London - Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck indicated on Monday that the club is preparing to off-load several players over the summer. Speaking at a fans' forum, he also insisted that temporary manager Guus Hiddink will leave in the summer, and said that there would be no return for former manager Jose Mourinho.

"We are expecting some players to leave this summer," Buck said. "I don't know whether it is three, four or five, and several players to come in.

London - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has warned his star striker Cristiano Ronaldo about his attitude, according to media reports on Sunday. The Portuguese winger, who has been strongly linked with a move to Real Madrid in the summer, has cut an increasingly frustrated figure this season and has been guilty of a number of acts of petulance.

His form has also suffered, and although he scored twice in the 3- 2 win over Aston Villa last week, it was his mistake that gifted Porto their opener in the 2-2 draw in the first leg of the Champions League last Tuesday.

Madrid - Barcelona are now nine points clear at the top of the Spanish Liga after a 2-0 home win over lowly Recreativo Huelva on Saturday. Barca now have 75 points from 30 games, nine points more than second-placed Real Madrid, who are at home to midtable Valladolid on Sunday.

The Catalans have won their last five league games, without conceding a single goal.

Star of the show in the Camp Nou was little Andres Iniesta, who scored the first Barca goal and provoked the second one, an own goal from Huelva defender Nasief Morris.

Hamburg - Bayern Munich, who were humbled 4-0 at Barcelona midweek in a Champions League game found back to their winning ways Saturday as they beat Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0 in a Bundesliga game. First half goals by Franck Ribery, Luca Toni and Lucio gave the home side a comfortable lead and Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger gave Bayern the victory that took them to second place in the table behind VfL Wolfsburg.

London, Apr 11: The referee who officiated in Chelsea’s Champions League victory over Liverpool has sensationally claimed that a Stamford Bridge official told him to go easy on three of their players who risked missing next week’s second leg if they were booked.

Danish official Claus Bo Larsen spoke out after being approached at a security meeting at Anfield on the morning of last Wednesday’s game, when he was informed Chelsea “would not be excited” at the prospect of John Terry, Ashley Cole or Nicolas Anelka being booked.

London, Apr. 11: A married footballer has been arrested over a claim he and a pal sexually attacked a teenager.

John Oster, 30, and Paul Wethers went to the girl’s home after a night out in London’s West End, reports The Sun.

The ex-Everton and Sunderland star allegedly groped the 19-year-old. Wethers, in his 30s, is accused of having sex with her against her will.

Police are investigating whether the men planned to “roast” the student — a term used by footballers who have group sex with a woman.