Birmingham manager Steve Bruce is confident Tottenham midfielder Hossam Ghaly will finally sign for the club within the next 24 hours.

Lord Stevens was wrong to point the finger at agents in his inquiry into Premier League transfers without hard evidence, according to former Football Association compliance officer Graham Bean.

FREE agents Abel Xavier and Alex Nyarko are both due to begin training with Southampton today with a view to joining until the end of the season, according to agent Barry Silkman.

Portsmouth have yet to contact Middlesbrough to follow up their tentative interest in want-away goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer.

A Barclays Premiership club are understood to be close to signing Middlesbrough goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer.

Bolton have eased their goalkeeping worries with the capture of Oman international Ali Al-Habsi from top Norwegian club SFK Lyn.

Bobo Balde is set to commit himself to Celtic until the end of the season at least, according to his agent.

Middlesbrough today confirmed they have made an approach for Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour after missing out on Geremi.

Chelsea have agreed to buy Cameroon midfielder Geremi from Real Madrid for a fee of £6.9m (€10m).

Leeds midfielder Nick Barmby has today been accused of blowing his feud with Middlesbrough’s George Boateng out of all proportion.