Baggies’ cup ace Cox ‘not for sale’

West Brom boss Roy Hodgson insists Ireland striker Simon Cox is not for sale.

Last year Cox said he would need to leave The Hawthorns for regular football and ensure he made Giovanni Trapattoni’s Euro 2012 squad. A number of clubs have been interested in signing the 24-year-old and last week Birmingham City boss Chris Hughton made a bid to take him on loan.

But Hodgson yesterday said: “He is not for sale.”