West Brom have agreed a deal with Feyenoord to sign winger Andwele Slory for an undisclosed fee, according to the Dutch side.

IT is one of football’s hoariest old cliches, the belief that the game’s wild things must be indulged rather than transformed.

AS Don Givens pointed out afterwards, the scoreboard reads badly but even so, he will be wondering this morning how Ireland did not manage to eke out a point from an entertaining opening salvo in Group Two of the European Championship qualifying campaign.

DON GIVENS yesterday branded Eamon Dunphy a “clown” for the pundit’s charge that his period in charge of the Irish U-21s has been “disastrous and he should be shown the door”.

Can Inter be caught? Just before Christmas when they beat Milan there were few who thought so, but a 0-0 draw against Udinese yesterday cut their lead to five points, providing a glimmer of hope for the chasing group, above all Roma.

EL CLASICO once again lived up to its billing as Real Madrid traded blow for blow with Barcelona in Camp Nou on Sunday night and won to establish a commanding seven-point lead at the top of La Liga.

AZ Alkmaar saw a trophy snatched from their grasp for the second time in a week after 10-man Ajax won a nailbiting Dutch Cup final on penalties.

PAOLO BERTINI is a nice guy.

AZ Alkmaar moved into pole position in the race to win the Eredivisie today after defending champions PSV Eindhoven slipped up once more.

Ajax moved to within three points of Eredivisie leaders PSV Eindhoven with a 3-0 win over struggling Heracles Almelo.

PSV Eindhoven defender Alex could be out for the rest of the season.

DUTCH giants Ajax’s faltering title hopes were dealt another blow on Saturday but Eredivisie leaders PSV Eindhoven got back on track for a third successive crown with three points against ADO Den Haag.

AZ Alkmaar and Ajax both posted convincing wins today to stay in touch with Dutch League leaders PSV Eindhoven.

A TWO-GOAL blast from Icelandic striker Eidur Gudjohnsen drove title holders Barcelona back to the top of the Spanish league yesterday, with a 4-1 win at Real Mallorca.

Ajax returned to the Eredivisie summit on Sunday after a convincing 3-0 win at Heracles.

NEW Tottenham signings Mido and Mounir El Hamdaoui have been given a glowing report after coming through their first match for the club.

Excelsior’s young Moroccan striker Mounir El Hamdaoui is reported to be on the verge of a move to Tottenham.

Craig Moore is set to fulfill the dream which has cost him his Rangers career after being named in Australia’s Olympic squad.

BRAZILIAN, Elber struck four times as Bayern Munich put their German league title chase on track by hammering Arminia Bielefeld 6-2 on Saturday.

Wimbledon defender Kenny Cunningham will have no complaints if Mick McCarthy leaves him out of the starting line-up for Saturday’s final Group Two World Cup qualifier against Cyprus at Lansdowne Road.

Republic of Ireland striker David Connolly has put his return to English football back on hold after re-establishing himself with Dutch giants Feyenoord.