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SEPTEMBER 2000 CBF Press Conference On Monday The CBF (Brazilian FA) will hold a press conference this coming Monday. They are expected to announce the appointment of 'Big Phil' Luis Felipe Scolari as national team coach. 28 SEPTEMBER 2000 Big Phil To Replace Luxemburgo? The Brazilian press claim current national coach Wanderley Luxemburgo will get the sack and be replaced by Luis Felipe Scolari also know as Big Phil. Luxemburgo is under pressure following miserable displays by Brazil in World Cup qualifiers and their failure to win Gold at the Olympics. Scolari has enjoyed tremendous success at club level in Brazil guiding Gremio and Palmeiras to numerous honours. Anyone Want Petit? According to the Spanish press Barca are trying to get rid of Emmanuel Petit and have approached Roma and Fiorentina. Petit has been a disaster at Barca, played out of position in central defence instead of his favoured central midfield role. 26 SEPTEMBER 2000 Zoff Gets Job At Lazio Dino Zoff has been appointed vice president of Lazio. It's probably one of those jobs without responsibility deals that clubs do as a gesture of good will to former stars. Collymore Has Another Collywobble Leicester have transfer listed Stan Collymore after the player demanded a wage increase and complained about being benched. Ehiogu Waits For Ruling After Aston Villa had agreed a fee of £8 million with Middlesbrough for Ugo Ehiogu the player turned down a move to the Riverside because his agent claims he will for the outcome of the transfer proposals due to be submitted by FIFA to the European Commission on the 31st of October. More Interest In Biscan Liverpool are the latest club to be linked with a move for Croatia Zagreb midfielder Igor Biscan. Vehicle Abuse Roma supporters damaged player cares at the clubs training ground following the teams shock Italian Cup defeat against Atalanta. Roma coach Capello didn't condone the actions of the fans "Of course they should be angry with this performance. It was hard to imagine that we would concede four goals against Atalanta.". First Coach To Get The Sack In France St Etienne's Robert Nouzaret. 25 SEPTEMBER 2000 Ferguson Turned Down Zidane Alex Ferguson has claimed Man United were interested in signing Zidane while he was still relatively unknown at Bordeaux - "When we watched him at the time I was looking for someone to operate wide right before young David (Beckham) emerged.". Campbell (DF, Tottenham) - out for four weeks with dislocated shoulder Duberry (DF, Leeds) - out for three months with achilles injury Stam (DF, Man United) - out for three months with achilles injury 21 SEPTEMBER 2000 FIFA Call For Meeting FIFA have invited national federations to hold talks over changes to the transfer system on the 6th of October. FIFA have until the 31st of October to submit their proposals to the European Commission. Ranieri Wants The Other Lopez New Chelsea coach Claudio Ranieri has targeted Celta Vigo's Argentinean winger Gustavo Lopez as his first signing. Robbo Renews Interest In Ehiogu Middlesbrough are prepared to pay £8 million pounds for Aston Villa's want away defender Ugo Ehiogu in a bid to solve their shameful defensive problems. 21 SEPTEMBER 2000 Stam Will Be Out For Three Months Following surgery on an achilles injury. Heynckes Given the Boot Jupp Heynckes has had his contract as coach of Benfica terminated. Assistant coach Jose Mourinho takes over. Another Dodgy Passport And it's Udinese again. This time Uruguayan defender Alejandro Da Silva was found to have a fake Portuguese passport. 19 SEPTEMBER 2000 Savio Turns Down Chelsea "I don't want to leave Real. I just wanted to listen to an interesting offer but now I have decided to carry on and see out my contract". Newcastle Pay £2.25 For Division Two Player Newcastle have signed Colchester's teenage striker Lomana Lua Lua for £2.25 million. Parmalat Transfer More Players To Parma Defenders Arce and Argel are the latest players to be transferred from Parma to Palmeiras. Parmalat own both clubs and have in recent seasons transferred the best talent from Palmeiras to Parma. No idea if both players will be included in the squad or more likely sent on loan. Warley Loaned To Gremio Udinese's Brazilian forward and dodgy passport holder Warley will go on loan to Gremio. Chelsea Still Want Savio Despite the sacking of Vialli Chelsea are still negotiating with Real Madrid over the transfer of Savio. Real Madrid are believed to want £9 million for the player but Chelsea are offering less as Savio is not eligible to play in the UEFA Cup having already played for Real in the Champions League. Milan Take A Look At Hoseth Milan are interested in Molde midfielder/attacker Magne Hoseth. Manchester City are also interested in signing the 19 year old. Funkel Friedhelm Funkel is the new coach of Hansa Rostock. Transfer Rumours Biscan (MF, Croatia Zagreb) to Barcelona Dabo (Monaco) to Bologna, Fiorentina Geovanni (FW, Cruzeiro) to Barcelona Hoseth (MF/FW, Molde) to Milan, Man City Javieri Saviola (FW, River Plate) to Barcelona Ronaldinho (Gremio) to Barcelona Tijani Babangida (Ajax) to Charlton Wor Kev Quote of the Day  "That would have been a goal if it
wasn't saved."Thanks to http://www.sportcartoons.co.uk for use of the cartoon. 16 SEPTEMBER 2000 ELO Ratings Below are the latest ELO international ratings re-printed with permission from : http://www.eloratings.net Please visit the site for the complete rantings, comprehensive team statistics and an explanation of the points system. |
| ELO Ratings As Of 11 September 2000 | ||
| 1 | France | 2026 |
| 2 | Brazil | 1943 |
| 3 | Holland | 1928 |
| 4 | Italy | 1898 |
| 5 | Argentina | 1887 |
| 6 | Portugal | 1886 |
| 7 | Spain | 1876 |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 1843 |
| 9 | Yugoslavia | 1824 |
| 10 | Croatia | 1812 |
| 11 | Mexico | 1804 |
| 12 | England | 1795 |
| 13 | Germany | 1776 |
| 14 | Norway | 1766 |
| 15 | Australia | 1761 |
| 16 | Sweden | 1756 |
| 17 | China | 1751 |
| 18 | United States | 1746 |
| 19 | Paraguay | 1742 |
| 20 | Romania | 1741 |
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Drops Not So Subtle Hint "I really like Spain and Italy and I hope to show all my potential for Hertha to be able to change clubs, although I am happy here." Hertha Berlin striker Alex Alves Mihajlovic Injured Lazio defender Sinisa Mihajlovic will be out for a month with a fractured cheekbone sustained in Tuesday's Champions League match against Shaktar Donetsk. Ranieri Is New Chelsea Coach Former Fiorentina and Atletico Madrid coach Claudio Ranieri has signed a three year contract with Chelsea. More Dodgy Passports Udinese's Brazilian players Warley and Alberto had their fake Portuguese passports confiscated before Udinese's UEFA Cup match in Poland. The players will no longer be considered European Union citizens. Serie A clubs can only field three non EU players during a match. Lazio playmaker Juan Sebastian Veron lost his status as a EU players because the club could not prove he had Italian grandparents. Maradona Survives Car Crash Maradona was involved in a traffic accident in Cuba yesterday. His jeep collided with a tourist bus but no one was seriously hurt. Fabio Aurelio Hijacked Valencia have signed Fabio Aurelio from Sao Paulo. The player was expected to join Napoli. |