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"We want him to be involved in the big games because of his experience and we will always taper that recovery to allow him to be at the very best", says Rodgers.

ISL franchisee NorthEast United FC arrived in Goa for a pre-season training tour which includes three friendlies before the beginning of the inaugural ISL Oct 12.

Allegri will return to San Siro for the first time in a competitive match since he was fired by AC Milan in January.

India though can take solace from the fact that all the other sub-continent teams are lying lower than the Sunil Chettri-led side.

Franck Ribery will miss Bayern Munich's opening Champions League game against Manchester City on Wednesday because of a recurrence of his knee problem.

"To give exposure to the players, AIFF is tying up with Brazilian team, for an exchange program of the U-17 team," said Kushal Das, General Secretary, AIFF.

Bayern kick off their campaign at home on Wednesday against familiar rival Manchester City, as the sides meet for the third time in four seasons.

Ancelotti urged the club's fans to "be positive" after Casillas was again targeted with whistles in Tuesday's 5-1 Champions League drubbing of FC Basel.

Manchester City beat Bayern 3-2 in Munich in the group stage last season and the Bundesliga champions are ravaged by injury ahead of their Group E opener.

Ferdinand has become the first senior player to publicly criticise Moyes, who lasted just 10 months in charge as manager at Old Trafford last season.

A couple have named their new-born son Messi after being granted permission to circumvent a 45-year-old law banning the use of last names as first names.

Also, table-toppers Chelsea meet surprise second-place occupants Swansea at Stamford Bridge.

The task of restoring the former glories is with Louis van Gaal, and the club told investors that the former Netherlands manager needs to deliver a top-three finish in the EPL.

The training consists of specific exercises and players are practising ball coordination, energy and agility movements to keep the pace up for 90 minutes.

Mexico settled for a 0-0 draw with Chile after squandering several good chances to score in the second half of their friendly on Saturday.

Negredo, 29, joined City from Sevilla in July 2013 but after an impressive start his form tailed off and he missed out on a place in Spain's squad for the 2014 World Cup.