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Burnley to learn Eckersley price this week

Burnley will discover later this week how much they must pay Manchester United for defender Richard Eckersley.<!--break-->The two clubs attended an independent tribunal on Monday which sat to decide a fee for Eckersley, who joined the Clarets in July after allowing his contract at Old Trafford...

Iwelumo focused on fitness

On-loan striker Chris Iwelumo has insisted that he is concentrating on Bristol City and not Wolves.

Brazil's Ronaldo to quit in 2011

Ronaldo is to retire from professional football at the end of next year after a 17-year-career in which the striker won two World Cups.

BBC loses market share of live Premier League radio broadcasts

The BBC has got the rights for four of the seven rights packages offered for live broadcast of Premier League matches, with TalkSport acquiring two and Absolute Radio securing the rights to one, reports euFootball.BIZ.<!--break-->For the BBC this means a drop to 128 games in the 2010-2011 season...

Too early for Birmingham and European competition

Alex McLeish stressed that Europe remained a dream for his Birmingham troops, but realistically this season might be too soon, reports the Birmingham Mail.<!--break-->Fulham defied all the odds to make the Europa League last season, and they are well placed to progress into the last 16 of the...

Arsenal's Eduardo won't watch Taylor's horror tackle

Eduardo da Silva still won't watch the tackle that could have ended his career, reports the Daily Mail.<!--break-->It was two years ago on Tuesday that a lunging challenge by Birmingham's Martin Taylor left the Arsenal striker floored with a broken fibula and an open dislocation of his left...

Wigan take action and relay pitch

Wigan have confirmed that the pitch at the DW Stadium will be dug up and relaid at the end of the month.<!--break-->Latics manager Roberto Martinez recently admitted the pitch was becoming a problem and the club have opted to take decisive action.A club spokesman told BBC Sport: "The pitch will...

Portsmouth Supporters Trust unsure over 'gift' of 10% stake

Portsmouth fans have given a cautious response to the offer of Sulaiman Al Fahim's 10% stake in the ailing club.<!--break-->Al Fahim quit as non-executive chairman at Fratton Park on Monday and wants to hand his shareholding to the Pompey Supporters' Trust (PST) free of charge.The PST said an...