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SCREAMER LIVE: Neymar waits for Chelsea - plus more from football world
Keep up to date with the stories breaking across the football world with Screamer Live - Sportsmail Online's regularly updated round-up. Check back throughout the day, with the latest news appearing at the top of the page.[LNB]Brazil teenage sensation has reportedly turned down a big-money move to Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk. [LNB]The 17-year-old Santos striker, dubbed the 'New Pele', is understood to be attracting firm interest from Chelsea and he has also been tracked by most of Europe's top clubs.[LNB] Aberdeen boss Mark McGhee has stepped up his interest in Paul Marshall after inviting the Manchester City midfielder back for a second week on trial. Marshall, 19, spent last week at Pittodrie, with McGhee confirming he had been impressed by what he saw. Marshall has also expressed his desire to join the Dons.[LNB] CSKA Moscow goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev, who has been tracked by Manchester United after a series of impressive performances, has won the Lev Yashin Goalkeeper of the Year award in Russia for the fifth time, despite being just 23 years old.[LNB] Former Uruguay striker Alvaro Recoba has parted company with Greek side Panionios. The 33-year-old former Inter Milan star's contract has been cancelled by mutual consent.[LNB] Bulgarian referee Anton Genov is being investigated by UEFA after irregular betting patterns emerged over a November international friendly between Macedonia and Canada, in which he awarded four penalties.[LNB] [LNB]Hot property: CSKA Moscow's Milos Krasic[LNB]CSKA Moscow star Milos Krasic is reportedly set to snub a January move to the Barclays Premier League after AC Milan, the team he idolises, indicated they would move for him in the summer.[LNB]Manchester United, City, Arsenal and Chelsea have all tracked the £9million-rated Serbia international, but he is reluctant to move before next summer's World Cup and is more keen to go to Italy.[LNB] Cash-strapped Atletico Madrid are prepared to listen to offers for Argentina midfielder Maxi Rodriguez, according to reports in Spain. Tottenham Hotspur were priced out of a move for him in the summer, but Juventus now seem his most likely destination.[LNB] Talks about Robinho moving from Manchester City to Barcelona could be put off till Sunday or Monday, reports Catalan newspaper El Mundo Deportivo. [LNB]Some reports in Spain said there would be a summit between Barca president Joan Laporta and City owner Sheik Mansour in Abu Dhabi yesterday, but the meeting did not take place. Barca are in the region for the Club World Cup, but a bid to take Robinho on loan for the rest of the season looks set to fail.[LNB] Spain will go into World Cup year as the top-ranked nation on the planet. The Euro 2008 champions top the December FIFA standings for the second straight year. [LNB]Given the lack of matches, the top 10 remained unchanged, with South American champions Brazil are second, Holland third, Italy fourth and Portugal fifth. [LNB]England remain ninth, while the Republic of Ireland move up one to 35th, Northern Ireland are 40th, Scotland are 46th and Wales stand 77th.[LNB] Roberto Martinez is relishing the prospect of taking Wigan Athletic to Anfield tonight, but he expects a tough night for his side against struggling Liverpool.[LNB]'Anfield will always be a tough place to visit,' said the Wigan boss. 'But it is also a glamorous place. You should look forward to playing against a team like Liverpool and I feel we are ready to do ourselves justice.[LNB]'You are talking about Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres, Pepe Reina and Jamie Carragher. They are probably the most experienced group of players in world football. What is happening at the moment will not affect them.'[LNB] European dream: Fulham players train in Basel ahead of their Europa League match[LNB]Danny Murphy insists the Europa League is not a 'Mickey Mouse competition', insisting that winning the competition's predecessor with Liverpool was one of the highlights of his career.[LNB]The Fulham midfielder, who can reach the last 32 with a victory over Basel tonight, lifted the UEFA Cup in 2001 when Liverpool beat Alaves 5-4 in golden-goal extra-time.[LNB]'Winning the UEFA Cup is up there with anything I have done,' he said. 'It is something we were very keen to win and I am sure in Liverpool's predicament now they would be very keen to win it again. [LNB]'Playing at places like Barcelona and Roma means it certainly wasn't a Mickey Mouse competition. We played some good teams - as we have with Fulham this time around.'[LNB] Arsene Wenger has warned his young Arsenal side they cannot relax for one moment as they look to maintain their title drive with victory at Burnley tonight.[LNB]'The real message we have given out (after Sunday's win at Liverpool) is that Arsenal is ready for a fight and that we do not give up,' said Wenger. 'But to think that we can relax would just demonstrate we are not very intelligent. I believe we are.[LNB]'If we have learned one thing from the beginning of the season until now, it is that every single team has to be considered very seriously and we have to be highly committed and focused.'[LNB] West Ham assistant manager Steve Clarke insists takeover talk is not unsettling the club's players. The east London club sank to 19th in the Barclays Premier League with a 3-1 defeat at Bolton. [LNB]Former Birmingham owners David Gold and David Sullivan have tabled a bid for the Hammers, but Clarke said: 'Obviously we are aware it's going on in the background, but there is nothing we can do about it. Inside the dressing room, I've not heard one player speak about it. [LNB]'Our business is to work hard through the week in training to try to get a winning team on the pitch. Unfortunately we are not doing that at the moment, but that's all we are concentrating on - where the next win is coming from.'[LNB] World-beater: Didier Drogba [LNB]Portsmouth manager Avram Grant claims there is no better striker in world football than Chelsea's Didier Drogba. Grant returns to Stamford Bridge tonight for the first time since leaving Chelsea after the 2008 Champions League final.[LNB]Identifying Chelsea's strengths, the Israeli said: 'They are very good players but good midfielders can score and so can good full-backs. [LNB]'Chelsea are a good team. But for the moment, I think no-one is better than Drogba. I think Nicolas is a very good player too and this is the reason I signed him.'[LNB]
