101.  Uruguayan defender Paolo Montero and Chilean striker Marcelo Salas are injury casualties while Dutchman Edgar Davids and Italian international defender Mark Iuliano are both suspended.

102.  Villa are also reported to be closing in on a deal to sign Welsh international central defender Chris Coleman from Crystal Palace.

103.  What Ferguson was pleased with the performance of French international defender Prunier.

104.  Vac have international defenders Tibor Nagy and Gabor Puglits, and an attacking partnership of Antal Fule and Jozsef Dzurjak, recently returned from Omonia Nicosia of Cyprus.

105.  Udinese confirmed Wednesday that their Italian international defender Valerio Bertotto had ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and that he would be sidelined for five months.

106.  Veteran international Milan defender Franco Baresi was sent off for a professional foul on Stefano Fiore with half-an-hour to play.

107.  Yorath believes ex-Welsh international defender Mark Aizlewood should be brought in to work alongside Smith.

108.  It was alleged the cash had been paid via the former Arsenal captain and Scottish international defender Frank McLintock, who at the time ran a football agency business.

109.  It has raised speculation that Inter are close to agreeing a deal that would bring Italian international defender Fabio Cannavaro from Parma to the San Siro in the summer.

110.  Italy skipper Paolo Maldini rejoins Franco Baresi at the back -- although another international defender, Alessandro Costacurta, is suspended.