Substitute Fernando Amorebieta scored a dramatic late winner to give Middlesbrough a 2-1 victory in their play-off semi-final first leg at Brentford. The Venezuelan defender, on loan from Brentford's west London rivals Fulham, lashed home in stoppage time to give Boro a precious advantage. Andre Gray had earlier capitalised on a blunder by Boro goalkeeper Dimi Konstantopoulos to cancel out Jel...Full Story »

Middlesbrough's new loan signings Fernando Amorebieta and Dwight Tiendalli are hoping to make their debuts in the home game against Wigan. Amorebieta arrived on loan from Fulham last week and fellow defender Tiendelli followed from Swansea. Both players will stay at the Riverside until the end of the season. Full-back Ryan Fredericks (hamstring) and central defender Daniel Ayala (thigh) both m...Full Story »

Fulham can welcome back Fernando Amorebieta when they host Leeds. The Venezuela full-back missed Saturday's 1-1 draw at Sheffield Wednesday through suspension following his red card in the recent 5-1 defeat by Bournemouth. Winger Alex Kacaniklic will be assessed after missing the last two matches while midfielders Lasse Vigen Christensen (hamstring) and George Williams (cruciate) are set to mi...Full Story »

Fulham will be without Fernando Amorebieta when they welcome Norwich to Craven Cottage. The Venezuelan defender sustained a medial knee ligament injury during the closing stages of the defeat at Middlesbrough a fortnight ago and is not expected back in training for another couple of weeks. Striker Adam Taggart looks set to miss out again with his back problem but caretaker boss Kit Symons has ...Full Story »

Fulham has agreed a deal to sign Athletic Bilbao defender Fernando Amorebieta in the summer. The Venezuelan center back, who came close to joining Arsenal on the last day of the January window, is set to move to Craven Cottage when his contract expires at the end of the season. Amorebieta rejected fresh terms at Athletic Bilbao earlier in 2013 to push for a move to the Premier League and bring ...Full Story »

Fernando Amorebieta: Athletic Bilbao defender wanted in Serie A Sky Sports understands several Italian clubs have stepped up their interest in Athletic Bilbao defender Fernando Amorebieta. The Venezuela international is out of contract at the end of the season and he has failed to agree terms regarding an extension at San Mames. Bilbao have withdrawn the offer of a new deal as a result and Am...Full Story »

Liverpool could be set to miss out on transfer target Fernando Amorebieta, as Russian side Zenit St Petersburg enter the race for the highly-rated defender. Fernando Amorebieta (left) has been a long-term target of Liverpool The Reds have been tracking Amorebieta with a view to a move for the Athletic Bilbao player in January, but Brendan Rodgers’ side could now be facing an uphill chall...Full Story »

A stunning four-minute scoring spree midway through the second half helped Athletic Bilbao down fellow Champions League hopefuls Malaga 3-0 at San Mames. Malaga will feel they should have been ahead at half-time but they could not make the most of their various chances and were left shellshocked as Athletic netted three times in quick succession to take the spoils. Substitute Fernando Amorebie...Full Story »

Athletic Bilbao produced a superb first-half display to ease past Levante 3-0 and move to within four points of their fourth-placed opponents in the race for a Champions League place. Fernando Amorebieta opened the scoring after 11 minutes as he took advantage of uncharacteristically slack marking from Levante to head home Markel Susaeta's corner. Oscar de Marcos then passed up two glorious op...Full Story »

Athletic Bilbao captain Andoni Iraola is hoping the international break does not affect his side's rhythm when they host Osasuna in the Primera Division. The hiatus came at the worst possible time for Athletic as they were just beginning to find some form with consecutive wins over Paris St Germain and Real Sociedad. The Basque derby win over Sociedad was particularly significant as it was A...Full Story »