0000: That's it for Monday's edition of Sportsday Live, which will resume on Tuesday at 0800 BST.
2348: Here are some snippets from
our gossip column for Tuesday. According to
the Daily Mirror, Michael Essien's knee injury means West Ham midfielder
Scott Parker could make a shock return to Stamford Bridge and Blackburn could make a move for Tottenham striker
Jermain Defoe, possibly offering defender
Christopher Samba in a swap deal.
2333:Reuters reports that three-time Super Bowl-winning offensive linebacker Mike Vrabel, 35, is retiring from the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs to join the coaching staff of Ohio State University.
2258: BBC Sport's horse racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaghton Twitter: "Goodwood says it has no plans to move Sussex Stakes - part of GB Champions Series - away from its Wed home in Glorious meeting to Sat."
2244: Press Association Sport understands that
Brazilian side Corinthians have made an offer of 40m euros for Manchester City's unsettled striker Carlos Tevez. Unsettled Tevez wants to leave City after two years with the club and has cited family reasons,
saying last week that he wants to be closer to his two children and their mother who live in Argentina.
2240: You can watch David Bond's report on the
Qatar World Cup bid on Newsnight here. Asked whether Qatar bribed Fifa members to win the 2022 World Cup, Supreme Committee For The 2022 World Cup's general secretary, Hassan al Thawadi, replied: "Plain and simply, no."
2231: Speaking at a media conference in Boston at the start of
Manchester United's US tour, United boss
Sir Alex Ferguson claims Samir Nasri has agreed to leave Arsenal but not to move to Old Trafford. "I don't think he is coming to United," said Ferguson. "That is all I can tell you. I think that he has agreed to go somewhere else."
2228: BBC F1's commentary box producer Mark Hughes feels
Fernando Alonso's impressive victory in the British GP
was not just down to the change in rules introduced for the weekend. Hughes says Ferrari's competitive leap forward was more to do with a major development they introduced on their car at Silverstone: "The exhaust has been re-positioned, the upper bodywork at the rear extensively re-profiled, there is a new rear wing and floor. In effect, it is a B-spec evolution of the original car."
2220: Team Sky principal
Dave Brailsford refuses to rule out legal action after a member of his team, Juan Antonio Flecha, was wiped out by a television car during the ninth stage of the Tour de France on Sunday. "There are different options available, but [we'll wait] until we've got the facts and got the lawyers to say 'you could do this', 'Team Sky could do that', 'Juan as an individual might want to do that'," Brailsford explained. "We need to have a clear picture of what those options are before we then decide which one we may or may not wish to pursue."
2216: Qatar's World Cup chief mounts a vigorous defence of the Gulf state's right to host the 2022 tournament. Fifa's decision to award Qatar the World Cup has been mired by allegations of corruption but the Supreme Committee For The 2022 World Cup's general secretary, Hassan al Thawadi, tells BBC Sport:
"The Qatar bid did not do anything wrong." Watch David Bond's report on Newsnight on
BBC Two at
2230 BST. 2205: Sky Sports News report that Chelsea
have made a new £27m bid for Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric. The Blues had a £22m bid for the 25-year-old Croatian international rejected last month.
2201: BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNultyon Twitter: "Any improved bid from Chelsea for Luka Modric will be met with same response as their first. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy will reject it."
2158: A reminder to watch the
10 O'Clock News on BBC One and
Newsnight (2230 BST on BBC TWO) for David Bond's special report on the decision to award the World Cup to Qatar. The "whistleblower" behind a series of corruption allegations involving Fifa executive committee members and Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid
has told the BBC she fabricated the claims. 2152: Manchester United Television journalist Stewart Gardner on Twitter, after attending Sir Alex Ferguson's first media conference at the start of United's
pre-season tour of the United States: "SAF says he doesn't think nasri will join #mufc."
2148: Russian cyclist
Alexandr Kolobnev has been thrown out of this year's Tour de France after failing a doping test. "We have decided with the agreement of the rider that he will be no longer with us on the Tour," Katusha sporting director Sergei Kunitchev told Reuters. Kolobnev, who has also been sacked by his team, was lying 69th in the overall standings, 22 minutes and 15 seconds behind leader Thomas Voeckler.
2142: League One side Huddersfield Town sign
Bolton Wanderers winger Danny Ward for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract. The 19-year-old had a successful loan stint with the Terriers at the end of last season.
2137: Manchester United striker Michael Owen on Twitter after arriving in Boston for the start of United's
pre-season tour of the United States: "Arrived at hotel. Waiting for our kit to arrive then it's straight out training. Start as we mean to go on!"
2130: Russian cyclist
Alexandr Kolobnevis sacked by his Katusha team after becoming the first rider to fail a doping test during this year's Tour de France. Katusha spokesman Sergei Outschakov tells Reuters: "He has been sacked and according to internal team regulations he will have to pay Katusha damages for tarnishing the team's image once the case is over."
2125: Several
England players
hit back at Hope Powell after their coach
accused some of them of "cowardice" ahead of the Women's World Cup quarter-final penalty shootout. Midfielder Jill Scott
Tweets: "You win as a team, you lose as a team. And defender Casey Stoney tells 5 live: "I don't think anyone's a coward and that's not the impression got from Hope when she debriefed us after the game. She said she was very proud and we should hold our heads up high."
2119: Former US Open champion Graeme McDowell on Twitter after his practice round at
Royal St George's ahead of the 140th Open: "Just played about 14 holes out there late afternoon today. Sun was shining and it was perfect. Hit it very nice. Plotting my way around RSG!"
2112: BBC Radio 5 live's
Tuffers and Vaughan Cricket Show is just under way on
BBC Radio 5 live. Graeme Swann is the special guest and Alec Stewart also features.
2106: You can now read
the BBC Sport match report on Warwickshire's thrilling final-ball win over Durham in their Friends Life T20 match at Edgbaston. The defeat leaves Durham fourth in the North Group with 14 points but with only one game remaining.
2100: Leicester boss
Sven-Goran Eriksson on
BBC Radio 5 live on the big-spending Foxes' aims for the future: "I'm quite sure the owners are ambitious and they are very good business people and that's what they want to do in football. I know their target is not just the Premier League but to stay there and maybe much more."
2045: BBC Sport golf correspondent Iain Carter on Twitter after inspecting the
Royal St George's course for the 140th Open, which starts on Thursday: "Rough looks pretty manageable - from what I've seen players will have to be very wayward to find the thick stuff."
2037: Arsenal's Spanish midfielder
Cesc Fabergason Twitter, exactly 12 months on
from Spain's World Cup final win over the Netherlands in South Africa: "A year ago this time we were about to play the biggest game of our career. One country all together pushing for the same objective. Amazing!"
2030: Nottingham Forest boss
Steve McClaren tells
BBC Radio 5 live he understands why Liverpool are
so keen on Aston Villa winger Stewart Downing, who played under him for Middlesbrough and England: "His asset is his left-foot, his work-rate and his attitude. Consistently at Boro he was our most productive player in terms of assists and he can produce crosses. From when I knew him, his progression as a player has increased - from being a player who could only play on the left, he is now more flexible. He has also grown in confidence and self-belief."
2025: Northern Ireland duo
Mark Allen and
Gerard Green enjoy a 4-1 win over India in their opening match of the
PTT-EGAT Snooker World Cup. In Monday's other results, Australia thrash hosts Thailand 4-1, China beat Malta 3-2 and Egypt overcome Germany 3-2
2020: Tottenham coach
Tim Sherwood talks to his club's
official website about new signing, former Barcelona youth-team player Cristian Ceballo, who was a free agent after being released by the European champions: "There was other interest in him too. He needs to be patient and if he can fulfil his potential we believe he can play at the top level."
2012: BBC Sport reporter Jacqui Oatley on Twitter: "5 live will be discussing England's Women's World Cup penalty shoot-out exit and
Hope Powell's coward comments from 8.30pm tonight. Not surprised England players unhappy being called cowards publicly by coach."
You can text the programme on 85058 1922: BBC Sport reporter Kevin Howellson Twitter: "Hear
Craig Kieswetter on scoring 151 not out for Somerset v Nottinghamshire.
http://ow.ly/5BGfV "
1912: Tottenham announce the signing of Cristian Ceballos, an 18-year-old who spent almost seven years with Barcelona after joining them when he was 11. He can operate as an attacking midfielder or a forward,
the club says. 1905: The Monday Night Club is just
under way on BBC Radio 5 live. Amongst other football-related matters, Mark Chapman - along with Steve Claridge, Craig Burley and Ian McGarry - is discussing whether in-demand Aston Villa winger Stewart Downing is worth £20m. McGarry, a football journalist, has just claimed Chelsea have made an increased bid of £25m for Tottenham's Luka Modric. If you are in the UK,
you can text the programme on 85058.
1855: BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNultyon Twitter: "Essien never quite looked the player of old last season after previous knee problems - desperate blow for player and Chelsea... Even if Chelsea do come back with an improved offer for Modric, I sense it will once again be instantly rejected by Spurs."
1845: Chelsea say that, following injury to his right knee in training last week,
Michael Essien had surgery today to repair a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus. "The surgery was successful and Michael's full recovery could take up to six months," reads a
statement on their website. 1838: Latest take on Dutch midfielder
Wesley Sneijder, said to be a target for Manchester United... AFP say he has admitted that he is prepared to leave current club Inter Milan should they accept a bid for him. "Of course, if the club decides to sell, I'll go where they tell me to go, but I would be sad to leave," he is quoted as saying in an interview with the Italian edition of
Vanity Fair magazine.
1824: Noteworthy
recovery from Somerset against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge today, where play has finished. The visitors are
341 for five (after 96 overs) in their LV County Championship match. Craig Kieswetter is 151 not out.
1747:Reuters report that
New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez will be out for up to six weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee today.
1728: South Korea's
Ryu So-yeon wins her first major title by beating compatriot Seo Hee-kyung in a three-hole playoff for the weather-delayed
US Women's Open. 1723: "It's a difficult situation. This story has got a long way to run yet," says former Arsenal left-back
Nigel Winterburn on BBC Radio 5 live after claims from manager Arsene Wenger that Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri could stay at the club.
1659: United States golfer Paul Azinger in Sandwich on Twitter: "Walked course. It's awkward and bad bounces are everywhere. Playing fast and dry. Lightish rough but thick in spots. Must fit ball off the T."
1654: Versatile footballer
Greg Halford has completed his move from
Wolves to Portsmouth after a successful loan spell at Fratton Park last season.
1649: Somerset's English one-day batsman
Craig Kieswetter is outperforming Nottinghamshire's fast bowler Stuart Broad in the LV County Championship at Trent Bridge. Kieswetter has hit a century for the visitors
(247 for 4 after 76 overs) with Broad having taken one wicket so far.
1641:Press Association Sport report that the Rugby Football Union's acting chief executive Martyn Thomas has opened the way for
Martin Johnson to continue as England manager beyond the World Cup - if he wants to.
1633: Today's one-day
cricket international between
Ireland and Sri Lanka is abandoned without a ball being bowled because of persistent rain in Edinburgh.
1627: BBC sports news correspondent James Pearce on Twitter : "I'm very sad to report that
Alex Hay, the former BBC golf commentator has died. He helped me out on so many occasions at major golf events"
1616: Munster Rugby on Twitter: "In Pics: Munster Pre-Season Training: We show you some of the photos captured at Munster's squad training session...
http://bit.ly/r4Szku "
1612:Sky Sports News report that
Stuart Pearce has signed a new two-year deal as England's Under-21 football coach.
1558: Former world snooker champion
Ken Doherty refuses to give up his hopes of
World Cup glory after
Pakistan shocked the Republic of Ireland on day one of the revived tournament in Thailand. "It's a disappointing start but every frame counts so that's a good thing, so if we beat Germany or Egypt 4-1 or 5-0 then we're right back in it."
1553:Celtic manager
Neil Lennon admits he would like to add some experience to his squad despite being broadly happy with the players he has assembled. "We don't always want to go down the youth route. We are looking to bring maybe one or two experienced players as well into the squad," he said.
1548: Former
Manchester United defender
Gary Neville hopes to see
Wesley Sneijder arrive at Old Trafford this summer. "He would be a great signing, but I'm sure there are a number of clubs that are looking at him. "I hope that Manchester United get him, but I don't know whether that will be the case," he told
Press Association. 1540: Southampton manager
Nigel Adkins tells
BBC Radio Solent his side will use their pre-season tour of Switzerland to improve the "togetherness" of his team.
1534:McLaren will give
Lewis Hamilton time off ahead of next week's German Grand Prix after the 2008 Formula 1 champion said he feared burnout under the burden of media and sponsorship commitments. "We've managed to organise a bit of a break for him before Germany, which I know he wants. Then he has a big break after that in August as well," said team principal Martin Whitmarsh.
1528: Golfer
Colin Montgomerie tells
BBC Scotland's Jonathan Sutherland that he is determined to play in the Open again. The 48-year-old failed to qualify for the major for the first time in 22 years.
1520: Team Sky rider
Geraint Thomason Twitter: "When I was a kid I hated rest days at the Tour, nothing to watch... O, how times have changed!!"
1512: Stoke manager
Tony Pulis on the signing of
Jonathan Woodgate on a free transfer. "We've effectively taken him on a pay-as-you-play deal which just shows how desperate the lad is to get his career back on the right track."
 Woodgate was released by Tottenham |
1506: More on
Stoke's capture of defender
Jonathan Woodgate on a free transfer. "There is no doubt that we have acquired a player with outstanding quality and experience but he is one who has clearly struggled with injuries over the past two years," City's chief executive Tony Scholes told the
club website.1506: More on
Stoke's capture of defender
Jonathan Woodgate on a free transfer. "There is no doubt that we have acquired a player with outstanding quality and experience but he is one who has clearly struggled with injuries over the past two years," City's chief executive Tony Scholes told the
club website. 1503:Stoke sign former Tottenham defender
Jonathan Woodgate on a free transfer.
1456: BBC Scotland's senior football reporter
Chris McLaughlinon Twitter: "Anti sectarian meeting at Hampden over. New national football policing unit to be established. One of 40 points discussed."
1453: Madjid Bougherra will return home early from
Rangers' German training camp to have a scan on his hamstring problem - but manager Ally McCoist is confident the defender will be fit for the start of the season.
1445:Team Sky principal
Dave Brailsford refused to rule out the possibility of taking
legal action after
Juan Antonio Flecha was wiped out by a car at the
Tour de France. "Once you've got the facts then you can decide and evaluate whether there's an opportunity for the police to do something. There are different options available, but (we'll wait) until we've got the facts and got the lawyers to say 'you could do this', 'Team Sky could do that', 'Juan as an individual might want to do that'.
1436: Valencia president Manuel Llorente insists
Juan Mata, who has been linked with a move to the Premier League, is "not for sale". "We have no intention of selling and we have not received any formal offers for the player," Llorente told
Superdeporte. 1436:BBC Sport's Andy Swiss reports on
Sheffield FC's bid to raise up to £1m when they put
football's first rulebook up for auction.
1428: Former Stockport manager
Ray Mathias has decided to leave the Conference side. "The club put a proposal to me and I put a proposal to them, which was negotiable. They came back to me and said my proposal wasn't right, so we parted company on good terms. I'm so disappointed to be leaving the club," he told
BBC Radio Manchester. 1420: US Open champion
Rory McIlroyon Twitter ahead of the Open: "Great draw for the first 2 rounds at The Open, Ernie and @RickieFowlerPGA..... should be a nice buzz around the first tee on Thursday!"
There is full live coverage of the Open Championship on BBC TV, BBC Radio 5 live, the red button and on this website. The action begins on Thursday. 1417: F1 driving champion of 1979,
Jody Scheckter, tells
BBC Sport that Red Bull made the "right decision" to enforce team orders in Sunday's British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
1409: QPR manager Neil Warnock admits
Jimmy Bullard is one of several players he is hoping to sign this summer. "Bullard is one of a number we are talking about," he told
Sky Sports News. 1402: The agent of
Tiger Woods, Mark Steinberg, says that the former world number one golfer will not be making an announcement today, contrary to earlier reports. "There's an erroneous report that he's making an announcement, but he's not," Steinberg told
Associated Press. 1358: Dutch playmaker
Wesley Sneijder wants to remain at Inter Milan, according to the club's coach Gian Piero Gasperini. The
27-year-old former Real Madrid star - under contract with the Italians until June 2015 - is valued at £35m.
1339: Legendary (retired) British cyclist Chris Boardman during the Tour de France's rest day on Twitter: "Rode 2h from Rodez this AM 3km of flat but one of most breathtakingly beautiful rides I've had in France
http://lockerz.com/s/119169005 "
1330: Opening round golf
'pairings' and tee times for The Open - which starts at Sandwich in Kent on Thursday -
in full here. 1309: BBC Sport Online's Rob Hodgetts at Sandwich on Twitter: "Scorching sun, yellowing grass, huge green stands, big yellow scoreboard, posters of Seve...can only be the Open. I'm in situ. All ready?"
1303: In the LV County Championship division one cricket match between
Yorkshire and Worcestershire at Scarborough, the visitors are currently
60 for 6 after 27 overs on day one. England bowler Tim Bresnan has taken a wicket.
1250: Opening round golf
pairings for The Open have been announced. Northern Ireland's US Open champion
Rory McIlroy forms a three-ball with 2002 British Open champion Ernie Els and young American prospect Rickie Fowler at the Royal St George's course in Kent. World number one
Luke Donald, winner of the Scottish Open, is drawn alongside his former Ryder Cup partner Sergio Garcia and Japan's Ryo Ishikawa.
Lee Westwood, ranked two in the world, will team up with Sunday's John Deere Classic winner Steve Stricker and US Masters champion Charl Schwartzel.
1224:Opta Sports on Twitter: "287 -
Roger Johnson made more headed clearances than any other player in the 2010-11 Premier League. Nutted.
#Wolves "
1219: The Associated Press report that RadioShack rider
Andreas Kloeden can continue in the
Tour de France after X-rays showed he had no broken bones after a crash in the hills of central France.
1210: BBC chief football writer Phil McNulty confirms that
West Bromwich Albion are the latest club to show an interest in Owen Hargreaves after he was released by Manchester United.
1204: Watch yesterday's thrilling
British Grand Prix - won by Ferrari's Fernando Alonso - encapsulated within
90-seconds worth of highlights to a soundtrack of Don't Bring Me Down by Electric Light Orchestra. Available to UK users only.
1155:Press Association Sport understands that Wolves have agreed a £7m fee with Birmingham for defender
Roger Johnson.
1127: Press Association report that the agent of
Liverpool midfielder
Alberto Aquilani has dismissed speculation linking the player with a move to Fiorentina this summer.
1111:Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team, run by the
British Olympic Association, on Twitter: "Another fine weekend of British Olympic sport with World level medals secured in Archery, Modern Pentathlon & Rowing. Congrats GB athletes!"
1105: Red Bull's
Sebastian Vettel settled for second place at the British Grand Prix, but departs England in the knowledge that he beat several Formula 1 drivers past and present - as well as The Stig - on Top Gear's 'Star in a Reasonably Priced Car' challenge. Read more on that, and further stories, in our
F1 gossip column. 1056: England opener
Michael Carberry returns for Hampshire for first time since being diagnosed with a blood clot on his lungs in late 2010. Hampshire, yet to win in the County Championship this season, face a Sussex side including Matt Prior at Hove.
Follow the latest scores on the BBC Sport website. 1049: Dutchman
Johnny Hoogerland had 33 stitches inserted to close deep gashes in his leg after he was hit by a car on the ninth stage of the Tour de France
his team said Monday.
1040: The
Rugby Football League recorded a pre-tax profit for the ninth consecutive year in 2010. Total income received by the sport's national governing body increased to a
record £22.8m in 2010, a 4.1% increase on the previous year, while payments made to clubs and other member organisations went up for the 10th year in a row and now stands at £8.7m, also a record.
1032: Kazakhstan cyclist
Alexandre Vinokourov came through a "successful" operation according to his
Astana team Monday after the Tour de France star's heavy crash on the race's ninth stage.
1028: For those of you who may have missed it, the
BBC's tribute to Seve Ballesteros is available to watch again on
iPlayer. 1023: Ex-England captain
David Beckham is set to play against former club Manchester United after being named in the
Major League Soccer All-Star squad to face the Red Devils this month.
 Gervinho is set to join the Gunners |
1017: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says striker
Gervinho is now "an official Arsenal player". He added: "Gervinho has joined training today and London Colney. He had a medical on Thursday." According to an Arsenal spokesperson, the paperwork has yet to be completed.
1011: Swansea City fail with a £2m bid for Fulham goalkeeper
David Stockdale, reports
BBC Wales Sport. 1003: Arsenal expect to announce the signing of striker
Gervinho from Lille early this week.
0957: Arsenal manager
Arsene Wenger is confident Cesc
Fabregas and Samir
Nasri will remain at the club for the coming season. "Cesc loves the club and hopefully we will manage. I hope [Nasri will say] yes, but I am not the only one to decide," he told
Sky Sports News. 0952: Manchester United striker
Wayne Rooneyon Twitter: "Just getting ready to go on tour. Can't wait to play some games again."
0947: The UK's best robot footballers have followed the example of their human counterparts and have been knocked out of their very own football world cup,
BBC News reports. 0940: Manchester City defender
Micah Richards has dismissed speculation he is holding out for £100,000 a week before signing a new contract. He told the
club website: "That is nonsense. They [newspaper] don't know what has been said, offered, or asked for, so instead they just make up a figure which makes everyone think that I am being greedy."
0934: Women's tennis world number
Caroline Wozniackion Twitter: "Twenty-one today:) great to be back home and celebrate with my friends and family:)"
0927: Triple-jumper
Phillips Idowu on Twitter: "Yesterday I was a winner. Today I'm daddy making toast and watch cbeebies. #humbling". Idowu won the triple-jump event at the
Diamond League meeting in Birmingham.
0920:Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is confident captain Steven Gerrard and goalkeeper Jose Reina will be fit for the start of the season.
0918: British golfer
Ian Poulteron Twitter: "Time to pack my suit case, then pop down to Woburn to hit a few balls before heading to Royal St Georges."
0912: Surbiton's Richard Alexander and East Grinstead's Mark Pearn are called into England's hockey squad for this week's
London Cup. 0908: BBC Radio 5 live's golf correspondent
Iain Carterblogs: "Donald departs with confidence coursing his veins and other Open contenders will also have felt the value of a week in Scotland."
0900: Athlete
Kelly Sothertonon Twitter: "Let's see how many people name their child Harper in the next year!"
0855: World number one and Scottish Open champion
Luke Donald on
BBC Radio 5 live: "I'm enjoying being number one and the way I've been playing. Majors are special and hopefully I'll win one this week."
The Open from Sandwich begins on Thursday with live coverage on BBC TV, Radio 5 live, the Red Button and this website.
0846: Spain defender
Gerard Piqueon Twitter: "A year ago from today, we obtained the victory in South Africa! July 11th of 2010 will be forever remembered by all of us!"
0841: Ukrainian boxer
Vitali Klitschko says he would be willing to fight David Haye after the Briton was beaten by brother Wladimir in the recent heavyweight unification fight. Vitali told
BBC Radio 5 live: "David is world famous. He touched me personally. If I have a chance I'll be happy to send him to the floor."
 Will Downing leave Villa? |
0834: Aston Villa have not received any bid from Arsenal for winger
Stewart Downing and remain determined to keep the player,
Press Association Sport reports.0830: Former British Paralympian
Dame Tanni Grey-Thompsonon Twitter: "Barely anyone in my timeline has discussed the Beckham's new baby's name. Any help here ???"
0825: Liverpool midfielder
Charlie Adamon Twitter: "Just landed in China fantastic support at the airport, On out way to hotel to rest up before training."
0819: Injured 14-time major champion
Tiger Woods, who announced earlier this week that he was pulling out of the Open, is set to make an announcement on the
Golf Channel on Monday.
0814:Lee Westwood needs a top-two finish in the Open this week to have a chance of regaining the world number one spot from Luke Donald. Donald won the Scottish Open on Sunday.
0803: England women's coach
Hope Powell accuses her team of "cowardice" after she struggled to find volunteers for the World Cup quarter-final penalty shoot-out against France. She told
the Guardian: "You've got to want to take a penalty, but other players should have come forward and they didn't. That's weak, it's cowardice."
0800: Monday's top three transfer stories so far -
Tottenham move ahead of Arsenal in the pursuit of Blackburn defender Chris Samba.
the MirrorScott Parker's exit from West Ham will be finalised this week with Aston Villa and Tottenham vying for his signature.
Daily MailWest Brom are set to offer former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves the chance to stay in the Premier League.
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