Benfica 21 year old striker Nelson Oliveira could be moved out on loan as the Eagles are said to be offering his services to French clubs Bordeaux and Saint-Etienne. The Portuguese U21 year old international is not currently getting much playing time at the Luz and with the signing of Djalo will have even less first team action.

Alternate title: "Welcome to the guns show" translated into Portuguese. Before they'd even hit the half hour, Sporting CP defender Oguchi Onyewu had notched one yellow card and two goals.Visual evidence to come...- Greg Seltzer

Real Madrid 4 Athletic Bilbao 1

Welcome to La Liga Lunes! As you may know, Mourinho's formidable Los Blancos defeated Bilbao 4-1 last night, despite Llorente's opening goal in the 13th minute. Unfortunately, the Portuguese was also at the receiving end of jeers from the Madridista crowd, who were allegedly annoyed that he wasn't able to pin down Barcelona earlier in the week.

Rumours are circulating of a serious training ground dispute between coach Jose Mourinho and vice-captain Sergio Ramos on Friday.

According to Madrid-based sports paper Marca, Mourinho accused his playing staff of betrayal following their post-match press reaction on Wednesday night.

No better source than the kid's own mouth.

Glad to see that the club has finally wrapped this deal up. It's been a highly disappointing season for McEachran thus far, with the player finding it damn near impossible to break into the first team at Chelsea under Andre Villas-Boas.

The draw that Chelsea achieved against Fulham on Monday, puts their chance in challenging for title becomes difficult again and this situation is also being admitted by the club's manager, Andre Villas-Boas.

The Portuguese tactician doesn't want to say that everything is already over, since the competition is still long, but the ex-Porto coach admitted that it's much more wiser for his team to focus on their results first before looking at the top teams ahead of them.

In the summer, Chelsea were heavily linked with a potential transfer move for Luca Modric and Gary Cahill and with the winter transfer window set to open, rumors obviously spreads again regarding that possibilities.

However, the club's new manager, Andre Villas-Boas, immediately squashed the rumors as the young tactician noted that those players are not in his mind again this season, since he is pretty much satisfied with what he has at the moment.

Some interesting news coming out of Andre Villas-Boas' press conference post-Newcastle. The Portuguese confirmed that the club has received transfer requests from both Nicolas Anelka and Alex, and that both have been accepted. Cue more January transfer window speculation.

No more of this then.

By Chris Wright

Ricardo Quaresma. He's just one of those players isn't he? A never-quite-living-up-to-the-hype/ego, cripplingly inconsistent walking, talking Youtube highlights reel of a footballer whose stats will always be slightly too good on FIFA/Pro Evo/Football Manager, etc for some reason.

By Chris Wright

Ricardo Quaresma. He's just one of those players isn't he? A never-quite-living-up-to-the-hype/ego, cripplingly inconsistent walking, talking Youtube highlights reel of a footballer whose stats will always be slightly too good on FIFA/Pro Evo/Football Manager, etc for some reason.

Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Besiktas 2-3 Highlights Video 2011 Goals Quaresma is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Besiktas 2-3 Highlights Video 2011 Goals Quaresma is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Besiktas 2011 ( Maccabi Besiktas Video Below) Score and result:- Maccabi vs Besiktas 2-3 ( Yeini, Lugasi/ Quaresma*2, Toraman) Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv- 1 December, 2011- Europa League Portuguese [.

A great match for the Europa League generation Portuguese side Maribor must have thought they were coasting to an easy victory after going 3-0 up against Club Brugge last night. But the Belgian outfit fought back and, in a remarkable turnaround, managed to pull of a 3-4 victory. Video via 101GG

Harry Redknapp told us over the weekend not to expect any transfer activity at the Lane this winter but that was never going to stop the rumour mills from continuing to turn.

However, it may be as a result of the exit rumours concerning Vedran Corluka that Portuguese right back Joao Pereira has now been linked with a January move to the club.

3PM Extra: Mourinho's piggy-back celebration, Casillas' card trick and Becks wins the MLS Cup

Presenting quality football videos from the interweb, daily at 3pm. Here's today's collection: 1) In the week when his former assistant and eventual successor as Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas is looking under pressure at Stamford Bridge, Jose Mourinho proved he is still the master of celebrations with this piggy-back effort after Real Madrid's win against Valencia on Saturday.

Chelsea defeat by Liverpool piles pressure on André Villas-Boas

• Manager insists he has Roman Abramovich's backing • 'We have set out to build something new at this club' André Villas-Boas has claimed he retains the support of the Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich, after a third defeat in four Premier League matches cast his side further adrift in the title race.

Chelsea defeat to Liverpool piles pressure on André Villas-Boas

• Manager insists he has Roman Abramovich's backing • 'We have set out to build something new at this club' André Villas-Boas has claimed he retains the support of the Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich, after a third defeat in four Premier League matches cast his side further adrift in the title race.

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Here's Portuguese legend and Kickette fantasy boink buddy Luis Figo at the Estadio da Luz on November 15th. He received a UEFA award for playing in more than 100 international games. Part of his prize pack was this hat.

Still hot? Or would removal and burning be a 'pre-match' contractual obligation for you?

The last four teams are ready for the Euro 2012 in Poland and Ucraine:Portugal: After 0-0 in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Portuguese lived up to the expectations and dispatched the Bosnians with a resounding 6-2.Ireland: The Irish are back in a major footballing tournament, after 1-1 at home against Estonia, which was enough after their 0-4 victory in Tallinn.

Video- Nani goal vs Bosnia Herzegovina BiH- Portugal 2011 November is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Video- Nani goal vs Bosnia Herzegovina BiH- Portugal 2011 November is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Portuguese winger Nani has given us some crackers in his lifetime and this stunning Nani goal vs Bosnia ( video below) is right up there with the best.

Castrol Edge has announced the renewal of its contract with Cristiano Ronaldo for a further two years - strengthening the existing relationship between Castrol and the Portuguese winger.

Liverpool is set to go up against Juventus in the battle to sign Portuguese international centre-back Bruno Alves, playing with with Zenit Saint-Petersbourg.
It has been reported that the 29 year old was Juventus bound, however it now appears, according to reports in Italy, that Juventus face strong opposition from Liverpool who are looking to add Alves experience to their defence.

Real Madrid 4-0 Lyon Los Blancos maintain perfect Champions League record - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Real Madrid kept up their 100% record in the champions league this season with an impressive 4-0 victory over Lyon. The hosts took the lead on the 18th minute mark when Mesut Ozil's dangerous corner found Karim Benzema at the back post for an easy tap-in.

Real Madrid keep perfect record with four goals - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Real Madrid kept up their 100% record in the champions league this season with an impressive 4-0 victory over Lyon. The hosts took the lead on the 18th minute mark when Mesut Ozil's dangerous corner found Karim Benzema at the back post for an easy tap-in.

Real Madrid keep perfect record with four goals - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Real Madrid kept up their 100% record in the champions league this season with an impressive 4-0 victory over Lyon. The hosts took the lead on the 18th minute mark when Mesut Ozil's dangerous corner found Karim Benzema at the back post for an easy tap-in.

Real Madrid currently occupy third place while Barcelona are on top but only by a point with Levante separating the perennial contenders in Spain. One of the main reasons behind Real's 24 goals in 7 La Liga matches is the presence of key player Cristiano Ronaldo, but the Portuguese star is not the only reason behind this tally which is second to Barca only.

I am surprised that AVB has said that he believes the arrival of Juan Mata has had nothing to do with the return to form of Fernando Torres. When he was asked about it he said the following:

"[It has] Nothing to do with it, in my opinion. We don't add in terms of nationalities for every player, for people to get involved socially outside of the pitch.

Chelsea have offered striker Salomon Kalou a new deal to replace his current contract that ends next summer. The 26 year old striker has in the recent past become surplus to the squad after the arrival of Mata, Toress and Lukakhu.

Of course, there are very many different views as to whether Kalou deserves to be a Blues player, however, the truth of the matter is that his talent cannot be doubted.

It is now more then 24 hours since the disappointing loss to Denmark, a loss that has sent our National side to the playoff zone and one final attempt to qualify for Euro 2012. Portugal will face either Turkey, Bosnia, Montenegro or Estonia in a home and home in November and the Quinas should not take any of these countries for granted.

Portugal's loss to Denmark yesterday is almost like a deja-vu from World Cup 2010 qualifying as the Danes took the group and Portugal needed to defeat Bosnia to reach the soccers main stage. Portugal can thank the Dutch for losing to Sweden costing the Portuguese an automatic spot in Euro 2012 as the best second place finisher, so as seems the norm of late, Portugal will need to qualifying

Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo faces a nervous two-legged play-off tie in order to seal his countries place in Euro 2012 after Portugal lost 2-1 to Denmark in their Group H decider. An early goal by midfielder Michael Krohn-Dehli and a strike by Sunderland striker Nicklas Bendtner just past the hour proved decisive as Morten Olsen's [.

Both teams came out the tunnel to an amazing atmosphere in Copenhagen, Denmark. You could sure tell that the crowd was up for it. It was 'winner takes all' and Denmark deservedly took the plaudits and prize. The Dane's played 1/2 touch football all night, the Portuguese struggled to get near them in long periods of the game.

So Ricardo Costa is miffed that he isnt being played. He recently had an interview in Portugal here is the jist of it translated to english.

The Portuguese international, 30, said about a news article about him being offered to Español.

"I didn't want to believe it when I saw it [the story].

What have we been telling you about for weeks? Months, even? Have you been paying attention? Do you know what's happening this week? If you guessed that all hell was breaking loose in the rankings then you've been paying attention.
A few weeks ago, when English and Portuguese clubs had last season's numbers drop out of the equations, it didn't cause a huge tremor in the rankings.

By Alan Duffy

The Anfield hero and homophobic abuser of Graeme Le Saux is to take that big step from playing to managing after being named as Muangthong United boss.

Fowler joined the Thailand Premier League club in a playing capacity this year, signing a one-year deal, after knocking around the Australian A-League for a while.

Since the loss of Cristiano Ronaldo to the Spanish La Liga, the Premier League was searching for a new world class player who could be as brilliant as the phenomenal Portuguese. Fernando Torres threatened briefly until he started sulking more than scoring, Didier Drogba could never be that star face as he is all brute force but Carlos Tevez could have been that world class marquee player that the Barclays Premier League needed.

FC Basel's warm-up mats are ridiculously organized but they won't know it from down there! Anyway, before you write off the Swiss side's chances completely against powerhouses Man United later today, listen to what coach Thorsten Fink has to say. Sure, he sounds like the ice-cream man who knows he is running out of cones, but in football, there are always waffle, chocolate cones, cups, etc.

Stretcher FAIL Striker Salvador Agra, of Portuguese side Olhanense, found out the true meaning of a double blow yesterday. The 19-year-old was knocked unconscious after sickeningly taking an opponent's knee to the temple. There was a nine-minute delay while medical teams worked on Agra before deciding he needed to be rushed to hospital.

Stretcher FAIL Striker Salvador Agra, of Portuguese side Olhanense, found out the true meaning of a double blow yesterday. The 19-year-old was knocked unconscious after sickeningly taking an opponent's knee to the temple. There was a nine-minute delay while medical teams worked on Agra before deciding he needed to be rushed to hospital.

Just as last season, Manchester United's winger, Luis Nani, had a promising start into the season, becoming one of the most influential players for Sir Alex Ferguson's team especially in the premier league, where they managed to keep a perfect record so far.

This good condition encouraged Nani to dream big this season as he is eying to become the best player in the world, but before achieving that ambition, the Portuguese winger understand that first he needs to provide more titles for his club.

By Chris Wright

In which Cristiano Ronaldo is seen doling out the old middle-finger salute while boarding the Real Madrid coach after getting a pretty rough reception from fans gathered at Santander Airport...

It's all a bit 'Meh' in this humble scribe's opinion, but Ronaldo's gesture seems to have caused a wee bit of a stir in Spanish media circles, with a couple of outlets admonishing such a heinous act of aloof petulance while pro-Real spout MARCA are unsurprisingly claiming that the Portuguese greaser was in fact just flipping Pepe the bird an explanation that seems entirely plausible to me.