The owner and chairman of Dutch side FC Twente, Joop Munsterman, has spoken about how pleased he is to bring former manager Steve McClaren back to the club. Under McClaren's leadership the club won the Eredivisie title in style in 2010 and Mr Munsterman is confident the former England boss can recreate that success.

FC Twente frontman Luuk de Jong has reiterated his desire to play in the Premiership, alerting a host of clubs, including both Liverpool and Tottenham, who are reportedly interested in him.
21 year-old de Jong's contract with his current employers runs out in June of 2014, meaning that any prospective suitors would have to stump up a sum of around €10 million in order to prise him away from Enschede.

Liverpool are reportedly preparing to make a £10 million bid for FC Twente's Luuk De Long.
The Dutch International has scored 10 goals in 12 matches for Twente already this Season.
It is believed that Damien Commoli has watched him, Kenny Dalglish and Fenway Sports are willing to pay up for the prolific Dutch forward as Andy Carroll continues to struggle for goals, the more quality forwards we have at Liverpool the better.

There are two center-backs Newcastle have been linked with recently, and we think either one could fit the bill as the fourth center-back at Newcastle. Brazilian Douglas is interesting Newcastle The first one is 23 year-old 6'4″ Brazilian center-back Douglas from FC Twente, whom he joined back in 2007, from Brazilian club Joinville.

The Daily Mail is reporting that Newcastle are watching Celtic midfielder Victor Wanyama, as a possible replacement for midfielder Cheick Tiote. Victor Wanyama Celtic defensive midfielder Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea have all shown interest in the former FC Twente midfielder, and if he goes in January, Newcastle must be ready to bring in an immediate replacement.

The Evening Chronicle today is reporting that center-back Douglas Franco Teixeira of FC Twente known as Douglas is a possible defensive target for Newcastle United next month. Douglas - 6'4′ Twente center-back Well at least Newcastle have never been linked with this player before, at least according to our records.

Though the game is being played while much of the United States is still asleep, the Club World Cup Final between Barcelona and Santos is promising to be must-see football.

The battle between the reigning European and South American champions will feature some serious star power, with Lionel Messi and Neymar grabbing most of the headlines.

By Alan Duffy

It may well be the preserve of Thursday nights and Channel Five, but the Europa League, now ready for the knock-out stages is still peppered with some of Europe's big guns. Probably the biggest in the competition, Manchester United, will face another all-time European great, Ajax, in the last 32, a tie which has more than a hint of glamour.

Jozy Altidore and Sacha Kljestan have both enjoyed individual club success this season, which in turn has led to their teams turning in strong results both domestically and in Europe. All of that will come to a head in the UEFA Europa League Round of 32, when their two teams will square off.

By Chris Wright

FC Twente may well have lost 2-1 in Krakow last night (to send Fulham packing), surrendering their unbeaten group stage run in the process, but they definitely scored the goal of the night through Luuk de Jong's impeccable 39th minute bicycle kick...

Pretty.

By Chris Wright

Fulham were dumped out of the Europa League with the very last touch of the game when Odense slung in a deep cross and substitute Baye Djiby Fall nodded in an equaliser at the far post with roughly four seconds left to play (the referee blew for full-time during the goal celebration), thus robbing the Cottagers of the points they needed to edge out Wisla Krakow, who beat table-toppers FC Twente on the night to finish second in Group K -just one point ahead of Martin Jol's side.

Disappointing midweek arrived for English teams in their Europa League campaign, Fulham have to forget their European ambition as they're journey ended on Wednesday after only picking up a point against Odense BK.

Meanwhile, Stoke City suffered their first defeat in the competition but still secure their passage into the next round although that loss relegated the Potters into runners up position behind Besiktas.

I said, it could be done and Besiktas did it!
Besiktas beat, unbeaten Stoke City 3-1 and claim the top spot in the group E and earned a spot in the round 32 of Europa league..
They,prett much did the damege to Stoke in the second half, after going down in the first half.

It's do or die for a number of teams across Europe as the UEFA Europa League winds down.

Half of the teams in the field play their final group games of the tournament today, including Clint Dempsey's Fulham, which can cement a place in the knockout round and set the tone for perhaps another deep tournament run with a win or by getting some help.

Betting sites has tipped Tottenham to take home the silverware, but the odds are now against them even exiting the group stages.

With two weeks until the final matches of the Europa League group stages, 14 clubs have clinched spots in the knockout rounds of the cup with a game to spare. With the eight teams that finish third in their UEFA Champions League groups transferring over to Europe's second-tier competition, that leaves 10 spots.

Liverpool are poised to step up their scouting of FC Twente midfielder Leroy Fer, after Lucas Leiva revealed he fears facing up to six months on the sidelines with a knee injury.
The Reds have been chasing versatile enforcer Fer with a view to a summer transfer.
But with Lucas sustaining damage to his knee during Tuesday night's 2-0 win over Chelsea in the Carling Cup, Kenny Dalglish's hand looks like being forced much sooner than expected.

Fulham's summer signing Moussa Dembele believes that his side will qualify from the Europa League group stage despite a heart-breaking 1-0 defeat to Dutch runners-up FC Twente.

In a toughly contested match away from home, the Cottagers always looked second best and were punished when Austria international Marc Janko struck with just over a minute left to play.

By FRANCO PANIZO

If Liverpool is to overcome its less-than-stellar start to the season and get back in contention for a Champions League spot, it will have to do so without one of its top players.

Lucas Leiva has been ruled out for the remainder of the Premiership campaign after sustaining a knee injury in Liverpool's 2-0 quarterfinal victory over Chelsea in the Carling Cup on Tuesday.

(Photo: Paul Rudderow)

Editor's note: At the end of the 2010 season, we posted a series of "Raves" about our favorite Philadelphia players. They need not be the team's best players, but they're guys and gals we like. Over the next two weeks, we continue the series again with some of the PSP writers' and contributors' favorite players of 2011.

Marco Pappa to FC Twente?

According to a new tweet by Fire Confidential's Guillermo Rivera, Goal.com Latino is reporting that the Chicago Fire and FC Twente are in negotiations for a January transfer. This certainly meshes with some past rumors of European clubs interested in Marco.

Although not all Fire fans are enamored with Marco, I personally am a big fan of his.

Liverpool face fight with Sevilla in race for Dutch sensation

Anfield giants to do battle with La Liga side in transfer tussle for FC Twente star Ola John

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One of our opponents from last season's Champions League is the latest to be linked with the job of replacing Brad Friedel as Tottenham's long term number one.

According to the Daily Mirror, Spurs are monitoring the progress of FC Twente's Bulgarian international stopper Nikolay Mihaylov with a view to a move in January, or at the end of the current English season.

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* Reborn Napoli celebrated returning to the top of Serie A with a 3-1 home win over Milan, with echoes of titanic clashes between the north and south's giants in the era of Diego Maradona. Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani scored a hat-trick.
*The quest for a level playing-field in Spain goes on.

Friday, September 9
2:30pm AC Milan vs Lazio (FSC)

Saturday, September 10
9:30am Borussia Dortmund vs Hertha Berlin (GolTV)
10:00am Arsenal vs Swansea City (FSC)
10:00am Stoke City vs Liverpool (Fox Soccer Plus)
10:00am Sunderland vs Chelsea (ESPN2)
12:00pm Villarreal vs Sevilla (GolTV)
12:00pm Real Sociedad vs Barcelona (ESPN Deportes)
12:30pm Bolton vs Manchester United (FSC)
2:00pm Real Madrid vs Getafe (GolTV)
2:30pm Cesena vs Napoli (FSC)
2:30pm Wolverhampton vs Tottenham tape delay (Fox Soccer Plus)
4:00pm Valencia vs Atletico Madrid (ESPN Deportes)
4:30pm Everton vs Aston Villa tape delay (Fox Soccer Plus)
5:00pm Manchester City vs Wigan tape delay (FSC)

Sunday, September 11
6:30am Juventus vs Parma (Fox Soccer Plus)
7:30am Roda JC vs FC Twente (ESPN Deportes)
8:30am Norwich City vs West Brom (Fox Soccer Plus)
9:00am Roma vs Cagliari (FSC)
9:30am Cologne vs Nuremburg (ESPN Deportes)
11:00am Fulham vs Blackburn (FSC)
11:30am Wolfsburg vs Schalke (GolTV)
12:00pm Rayo Vallecano vs Zaragoza (ESPN Deportes)
2:30pm Palermo vs Inter Milan (FSC)
3:00pm PSG vs Brest (Fox Soccer Plus)
4:00pm Espanyol vs Athletic Bilbao (GolTV)

It's really frustrating that Newcastle didn't get a top striker in this summer. Leon Best after scoring first goal on Sunday But once we saw Newcastle were in very late last night for FC Twente winger Bryan Ruiz, that smelled of desperation, which we pointed out in our report, and so it turned out [.

Phew! It was that time again, and as per usual things were manic. We at In The Stands struggled to keep up with all the kerfuffle and constant will-he-wont-he debacles. However, after much journalistic endeavours, we have managed to finally pin down the most significant transfers on a thoroughly exciting last day of the transfer window.

Bryan Ruiz' expected move to Fulham might not happen after all.

Newcastle United has swooped in with a bid that is said to have trumped that of Fulham, meaning that the Costa Rican attacker could be on his way to St. James Park instead of Craven Cottage as had been reported on Tuesday.

Newcastle have had a bid accepted for FC Twente's Bryan Ruiz. But after Newcastle were said to be going after Bryan Ruis just a few hours ago, you would have expected they would have to match the Fulham bid of £10.6M, which they seem to have done. Bryan will now presumably decide between Fulham and [.

Sky Sports are reporting that Newcastle could make a move, which is rather late, to sign Bryan Ruiz, the 26 year-old Costa Rica winger who plays at FC Twente. Bryan Ruiz FC Twente winger fee already agreed with Fulham But Fulham have already agreed a fee with FC Twente for the 6'2″ tall [...]

Two seasons ago Fulham had to wait until the knockout stages before facing any Champions League rejects, slaying the likes of Juventus and Wolfsburg before ultimately faltering to Atlético Madrid in the final.

This season, our group is chock-full of them.

GROUP K
Fulham
FC Twente (NED)
Odense (DEN)
Wisła Kraków (POL)

Boy, lots of red, white, and blue in these badges.

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FC Twente midfielder Emir Bajrami makes an instant impact scoring a wonder goal just 4 minutes after coming off the bench in FC Twente's 5-1 win over Heerenveen in the Dutch Eredivsie.

FC Twente midfielder Emir Bajrami makes an instant impact scoring a wonder goal just 4 minutes after coming off the bench in FC Twente's 5-1 win over Heerenveen in the Dutch Eredivsie.

Photo by Andrew Katsampes/ISIphotos.com

By THOMAS FLOYD

When it comes to set pieces, few can contend with the Houston Dynamo.

That much has been true all season, and it was proved again Wednesday night. With Houston on the verge of defeat at the New England Revolution, midfielder Carlo Costly skied to connect with Brad Davis' corner kick and direct a shot on goal.

While the stories that have emerged today concerning Bryan Ruiz have stopped short of suggesting that he has issued a ‘come and get me' plea, they do infer that the FC Twente striker may be holding out for a move to Spurs.

Firstly, the Costa Rican dealt with the rumours surrounding a move to Fulham whose manager Martin Jol would have seen plenty of Ruiz during his time with Ajax.

For 20 teams, the UEFA Champions League group stage is within reach, and half of those teams will try and take the first step to getting there on Tuesday.

The final qualifying round for the Champions League kicks off with Arsenal and Udinese stealing the spotlight with the first-leg of their encounter in London.

Today, The Champions League formally returns. It's the last step for a few European giants to reach the Group Stage of Europe's elite competition or be relegated into the Europa League.

Matches this afternoon include: Arsenal v. Udinese. BATE Borisov v. SK Sturm Graz.