Clarence Seedorf has signed a new contract with AC Milan that will see the veteran remain with the Italian champions until the end of the 2011/12 season.

Harry Redknapp has stayed true to his word and named Gareth Bale on the bench for Tottenham’s Champions League showdown against AC Milan tonight.

EXTRAORDINARY scenes at the San Siro, as Tottenham maintained their fairytale first season in the Champions League by beating AC Milan, currently top of Serie A, on their own turf.

FERNANDO TORRES has admitted that nerves got the better of him on his Chelsea debut against former club Liverpool last week, but has vowed to make the partnership with Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka work this season.

AC Milan 4 Parma 0

SUBSTITUTE Pedro Leon struck an injury-time equaliser against AC Milan to send Real Madrid through to the last 16 of the Champions League and preserve the Spanish club’s unbeaten record under coach Jose Mourinho.

David Beckham could do no better than the AC Milan bench on his return to Old Trafford to face Manchester United tonight.

OUR football correspondent LIAM MACKEY is back in top form and full of energy.

AC MILAN and Real Madrid shared the points to leave both on course for the Champions League second round.

AC Milan 1 Real Madrid 1

ALEXANDRE PATO saved the blushes of fellow Brazilian Dida with a brace as AC Milan stunned Real Madrid at the Bernabeu last night to get their Champions League challenge back on track and inflict only a second competitive defeat of the season on their big-spending hosts.

OUR football correspondent LIAM MACKEY is back in top form and full of energy.

OUR football correspondent LIAM MACKEY is back in top form and full of energy.

Marseille 1 AC Milan 2

A wonder strike from Didier Drogba and a goal for debutant Yuri Zhirkov allowed Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti to get the better of his former club AC Milan in Baltimore.

Clarence Seedorf is flattered to be linked with a move to Chelsea but insists he will still be an AC Milan player next season.

KAKA edged closer to a world-record move to Real Madrid yesterday after AC Milan confirmed they were willing to cash in on the Brazil star.

AC Milan general manager and vice-president Adriano Galliani is adamant Kaka will not join Chelsea and has also warned the London side off making a bid for Alexandre Pato.

A representative of Brazilian superstar Kaka has tonight reportedly said that the player will talk to Manchester City, after AC Milan said it is considering a new bid for the player.

AC Milan midfielder Clarence Seedorf has reiterated his desire to play in the English Premier League, and has revealed he will not be short of options if and when he decides to make the move.

AC Milan midfielder Clarence Seedorf has his doubts as to whether new loan signing David Beckham will even play a game for the Serie A giants.

Major League Soccer have confirmed David Beckham is in talks over a possible loan move to AC Milan but insisted any deal would only be short-term.

AC Milan will have Alexandre Pato available for Tuesday’s Champions League clash against Arsenal.

Ruud Gullit insists Fabio Capello, the favourite for the England manager’s job, is a winner but warned fans he does not play “for the beauty of the game”.

Football is being made a scapegoat for a deeper problem in Italian society, according to AC Milan midfielder Clarence Seedorf.

Italian football is facing fresh crisis after a Lazio fan was shot dead by police yesterday.

RYAN BABEL’S international future has been plunged into doubt after he was axed from Holland’s team for Saturday’s Euro 2008 qualifier with Romania for oversleeping.

AC Milan 3 Sevilla 1

APART from the weather (wet), this week’s favourite conversational gambit in Italy is: How good are Milan? Or, alternatively: How good are Inter? It all depends on who you support.

AC Milan 3 Manchester United 0 (Agg: 5-3)

Alex Ferguson took a calculated gamble in the San Siro tonight by naming Nemanja Vidic in the Manchester United starting line-up to face AC Milan in their Champions League semi-final.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson made three changes to his side for this Champions League semi-final first leg match at Old Trafford.

AC MILAN coach Carlo Ancelotti admits an injury to Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand will play into his team’s hands for the Champions League semi-final.

Brazilian goalkeeper Dida has been included in AC Milan’s 25-man squad for Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final first leg against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Bayern Munich 0 AC Milan 2 (Milan win 4-2 on aggregate)

AC Milan 1 Celtic 0

ENGLAND boss Steve McClaren was thrilled by his team’s performance despite a late goal denying them victory over Holland in Amsterdam.

ARSENAL striker Robin van Persie has withdrawn from the Holland squad to play England because his wife is expecting their first child.

BARCELONA will meet Arsenal in a Champions League final that will delight football purists around the world after holding AC Milan to a goalless draw last night.

Robbie Fowler starts up front as Liverpool travel to Upton Park tonight.

BARCELONA will wipe out one of their bitterest memories in European competition if they can knock AC Milan out of the Champions League when the teams meet in the second leg of their semi-final tonight.

Barcelona star Ronaldinho has warned his team-mates not to get carried away by their 1-0 first-leg victory over AC Milan.

AC Milan 0 Barcelona 1

AC Milan: Dida, Stam, Kaladze, Nesta, Serginho, Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf, Kaka, Shevchenko, Gilardino. Subs: Kalac, Cafu, Maldini, Rui Costa, Vogel, Ambrosini, Amoroso.