We have been together for three or four years so it’s always good to have fresh faces and to make competition stronger.”O’Neill has injury concerns over his forward trio, Henrik Larsson, Chris Sutton and John Hartson, for their Premier League game against Motherwell at Fir Park tomorrow. Larsson suffered a back injury in the CIS Insurance Cup defeat to Hibernian on Thursday and will be given until the last moment. X-rays have shown that Sutton has a bruised rather than a broken hand and he will be looking to play along with Hartson.Meanwhile, Europe’s governing body Uefa have confirmed that Neil Lennon has been banned for two matches confronting a referee during the recent Champions’ League game against Lyon.Rangers welcome back midfielder Mikel Arteta against Hearts following the Spaniard’s recovery from a leg muscle injury. The striker Shota Arveladze is ready to start after a comeback from a knee injury as substitute at Dunfermline last week.Hearts have a minor crisis, with defenders Steven Pressley (thigh), Andy Webster, Alan Maybury (both suspended) and Steven Boyack (groin) missing.The defender Colin Murdock is back for Hibs against Dunfermline after suspension and he supplements the squad which beat Celtic. They missed out, but still have a place in the Uefa Cup.Motherwell’s Stephen Pearson is thought to top of O’Neill’s shopping list and, should he miss out on him, then it appears that some of his players fear he could finally leave for one of the big jobs in England “I hope he does get some money to spend,” Petrov said “Every manager at every club wants to spend some money He must be handed money. Stilian Petrov yesterday warned Celtic to back Martin O’Neill in the transfer market or risk losing their prize asset.

Fabio Capello’s team lead by three points from Milan but the European champions have a game in hand, having postponed last weekend’s meeting with Siena because of the Intercontinental Cup final against Boca Juniors in Japan.Tomorrow, Milan take on Udinese, who have a tradition of good performances at San Siro but should not dent the home side’s unbeaten record.Juventus, who revived their title chances with a 4-0 thrashing of Parma last Sunday following two consecutive league defeats, are at Lecce.In France the leaders, Monaco, should maintain a healthy lead by winning at Rennes today.. Third-placed Deportivo La Coru?xpect to bounce back from last weekend’s defeat by Madrid against the bottom side, Espanyol, tomorrow.The Serie A leaders, Roma, should claim their 11th win of their unbeaten season against next-to-bottom Empoli today. It would be a shame if we wasted it,” he said.Valencia, unbeaten in five matches, will leapfrog Madrid into first place for 24 hours at least if they beat Sevilla today in a fixture they have not lost for nine seasons. “Maintaining our lead over Valencia is a Christmas present we would like to enjoy We have made a lot of sacrifice and used up a lot of energy. But their coach, Carlos Queiroz, has called on his players to make a special effort to avoid an upset.

Mallorca also gained a crushing 4-0 home win over Madrid in the Spanish Cup quarter-final and went on to lift the trophy.Madrid have taken 13 points from five games and lead by two from Valencia. But five months later, the Mediterranean island side won by the same score at the Bernabeu in Madrid’s first home league defeat for two-and-a-half years. Mallorca’s nncounter with the Primera Liga leaders, Real Madrid, tomorrow may produce a surprise result if the last three matches between the sides are any indication.
A year ago, Madrid trounced Mallorca 5-1 on their visit to the Son Moix Stadium. But the striker was commuting daily from his home in the Midlands and both parties agreed the arrangement was not working.. So far an indifferent away record has let them down, making a stark contrast with their home form, which shows 10 wins from 12 games.

However, with Huckerby, Svensson and another new signing, the ex-Crystal Palace striker Leon McKenzie, available, that imbalance may soon be corrected.Svensson is likely to make his debut in tomorrow’s derby at Ipswich. Horsfield gets his first start for Albion at Coventry where the West Brom manager, Gary Megson, will probably recognise the insensitivity of playing Lee Hughes and opt for the new man.The loss of Horsfield is a disappointment to Wigan, who had hoped his partnership with Nathan Ellington would be the key to further advancement. Now it appears they will have to look elsewhere.Should Huckerby, who was said to be earning £20,000-a-week at Manchester City, agree terms with Norwich, then Worthington’s team could probably be counted as favourites for the title. “That’s why I loaned him out to Norwich and he had a terrific time there.”Ironically, Wigan had hoped to finance a move for Huckerby with the proceeds of the sale of Horsfield to Albion, who agreed to pay £1m to bring the 30-year-old back to the Midlands.