De Sciglio: Milan will have to do without Mattia De Sciglio for the Serie A match against Sampdoria tonight (kick-off: 20.45). The full-back is struggling with injury and was forced to train on his own. Coach Vincenzo Montella has decided to leave the Italian international out of his group that prepared for the trip to the Luigi Ferraris Stadium.
Barton: Joey Barton’s Rangers future appears in doubt after the midfielder was banished from the club’s training ground following an internal dispute. Barton is understood to have been sent home on Tuesday following an altercation with team-mate Andy Halliday and told to stay away for the rest of the week. The 34-year-old was absent from training yesterday and is set to sit out tomorrow’s Premiership contest with Ross County at Ibrox.
Leeds United: A Dubai-based subsidiary of Islamic investment bank GFH Financial Group has sold its remaining 18 percent stake in English football club Leeds United, ending nearly four years of Middle Eastern involvement in the club. GFH Capital sold the stake to Eleonora Sport, operated by Italian businessman Massimo Cellino, GFH Financial said in a statement to Dubai’s stock exchange yesterday. Eleonora now owns 100 per cent of the club, Leeds United said.
Babel: Ryan Babel has joined Deportivo La Coruna on a deal until the end of the year. The former Liverpool forward has signed until December 31 and will provide cover for Joselu, who is facing two months out with a knee injury. Babel, 29, was a free agent since leaving Al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates. “I’m very excited,” Babel said on the club’s website. “It is a dream come true to play in La Liga. I am grateful to Deportivo for the opportunity.”
Dispute: FIFA will suspend Guatemala’s national football federation due to a dispute over a committee overseeing the body known as Fedefut, a senior FIFA official said. “The honor tribunal made the decision to suspend the National Football Federation of Guatemala,” Primo Corvaro, FIFA’s head of member associations, told local media. The decision came after a court of the Sports Confederation of Guatemala (CDAG) suspended a FIFA-appointed committee overseeing Fedefut.