LONDON, June 14 - Soccer news in brief from around
the world.
England defender Ledley King will have surgery to repair a
torn cartilage in his left knee after aggravating the injury in
the Euro 2008 qualifier against Estonia last week.
"It's a routine op and it makes sense for Ledley to have it
now and use the summer to recover and be back as close to the
start of the season as possible," his club manager Martin Jol
said on the www.tottenhamhotspur.com Web site.
* Former World Cup winner Marco Tardelli is preparing to
resign from the board of Juventus, the promoted serie A club
club said in a statement.
* Udinese have signed Arezzo striker Antonio Floro Flores in
a joint-ownership deal with the relegated Serie B side, the club
announced on their Web site (www.udinese.it).
* Former Chievo, Roma and Porto coach Luigi Del Neri has
officially taken charge of Atalanta having agreed to join last
weekend, the Serie A club said on their Web site
(www.atalanta.it).
* Retired former Japan captain Hidetoshi Nakata, now 30,
will play for a FIFA select team against China in Hong Kong on
July 1 to mark 10 years since the former British colony returned
to Chinese rule, Japanese media reported.