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The bigger part of money, received for Fernando Torres, Reds immediately spent for Newcastle United striker Andy Carroll (67.22 points FTBL Rating). With the sum of £35 million paid for him Carroll became the most expensive British football player ever.

The battle for the top spot in the FTBL ranking of English Premier League defenders between Manchester United’s Nemanja Vidic (124.18 points) and Chelsea’s John Terry (120.99 points) will continue this coming weekend with both players in exactly similar

Russian international and Zenit St. Petersburg midfielder Igor Semshov (pictured left) believes Chelsea’s Germany skipper Michael Ballack should be given particular attention as Russia prepare to host the Germans in their World Cup 2010 qualifier this

French international Nicolas Anelka has had a roller-coaster football career so far: in the 90s, he almost left the game altogether after a failed stint at Real Madrid left him badly bruised. But he has found the inner strength to engineer a comeback

With Barcelona’s 1:0 home win over UD Almeria in La Liga yesterday, Lionel Messi (pictured left) and Xavi (pictured right) consolidated their respective leads in the FTBL world and European rankings of midfielders.