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Gill has called time on his current at Old Trafford after 10 years in the position, and while he will remain as a director on the board, he will be concentrating on the 2013 UEFA Executive Committee elections as the FA's candidate.

The 71-year-old manager suggests that while he and the 55-year-old have had disagreements in the past, he admires the chief executive's honesty and wishes he could have persuaded him to stay.

Addressing a conference on Wednesday co-hosted by Interpol and FIFA, the acting AFC chief called on the stakeholders of Asian football to work closely with each other to address major concerns of match-fixing in football.

The two-day seminar entitled 'Match-fixing: The ugly side of the beautiful game', a co-operative endeavour with FIFA, the AFC and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, began with over 150 delegates representing over 40 AFC member associations, law enforcement personnel, and betting industry interests in attendance.

Jilong has vowed to ensure match-fixing is eliminated from Asia.

Napoli went down 3-0 to Viktoria Plzen in the opening leg of their last-32 tie, while Levante accounted for the Greek side by the same score.

No team has ever bounced back from a three-goal first-leg deficit in the competition's current format, leaving Plzen and Levante in the box seat to advance to the round of 16.

Olympiacos are one of two Champions League sides playing catch-up in the second leg. The other, CFR Cluj, trail Inter Milan 2-0.

The winger remains out of favour under Jupp Heynckes this season, and goals from Toni Kroos, Thomas Mueller and Mario Mandzukic will not have given the Allianz Arena coach reason to reconsider who starts in attack for the Bavarians.

The Netherlands winger, who came off the bench in the second half, told NOS: "I am happy because we won 3-1 at Arsenal in the Champions League. We made a big step towards the quarter-final.

"I've had a difficult time with a lot of different injuries (this season). I had hoped that I would get my spot in the starting XI back sooner.

The Albion keeper, who is enjoying one of his best spells in the Premier League, announced his international retirement just under two years ago.

The 29-year-old was once tipped to be the England goalkeeper for the next decade early in his career at Manchester United however he failed to become a first-team regular Old Trafford and left the club in 2010 for Birmingham before moving onto West Brom.

However, on the back of Foster's man of the match performance against Liverpool in his team's latest outing in the Premier League, Clarke said England's loss is his gain.

The former Swansea City striker's representative Marco De Marchi said his client has no interest in a move to Serie A with Fiorentina despite a difficult first year with the Reds.

Borini has already missed a large portion of the season with a fractured foot, and is expected to miss the rest of the campaign after dislocating his shoulder against his former club in Sunday's 5-0 rout.

"His future is definitely at Liverpool," De Marchi told The Sun. 

"He's signed a long-term deal with one of the most glorious sides in the world game.

Gareth Bale scored two fine free kicks to hand Andre Villas-Boas' side a slight advantage for the return leg, as Spurs wrapped up a 2-1 win at White Hart Lane.

Samuel Umtiti's wonder strike for the Ligue 1 side, however, gives Remi Garde's side a chance of progressing to the quarter-finals.

And while 41-year-old Friedel is confident Spurs can hit the French side on the counter as the hosts go searching for goals on Thursday, he is under no illusions as to the task that lies ahead.