Man Utd vs Birmingham
Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish faces major selection problems ahead of his team's daunting return to the Barclays Premier League at Manchester United on Sunday.
Defenders Liam Ridgewell, Martin Taylor, Scott Dann, Giovanny Espinoza and David Murphy are all unavailable.
Midfielder Lee Bowyer is suspended while striker Marcus Bent is sidelined by a hamstring problem.
But new signings Joe Hart, Roger Johnson, Gregory Vignal and Barry Ferguson will all make their debuts.
Fellow new boy, striker Christian Benitez, could be on the bench as he continues his recovery from shoulder surgery.
Teams:
Man Utd (from): Foster, Kuszczak, O'Shea, De Laet, Ferdinand, Brown, Evans, Evra, Fabio, Nani, Carrick, Scholes, Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs, Park, Tosic, Valencia, Owen, Rooney, Berbatov, Macheda.
Birmingham (from): Hart, Taylor, Carr, Roger Johnson, Queudrue, Vignal, Parnaby, Larsson, Carsley, Ferguson, McSheffrey, Damien Johnson, Fahey, McFadden, Jerome, O'Connor, Phillips, Benitez, Sammons, Wilson.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Kalac Out From Milan
Reports emanating from Italy suggest that Zeljko Kalac is on his way out at AC Milan.
The former Australian national goalkeeper has fallen out of favour under new boss Leonardo and has been unimpressive in pre-season training.
Christian Abbiati, Marco Storari and Nelson Dida are holding sway ahead of Kalac who signed for the Rossoneri in 2005 from Perugia.
It is believed that Parma are showing interest in the 36-year old who may be released on a free transfer after four years at the San Siro.
Huntelaar Adapting Very Good at Milan
Go from Real Madrid, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar does not need to Long to adjust to the new club, AC Milan. At least, that's the claim from his colleague, Luca Antonini.
As known, Huntelaar go to San Siro after agreeing a contract worth 15 million euros, for four years. The striker who has not even one season with Los Galacticos must be willing to give place to the new striker Karim Benzema.
He was associated with the Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart, but the player who have a nickname The Hunter finally choose Milan as the next destination. Huntelaar apparently does not need to wait long to adapt to the new environment.
"He (Huntelaar) fine, he immediately felt like at home with the team," commented Antonini.
"He prepared well, he will surely become a great player (with Milan)," said the 27 years player, Calciomercato.it, Saturday (15/8/2009).
Can not wait to see the former Ajax Amsterdam star use Rossoneri jersey? Wait his action with Ronaldinho in Serie A 2009/2010, 22 August to come.
Hughes Request The Player Ready to face the challenges
Manchester City boss Mark Hughes knows his club transfer activity in summer stock, make the expectations to get a very high achievement.
To avoid the high expectation, Hughes consistently refused to reveal the specific target and affirm all players should be ready to pressure and use it to achieve victory.
"The challenge is in front of the eye, but after working with the squad since pre-season, focus and strength of the players improved. We must open the space itself to expand opportunities to reach success," said Hughes.
" We welcome this season with a sharp attention of all parties, but I think we are able to handle it well. Things such as the day will be more strong and we must maintain concentration to reach the target that you want to get "
"Of course we do not want to disappoint fans as season ago. We will work hard and if all goes according to plan, we will be having a wonderful season," Hughes said.
Torres Signed a New Contract
Fernando Torres finally signed a new contract with Liverpool.
In fact, the agreement between Liverpool and Torres have been achieved since May. This signed just for formality and to ensure agreement.
In liverpool official site, the management announced Torres will stay for four seasons in the future, in accordance with the agreement signed six seasons in the year 2007.
While the detail of the new contract is the club have the option to extend the contract one more season, which makes it stand at Anfield until 2014.
