WorldSoccerGuide.com

Marseille midfelder Mathieu Valbuena has decided to stay with the club after turning down the opportunity to move away from the French Ligue 1, with clubs such as Liverpool and Atletico Madrid said to be interested in the young star. Valbuena was told by coach Didier Deschamps that he did not feature in his sides plans [...]

Portsmouth are understood to have their bid to sign striker Amr Zaki turned down by Egyptian side Zamalek. Earlier reports had suggested that the club had made a £3 million bid for the striker following Sulaiman Al Fahim’s takeover of the club had injected much needed funds into the south coast club. However, Zaki’s agent Nader Shawki [...]

Serie A Sampdoria, Juventus, Lazio and Genoa are sitting pretty in Italy with two wins out of two. The Milan derby saw an Inter team who had been held at home the previous week play ‘away’ at Milan who had an away victory to their name. The outcome would have been a little difficult to predict. Motta [...]

A frantic day of transfer activity is anticipated as clubs have until 1700 BST to sign players before the window slams shut.

Former World Cup winner Patrick Vieira is contemplating a move to Major League Soccer after his European career. The 33-year-old Inter Milan midfielder, whose contract expires in a year, has been hampered by injuries for the past two seasons. Last week, France coach Raymond Domenech omitted him for two upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Romania and Serbia.

Colorado and Dallas have switched defenders Drew Moor and Ugo Ihemelu.

Club record signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a late debut goal as Barcelona began their title defence with a convincing 3-0 home win over Sporting Gijon on Monday. Birthday boy Bojan Krkic, who turned 19 three days ago, and Seydou Keita had put Barca 2-0 up at the interval before Ibrahimovic, a 69-million-euro capture from Inter Milan, [...]

Benfica left a great impression in their third Liga Sagres match of the season, beating Vitoria Setubal eight goals to one. The Lisbon outfit dominated through the start and went ahead with a goal from Javi Garcia in the 16th minute. Luisao added a second five minutes later and Oscar Cardozo converted a penalty in minute [...]

As planned, José Mourinho has given his players three days off after the victory over AC Milan. Inter will resume training on Wednesday with an afternoon session. When the players report back to work, the Inter coach will be without the fifteen players who are away on international duty. Inter will train on Wednesday, Thursday [...]

Juventus reached an agreement with Olympique Lyonnais for the definite transfer of Fabio Grosso for a total of €2 million payable in three annual instalments. The value of the agreement can be increased up to a further €1 million upon reaching certain sport objectives during the length of the contract. The agreement is under the [...]