Portugal News

PORTUGAL centre-back Ricardo Carvalho has reiterated his desire to leave Chelsea in an interview published in Tuesday's Corriere dello Sport.

Bayern Munich have not given up hope of signing Jose Bosingwa from Chelsea, according to their chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images Carlo Ancelotti begins work at Chelsea this week with Luiz Felipe Scolari , the Brazilian sacked midway through last season, offering a warning that player power is rife at the Premier League club and it served to undermine his authority during his brief spell at Stamford Bridge.

Bayern Munich are hoping to offload Tim Borowski, Christian Lell and Andreas Ottl this summer to finance a bid for Chelsea full-back Jose Bosingwa.

Chelsea were on Wednesday considering their response to UEFA's decision to hand lengthy European bans to Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa and fine the club A 85,000 following their controversial Champions League exit to Barcelona.

During the previous fortnight, football headlines have been dominated by Real Madrid and their activity in the transfer market.

2030: Wigan chairmam Dave Whelan becomes the latest person to have his say on Ronaldo-to-Real and he thinks the prospective sale of the Portugal international to Real Madrid is a "fabulous piece of business" for Manchester United.

Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness has confirmed the Bundesliga club want to sign Chelsea full-back Jose Bosingwa.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Simao Sabrosa will miss Portugal's friendly against Estonia in Tallinn on Wednesday due to injuries, the Portuguese Football Federation said.

Bruno Alves scored an injury-time goal Saturday to give Portugal a 2-1 win at Albania to revive its hopes of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.

Bayern Munich are planning to raid Chelsea for Jose Bosingwa. The German side have missed out on Portsmouth's Glen Johnson, for whom Chelsea have agreed a A 17million fee, and have switched their sights to the Portugal full back.

FC Porto clinched their fourth consecutive Portuguese Liga title this season, their sixth in the last seven years and the 24th overall, within seven of SL Benfica's record.

Sunday, May 31, 2009 ROME: Genoa have completed the signing of Inter Milan forward Hernan Crespo, the club's president Enrico Preziosi said on Friday.

Portugal boss Carlos Queiroz has stood by Real Madrid defender Pepe and called him up for next month's World Cup qualifiers.

Inter Milan's Ricardo Quaresma is set for a summer move to Genoa following his loan spell at Chelsea.

Remains Chelsea's number one despite some inconsistent displays towards the end of the season.

Former Chelsea boss Avram Grant believes the club would be making a mistake if they allow striker Didier Drogba to leave this summer.

Enjoyed a quieter night than in the first leg last week and, until the late goal, was comfortable with everything that crossed his path, showing courage to come and claim several crosses.

Portugal international Jose Bosingwa was, as predicted, given the task of shackling Barcelonaa s Argentinian star Lionel Messi as Chelsea faced the Spaniards in the Champions League semi-final at the Nou Camp.

Petr Cech claims team-mate Jose Bosingwa deserves the most credit for Chelsea's goalless draw against Barcelona at the Nou Camp last night because he managed to keep Lionel Messi quiet.