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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has blasted the Premier League for their handling of his side's fixture with Swansea City on Sunday.

Swansea's participation in the League Cup final on Sunday week against Bradford City clashed with the initial date for the fixture and the game has been brought forward as a result.

However, Rodgers, who has seen his side take on both West Brom and Zenit St Petersburg in the space of four days, feels that a third fixture within a week is too much for his players.

"I was very disappointed with the Premier League to be honest," the Reds boss told reporters.

The Netherlands veteran feels there is too much pressure placed on the Brazil starlet, though he is confident he could "put on a show" if he moves to Europe.

Botafogo midfielder Clarence Seedorf says it is "unfair" to compare Neymar to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Santos attacker's sparkling performances over the last couple of years have led many to hold him in as high a regard as the Barcelona and Real Madrid icons, but Seedorf feels it is premature to place so much on the Brazil international's young shoulders.

"He is very young, the responsibility for the national team doesn't have to be his alone," Seedorf told reporters in Brazil. "There must be other people to take over that. 

Liverpool will look to snap a five-game winless run as they host Swansea City in the English Premier League on Sunday.

The Reds were beaten 2-0 by West Bromwich at Anfield in the Premier League last weekend following away draws against Arsenal and Manchester City. 

They also suffered a shock FA Cup defeat to Oldham Athletic last month while their latest reverse came in a 2-0 result against Zenit St Petersburg in the Europa League on Thursday.

Brendon Rodgers' men are ninth in the Premier League standings, one point behind seventh-placed Swansea.

USA winger Robbie Rogers has publicly announced that he is gay and revealed that he is retiring from professional football.

The 25-year-old most recently played for Championship side Leeds United before his release from Elland Road last month and also had a brief a loan spell at Stevenage.

Rogers had been an MLS Cup winner with Columbus Crew in 2008 before he made his move to England after a successful start to his career in America.

"Secrets can cause so much internal damage," Rogers wrote on his personal blog.

The former Columbus Crew star has revealed himself to be the first openly gay male international soccer player

 United States national team winger Robbie Rogers became one of the few professional soccer players to openly declare his homosexuality, coming out in a statement on his personal website and retiring from the game after a seven-year professional career.

The 25-year-old California native became a star in five seasons with MLS side Columbus Crew, winning the 2008 MLS Cup and 2009 MLS Supporters' Shield titles and being named to the 2008 Best XI squad. He made 18 appearances with the United States national team, scoring two goals.

The Spurs winger has re-joined Blackburn on loan until the end of the season, becoming Rovers' second signing of the day following Karim Rekik's arrival from Manchester City.

Blackburn Rovers manager Michael Appleton has brought former Ewood Park favorite David Bentley back to the club on a loan deal from Tottenham Hotspur.

The 28-year-old winger has been on loan to Russian Premier League side FC Rostov during the first half of the season, but he has now returned to the club who sold him for a fee of 17 million pounds back in 2008.

The former England international, who was once touted as a possible replacement for David Beckham on the right-hand side of midfield, has seen his career take a downwards spiral since moving on from the Lancashire club.