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Fiorentina have announced the signing of teenager Stevan Jovetic from Partizan Belgrade. The 18 year old, who has already been capped for the Montenegro senior team, is expected to be presented to the press on June 3.

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Recently relegated Derby County have signed Nathan Ellington and Jordan Stewart from Watford. Ellington is on loan for one year, and will make a full switch on a free transfer next summer. Stewart, a former Leicester player has arrived at Pride Park on a free as Paul Jewell tries to rebuild the Rams in their quest to return to the Premiership next season.

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Cameroon defender Pierre Wome has moved to newly promoted German side FC Köln on a free transfer. Wome, who missed the penalty that enabled Ivory Coast to qualify for the 2006 World Cup at the expense of the Indomitable Lions, leaves Werder Bremen after a two year spell.

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No changes from the 23 member provisional squad that Brückner took to South Austria for a training camp. With Daniel Pudil’s withdrawal, Czech champions Slavia Prague will not have a single player from their club playing at Euro 2008.

Czech Republic 23 member Squad for Euro 2008

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Hosts Switzerland have announced their 23 member squad for the upcoming European Championships, and there were no major surprises. Veteran Patrick Muller gets another shot at glory with the national side, making it ahead of Mario Eggimann. Thomas Haberli, called up as a replacement for the injured Blaise Kufo misses out. Joining the veteran Young Boys forward out is defender Steve von Bergen, who fractured a bone is his right hand.

Switzerland 23 member squad for Euro 2008 :- ( Club in Brackets)

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Rangers won a tightly contested Scottish Cup final 3-2 against Queens of the South to win their 32nd trophy since the inception of the tournament in 1874.

Queens of the South started with the same 11 that beat Aberdeen in the last four. Rangers were without the suspended Nacho Novo, and the injured pair of Chris Burke and Steven Naismith

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The 10th season of the Scottish Premier League, the first to be sponsored by Clydesdale Bank, ended on May 22, 2008 with Celtic winning their third consecutive title. Tied on points going into the final round of games, the Bhoys beat Dundee United thanks to Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink’s header but Walter Smith’s Rangers lost 0-2 at Aberdeen, ensuring that the title stayed at Celtic Park.

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The fates wanted Manchester United to win. This is the line most Chelsea fans, and even some Man U fans, will have on their lips after United won the the 2007-08 Champions League title on penalties in Moscow. Sir Alex’s second Champions League title, coming fifty years after the Munich air crash, sees United complete the double, with Roman’s Chelsea ending the season empty handed.

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Sven Goran Eriksson managed Manchester City will play in the UEFA Cup season next season, after the Eastlands club claimed the last UEFA Cup Spot by winning England’s Fair Play Award. The Premiership Fairplay Table can be seen here. As the table clearly shows, Manchester City are sixth with 1263 points. The top five, from first to fifth are Spurs, Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal and Everton. Spurs will play in the UEFA Cup thanks to their brilliant League Cup win over Avram Grant’s Chelsea. Liverpool, United and Arsenal are in the Champions League, and Everton finished fifth in the Premiership table, which meant that they took England’s solitary Premiership UEFA Cup spot.

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On loan goalkeeper Scott Carson has termed Liverpool’s 10 million pound valuation of him “stupid”. The Whitehaven born goalkeeper was sent to Villa Park on loan, and started in 35 games for Midlands club last season. No permanent deal has been agreed upon, but Villa retain the first option on the player they paid around £2m in loan fees for. If Villa do agree to shell out 10 million pounds for 22 year old keeper, Carson will become the most expensive keeper in British transfer history. Sunderland currently hold the record, having paid £9m for Hearts of Midlothian’s Gordon Brown in August 2007. In fact, Aston Villa were keen contenders for Brown’s signature, and it was due to their failure to bring him to Villa Park that they made the loan move for Carson.

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If news in the press are to be believed, Roman and Chelsea are willing to make a mockery of all previous football transfer records to bring Barcelona forward Lionel Messi to Stamford Bridge.

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As you all might be knowing, Russian side Zenit St. Petersburg will meet Rangers in the final of the UEFA Cup 2007-08 (this season). Zenit upset FC Bayern, while Rangers beat Fiorentina on penalties. Zenit are coached by Dick Advocaat.

Here is a look at Zenit’s path to the final. A similar article for Rangers will follow.

Road to CoMS for Zenit St. Petersburg

Second Qualifying Round

First leg - Vion Zlate Moravce 0-2 Zenit St. Petersburg ( Erik Hagen, Alexsei Ionov)

Second leg- Zenit St. Petersburg 3-0 Vion Zlate Moravce (Pavel Pogrebnyak,Ilya Maksimov, Kim Dong Jin)

Zenit win 5-0 on aggregate

First round

First leg- Zenit 3-1 Standard ( Andrei Arshavin *2, Kim Dong Jin)

Second leg- Standard 1-1 Zenit St. Petersburg (Oguchi Onyewu/Pavel Pogrebnyak)

Zenit win 4-1 on aggregate.

Group Stage- Group A

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