Udinese have increased the price of Chile football star Alexis Sanchez to € 50 million. Barcelona, Manchester City and Manchester United are all chasing the Chile international.

“Is €50m not too much? No, it doesn’t seem enough,” Udinese patron Gianpaolo Pozzo told AS.

“I have no doubt that if he stayed with us for another year he would be worth even more than that. He’s the best player of his generation. He’s like Cristiano Ronaldo when he was 22.

Claudio Borghi has been unveiled as the new Chilean new coach. The Argentinian - a former Como midfielder - replaces Marcelo Bielsa. Borghi previously coached Chilean team Colo Colo and in November quit Boca Juniors, signing a two-year contract with the Chilean football federation. The contract is valid until 2013 and will be extended automatically should the team qualify for the World Cup

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Marcelo Bielsa, the coach of the Chilean national football team has announced his resignation as the manager. 'The reason for my resignation is the behaviour of Sergio Jadue,' Bielsa said late Friday in Santiago, referring to the association's president.

The announcement was made two days after Jadue insisted Bielsa would stay on after he missed a deadline to submit his resignation.

Christian Rojas is set to make his Chilean debut once again after he quit in 2001. A former defender who quit playing in 2001, aged 25, because of a knee injury, Rojas is part of an exclusive group of top players who have made a successful transition to refereeing.

Rojas, whose only club was first division Cobresal, has spent the past few seasons officiating in the second division but has been promoted to the top flight this season and makes his debut this weekend.

Jadue has been selected as the new president of the Chilean football Association. Jadue said he would ask Marcelo Bielsa to stay on as national team coach. Bielsa resigned after Segovia was elected, citing differences with Segovia.

Jadue had the support of Segovia, which could make it more difficult for Bielsa to remain. The Argentine coach guided Chile to its first World Cup since 1998 and its best finish since 1962. The team lost to Brazil in the round of 16.

Bielsa is set to lead the Chilean national when they face-off against the US. Bielsa, who led Chile in South Africa this year where they won their first World Cup matches for 48 years, resigned after Jorge Segovia was elected head of the Chilean federation in November.

However, Segovia was later declared ineligible, leading to speculation that Bielsa - who had previously extended his contract - would stay on. A new election could take place next month.

Chile are set to hold the elections for the football Federation president in January. The Chilean federation said Friday it would hold the election on Jan. 7. Segovia was elected on Nov. 4, defeating incumbent Harold Mayne-Nicholls. Mayne-Nicholls has said he will not run again.

The federation said this month that Segovia was not qualified because he violated federation bylaws by signing commercial contracts. That ruling was upheld this week by a legal panel which included the president of Chile's Supreme Court.

Chilean coach Bielsa quit after the Chile federation chief was ousted. Spanish businessman Jorge Segovia, who is the president of the Union Espanola club and has the support of top flight clubs like Colo Colo and Universidad de Chile, was instead elected head of the ANPF by 28 votes to 22.

Argentine Bielsa, who qualified Chile for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, had earlier held a lengthy press conference to lend his support to Mayne-Nicholls.

"The day that Harold is no longer in charge is the I quit this job," said Bielsa.

A minor injury will prevent Mauricio Pinilla from participating in the friendly on Tuesday. Mauricio Pinilla suffered a minor muscle injury in the left adductor. Considering the time required for recovery, the striker could play without risk to health the friendly match against Ukraine FIFA date, next Tuesday, in the city of Kiev.

Consequently, Pinilla has been ruled out of the meeting.

Paraguayan defender Jose Pedroso has received a huge suspension for attacking the referee in a second division Chilean League game. Pedroso, receiving a red card in a highly charged Chilean second division match between his Rangers team and Deportes Concepcion, responded by grabbing referee Marcelo Miranda by the throat before being pulled away by his teammates.

The disciplinary tribunal of Chile's National Professional Football Association (ANFP) decided to hand him 20 matches ban for the aggressive act, five more for attacking the referee and two for the red card.