Marcos Senna Rejects Swansea Move

Marcos Senna has turned the chance of playing in the Premier League by rejecting a move to Swansea City, the veteran Spanish midfielder was offered a deal with the Premiership new boys.

The 34-year-old had decided to remain in Spain where he was offered a one-year deal at El Madrigal after his contract expired at the end of the season.

But Senna has since spoken to Brendan Rogers to inform him of his decision to stay at Villarreal.

"I decided to accept the proposal of the Villarreal family and I thank Roig for his confidence," said Senna.

"I am very happy to follow at Villarreal."

Talks Between Cardiff City and Alan Shearer Have Stalled

Talks between Cardiff City and Alan Shearer have broke down, the Bluebirds were hoping to temp the former Newcastle manager into the vacant hot seat at Cardiff, but it has been confimed that talks were "unsuccessful".

Shearer was seen as a replacement for Dave Jones who was sacked after Cardiff lost to Swansea in the Championship play-off final, Shearer was seen as the number one candidate.

The former England captain said in a statement: "I can confirm that I was one of the candidates that the club spoke to about the vacant manager's position at Cardiff City.

"During these talks I was most impressed with the vision, ambition and determination of the owner Dato Chan Tien Ghee and the board.

"Unfortunately those talks were unsuccessful on this occasion.

"Cardiff City is a great club and I wish them every success next season."

McDermott Confident Royals Will Return Despite Defeat

Reading manager Brian McDermott has suggested that his team will be back, after suffering the heart-break of losing the Championship Play-Off final to Swansea City 4-2 this afternoon.

McDermott is confident that this defeat will make the team stronger in order to spur them on for promotion next season, manager McDermott was naturally devastated by the result, but believes his side can come back bigger and better next season.

"We'll be stronger for this. That's the most important thing," said McDermott.

"It hurts, but you have to sometimes live with the pain and then move on.

"It's very tough. It's very painful. But what we can do now is just look ahead and build for next season again.

"I'm just really disappointed for our fans and I wish we could've got the right result for them."

Swansea claim victory against Cardiff

Cardiff City has been beaten for the first time at home this afternoon against an impressive Swansea City game, in this all Welsh derby Swansea were the better side and deservedly winners following an second have strike from Marvin Emnes on the 74th minute. Emnes on-loan from Middlesbrough where his next game would be his last as the load runs out had a game to remember, going close on a few occasions.

A Cardiff win would of seen the Bluebirds claim their finest ever start to a league season but where Cardiff were desperate to put their rivals away, who are currently on third position behind Cardiff in the league standings, Cardiff struggled to come out the blocks and were on the back foot for most of the game, rarely creating goalscoring chances. Star striker Craig Bellamy had an afternoon to forget with two wasted chances, including a close range header right at the death.