MAVHARIVHARI (Rumours) & INTERNATIONAL UPDATES • Zlatan Ibrahimovic has hinted that he feels Pep Guardiolas tactical approach kept Barcelona from winning the Champions League in 2009-10. • Chelsea forward Eden Hazard, 23, has ruled out any chance of leaving Chelsea for Paris St-Germain, despite continued interest from the French champions. • Barcelona sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta says that Neymar and Lionel Messi are much more than just outstanding players. • Aston Villa, Sunderland and Southampton are set to battle it out for the signature of Manchester United winger Ashley Young, 29. • Chelseas Ryan Bertrand, 25, whose loan stint at Southampton is his ninth with seven different clubs, is hoping to make his latest escape from Chelsea in January. • Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers gave up his free Sunday to join striker Daniel Sturridge, 25, in a training session to test his fitness ahead of this weeks Champions League match in Basel. • West Brom manager Alan Irvine believes that striker Saido Berahino should be in England manager Roy Hodgsons thoughts for the upcoming European Championship qualifiers against San Marino and Estonia. • Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has ordered his players in for extra practice at taking corners. The Gunners had 15 corners in Saturdays north London derby draw with Spurs but only created one chance from them. • Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has revealed he will continue to rotate his squad, including goalkeepers Joe Hart and Willy Caballero. • Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock has praised the performance of winger Jason Puncheon, 28, after criticising him last season. • A campaign has been launched calling for former Stoke City kit man Neil Baldwin to be given a knighthood after his story was told in the BBC film Marvellous last week.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 04:58:57 +0000