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UEFA.com remembers eight other returning heroes.</p></div><div><p class="news_category">UEFA Champions League</p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/news/1738347/">Arsenal bring back Henry on short-term loan</a></h3><p class="date">Friday 6 January 2012 13.16 CET</p><p class="teaser">Thierry Henry has rejoined Arsenal FC after the 34-year-old former FC Barcelona forward agreed terms on a two-month loan deal from Major League Soccer side New York Red Bulls.</p></div><a class="next" href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/news/"><span class="arrow">></span><span class="text">More news</span></a><div class="clear"></div></div><div class="box" id="newsbox_bc_uefa"><h1>UEFA</h1><div><p class="news_category">General</p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefa/news/1739226/">UEFA statement on Turkish football</a></h3><p class="date">Thursday 5 January 2012 17.46 CET</p><p class="teaser">UEFA wishes to confirm the Turkish Football Association is fully responsible for managing issues related to match-fixing in Turkey and in charge of taking appropriate measures to combat it.</p></div><div><p class="news_category">UEFA European Futsal Championship</p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefa/news/1739052/">Sportske Novosti becomes Futsal EURO sponsor</a></h3><p class="date">Wednesday 4 January 2012 17.50 CET</p><p class="teaser">Croatian daily sports newspaper Sportske Novosti has signed up to become a national sponsor of the UEFA Futsal EURO 2012 which takes place from 31 January and 11 February.</p></div><div><p class="news_category">Obituaries</p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefa/news/1738611/">Merseyside mourns former defender Ablett</a></h3><p class="date">Monday 2 January 2012 12.01 CET</p><p class="teaser">Gary Ablett, the only player to lift the FA Cup in the colours of both Liverpool FC and Everton FC, has died from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at the age of 46.</p></div><div><p class="news_category">General</p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefa/news/1737410/">2012: A EURO year for UEFA</a></h3><p class="date">Sunday 1 January 2012 11.00 CET</p><p class="teaser">UEFA EURO 2012 in Poland and Ukraine is perhaps this year's most eagerly awaited event, yet UEFA's work on the overall well-being of European football is a 12-month affair.</p></div><div><p class="news_category">General</p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefa/news/1737407/">Caring about football – UEFA in 2011</a></h3><p class="date">Friday 30 December 2011 11.00 CET</p><p class="teaser">UEFA.com presents a review of events and activities in another fascinating and hectic year for European football's governing body – with football remaining paramount to UEFA's vision.</p></div><div><p class="news_category">Obituaries</p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefa/news/1738088/">Italian coach Buso passes away</a></h3><p class="date">Sunday 25 December 2011 21.42 CET</p><p class="teaser">Former goalkeeper and coach Sergio Buso, the assistant to ex-Italy boss Roberto Donadoni between 2006 and 2008, has died at the age of 61 after a long battle with leukaemia.</p></div><a class="next" href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefa/news/"><span class="arrow">></span><span class="text">More news</span></a><div class="clear"></div></div><div class="box" id="newsbox_ucl"><h1>UEFA Champions League</h1><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/1734812/">The changing face of the central defender</a></h3><p class="date">Thursday 5 January 2012 17.55 CET</p><p class="teaser">The diminutive Javier Mascherano shone at the heart of FC Barcelona's defence in last season's UEFA Champions League final, and Champions asks, is the traditional centre-back a dying breed?</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/1738787/">Napoli keep Maggio for two more years</a></h3><p class="date">Tuesday 3 January 2012 16.09 CET</p><p class="teaser">Italian international defender Christian Maggio has put pen to paper on a new deal that will keep him at UEFA Champions League hopefuls SSC Napoli until June 2015.</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/1738715/">Pinto signs one-year contract extension at Barça</a></h3><p class="date">Tuesday 3 January 2012 10.40 CET</p><p class="teaser">FC Barcelona have announced that José Pinto has signed a one-year contract extension that will keep the reserve goalkeeper with the European club champions until June 2013.</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/1738005/">Napoli sign Chilean star Vargas</a></h3><p class="date">Friday 23 December 2011 16.45 CET</p><p class="teaser">SSC Napoli say they have beaten off "competition from several top clubs" to secure the signature of CFP Universidad de Chile's 22-year-old forward Eduardo Vargas.</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/1734728/">Fàbregas flourishing in new-found freedom</a></h3><p class="date">Wednesday 21 December 2011 14.15 CET</p><p class="teaser">Despite inheriting the No4 shirt worn by his hero and coach Josep Guardiola, Cesc Fàbregas is flourishing in the role of a 'false nine' after returning to FC Barcelona from Arsenal FC.</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/1736975/">Napoli striker Lavezzi laid off for five weeks</a></h3><p class="date">Monday 19 December 2011 15.19 CET</p><p class="teaser">SSC Napoli are counting the cost of Sunday's 3-1 Serie A loss to AS Roma after it was confirmed that Ezequiel Lavezzi is likely to miss up to five weeks with a right thigh injury.</p></div><a class="next" href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/"><span class="arrow">></span><span class="text">More news</span></a><div class="clear"></div></div><div class="box" id="newsbox_nav_uefaeuropaleague"><h1>UEFA Europa League</h1><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/1739218/">Udinese tie up Fernandes loan signing</a></h3><p class="date">Thursday 5 January 2012 17.07 CET</p><p class="teaser">Switzerland midfielder Gelson Fernandes has joined Serie A title contenders Udinese Calcio on loan from AS Saint-Étienne until the summer, when the deal can be made permanent.</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/1739147/">Sporting announce Ribas loan signing</a></h3><p class="date">Thursday 5 January 2012 11.46 CET</p><p class="teaser">Uruguayan striker Sebastián Ribas has completed his switch to UEFA Europa League hopefuls Sporting Clube de Portugal on an 18-month loan deal from Genoa CFC.</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/1739035/">De Marcos signs new Athletic deal</a></h3><p class="date">Wednesday 4 January 2012 15.40 CET</p><p class="teaser">Athletic Club midfielder Óscar de Marcos has signed a three-year contract extension, which includes a €32 million release clause, and will keep him at the club until June 2016.</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/1738753/">Adriaanse dismissed from Twente post</a></h3><p class="date">Tuesday 3 January 2012 13.47 CET</p><p class="teaser">Despite guiding the Eredivisie side into the UEFA Europa League round of 32 as Group K winners, Co Adriaanse has been dismissed from his post as coach of FC Twente.</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/1734814/">Top coaches laud United boss Sir Alex</a></h3><p class="date">Saturday 31 December 2011 9.04 CET</p><p class="teaser">To mark Sir Alex Ferguson's 25th anniversary as Manchester United FC manager in November, Champions asked some of his most esteemed peers what makes the Scot so special.</p></div><div><p class="news_category"></p><h3 class="news"><a href="/web/20120107170025/http://ac.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/1738372/">Lokomotiv sign Belarusian international Tigorev</a></h3><p class="date">Friday 30 December 2011 16.20 CET</p><p class="teaser">FC Lokomotiv Moskva have signed Belarusian international 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