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Juliano Belletti says he wants to stay at Barcelona, but admits he is considering offers from other clubs.

The Brazilian full-back's chances were limited last season following the arrival of Gianluca Zambrotta and Lilian Thuram from Juventus.

Belletti is also believed to be one of the players Barca are looking off-load after the arrival of defenders Eric Abidal and Gabi Milito in the summer.

"It's difficult. Barcelona say they want me to stay and I want to stay, but we're hearing other things," Belletti explained.


"My agent is listening to offers and so are the club, I think."

Belletti has been included in the Barca squad for Wednesday's friendly against Bayern Munich at the Olympic Stadium.


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Reports emanating from Spain have claimed Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Daniel Alves following extensive negotiations with Sevilla.

Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon has been in Madrid this week, in order to hold talks with Sevilla vice-president Jose Maria Cruz and their director of sport Ramon Rodriquez Monchi.

It has been reported in Spain that the two clubs have now concurred on a fee of around 32 million euros (£25million).

Increased bid

Chelsea had hoped to land the talented Brazilian for around £20million but if reports are to be believed, Sevilla have held out for, and received, a more attractive offer.

Jose Mourinho has made no secret of his desire to add a new right-back to his playing ranks, and it does now look as though his wish has been granted with the noticeable capture of Alves.

Spanish newspaper AS have claimed: "Chelsea general manager Peter Kenyon and Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido came to an agreement Tuesday evening and are awaiting the green light from Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.

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Arsene Wenger's verdict on the fulham game.

Dear Supporter,

We had a terrible start on Sunday and we played against a good Fulham side with a good goalkeeper. But apart from that I thought we were resilient, we didn't give up for 90 minutes.

We were physically strong, mentally strong, and those late goals ensured we got the result we wanted. We had our backs to the wall but we didn't give in.

Fulham finished the game very, very tired because they ran a great deal after the ball. They fought hard and I must say Fulham have quality. They could even have scored the second goal and that would have ended our hopes.

This is the kind of the result that can change the season for a team, because we know we were one-nil down and came back and won the game, and that's at least a positive start.

To lose that game on Sunday would certainly have been a big blow to the team because everybody would be talking about Thierry Henry's departure. A defeat would have hit our confidence.

Jens Lehmann is relieved after his early mistake. I was surprised he did what he did because he is an experienced keeper and it's important to deal with your first backpass.

I think he changed his mind as the ball rolled towards him and then he was not quick enough to respond to his brain, because he lost his co-ordination and made a mistake. He was certainly the happiest boy in the dressing room after the game!

Alex Hleb is adamant there was a 100 per cent penalty which wasn't given after a foul on him. It certainly didn't look to me like he dived.

I thought Alex did well in behind the main striker. Robin van Persie was sometimes a bit isolated, and when Nicklas Bendtner came on it was a bit easier. But sometimes it depends on the game.

Am I feeling the pressure? Well, I was not stressed on Sunday because I felt that the players would give everything to win. And as long as you have that in the team, and you have quality on the pitch, you always have hope.

We begin our Champions League campaign on Wednesday against Sparta Prague. Eduardo has a 50-50 chance of being fit for the first leg but Emmanuel Adebayor will not travel to Prague.

Thanks for your support.



Arsène Wenger

Paul merson, Ian wright and all other former players giving negative comments can go to hell .

I've got hope on him too. He's a clinical finisher thats for sure.

Eduardo has been ruled out of tmrw's game.

Peter Storrie insists Portsmouth will not try to unsettle Middlesbrough striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni.

Pompey boss Harry Redknapp is keen to bring the Nigerian back to Fratton Park, but is concerned by the £10million transfer fee.

Redknapp also revealed that Everton and West Ham United are leading the chase for the striker, who Boro are determined to keep.

Portsmouth chief executive Storrie acknowledged the interest in Yakubu, but says the club will abide by Boro's stance on the player's future.

"I think obviously Harry has made it quite clear that Yak is someone he likes," Storrie told Sky Sports News.


Other options

"But he's a Middlesbrough player and from what we understand Middlesbrough, understandably, don't want to sell him.

"So, unless that situation changes in any way, we won't be any party to upsetting the player.

"If he's at Middlesbrough, and happy with Middlesbrough, that's fine, we've got other options.

"We are looking at a couple of other areas in terms of strikers, and other areas of the park as well.

"We are possibly looking for a couple more before the deadline


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Middlesbrough have revealed they have agreed a fee with Tottenham for Mido.

The 24-year-old is now at Boro's Rockliffe Park training ground to undergo a medical.

Boro manager Gareth Southgate is hopeful of completing a deal in the next 36 hours.

"We've agreed a fee with Tottenham and that's enabled us to have Mido up to see us and he's currently in the process of having a medical," Southgate told Boro's official website.

"Hopefully if everything goes well we'll have some news in the next 36 hours.

"All the talks have been very positive and I don't see the medical being too much of a problem for him."

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MADRID, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Real Madrid continued their makeover of the championship-winning squad when they unveiled Dutch duo Wesley Sneijder and Royston Drenthe at the Bernabeu on Monday.

Drenthe, 20, completed his move from Feyenoord for a reported fee of 14 million euros, while the 23-year-old Sneijder switched from Ajax after Real agreed to pay 27 million euros for the highly rated midfielder.

With the addition of the two Dutchmen, Real have signed six new players at a cost of in excess of 70 million euros ($95.87 million) since coach Fabio Capello was sacked after steering the club to the league title last season.

The signings of Sneijder and Drenthe will bring Real's Dutch contingent to three players, striker Ruud van Nistelrooy having joined the club last season from Manchester United.

Real are also trying to sign Chelsea's Dutch winger Arjen Robben, a target ever since Ramon Calderon was elected president last year.

Sneijder said that he hoped the club's Dutch colony would help the club repeat the success enjoyed by arch-rivals Barcelona when they signed a series of players from the Netherlands.

'Real Madrid have now got the Dutch players and I hope they will lead the team to victory as they did at Barcelona,' the midfielder told a news conference.

'You'll have to ask the Real Madrid technical staff why they are signing so many Dutch players.'

'I'm not the right person to tell Real Madrid to buy Robben as well, but he is a great player and maybe in the future I will play with him here at Real Madrid.'

Sneijder's compatriot Drenthe, who can play on the left side of midfield or at fullback, was one of the outstanding players on show at the European Under-21 Championship in June, as he helped the Dutch retain their title.

Real are reported to have signed him as a successor to Brazilian defender Roberto Carlos who left the club at the end of last season.

The 20-year-old said he had no preferences as to his position at his new club.

'I will play wherever the coach wants me to, he's the boss and I will do as he wants,' he said.

'As a footballer you have to be prepared for anything, as a Real Madrid player you have to put up with a great deal of pressure.

Both players could make their debut for Real in the return leg of the Spanish Super Cup against Sevilla at the Bernabeu on Sunday. Real lost the first leg 1-0.

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Chelsea target Daniel Alves has been left out of Sevilla's squad for the Champions League third qualifying round first-leg tie against AEK Athens.

The highly-rated Brazilian wing-back has not been selected by Juande Ramos for tomorrow's home encounter despite being fit, increasing speculation that his days at Sevilla are numbered.

The 24-year-old Alves, who is also a target of Spanish champions Real Madrid, is reportedly keen on a move to London.

"Alves is not on the list," Sevilla coach Juande Ramos told a news conference on the eve of the match. Ramos added that the player had told him that he was not in the right state of mind to play in the match.

The dynamic 24-year-old defender has asked Sevilla to listen to offers from big clubs, saying that he felt it was time for him to move on.

Last week Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido said the club had received two offers of in excess of £20million for the player.

Alves, who joined Sevilla from Bahia in 2003 for less than a million euros, signed a contract extension with the Andalucians last December linking him to the club to 2012.

He has been one of the club's outstanding players in recent seasons and was a key figure in their UEFA Cup triumphs in 2006 and 2007 and their victory in the King's Cup last June.

He was part of the Brazil side that won the Copa America in July and scored one of the goals in the 3-0 victory over Argentina in the final.

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