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Berdyev has 26 men on his current roster and every one has seen the field in certain situations. Worried about the language barrier Navas speaks English as well as anyone I know.As for comparing Rubin with the U.S national team, they are carbon copies of one another. Both teams feature a fleet-footed striker who is prolific at the fast break Both teams feature a rugged midfield. And most importantly, they rely on their center-backs to clean up the box infront of the keeper and are perfectly comfortable letting teams come to them.Practice makes perfect rightWhat better way than to consistently play in the same system as your national team While the words "AC Milan" might look a lot better on a resume and Onyewu is certainly a player that has the talent to play there, but Milan is not the best fit.Go east and prosper, my friend!. The Mail on Sunday Stocks Global Markets NEW STAR BIDDERS IN QUICKLY Investment houses Neptune, Gartmore and Henderson arebelieved to have already submitted bids for rival New Star AssetManagement, effectively taken over late last year by aconsortium of banks in exchange for the cancellation of 240million pounds of debt. One executive close to the talks said:"UBS knows a deal has to be done as soon as possible. Money isleaking out of New Star's back and front door." Initial offerswere lodged with UBS last Wednesday and the investment bank isunderstood to be working towards a shortlist of three or fourbidders.

TESCO GOOSE FAT FLEW OFF THE SHELVES Tesco (TSCO.L) is expected to reveal that Christmas salesreceived a boost as shoppers lapped up expensive products fromits Finest range, which includes goose fat and jumbo croissants.Sales of its Finest range outstripped its Value range in thethree weeks to December 31 for the first time since the summer.However, as shoppers cut back there is little prospect of areturn to high consumer spending so the revival of the Finestrange is expected to be short-lived. The Sunday Times KNOX-JOHNSTON PROFIT WARNING Clipper Ventures CLVE.L, the sailing business founded bySir Robert Knox Johnston, has issued a profits warning and putits subsidiary Zapcat Racing up for sale. It said operatingprofits for the current financial year were likely to be"significantly lower than management's expectations in November2008" at about 800,000 pounds. The company said it was "activelyseeking buyers" for Zapcat, a subsidiary that runs a nationalpowerboat race series.

Despite now being thefront-runner to buy the business, the consortium may bedisappointed in the event that sales talks are abandoned. RBS'snew chief executive Stephen Hester is understood to be keen tohold on to Direct Line and Churchill, which contribute thelion's share of the division's pre-tax profits of one billionpounds a year. CHRISTMAS PUB SALES GO FLAT AT PUNCH Punch Taverns (PUB.L) is expected to report slow tradingover the Christmas period, with like-for-like sales likely tohave fallen around five percent across the bulk of its estate.Shares in the group have dropped about 90 percent over the pastyear on worries over its 4.5 billion pound debts and the boardmay face hostile questioning at the annual shareholders' meetingon Wednesday. Matthew Gerard, analyst at Investec Securities,said: "I expect Punch's like-for-like performance to be broadlysimilar to the last update, with a poor early December offset bystronger trading over Christmas and New Year." The Sunday Telegraph BANK BODY TO RECRUIT PEARSON BOSS Glen Moreno, the chairman of the FTSE 100 media groupPearson (PSON.L), is set to join the board of the company set upto hold the taxpayer's stakes in Britain's banking sector, UKFinancial Investments. A former chief executive of theinternational division of fund management group Fidelity, Morenois one of a quartet of private-sector big-hitters being lined upas non-executive directors for UKFI. The other recruits are:Michael Kirkwood, formerly of Citigroup; Peter Gibbs, thechairman of Turquoise, the trading platform; and Lucinda Riches,a former head of UBS's global equity capital markets division. INCHCAPE EYES FUNDRAISING AS CAR MARKET STALLS Inchcape (INCH.L), the car dealership, is negotiating newarrangements with its lenders and considering a significantfund-raising amid a steep downturn in the British car industry.Options being considered by the board, led by chief executiveAndre Lacroix, include a share placing or rights issue.

Peopleclose to the situation said this weekend that the company'sreview of fund-raising options and its capital position was wiseat a time when the industry was expecting a protracted downturn. The Independent on Sunday MAVINWOOD IS LOOKING FOR MORE THAN 30 MILLION POUNDS INSALES The Aim-listed support services group Mavinwood (MVW.L),backed by the former Tory treasurer Lord Ashcroft, isconsidering selling its drain-fixing business Ansa. TELECOMS COUP: DIRECTOR OF INDIAN GIANT RELIANCE TAKES THEHELM The private-equity owned telecoms group Solution1 hasappointed Mark Thompson as chief executive in what is being seenas a major coup for the 27 million pound turnover company.Thompson joins from Indian communications giant Reliance, wherehe has been president of the data business unit since October."My focus is to ensure we continue to work closely with new andexisting customers to deliver solutions that meet their needsand support their businesses," he said. Warburg Pincus, 3i, Bridgepoint and Cognetas areall understood to have inquired about the businesses inanticipation of a potential sale after HBOS's merger this weekwith Lloyds TSB (LLOY.L). A source said: "Every private equitygroup interested in housing is taking a look." The Observer TESCO TRAILS AFTER NEW DISCOUNT OFFERS BACKFIRE Tesco (TSCO.L) is this week expected to post a 2.5 percentincrease in like-for-like sales, which would make its tradingreport the weakest of the big four UK supermarkets and castfurther doubt on its ambition to become "Britain's biggestdiscounter". The London estate agency has been hit hard by theproperty slump, but BC Partners is understood to be unwilling toput up the cash unless lenders agree to reduce debt in exchangefor equity, enabling the company to reduce its annual interestpayments. "Delicate negotiations are under way, but I don'tthink that at this stage anyone is talking about pulling therug," said one source Prepared for Reuters by Durrants Stocks Global Markets.