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Mark Wilson will see a specialist today about possible knee surgery while Badr El-Kaddouri is cup-tied and Thomas Rogne was not registered for the European outings.

There is no pressure on me, says Celtic's Neil Lennon 2011

Quite aside from whether this sort of switch should be permitted I guess the 'cup-tied' rule only applies to players, has this ever happened before?

Are Dundee United the most efficient championship winners ever? | The Knowledge 2011

Ancelotti will be anxious that the 23-year-old Brazil international, who will be cup-tied in the Champions League, is joining a club who can still realistically retain the Premier League title.

Chelsea set to seal £21.5m deal for Benfica defender David Luiz 2011

Because of all the hype about me possibly leaving there were a lot of rumours going round and I thought Keane may think I wasn't telling the truth because I didn't want to get cup-tied, Walters said.

Jon Walters owes his rise from obscurity to the magic of the FA Cup 2011

Missing the cup-tied Diego Forlán, Gasperini started Wesley Sneijder behind the strikers Mauro Zárate and Giampaolo Pazzini in a new 4-3-1-2 formation but still Inter appeared sluggish at the start and did not begin to create chances until the half-hour, when Zárate was denied by Zengin at the near post.

Internazionale 0-1 Trabzonspor | Champions League Group B match report 2011

Fernando Torres will start the game at Stamford Bridge still seeking a first goal since his £50m move from Liverpool while the versatile David Luiz, cup-tied in the Champions League last week, returns at the centre of defence.

Carlo Ancelotti angry but Ashley Cole keeps his place in Chelsea team 2011

The prospect of Nasri, who was suspended for the first leg at the Emirates, being cup-tied in the Champions League would represent "a big problem" according to the City manager, Roberto Mancini, though Arsène Wenger, impressed with the 24-year-old's display against Liverpool on Saturday, is mindful only of his club securing passage into the lucrative group stage.

Arsenal ready to cup-tie Samir Nasri for Champions League at Udinese 2011

Didier Drogba will return to the Chelsea starting line-up in Saturday's FA Cup fourth round replay against Everton in the absence of the cup-tied Fernando Torres, but doubts persist over how best to integrate both players into the side in next week's Champions League tie with FC Copenhagen.

Carlo Ancelotti struggles with Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres issue 2011

Samir Nasri will not travel to Italy on Tuesday for Arsenal's pivotal Champions League play-off second-leg tie against Udinese, after telling Arsène Wenger that he did not want to become cup-tied in Europe and see his proposed £22m transfer to Manchester City put in jeopardy.

Samir Nasri misses Arsenal's Udinese tie after Arsène Wenger climbdown 2011

They will also be without Drogba at Goodison Park, together with Ashley Cole – who was shown his fifth yellow card of the season on Sunday – and the cup-tied Raul Meireles.

Chelsea's André Villas-Boas unrepentant over attack on referee 2011