D Wednesday, July 14, 2010 SPORT 23 Villa wont keep unhappy Milner Aston VillA: Martin oneill has admitted it will be difficult to stop James Milner from joining Manchester City if the midfielder wants to go. Villa rejected a City bid of around 20million before the World Cup, but the Eastlands club are expected to step up their offer. An improved bid could be too high for Villa to refuse and oneill said: if players want to leave any football club then it becomes more difficult than ever before [to keep them]. Fergie wont rush his World Cup six MAnCHEstER UnitEd: sir Alex Ferguson admits the majority of the Red devils World Cup players will be rested from the Premier league opener against newcastle next month. Wayne Rooney, Michael Carrick, Patrice Evra, Park Ji-sung, nemanja Vidic and new striker Javier Hernandez were Uniteds six men in south Africa. Well probably not play them all but maybe one or two will play in it [newcastle game] said manager Ferguson. footballdigest CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Brennan gives Bohs the edge Bohemians will have every reason to believe they can advance to the third qualifying round of the Champions League next week after a second-half goal from Killian Brennan gave them a narrow victory over Welsh side The new saints in a tense second round, first leg tie at Dalymount Park last night. The margin of victory might have been greater had the Dubliners not wasted a series of clear- cut openings but the importance of not conceding a home goal could be a telling factor. Bohemians could have taken the lead when Paddy madden slipped when just about to shoot from close range, while Raffaele Cretaro hit the side netting before Tns missed a super chance as Christopher sharp fired wide. madden wasted two more openings after the break before the hosts finally got their noses in front on 66 minutes when a long madden cross was powerfully headed home by Brennan. Bohs almost had a second when mark Quigleys 30-yard effort clipped the crossbar and sailed over with the goalkeeper beaten. SOCCER PREMIER LEAGUE Picture:Sportsfile Bohemians 1 The new sainTs 0 Mascherano so tempted to link up with Benitez LIVERPOOLS Javier Mascherano would jump at the chance of a reun- ion with former boss Rafael Beni- tez at Inter Milan, according to the players agent. The Argentina captain is report- edly one of the top transfer targets for the Italians this summer and his agent, Walter Tamer, has done little to quell the speculation. Mascherano has not spoken to [new Liverpool boss Roy] Hodgson nor with Liverpool, said Tamer. Af- ter the World Cup, he has switched off but he is happy to be a target of top clubs in the transfer market. Last season, it was the European champions Barcelona and this year its Inter, the current Champions League winners. For him to be linked to Inter is a dream. Its the strongest team in the world where many of his compatri- ots play and a side that is guided by a coach [Benitez] with whom he has a bond. Mascherano is under contract with the Reds until June 2012 and Tamer added: If it was up to Mascherano, the negotiations [with Inter] would be easy. But he has a contract with Liver- pool and first the two clubs would have to find an agreement before we step in. LiverpooLS medical staff will visit Fernando Torres in Spain hopeful the strikers injury is not as bad as first feared. Torres had a scan yesterday after pulling up with an adductor injury near the end of the World Cup final. reds medical chief peter Brukner said: it certainly looked like it might have been bad but we are optimistic it is not going to be too bad. Meanwhile, Brukner claims Alberto Aquilani is now fully fit after his first season at Anfield was spoilt by persistent ankle injuries. By David Kennedy champions league second qualifying rd, first leg Bohemians ..1 TNS .............0 Brennan 66 league of ireland premier diVision Sligo ............2 UCD ............1 Amond 29, 90 Kilduff 88 p W D L F A pts shamrock R 21 10 8 3 25 15 38 st Patricks 20 11 4 5 31 13 37 sporting Fingal 20 8 9 3 27 17 33 Bohemians 19 9 6 4 26 16 33 dundalk 20 9 4 7 25 25 31 sligo 21 7 9 5 32 19 30 UCd 21 7 5 9 24 23 26 Galway Utd 21 5 7 9 21 30 22 drogheda Utd 20 3 6 11 18 40 15 Bray 19 1 4 14 12 43 7 RESULTS Iniesta wants fresh Fab move anDRes iniesTa has spent the past six weeks with Cesc Fabregas at the World Cup, and admits he is desperate to team up with him again at Barcelona next season. arsenal captain Fabregas has been linked with a move back to his boyhood club, and Barca are understood to have had a 30million bid for the playmaker rejected earlier this summer. and iniesta feels the La Liga champions should step up their efforts to take him back to the nou Camp. Lets hope so, iniesta said. We would be delighted. not just because he is a team-mate and a friend, but because it would be great for the club. Away kit: Cesc Fabregas celebrates in the colours of former club Barcelona Ground force: Killian Brennan celebrates his winning goal with Bohs team-mate raffaele Cretaro index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html