The Romans and the soccer fan are looking forward to greet the winner of UEFA Champions League Final 2009, which will be known in few hours. The schedule is 8:45 local time. Stadio Olimpico is about to host the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final contestants Manchester United and FC Barcelona.

Jose Mourinho has been linked with moves to Spain and England in the summer even though he led Inter Milan to the title at the first time of asking, but the Special One has signed a contract extension with the Italian giants keeping him at the club until June 2012.

A new soccer project www.worldfootballchallenge.com informs that World Football Challenge will bring the best players of the European soccer clubs to USA to play against each other. You need to get the tickets quickly as they may fly. Here is where to get the tickets.

It’s easier to buy a foreign player than to nurture homegrown talent, Europe's top soccer clubs decided. Foreigners made up 38.9 percent of the 2,744 players in the five biggest European leagues last season, up half a percentage point from 2005-06.