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11/09/2010

The coverage of the off-field behaviour of footballers is threatening to make more headlines than the performances of the players on the pitch. We explore how the media treat footballers.

As Wayne Rooney hits the headlines for all the wrong reasons in England we look into how footballers private lives are reported around the globe.

We're in Buenos Aires as Argentina get used to life without coach Diego Maradona and face World Champions Spain.

And there is disarray in Portugal after the sacking of national team coach Carlos Queiroz. We ask what's next for them?

Austraila's top football competition, the A-league is struggling to cope with the current economic downturn, but for one new club there is the potential of investment from an unlikely source.

Presented by Alan Green.

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Sat 11 Sep 2010 11:32GMT

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