Prime Minister Adrian Nastase today said he had conceded defeat in Romania’s presidential run-off in a telephone call to opponent Traian Basescu, whom he called “the future president of Romania”.

Romania’s opposition leader called for the results of the weekend parliamentary and presidential elections to be annulled today and for a rerun to be held, claiming fraud.

Graham Le Saux today urged his Southampton team-mates to steer clear of the European jitters which wrecked the continental dreams of his former club Chelsea for three years running.