanese player.

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It is a sign of the decline of Italian football in recent years that a trip to Florence at the end of September wasn't at least, not before kick-off a cause of major concern for Liverpool. Ten or fifteen years ago things might have been different, but the Premier League is wallowing and basking in its opulence at the moment while Italian football is scratching its head and wondering where things went wrong.

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The Champions League resumes this week with the fancied teams looking to extend their good starts and improve on their Champions League betting odds. All four English clubs won their first matches in the tournament, along with La Liga giants Real Madrid, while Barcelona and perennial dark horses Inter Milan shared the spoils in their San Siro clash.

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Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has described Fernando Torres as priceless following his demolition of Hull City at the weekend.
Torres terrorised the Hull defence during Liverpool's thumping 6-1 win at Anfield helping himself to a clinical hat-trick.
It brought Torres' tally to eight goals in seven Premier League games this season and it was fourth treble in his Reds career since his arrival from Atletico Madrid. Click to continue reading...

Premier League clubs made approaches for top notch Spanish striker.

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Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez rates Fernando Torres at £70 million.

After his hat-trick against Hull City, Benitez said of the £21 million signing: "That was an awful lot of money for us, but I never had the slightest doubt he would be worth every penny.

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English defender Sol Campbell quit a high-paying gig with� Notts County due to what he claimed was a lack of fitness. That isn't stopping teams on both sides of the Atlantic from lining up to try and sign up the former Tottenham and Arsenal star.

According to the Daily Mail, the Los Angeles Galaxy and New York Red Bulls are among the teams interested in signing Campbell this winter.

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger expressed his disappointment about a possible Under-18 transfer regulation rule to be imposed by FIFA and UEFA, with the Frenchman adding this could damage the image of the English Premiership, already missing something after the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo.

On his youth policy, the Frenchman said:

It will make that policy virtually impossible.

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger expressed his disappointment about a possible Under-18 transfer regulation rule to be imposed by FIFA and UEFA, with the Frenchman adding this could damage the image of the English Premiership, already missing something after the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo.

On his youth policy, the Frenchman said:

It will make that policy virtually impossible.

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New guidelines could strangle the life out of the north London club.

Arsène Wenger has warned that Arsenal's youth development system will collapse if Uefa's plans to ban the international transfer of players aged under 18 are put into practice.

The Carling Cup adventures of Arsenal's youngsters have become a feature of recent seasons, with a crowd of 56,592 turning up at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday to watch an inexperienced team beat West Bromwich Albion 2-0 in the third round, but their manager fears that such uplifting evenings could be a thing of the past.

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I didn't manage to catch much of the 2-0 victory over West Brom the other night, but regardless of the circumstances, the win was an excellent result with a team that was young even by Carling Cup standards. Make no mistake, West Brom are a decent side, and on top form after dishing out a drubbing to Boro at the weekend.

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While he was honored as Estonia's best player in the past half a century by the nation's football association, Mart Poom could not earn even remotely the same kind of respect on club level. Despite boasting a variety of Eastern European and English clubs on his resume during his early days as a player, the legendary former Estonia goalkeeper is best remembered for an extremely inactive spell as a back-up keeper at Arsenal F.

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What a strange dream I had last night. I was in New York with my best friend Cesc Fabregas and we were trying to find some late night speakeasy because I had forgotten to go to the shops to get beer but then there was some kind of attack which involved WWII planes and we had to go on this giant slide which went from the top of the Rockerfeller building to some underground shelter and there was nothing to do there except play Mouse Trap.

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Former England captain Bryan Robson is looking forward to the challenge when he begins his reign as the national team coach next month.
Robson agreed to coach Thailand after talks with with Football Association of Thailand (FAT) president Worawi Makudi yesterday. Click to continue reading...

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The U.S. national team's World Cup qualifiers are still two weeks away, but fans can't stop talking about the national team.

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The U.S. national team's World Cup qualifiers are still two weeks away, but fans can't stop talking about the national team.

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Ipswich Town have today announced the schedule of events around the game on Saturday between Ipswich and Newcastle, the two English clubs that Sir Bobby managed to great success during his fantastic career. Bobby in front of his famous statue at Portman Road And we have to applaud the Ipswich club, who are doing a great [. Click to continue reading...

The influence of foreigners on football in England cannot be underestimated. While Coach Fabio Capello has guided England through the qualifiers and instilled a winning mentality amongst the players, the skills of English� players such as Wayne Rooney and the presence of leaders like John Terry must also be credited with the change in England's fortunes. Click to continue reading...