Resino: Atletico Madrid coach Abel Resino will remain in his job for the whole season, president Enrique Cerezo said after the club made a poor start to their La Liga campaign . "For what reason would I give him an ultimatum?" Cerezo said. "He has lost two matches and drawn another two. Abel will be coach for the whole season."

Pepe back: Real Madrid defender Pepe will return to La Liga action against promoted Tenerife at home today after serving a ten-match ban for kicking Getafe's Francisco Casquero in a match near the end of last season. "Now I have to prove who I really am as a man, as a person, and as a footballer," he said.

Pires: Robert Pires has called for calm at Villarreal with his side still looking for their first win, away to Deportivo tomorrow. "We play good football but just lack a little confidence. No one thought we would be so low in the table (18th) after four matches and now we have to prove our worth," he said.

Lippi jab: Marcello Lippi would like every Italian football team to consider vaccinating their players against A(H1N1). The Azzurri coach is concerned ahead of next summer's World Cup finals. "We are evaluating the hypothesis of vaccinating the players of all our football teams. In fact, it's the strength of this flu's contagiousness that worries us," Lippi said.

Will dies: David Will, former Scottish FA president and former FIFA vice president, has died. Will, who became involved in football as chairman of Brechin City, had been suffering from cancer. He was 72.

Morientes: Marseille striker Fernando Morientes has played just 87 minutes, all of them as a substitute, in six league games since joining from Valencia but coach Didier Deschamps expects the 33-year-old to regain fitness "sooner or later." He said: "You did not see him a lot because I chose not to make him play for now. I thought that it would take less time for him to be fit."