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Bordeaux’s up and coming star midfielder Yoann Gourcuff (pictured) began the season with a brace as his side trashed Lens 4:1 and rose to the 5th place in the FTBL world ranking of midfielders with 154.41 points.

An agreement has practically been reached between Liverpool and Real Madrid on the transfer of Spain international Xabi Alonso for a fee of 28 million euros, according to the British Times. Alonso, who has an overall FTBL rating of 143.01 points at the

Alvaro Arbeloa, who has left Liverpool to return to Real Madrid on a 6-million-euro deal, is now the highest rated defender at the Bernabeu with an overall FTBL rating of 108.86 points.

Speculation continues to swirl around a potential deal between Real Madrid and Liverpool involving Dutch international Wesley Sneijder and Spanish playmaker Xabi Alonso (pictured right). The combinations invoked in such a potential deal are many, despite

Liverpool’s Argentine midfielder Javier Mascherano, who is reportedly being pursued by Barcelona, currently has an FTBL rating of 130.32 points, second only to Lionel Messi among Argentinean players, but a move to join the Catalans could end with him