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| Wenger waiting on Van Persie Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has all but given up on the idea of Dutch striker Robin van Persie playing for the Barclays Premier League club again this season. foxsports.com.au |
José Mourinho says he wants to return to English football • Former Chelsea manager 'will not leave Inter mid-season'• Hints he may consider future if Italian champions retain titleJosé Mourinho says he wants to return to English football but has pledged to remain with Internazionale, the Italian champions, until the end of the season."I want to come back to England. I'm not the kind of guy to keep his feelings hidden," the former Chelsea boss said after watching his old club beat Fulham 2-1 yesterday. "I have always said the same – I love it here, I love it here, I love it here."Mourinho, 46, was sacked by Chelsea in September 2007 after three years in charge and took over at Internazionale at the end of the 2007-08 season."I won two titles in three years [at Chelsea] and all the other cups too," the Portuguese manager told the Sun. "I was very successful, so it is normal that other clubs here will want me. I won two titles with Porto, two with Chelsea and now I want to make it two, plus two, plus two by winning it again with Inter. That would be special."I don't leave any club in mid-season to go to another. So until the end of the season there's no chance that I will leave Inter."Chelsea, now managed by Carlo Ancelotti, play Internazionale in the Champions League last 16 in February.Jose MourinhoPremier LeagueChelseaInternazionaleSerie Aguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Internazionale 4-3 Siena Serie A: Walter Samuel scored a dramatic injury-time winner as Inter came from behind at the San Siro guardian.co.uk |
Carver snubs Laws to stay at Plymouth • Argyle offer improved contract to Paul Mariner's assistant• Loyalty to Mariner cited as reason for rejecting BurnleyJohn Carver has decided against joining new Burnley manager Brian Laws's backroom staff. Instead the former Newcastle coach will remain at Plymouth, where he is assistant to Paul Mariner.Carver is understood to have agreed an improved contract at the Championship club, who are fighting a relegation battle. He said he had rejected Burnley's offer out of loyalty to Mariner."The club's board has a five-year plan and I want to be part of that. I felt I had to be loyal to Paul for giving me this opportunity. In the short term we have a lot of hard work to keep Plymouth in the Championship," Carver told BBC radio.Laws was yesterday appointed by Burnley as Owen Coyle's successor on a two-and-a-half-year deal. His backroom staff includes the former Scunthorpe and Sheffield Wednesday assistant Russ Wilcox. The club's 38-year-old captain Graham Alexander will take up a new role as player-coach.Plymouth ArgyleBurnleyguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Nigel Reed: Is fair play a thing of the past? When David Beckham gets booked in the first five minutes, you just know there's going to be trouble. cbc.ca |