Wesley Sneijder has been linked with Manchester United in the past few days, and not for the
first time. The Dutchman has continuously been linked with Manchester United for the best part of
two seasons but each time the move was apparently close to completion something cropped up an
prevented it from being finalized.
Barcelona, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Internazionale Milan, Bayern Munich, Manchester United,
Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal. So many great clubs in the heart of Europe but not one has yet
made a major transfer purchase in this January transfer window. To some degree or another, it could
be argued, that each and every one of those aforementioned clubs need at least one single player,
if not more in a few different positions.
Luka Modric, perhaps the stand out performer of this English Premier League season so far, has
said he might leave Tottenham during the January transfer window, although he is more likely to
reconsider his position at the end of the campaign. The speculation began when Luka Modric's agent
suggested that his client might leave Tottenham in January because "in football anything is
possible".
Here are the groups for the 2011-12 UEFA Champions League. Matchday 1 begins on Tue Sep 13.
Group A
Bayern Munich
Villarreal
Manchester City
Napoli
Group B
Internazionale Milan
CSKA Moscow
Lille Metropole
Trabzonspor
Group C
Manchester United
Benfica
Basel
Otelul Galati
Group D
Real Madrid
Olympique Lyon
Amsterdam Ajax
Dinamo Zagreb
Group E
Chelsea
Valencia
Bayer Leverkusen
Racing Genk
Group F
Arsenal
Olympique Marseille
Olympiacos Piraeus
Borussia Dortmund
Group G
Porto
Shakhtar Donetsk
Zenit St Petersburg
APOEL
Group H
Barcelona
AC Milan
BATE Borisov
Viktoria Plzen
Matches & scores.
Six key questions on why top clubs could stage a European revolt
• Europe's biggest clubs could start breakaway league in 2014 • Owners motivated by
possibility of generating more money Who are the teams involved? It is the biggest brands in
football that are driving this agenda.
When Deloitte release their annual list of 'Richest Football Clubs', there's plenty of debate on
English football's earning power, the individual TV deals negotiated by Real Madrid and Barcelona,
Manchester United's position at the top of the Premier League food chain, insane amounts of debt in
the game, and so on.
