“I did have an offer from Barcelona but Zenit were not happy. I try not to think about what could have happened and at least at Arsenal I am playing. At Barcelona I think I would be sitting on the bench, like Aliaksandr Hleb”

He also added,

“Which player could I replace? Thierry Henry? No, he is too good and I think Messi will be the World Player of the Year. If I could vote it would be for Messi. Even if you just count the goals and the beautiful passes and look at it statistically, Messi would win over Ronaldo.”

“It has been close but Messi has been better. So where would I play at Barcelona?”

The Arsenal striker also revealed that he never wanted to participate in Serie A League of Italy. He indicated that he don’t want to play in Italy due to the defensive style of the league. He said,

I enjoy the honesty of English football, because nobody gives up, and almost all the best players are here. Italian football is at the bottom because of all those scandals. Their league is not very interesting.

With the economic downturn of the world, the hair of Rooney’s hair is falling proportionally. Already his friends and co-players make bet that before Rooney’s child birth his hair will not remain. So, for the tense of hair, Rooney’s hair is falling faster.

At last, Rooney went to hair specialist. Now the weekly £100k salary-man is taking medicine regularly for his hair. He wanted to take these medicines earlier, but these were restricted by the FIFA. At present it is permitted by the administrator. So, Rooney now can hope that his head will turn into bushy hair once.

We also hope that Ronney’s child will see his father’s hair.

Mourinho’s Inter Milan travel to Manchester United in this Wednesday, for the return prop of their last-16 Champions League fight with the Red Devils. Having drawn the first crutch 0-0 at the San Siro, Inter will imagine their chances of creating a major upset by dumping Ferguson’s men out of the competition they won last May in Moscow.

Mourinho’s such performance puts him under the spotlight and creating more weight to rumors that he is been targeted as Ferguson’s replacement.

Mourinho told News of the World that “I have big jobs left in me that is for sure – but I can’t commit to which ones,”

He also added “If you want me to rule out ever being Manchester United manager I can’t. Special clubs need special managers so in theory it could work, but nobody knows what the future is in football. The England national team wanted me as coach and that is the biggest job in England.”

He also commented on Ferguson’s retire and said “How much time I can’t say, Sir Alex doesn’t look like he is ready to stop. But when you are managing a winning team you don’t want to stop – and if you have health then there is no reason to.”

In such declaration, Morinho may lead the Red Devils to the battle field. However, his heavyweight personalities in the English game are unsure as to whether or not it would ever happen.

Except receiving the World Player of The Year Award, Ronaldo also received the Ballon d’Or for his outstanding performance in last year, whose 42 goals in all competitions last season helped Manchester United win the Premier League and Champions League titles. As usual he is extremely happy after winning the award he said,

“It is an overwhelming moment, it is a dream come true and I would like to dedicate this to my family. I’m extremely happy, it’s one of the most important moments in my life and I hope I can come back here again. After what I did in 2008, to receive this award is amazing and I feel very proud of this achievement. But it’s also true that the manager always has an important role to play. It was a great season for me and for my club and the coach was important for me because I learned a lot for him. His experience over so many years is of paramount importance and it’s a privilege to have such a great club manager. This is the climax of a fantastic era for me. I’m happy and proud about what has been done by my team and what we have won. I am lucky to be part of the history of a club like Manchester United.” (Quote from football.co.uk.)

Inter Milan are set to slap a 150,000 euros fine on Brazilian striker Adriano after he missed the first practice session of the year. Inter will present their claim to the Italian league’s disciplinary authorities. Adriano did not show up for training on January 2 at Inter’s Appiano Gentile training complex, who had been on holiday in Brazil at that time.

Adriano will pay 30 percent of his January’s salary, which is the maximum punishment from the club. On the subject, Inter’s Argentine skipper Javier Zanetti told the club website,

I think he has to understand we want him to be happy and to work in the same conditions as others in order to be comfortable in himself and contribute to the work of the team.

Ex Chelsea coach insists his forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a better player than Manchester United leading light Cristiano Ronaldo. Mourinho directly told BBC Sport that,

Ronaldo is a good player but he is certainly not the best. He also added that, He deserved the Golden Ball award because his team won the Champions League and the Premier League. But, for me, Ibrahimovic is the best.

With the coach at the present in charge of Inter Milan of Italy – Manchester’s opponents in the last 16 of the Champions League next spring – Mourinho has started the mind games. Mourinho’s comments are sure to fan the flames ahead of Inter’s clash with Manchester United. For attacking the Ronaldo, Mourinho said there were more than a few players better than the Manchester United winger.

When I think of how a player should be, I think of (AC Milan’s) Kaka, Ibrahimovic and (Barcelona’s Lionel) Messi, Messi is a phenomenon, but in my opinion, Ibrahimovic is the best.  Mourinho told Italy’s Raidue radio.

Yet Ronaldo doesn’t give any comment against Mourinho’s. Ronaldo will get the opportunity to show his skills when Manchester United and Inter will meet in the Champions League second round.

Inter’s boss not only appreciated his present striker Ibrahimovic but also pleased about his formal club striker Drogba.

“Drogba is more than a player for me; he’s a part of me, an extension of the coach on the pitch.”

To come here with that mentality and showing the character the players showed gives us a big boost for the rest of the season. We have belief, we have quality and we showed coming from behind in the other games that we had character. This is enough to make us contenders; this is enough to put us at the top of the table now.

A 10th minute goal from Xabi Alonso was enough to stop Chelsea’s 86 match league run without defeat at Stamford Bridge and send the visiting team three points obvious at the top of the table as the only unbeaten side in the top flight. The link up play among Xabi Alonso, Robbie Keane, Steven Gerrard, Dirk Kuyt and later Ryan Babel was unbelievable up front, showing off a ton of creativity; if they continue their same display then it will be the best chance to achieve their goal.

At the present, after beating Man United and Chelsea, they have to remain that level of consistency going for the rest of the season. If they can, we may have a real fight between four teams at the top of the table instead of just two. Cause within past few seasons it seems to all that the fight is bounded only ManU and Chelsea.

“The estimated time he will be out of action is between six and nine months, depending on his evolution.”

Van Nistelrooy received the blow on his knee while playing against Juventus in the Champions League three weeks ago. Now in the middle of league Real Madrid staying in a poor spell. And after the injury of Nistelrooy it already means Van Nistelrooy will not play again in the 2008-09 season for his club.

Real Madrid is always a big and fulfill club of quality players and they performed well in all types of competition. But in this year they are struggling through a poor spell of form and are already missing key players including central midfielder Ruben de la Red Dutch winger Arjen Robben, and defender Pepe. Nistelrooy was Real’s top scorer in his first season with 25 league goals and equaled a club record of scoring in seven matches in chain. He scored 16 league goals last season and extended his agreement to keep him in Madrid until 2010. Real striker Gonzalo Higuain said,

It’s very sad because Ruud is a very important player.” He also added that, “We hope he will be back with us as soon as possible because he is a great player and a very good person.

So, his injury is a real problem for Madrid. Cause Real Madrid now fall in big crisis of strikers. The club spent the entire summer chasing Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United and ignored to sign another center forward. For this reason they have already lost their great striker Robinho. Now they have only two quality strikers Gonzalo Higuain and Raul. So what will now doing the Real’s administrators, it will be great to see?

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