Fletcher submits transfer request

Wolves striker Steven Fletcher has asked to leave the club after Sunderland made a £12m offer for the player on Tuesday.

The 25-year-old

said on Twitter:

“Just handed in a transfer request just to let the fans know where I am at right now…. #headsgone.”

The Black Cats’ bid is thought to be close to Wolves’ valuation.

Fletcher’s former club Burnley will be due 15% of any profit Wolves make on a player they paid £7m for in 2010.

Wolves responded to the tweet with

a club statement:

“Wolves can confirm that Steven Fletcher has handed in an official transfer request.

“The player’s frustration stems from the fact that several bids have been rejected for his services, none of which meets the club’s valuation.

“As previously stated, no player will leave Wolves unless the club’s valuation is met.”

Sunderland are short of attacking options following the departures of Asamoah Gyan and Nicklas Bendtner.

Fletcher has two years remaining on his contract at Molineux, leaving Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey in a strong position to negotiate the best possible deal. O’Neill has made Fletcher, who scored 12 Premier League goals last season, his prime attacking target this summer.

No Sunderland player reached double figures in goals last season, with Bendtner and Stephane Sessegnon the top-scorers with eight.

O’Neill believes Fletcher, who scored seven headers last season, will give Sunderland’s attack much-needed potency.

Fletcher has suffered Premier League relegations with Burnley and Wolves during the past three seasons, but his goals-to-games ratio is better than one in three.

Dinamo deny Ludogorets at the death

GNK Dinamo Zagreb 3-2 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (agg: 4-3)A Domagoj Vida winner eight minutes into added time earned the Croatian side a place in the third qualifying round and denied the debutants.

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UEFA Champions League debutants PFC Ludogorets Razgrad were denied a place in the third qualifying round by Domagoj Vida's winner eight minutes into added time.

With the score level at 1-1 from the first leg in Bulgaria, Ante Čačić's men had a slight advantage heading into the return. However, a spirited attacking display from the visitors helped them twice take the lead, through Emil Gargorov and Marcelinho. Ante Rukavina cancelled out both goals, and Marcelinho was sent off, but a defiant Ludogorets looked set to progress until Vida's last-gasp intervention.

The visitors started the brighter and were rewarded when captain Gargorov headed in Ivan Stoyanov's free-kick. Dinamo struggled to impose themselves but equalised from a rare foray forward on 33 minutes. Šime Vrsaljko broke down the right and crossed for Rukavina to head in off a post.

Ludogorets continued to impress and were ahead again soon after. Marcelinho capitalised on another excellent Stoyanov set-piece to grab his second of the tie. However, the midfielder was shown a red card on 57 minutes after collecting his second booking. Buoyed by their numerical advantage, Dinamo surged forward and levelled again on the hour through Rukavina, who reacted quickest when Milan Badelj's pass deflected his way.

Despite their pressure, though, a winning goal seemed unlikely until the very last touch of the match, when Vida's terrific header from substitute Ivan Peko's right-wing cross sent the home fans into raptures. The visitors' misery was compounded when Miroslav Ivanov saw red in the aftermath of the goal. Dinamo go through to play Moldova's FC Sheriff in the next round, with the first leg next Wednesday.

Article Source: http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2013/matches/round=2000344/match=2009433/postmatch/report/index.html

Vardar yet to peak ahead of BATE decider

"Our best is yet to come," said FK Vardar coach Ilco Gjorgioski as his side look to overturn a 3-2 first-leg deficit in Wednesday's second qualifying round decider against FC BATE Borisov.

FK Vardar coach Ilco Gjorgioski believes his side are yet to reach their peak as they bid to overturn a 3-2 first-leg deficit against FC BATE Borisov on Wednesday.

A 33,000 sell-out crowd is expected at the National Arena Filip II Macedonian for Vardar's first UEFA Champions League game on home soil in nine years, but they have work to do to reach the next round after conceding twice in added time to surrender the initiative in Belarus. "The game in Borisov showed us that we must keep our concentration until the final whistle," said Gjorgioski. "My main goal now is to focus the players' minds, but I know that my players are professionals who will recover from the setback and give it their all."

The 41-year-old coach took charge last summer and led Vardar to a record sixth title. Now Gjorgioski has his sights set on Vardar becoming the first Macedonian side to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage. The Red and Blacks came close in 2003/04 but, having knocked out Barry Town AFC and PFC CSKA Moskva, were eliminated 5-4 on aggregate by AC Sparta Praha in the third qualifying round.

"We've a great chance to get a result which will take us into the next round," added Gjorgioski, who lost to BATE coach Victor Goncharenko twice during his spell in charge of FK Makedonija GP Skopje. "I am sure that this time we will be the side celebrating at the end. The psychological advantage will be with BATE and we're going to be under pressure, but I'm convinced that my players can deal with the challenge. We have our own strengths and our best is yet to come."

Forward Ostoja Stjepanovic, who set up Jovan Kostovski for Vardar's equaliser and scored their second goal in the first leg, echoed his coach's thoughts and is optimistic that his side will progress. "We shouldn't waste our time lamenting the lost opportunity in the first game," he said. "Now we have the challenge of an even more difficult game, but I believe we will go through to the next round."

Vardar spokesman Riste Vlahov told UEFA.com that their supporters will enjoy the occasion as they bid to reach the third qualifying round, where either KS Skënderbeu or Debreceni VSC lie in wait. "It's going to be a spectacular night for the fans," he said. "We're all going to feel the magic of the Champions League."

Source Article: http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1842887.html

Denmark U19 vs Greece U19 Match Preview

Live tonight at 12bet.com UEFA U19 CHAMPIONSHIP Denmark U19 vs Greece U19.

Denmark U19 achieved this level after successful Team 12 in the Determining circular (2-1-0 5-0).The youthful Danes won two of their last three games in this competition (Denmark U19 - Albania U19 1-0 on 05.10.2011 ; The island of malta U19 - Denmark U19 0-4 on 07.10.2011 ; Luxembourg U19 - Denmark U19 0-0 on 10.10.2011) and carries on their excellent efficiency with a 6-2 success over The island of malta U19 in the starting activity of this group.

Last play-off Greece U19 - U19 Cyprus is a game where the team seems to be imposing, yet he seems to be a game with many goals scored. The main reason is that the visiting team suffered a defeat Cyprus U19 6-2 in the previous round. Home team will try to win and get all 3 points as is likely to catch a place that promotes the next round of competitions. I think this is an open game in which you scored 3 goals in the first half and I'm sure the score will be at least 2-1.

Cordoba CF vs. Alcoyano Match Preview

Possible line-up for Alcoyano	Córdoba CF
Goal keeper	Goalkeeper
1 Fernando Maestro Olalla	C. Arias
13 Francisco Javier Dorronsoro Sanchez
Forward	Defenders
10 Manuel Gato Thomason	M. Tena
22 Anthony Ruben Lozano Colon	J. Fuentes
11 Francisco Paco Esteban Granados	Fernández
20 Rafael Gomez Llorens	D. Prieto
12 Wellington Alves da Silva
9 Raul Ivan Fabiani Bosio
Midfielder	Midfielders
8 Alvaro Garcia Canto	P. Díaz
23 Miquel Martinez Moya,Miki	Alberto
16 Diego Jimenez Martinez	Taira
14 Antonio Canadas Zapata	B. García
17 Guillermo Roldan	C. Caballero
6 Cesar Remon Aguirre
18 Daniel Fernandez Navarro	Strikers
7 Jorge Devesa Garcia	Quero
Defender	Subs
2 Juan Pedro Pina Martinez,Pina	A. Lopez
19 Jorge Garcia Morcillo	F. Villegas
5 Jorge Rojas Justicia	S. Balsas
15 Francisco Miranda Mera	J. Hervás
4 Francesc Xavier Molina Arias	A. Sillero
21 Fernando Martin Carreras	B. Cruz Torres
	Ismaël

Barcelona face 'Spanish' Dinamo in final

FC Barcelona will aim to lift the UEFA Futsal Cup at the first time of asking when they stage Sunday's final against MFK Dinamo Moskva in Lleida, but compatriot Faustino Pérez is plotting their downfall.

Spanish sides won five of the first ten finals of this competition and it was Pérez who actually triumphed in the inaugural two in 2002 and 2003 at the helm of Playas de Castellón, his team including the man who will captain Barcelona on Sunday, Javi Rodríguez. Barcelona have performed superbly on their debut European campaign, and the Pavelló Barris Nord will be packed with their fans again for the final, but Dinamo are not lacking in experience, several of their team having won this trophy in Murcia five years ago.

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Valencia CF Atletico de Madrid Match Preview

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After the first match and the goal thriller I think we gonna see another one. Valencia are trailing with 2-4 and need at least two goals to keep alive their hopes for the final.


Their defense is not their strong side lately and concede 13 goals in their last 10 matches. On the other hand the Atletico could not just start to defense from the first minute, because it will be hard task to keep clean sheet. In my opinion Atletico will start to search the goal in the first half, because if they manage to score, this will mean that Valencia will have to score three goals ate least. 


Both teams have very good offensive players and can score from any comfortable situation. After all those two teams scored six goals the last week and with the importance of the match I can not see this one going under three goals.