Barcelona push for international pay change

Barcelona president Sandro Rosell said the European Club Association (ECA) wants FIFA and UEFA to pay their players in major tournaments.

Rosell feels that the current situation, where clubs pay their players although they are unavailable, is unfair and is hopeful that football’s governing bodies are open to change.

“Will clubs ask FIFA and UEFA to pay players during the World Cup or European Championship? This is what we are discussing with both institutions,” Rosell said to reporters in Doha.

“That could happen in the near future because we don’t think it’s fair that we pay the salaries and they use our players and they get income using our players.”

“This is something that has to be treated very seriously. We hope they will hear what we want to tell them.”

Rosell said the ECA also wanted UEFA to make changes to the Champions League to increase income for the clubs.

“We want to have the Champions League under the umbrella of UEFA, but we also want UEFA to hear our demands.”

“We are asking for more revenue. We are asking for governance, transparency and insurance.”

“We would like to have a Champions League with more teams. That means, one day we can play a Barcelona v Manchester United Champions League game on Saturday or Sunday.”

Rosell recently said it would benefit the top clubs if domestic leagues were reduced to 16 teams to give them a better chance to boost income.

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Barcelona push for international pay change

Barcelona president Sandro Rosell said the European Club Association (ECA) wants FIFA and UEFA to pay their players in major tournaments.

Rosell feels that the current situation, where clubs pay their players although they are unavailable, is unfair and is hopeful that football’s governing bodies are open to change.

“Will clubs ask FIFA and UEFA to pay players during the World Cup or European Championship? This is what we are discussing with both institutions,” Rosell said to reporters in Doha.

“That could happen in the near future because we don’t think it’s fair that we pay the salaries and they use our players and they get income using our players.”

“This is something that has to be treated very seriously. We hope they will hear what we want to tell them.”

Rosell said the ECA also wanted UEFA to make changes to the Champions League to increase income for the clubs.

“We want to have the Champions League under the umbrella of UEFA, but we also want UEFA to hear our demands.”

“We are asking for more revenue. We are asking for governance, transparency and insurance.”

“We would like to have a Champions League with more teams. That means, one day we can play a Barcelona v Manchester United Champions League game on Saturday or Sunday.”

Rosell recently said it would benefit the top clubs if domestic leagues were reduced to 16 teams to give them a better chance to boost income.

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Liverpool to Make £17.5m Swap Offer for Argentine International Wing Wizard

Benfica midfielder Nicolas Gaitan has caught the eye of Liverpool scouts who are now monitoring the 23-year-old Argentinian international.

The left-sided player moved to Portugal from Boca Juniors last year and scored the goal against PSG which put Benfica into the Europa League quarter-finals.

SOURCE: Daily Mirror

Having arrived only arrived at Benfica last summer it may take some persuading secure the signing of impressive young Argentine international Nicolas Gaitan. Some sources believe that Liverpool may offer Maxi as part of a player plus cash offer to seal the deal.

Gaitan has had a good first season at the Estádio da Luz, scoring goals a plenty and contributing a number of assists both in domestic competition and even more so in Europa League action. The 23 year old can play in a number of roles but works best out wide on the left which has been something of a problem area of a few seasons now.

Ryan Babel attempted to fill that role and Yossi Benayoun was at times effective in that position before he left for Chelsea. The likes of Maxi, Joe Cole and Milan Jovanovic have also been used in wide areas with moderate success but Kenny Dalglish is looking for a new addition who can help provide ammunition for his new front men Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll.

Benfica are thought to be looking for up to

Arsenal Set to Sign £6m German International Per Mertesacker

Per Mertesacker set for Arsenal move in summer, Werder Bremen chief hints
Arsenal target Per Mertesacker looks set to leave his present club Werder Bremen at the end of the season.
The Gunners have struggled at centre-back all season, with key player Thomas Vermaelen not having played since September and French signing Sebastien Squillaci failing to impress.

Manager Arsene Wenger is believed to have targeted German international Mertesacker to solve his defensive problems, and Werder Bremen are ready to cash in.
Mertesacker and goalkeeper Tim Wiese will both have just one year left on their contracts with the Bundesliga team in June, and Werder’s general manager Klaus Allofs indicated that the club cannot afford to lose the pair for nothing.
‘If you are not going to hand out an extension to an outrunning contract then you need to know all the possibilities available to you,’ he said.
‘As soon as we are aware of our fate in the Bundesliga this spring, we are going to clarify

Gunners International Round Up

By: Sairax | March 30th, 2011
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If you don’t like international games, you will probably not enjoy this post. Just giving you a heads up.

Netherlands 5 Hungary 3: Euro 2012 Qualifier The Oranje came out on top of this fixture again after having hammered Hungary 4-0 just last week. They made harder work of it particularly in the second half which saw seven goals between the two teams. Robin van Persie claimed the only goal in the first half and picked up an injury which saw him substituted at halftime. The Dutch have assessed him and Bert van Marwijk says that he just had a “knee to his thigh” and will be able to play this weekend. RvP still needs to be checked out by Arsenal’s medical team, so really, we know nothing. There doesn’t seem to be any real concern about it yet, but we should know more tomorrow. Of course, we’ll tell you as soon as we hear anything.

Czech Republic 2 Liechtenstein 0: Euro 2012 Qualifier Tomas Rosicky captained the Czech side who earned a full 3 points against Liechtenstein yesterday. He got the assist on the first goal of the night scored by Milan Baros. Came off unharmed in the 84th minute. Interesting stat from OptaJoe: Andres Iniesta and Tomas Rosicky have created the most scoring chances in Euro 2012 Qualifying so far. I have to say, he impresses whenever I see him with his national team. Let’s hope he still has something to contribute to the rest of the Arsenal season.

France 0 Croatia 0: Friendly Sagna and Kos warmed the bench while Clichy and Nasri took to the pitch in yesterday’s stalemate. Clichy played the full 90 minutes and Nasri was subbed off somewhere after the 80th minute. Both seemed to have a decent performance from the bits I managed to watch. No injuries as far as I know. Oh, and did I mention that Laurent Blanc wants to take Arsenal players on a mini tour where they could play three games in six days. I’ve never seen literal steam coming out from a person’s ears, but I’m sure Wenger is making it happen right now.

Slovakia 1 Denmark 2: Friendly Bendtner played 75 minutes and was not injured. That is all I know.

Qatar 1 Russia 1: Friendly Arshavin provided an assist for Russia’s equalizer, which hopefully will calm down some of his critics. He is not injured, but he did play 45 minutes yesterday on top of the 90 minutes he played just a couple of days earlier. Hopefully he will have enough gas in the tank to play this weekend.

Mexico 1 Venezuela 1: Friendly Carlos Vela came on as a halftime sub for Mexico and looked lively throughout the half. Didn’t pick up any knocks.

England 1 Ghana 1: Friendly Jack Wilshere played 70 minutes for England in a very entertaining friendly against Ghana. I assume that was due to the absence of the “Golden Generation” twats, but maybe that’s just me.

Hope I didn’t miss anyone. The only game left from what I can see is Morocco v Botswana today at 4:00pm ET and I assume Chamakh will play in that. Otherwise, we seem to have fared well overall on the international injury watch. Let’s hope some good news is confirmed soon regarding RvP’s injury status.

If you’ve already forgotten everything you’ve just read and are already looking forward to seeing the Arsenal again this weekend, then here is a video to remind you that we’re still in the race, and we can’t give up:

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International Round-up

By: Sam | March 30th, 2011
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Five was the magic number in what was a modest week for Fulham players representing their counties. W5 D5 L5 across international friendlies and Euro 2012 qualifiers.

Out of the 12 players on duty, one player could be injured for the Blackpool game. And, say it ain’t so, it’s Aaron Hughes who picked up a shoulder injury.

USA
- Dempsey
Played two friendlies. Came from behind to hold Argentina in a credible 1-1 draw but fell to a 1-0 defeat to Paraguay

Belgium
- Dembele
Their chances for Euro 2012 qualification are back on track as they beat Austria away 2-0 and Azerbaijan 4-1 at home.

Northern Ireland
- Baird
- Hughes
A 2-1 away defeat to Serbia and 0-0 draw at home means Northern Ireland’s Euro 2012 qualifying hopes are pretty slim.

Hungary
- Gera
Similarly with Hungary, who succumbed to back-to-back defeats against Netherlands; 4-0 at home and 5-3 away.

Ghana
- Painstil
Asamoah Gyan netted a superb individual goal to take a very credible 1-1 draw at Wembley. Painstil almost scored, too. And of course ran a lap of honour after the game.

Ireland
- Kelly
- Duff
A fortuitous enough 2-1 home win against Macedonia means they’re still right in it for a place in Euro 2012. Stephen Kelly captained Ireland’s international friendly, a 3-2 home defeat against Uruguay.

Norway
- Hangeland
- Riise
Norway grabbed a late equaliser in a 1-1 home draw against Denmark to stay top of their qualifying group. Denmark’s Dennis Rommedahl scored a cracking volley from outside the box.

Mexico
- Salcido
Mexico beat 3-1 Paraguay and drew 1-1 with Venuzula, both games in California.

Australia
- Schwarzer
Some World Cup revenge for Australia as they beat Germany 2-1 away.

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