One of the great joys of South American competition is that nobody knows anything.

ACCORDING to FIFA and the Ballon d’Or voters, the coach of last year was Pep Guardiola.

Newcastle today agreed to release Chilean midfielder Clarence Acuna from his contract to allow him to return home and look after his sick mother.

Greek international Nikos Dabizas is among five players who have been placed on the transfer list by Bobby Robson at Newcastle.