Chicharito frustrated by lack of game-time at Manchester United

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A lack of game-time at Manchester United is frustrating Chicharito, says Mexico coach Miguel Herrera.

The striker has made 27 appearances in all competitions for United this season but only 10 have been from the start, with the 25-year-old having only begun four Premier League games.

United manager David Moyes has preferred to select Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Danny Welbeck up front since arriving at Old Trafford.

Herrera recently spoke to Chicharito during a tour to meet with Mexico's European-based players and told Raza Deportiva: "He seemed well but he is a bit frustrated because he doesn't play despite training well and the truth is that, when he does play, he makes a huge effort on the pitch.

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"He is a bit frustrated because the current manager doesn't give him many chances but he is committed and doing what he can to become a starter.

"He likes to work and likes to show determination to achieve his goal."

Since Herrera took over as Mexico coach in October, he has only picked Chicharito once in four matches.

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Ribery will Miss Arsenal Clash

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The winger has undergone surgery and will be absent for several weeks, meaning he will miss the last-16 clash with the Gunners

Bayern Munich have confirmed that Franck Ribery will miss the first-leg of the club's last 16 Champions League clash with Arsenal after having surgery to his buttocks.

The France winger, 30, was absent from the Bavarians' 2-0 win over Nurnberg on Saturday with the injury and went under the knife on Thursday in a bid to completely eradicate the problem.

"An examination on Monday revealed that the nerve which had been under pressure from a bruise was completely removed in surgery last Thursday," the club announced on their official website.

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"After healing, the 30-year-old is scheduled to begin [his recovery] later this week with exercise therapy and a week later should enter back into running training.

"This means Ribery will be missing from the next few games, including in the first knockout round first leg of the Champions League with Arsenal."

The Champions League holders travel to the Emirates on February 19 before the return leg on March 12.

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Arsenal will not try sign Suarez again- Wenger

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Arsène Wenger has dismissed making a new bid for Luis Suárez this summer and will instead switch to an alternative list of striker targets, including Mario Mandzukic, Jackson Martínez, Julian Draxler and Diego Costa.

After initial interest in Gonzalo Higuain, Arsenal focused much of last summer’s efforts on Suárez but had two bids turned down, including an offer of £40 million plus £1 that they hoped would trigger a release clause.

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Arsenal return to Anfield on Saturday for the first time since that offer was angrily rejected and, with Suárez having signed a new contract, knows that they must pursue new options. Despite Suárez’s exceptional form - his 23 Premier League goals is more than Olivier Giroud, Mesut Özil and Aaron Ramsey combined – Wenger is adamant that he does not regret missing out on the Uruguayan. There was a slight hint, however, that he does have second-thoughts still about the departure to Manchester United of Robin van Persie.

“You have sometimes regrets when a player played for you, and scores goals or does well somewhere else,” said Wenger. “He [Suárez] was never our player. It is just a situation that did not come off and that is it.”

Asked if the situation could be revisited this summer, Wenger said: “At the moment, no.” Should Liverpool fail to qualify for the Champions League, the main summer pressure for Suárez is expected to come from Real Madrid and Arsenal are now actively scouting a lengthy list of other options.

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Malaysia T-Team dumped out of FA cup

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After a controversial week in Malaysian football, FAM arrived to a conclusion regarding the fracas that took place in the FA Cup clash between JDT and T-Team at Larkin last week. They have awarded a 3-0 victory to JDT, which also effectively dumps T-Team out of the competition.

However, the debate doesn't end here. In fact, it has elevated after the ruling from FAM, with some branding it as an unfair decision.

The clash initially started on the touchline with T-Team fitness coach Stefano and JDT head coach Cesare Ferrando both being embroiled in a verbal outburst on the touchline. However, T-Team claimed that two of their personnels were physically hit at as the fracas grew inside the tunnel.

According to them, Stefano was kicked in the groin, while their foreign player Evaldo Goncalves was punched in the face by a Johor FA official, causing bleeding in his nose. Thus, they decided to not continue the second half, citing security concerns as the excuse behind it.

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But as far as Johor DT are concerned, they claim that no physical hostility took place inside the tunnel, while also putting the blame on Stefano for provoking the verbal altercation that happened between him and Cesare Ferrando at the touchline.

Logically speaking, it is absolutely crucial for any team to respect the game beyond anything and there is certainly a case to make for T-Team to have resumed the second half at Larkin. After all, the integrity of the game has to be put on a higher pedestal. But at the same time, T-Team's security concerns are indeed understandable if the incidents that they claimed happened inside the tunnel were true.

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Raiola pleads with Zlatan to stop making French Football look 'really easy'

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s agent, Mino Raiola, has asked his client to stop scoring sensational goals as he feels that the Paris Saint-Germain forward is making French football look "really easy".

The Sweden international struck twice in the capital club's 2-1 Coupe de la Ligue semi-final win at Nantes on Tuesday, opening the scoring with a spectacular long-range volley before then popping up with a last-minute winner.

“When he scored that [first] goal, I laughed. It looked like he was playing with my children,” Raiola joked in an interview with France Football.

“I said to him after the game, 'Please, stop scoring goals like that because otherwise people will think French football is really easy; it's like you're playing with kids.'”

The 46-year-old then recalled a myth surrounding Nils Liedholm, the famous Swedish striker who played for AC Milan for 11 years.

"There is a legend in Milan that Nils Liedholm never misplaced a pass," he explained.

"One day, it happened! And then the whole stadium gave him a standing applause because people had realised he too was human.

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“Well, the day Zlatan scores a normal goal, I will rise and applaud."

Raiola also believes Ibrahimovic's sensational form proves that the 32-year-old is the greatest talent in the game today, despite finishing fourth in the voting for the 2013 Ballon d’Or.

The agent added: “I continue to say that if there were now a vote for the best player in the world, I am sure that it would be he who would win.

“But it should not be a secret ballot, where you understand nothing.”

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Manchester United and Chelsea are set to battle for £54m Edinson Cavani

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Manchester United and Chelsea are ready to go head-to-head in a summer battle to sign £54million striker Edinson Cavani.

The Uruguayan’s representatives were in London as they consider a move away from Paris Saint-Germain, where Cavani has become unsettled.

The 26-year-old has been a success in France but is uncomfortable playing in a wide role to accommodate Zlatan Ibrahimovic as the central striker.

United manager David Moyes has Cavani on his shortlist but knows he will face competition from Jose Mourinho at Chelsea.

Both clubs want to bolster their strikeforce in the summer with Atletico Madrid’s Diego Costa and Bayern Munich’s Mario Mandzukic also figuring prominently in their thinking.

United sounded out PSG last month but were told they would not sell Cavani in January.

Now Cavani’s camp is ready to hold preliminary discussions with would-be suitors about what financial figures would be involved.

Cavani is currently out for three weeks with a thigh injury but remains an important signing for the wealthy French club and they would not sell for less than the £54m they paid to Napoli last summer.

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They also know that Cavani could star for Uruguay at the World Cup, making his price rise even further.

Moyes has warned United players to expect greater competition while Chelsea will sell Demba Ba and possibly Samuel Eto’o and Fernando Torres too.

United will consider offers for Javier Hernandez in the summer with Borussia Dortmund among those interested while qualification for the Champions League and where they finish could yet have a bearing on Robin van Persie's Old Trafford future.

PSG owner Nasser El-Khelaifi has threatened to retaliate with counter offers for Premier League players should clubs pursue his players, so bids for Cavani could make for an interesting summer.

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