Klaas Jan Huntelaar is desperate for Real Madrid coach Juande Ramos to choose him for the Champions League. Huntelaar is battling fellow new signing Lassana Diarra for a place in Ramos' Champions League squad after it emerged that UEFA regulations rule that only one of the two can be registered.

Diarra trained with Real for the first time yesterday, while Huntelaar missed the session. But he said: "They can only register one player, and I have to do everything possible so that player is me. I hope to be chosen. It depends on me."