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Ahmed Elmohamady insists Hull City will not take Burnley lightly at Turf Moor on Saturday particularly with George Boyd in their ranks.

Boyd who played for Hull in their FA Cup final loss to Arsenal last term moved to Burnley on transfer deadline day this year.

The Scotland international is one of just five players to score in the Premier League for rock-bottom Burnley this season, who are still searching for their first win since returning to the top flight.

And wide man Elmohamady thinks stopping Boyd could be key on Saturday for a Hull side who have recorded just two league wins this term.

Burnley is a game we will look to win, of course, but it will be very tough I m sure, Elmohamady told the Hull Daily Mail.

George was a very good lad here …

English Premier League club Liverpool have announced a 50 million pound loss for the 2010/11 financial year.

The majority of that loss comes as a result of exceptional items , which included 8.4 million pounds spent on sacking Roy Hodgson.

Former owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett spent 35 million pounds on their new stadium project run by Dallas-based architects HKS, which has been written off since the takeover by Fenway Sports Group.

I guess people will focus on the loss of 49.4 million pounds and there s no business or people running any business who are going to be pleased with any loss, the club s managing director Ian Ayre told the Liverpool Echo.

A big chunk of that 50 million pound loss relates to the HKS project which is now defunct and asso…

Chelsea s new right-back Jose Bosingwa has been getting advice from Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo about how to handle life in the Premier League.

Bosingwa was officially unveiled at Chelsea s training ground on Wednesday following his 16.2 million pounds (20.4 million euros) move from Porto and has already been well briefed on English football.

The Portugal defender got the lowdown from Ronaldo during Euro 2008, although he insisted they did not discuss his compatriot s potential move to Real Madrid.

If Ronaldo does stay at Old Trafford he may regret his advice to Bosingwa as the pair will be in direct competition when Chelsea and United clash in the Premier League this season.

We have not spoken about that (Ronaldo s future). We did spea…

Competition: Serie A

Market: Inter Milan to beat SPAL

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Serie A is back for yet another massive round of games at the competition continues to heat up. Italy s top league has been one of the most interesting this season as there are a huge number of teams vying for the top spaces and, with this in mind, Inter Milan travel to face SPAL on Sunday.

SPAL have been struggling this season and they are in desperate need of a number of wins to get out of trouble. After 21 games they have only won three, while they have lost 11 times and drawn seven, while they have scored 22 goals and conceded 39 times. In their last five they have only won once, while they have lost twice and drawn twice, which has seen them onto 16 points. SPAL are in a very prec…

Zinedine Zidane said Real Madrid played their most complete game of the season against Borussia Monchengladbach – and one that probably saved his job.

Madrid s 2-0 victory secured their progress from a Champions League group for the 29th time in a row and most likely earned their coach a stay of execution from president Florentino Perez.

Zidane agreed afterwards his team have a knack for producing when it matters in big games, and he will need them to deliver again on Saturday.

Los Blancos host Atletico Madrid in the derby knowing victory will end their city rivals unbeaten start to the LaLiga season and cut the gap to the leaders to three points.

Atleti have not beaten Madrid in eight league meetings, but Zidane s men have only won one of the previous …

Sydney FC are taking nothing for granted heading into Saturday s clash with city-rivals Western Sydney Wanderers.

Rhyan Grant insists Sydney FC are not underestimating cellar-dwelling Western Sydney Wanderers as the two teams prepare to square-off in another instalment of the Sydney derby on Saturday.

After being crowned Asian champions in November, 2013-14 A-League runners-up Western Sydney have endured a nightmare season domestically, languishing two points adrift at the bottom of the table.

Having only managed one win in 16 matches this season after last week s late 2-1 loss at Adelaide United, Wanderers who have two games in hand are outsiders for Saturday s hosting of fifth-placed Sydney at Pirtek Stadium.

Tony Popovic s men will also be without susp…

My Wembley dream is over again after my beloved Watford lost 2-1 to Tottenham in the Carling Cup quarter-final last night. Watford were outclassed but not humiliated, so in these fairly desperate times for the Hornets, I’ll settle for that.

Nice prediction

With my team out of the cup, at least I’ve got my world renowned skills of prediction to to turn to! Yesterday, as well as predicting in hope rather than belief that Watford would win, I confidently predicted that Blackburn would beat a weakened Manchester United side at Old Trafford. As ‘Kids Soccer’ said in the comments on my article, ‘nice prediction Fisher.’!

As it turned out, Manchester United put on a wonder…

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has vowed to take his trophy-winning DNA to LA Galaxy, insisting he will be the same Zlatan following his move to the MLS franchise.

The 36-year-old completed his switch to Galaxy on Thursday, just 24 hours after his release from Manchester United.

Though the MLS is a far cry from the competition of Europe s top leagues, Ibrahimovic, who has won league titles in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and France, retains the same determination to add to his incredible trophy haul with the United States most successful club.

I want to accomplish as much as possible, he said in his first interview with the club s official website.  Wherever I have been, I ve won. I m coming with this objective. I come to win, I want to win.

I think it s in m…

Schalke have astonishingly released Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sidney Sam in the aftermath of Sunday s 2-0 Bundesliga defeat to Cologne.

Roberto Di Matteo s men have won just four times domestically since the resumption of the Bundesliga campaign following the mid-season break, a run of form that has ended Schalke s UEFA Champions League aspirations.

The 2-0 reverse at RheinEnergieStadion secured Cologne s top-flight status and left Schalke 13 points behind fourth-placed Bayer Leverkusen.

Julian Draxler described Schalke s performance as one of the worst in recent years.

General manager Horst Heldt   who has reportedly held a crisis meeting with Di Matteo said after the game: Some players are regardless of contractual arrangements going to feel the conse…

Former Real Madrid president Florentino Perez will spend at least 200 million euros on players if he is re-elected to the post, reports claimed here Friday.

Perez led Real from 2000 to 2006, when it earned the nickname Los Galacticos , winning the Primera Liga twice and European Champions League with such stars as Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo, Luis Figo and Beckham.

If he is re-elected following elections on June 14, Perez, a hugely successful businessman, would look to spend at least 200 million on new talent.

Some media outlets, including El Mundo and ABC newspapers, speculated that Perez would invest 250 million euros in the team.

On Tuesday El Pais newspaper said that 2008 World Footballer of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United had both sign…