Newcastle were today awaiting a response form FC Twente after tabling a bid for Brazil-born defender Douglas.

Steve McClaren has been appointed FC Twente coach for a second time.

Steve McClaren’s Dutch agent Rob Jansen has revealed the former England manager is in official talks over a return to FC Twente.

Manchester City and Manchester United will both face difficult matches in the last 32 of the Europa League after Roberto Mancini's side drew holders Porto and their neighbours were paired with fellow Champions League dropouts Ajax.

Damien Duff looks doubtful for Fulham’s Barclays Premier League encounter with Liverpool on Monday.

Damien Duff hobbled off during the first half of Fulham's Europa League defeat to FC Twente last night.

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FULHAM manager Martin Jol believes Bobby Zamora is one of the Premier League’s best target men and is capable of leading the England line at Euro 2012.

Two goals in the final two minutes saw Udinese overcome Atletico Madrid 2-0 and maintain their unbeaten record in Europa League Group I this evening.

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The opening hours of transfer deadline day produced no new confirmed big deals, but plenty of moves behind the scenes were continuing.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has confirmed the club are in talks with Manchester City over a move for Emmanuel Adebayor.

LYON look set to advance to the group stages of the Champions League after downing Rubin Kazan 3-1 in their play-off first leg tie, although the French side needed to fight back from an early deficit.

Arsenal will be hoping to avoid Udinese and Rubin Kazan when the draw is made tomorrow for the Champions League play-off round in Nyon.

Police in Enschede have confirmed that part of a stand has collapsed at FC Twente’s De Grolsch Veste stadium and that officers are working to free people trapped underneath.

Former England manager Steve McClaren was today named by Nottingham Forest as their new boss.

UNTIL events in Dublin last Friday tempered my misty-eyed desire for 90 minutes of the Airtricity League, this was supposed to be a column about missing out on the joys of football in May.

AIDEN McGEADY’S dream of playing in the Europa League final at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium is in tatters after his Spartak Moscow side crashed 5-1 at Porto in last night’s quarter-final first leg tie.

TOTTENHAM were far from their fluent best but did enough in Enschede last night to progress to the last 16 of the Champions League as winners of Group A.

Tottenham qualified for the last 16 as Group A winners in their maiden Champions League season after a typically high-scoring draw was coupled with a surprise 3-0 defeat for holders Inter Milan.

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Harry Redknapp has kept to his word and has handed some of his fringe players starts as Tottenham chase top spot in their final Champions League Group A game at FC Twente.

RAFAEL BENITEZ’S Inter were made to work by Twente before Esteban Cambiasso broke the Dutch outfit’s resistance 10 minutes into the second half.

Tottenham’s hopes of sealing qualification for the Champions League knockout phase with a game to spare suffered a blow today when star men Rafael van der Vaart and Gareth Bale emerged as injury doubts for tomorrow’s clash with Werder Bremen.

Rafael Benitez has urged everyone at Inter Milan to stick together as the club aim to get their stuttering season back on track.

Harry Redknapp reckons no team in Europe will relish coming to White Hart Lane following Tottenham’s stunning Champions League victory over Inter Milan.

HARRY REDKNAPP’S plans for Tottenham’s date with European champions Inter at White Hart Lane tomorrow have been wrecked by injuries and suspensions.

Tom Huddlestone today avoided punishment for his apparent elbow on an opponent in Tottenham’s Champions League thrashing of FC Twente.

Harry Redknapp believes Tottenham’s 4-1 victory over FC Twente vindicated his team selection for the Champions League clash at White Hart Lane.

THE Spurs Go Marching On”, as the song said at the end of a thrilling return to White Hart Lane of top-level European football.

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HARRY REDKNAPP backed the misfiring Aaron Lennon to shake off his slump in form ahead of Tottenham’s Champions League clash with FC Twente tonight.

Manchester United and Rangers have been drawn together in Group C of the Champions League at today’s draw in Monaco.

Ajax will be without Luis Suarez for the first two games of the Eredivisie season after his sending-off in the Johan Cruyff Plate clash with FC Twente yesterday.

Lazio crashed out of the Europa League tonight following their 2-1 defeat at Salzburg and Villarreal’s 2-0 win at Levski Sofia.

Celtic coach Peter Grant revealed the Parkhead club are still looking to augment their squad ahead of their crucial Champions League qualifier against Dinamo Moscow in Glasgow next Wednesday.

Celtic face a daunting trip to Russia to begin their Champions League campaign after they were drawn against Dinamo Moscow in the third round of qualifying today.

Steve McClaren has played down speculation linking him with Ajax and insisted he will remain at FC Twente next season.

LOUIS VAN GAAL is one of the great men of Dutch football, but he has never quite earned the recognition that his success deserved.

The pressure on Ajax coach Marco van Basten moved up a notch this afternoon after his side were thrashed 4-1 at Vitesse Arnhem.

THE prospect of an all-English clash between Aston Villa and Tottenham in the UEFA Cup has been thrown up by the draw for the first knockout round — but both clubs have to see off testing opponents from eastern Europe first.

BARCELONA sent out a strong signal to potential Champions League opponents ahead of Friday’s second round draw as late goals from Samuel Eto’o and Lionel Messi gave them a win over bitter rivals Real Madrid at the Nou Camp on Saturday night.