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Real Madrid’s new coach Manuel Peligrini has reportedly deemed Dutch international Rafael van der Vaart (pictured) surplus to requirement, prompting German Bundesliga side Hamburg and Dutch powerhouse Ajax, two teams he has played for in the past, to

Santiago Silva (pictured left), the Uruguayan forward of Banfield in the Argentinean Primera A, grabbed a double in his side’s 5:0 trashing of Independiente to boost his rating by 28 rating points.

Diego Forlan (pictured right), the best rated football player in the world at the moment, will have a high plank of 35 rating points to beat when his country Chile host Brazil in World Cup 2010 qualifying on June 6. Uruguay are 5th in the table behind

Manchester United’s complaining forward Carlos Tevez has scored for his second appearance from the bench in a row, earning 10 rating points in his side’s 2:1 victory over Wigan. The Argentine has now overtaken Uruguayan Luis Suarez in our FTBL rating

Atletico Madrid’s forward Diego Forlan had a double in the game against Real Betis and returned into the FTBL Top 23 after an absence of a month and a half. Forlan has also joined the leaders of our rating of best forwards in the Spanish La Liga.