Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez insists he has buried the hatchet with Fabio Capello over Steven Gerrard´s groin operation.

Premier League club Stoke signed Senegal defender Ibrahima Sonko from Reading on Friday in a two million pounds (2.4 million euros).

Midfielder Orlando Engelaar is set to miss another two international matches with the Netherlands as result of a knee injury.

Argentinian midfielder Lucho Gonzalez has extended his stay with Portuguese side FC Porto, and is expected to remain at the club until 2012.

Former Sweden under-21 international defender Jonas Olsson has joined Premiership side West Bromwich Albion from Dutch club Nijmegen.

Danish midfielder Kenneth Perez continues his career at FC Twente, after being dropped from Ajax' first team by coach Marco van Basten.

Celtic boss Gordon Strachan has said he is looking forward to another Champions League clash with old rivals Manchester United but he believes they will be even harder to beat than before.

Espanyol´s Pablo Zabaleta, part of Argentina´s Olympic gold medal-winning team, is to join Manchester City after the English club agreed to pay the eight-million-euro buy-out clause in his contract, the Spanish side said Friday.

Liverpool´s plan to build a new stadium suffered another blow on Friday as the Premier League club announced the project has been delayed again.

Liverpool are set to sign Spanish international midfielder Albert Riera from Espanyol, the Spanish first division side said Friday.

Everton agreed to sign Manchester United striker Louis Saha for an undisclosed fee on Friday.

HULL (SW) – Manchester United’s young striker Frazer Campbell has been targeted by Hull City for a while since his seven month spell with them last season whilst on loan from Manchester United.

Cologne´s Turkish defender Umit Ozat collapsed during Friday´s win at Karlsruhe and was taken to hospital as a precaution.

Paul Scholes is suspended for Manchester United´s opening Champions League match next month after being sent off in their 2-1 European Super Cup defeat to Zenit St Petersburg here on Friday.

Fulham said late Friday they had signed Nigerian international midfielder Dickson Etuhu from fellow English Premier League club Sunderland for an undisclosed fee.

David Moyes could be forgiven for feeling he has endured a whole season´s worth of emotions during the opening two weeks of Everton´s campaign.

Blackburn´s Paul Ince admits his first trip back to West Ham United as a manager is the game of the season for him.

Cristiano Ronaldo was supposed to be Real Madrid´s secret weapon this season but the reigning Spanish champions must shrug off the disappointment of failing to capture the Portuguese sensation.

Disgraced former Socceroos goalkeeper Mark Bosnich will play his first professional match in almost seven years in the A-League on Sunday.

BIRMINGHAM (SW) – Aston Villa booked their place in the first round of the UEFA Cup when they drew with FH Hafnarfjordur at Villa Park tonight.