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Hamburg’s Brazilian midfielder Ze Roberto will remain sidelined until year end after undergoing surgery over damaged knee ligaments. This will be a serious loss for Hamburg, since the Brazilian is the club’s best midfielder at the moment by his FTBL score

The FTBL world ranking of veteran midfielders has a new leader in Villarreal’s Robert Pires: the Frenchman took the lead after picking up 8.01 rating points in the Yellow Submarines’s 3:1 win over Valladolid in La Liga, pushing down the former leader,

Villarreal continued their revival with a 3:1 home win over Real Valladolid yesterday in La Liga, with Brazilian striker Nilmar (pictured left) netting a brace and Giuseppe Rossi (pictured right) adding the third.

Villarreal’s veteran France international Robert Pires (pictured) scored twice as the Spaniards trashed Lazio 4:1 in Europa league action yesterday to move closer to the top 8 of the FTBL ranking of French midfielders.

Villarreal defender Capdevila (pictured) could return in the FTBL Top 23, our list of the world’s top 23 players, if the Spanish side can beat Lazio tonight in their Europa League game without conceding a single goal.