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Tottenham Hotspur’s disgruntled goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has hinted he may push for a January transfer when he meets up with Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas on his return from international duty, according to the Daily Mail and Sky Sports News.

The French shot-stopper only joined the North London club in the summer, but has been kept out of the Spurs starting XI by veteran goalkeeper Brad Friedel, who has been in a rich vein of form since the start of the season.

Lloris singed from Lyon for £8million plus future incentives on transfer deadline day, but has only made a single Premier League appearance.

The French no.1, who featured in last night’s international friendly against Italy, has spent the season warming-up the bench, and is expected to continue doing so for the North London derby at the weekend.

Although considered the future first-team goalkeeper at White Hart Lane, AVB is struggling to keep Lloris happy, suggesting the player will want a move away in January. Villas-Boas is preparing to hold talks with the disillusioned 25-year-old when he arrives back in London following international duty.

It has been revealed that the French international was being closely watched by Arsenal in the summer, but the Gunners pulled out of making a bid at the last minute.

Wenger has recently announced he is on the hunt for a new goalkeeper, and could attempt to lure Lloris to the Emirates during the imminent transfer window.

Lloris told french newspaper L’Equipe: “I remain a competitor. I want to be on the pitch.

“I feel much at ease at the club, where I have been very, very well received by the players, the fans and people at the club.

“Now you have to ask all those questions [over the No.1 spot] to the coach” he added.

France head coach Didier Deschamps has been vocal about AVB’s decision to pick Friedel over the discontented Hugo Lloris.

The former Juventus and Marseille manager has now told reporters: “He doesn’t play enough at his club and it doesn’t sit very well with him.

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“His situation is difficult, burdensome, not ideal.

“Returning to the bench after the performance he made with us in Spain [in the World Cup qualifiers] is not easy. He cannot be satisfied playing only one game out of two or three.

“Of course, he would like to play more. He is getting on with it as best he possibly can but obviously he would like to play more,” added Deschamps.

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Twitter is essentially a glorified Facebook status update, allowing you to share each and every thought that pops into your head with a global audience. In the right hands this can be a very powerful tool but in the wrong hands, it’s just straight up dangerous. Most of us have the foresight to consider our ‘tweets’ before we set them in virtual stone but footballers appear incapable of such logic, instead using the site to offload a few ‘brain dumps’.

The advent of social media has bestowed us with unprecedented access into the lives of our favourite superstars. We’re now all too readily exposed to an unfiltered stream of mundane and trivial information, which serves only to quash our once idolised view of our sporting icons. I’m sure most players don’t set out to infuriate, annoy or ‘wind-up’, some actually share interesting content, but that doesn’t stop them from further enforcing all the negative stereotypes associated with the modern day footballer.

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Reading’s Jason Roberts has announced that he will refuse to wear Kick It Out T-shirts this weekend in protest at the F.A.’s handling of the John Terry scandal. The veteran striker has urged the Premier League’s other black players to join his boycott of the anti-racism campaign, suggesting it has failed to stop racial abuse in football.

It is believed that brothers Anton and Rio Ferdinand, who have been at the heart of the John Terry scandal, will join Roberts as will a number of senior black footballers, however several Premier League managers have spoken out in order to quash the revolt.

Following John Terry’s announcement that he would not appeal against his four game ban and fine handed to him by the F.A. as a punishment for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand last year, 34-year-old Roberts told Sky Sports News “Certainly a four-game ban is nowhere near what people would expect for something like this.

“It seems like the authorities don’t have the stomach to take this on, and if the players don’t take it on then nobody will.

“You know we’ve sat and we’ve spoken about the Serbian FA and their view of what happened out there with the England Under-21s and how you have to take responsibility.”

Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Roberto Mancini have  announced that all of their squad will be wearing the Kick it out T-shirts at the weekend, meaning Roberts could be standing alone in his protest should Ferguson convince Ferdinand to drop his issues with the F.A.

The United boss has spoken out in disagreement with the Royals striker: “I have to disagree with Jason Roberts. I think he is making the wrong point. Everyone should be united, with all the players in the country wearing the Kick it Out warm-up tops.

“I don’t know what point he is trying to make. I don’t know if he is trying to put himself on a different pedestal from everyone. But he really should be supporting all the rest of the players who are doing it” added Ferguson.

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Rio Ferdinand believes that Manchester United must improve defensively if they are to regain their Premier League title.

The Red Devils’ Boxing Day win over Newcastle saw their lead at the summit of the table extended to seven points, with local rivals Manchester City losing to Sunderland.

Although they secured all three points, United dropped behind three times to the Magpies, before Javier Hernandez’s late winner.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s men have recovered from a losing position on eight occasions in the league this term, and whilst Ferdinand maintains that it’s nice to be victorious, he feels that they must improve their defensive record:

“When you’re conceding goals at any level, you want to stop it,” he is quoted by The Mirror.

“We’ve let in far too many goals and need to change that.

“We have to make a big effort to push on from a good position. If we’re going to maintain where we are, we have to sort ourselves out.

“We seem to make sure the punters get their money’s worth when they come to the ground at the moment.”

He went praise the character shown by the team to take all three points against Newcastle:

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“But it was a great show of character from the lads at the start of a really busy schedule.

“It was really important to get the win, no matter how we did it.”

have confirmed that Paul Jewell has left the club by mutual consent following a disappointing start to the Championship season.

Jewell joined the club in January 2011 and led them to a 13th place finish and followed that up by finishing 15th last season. But just one win in their opening 12 Championship games this season has seen Ipswich slump to the bottom of the league, four  a drift from safety.

A statement by club owner Marcus Evans on the club’s official website reads: “Since he first walked through the door here, no one has worked harder to bring success to this Football Club than Paul Jewell.

“Unfortunately his outstanding commitment has not been rewarded by results on the pitch and having spoken with Paul at length, we feel it’s best for him and the Club if we go our separate ways.

“I’m bitterly disappointed – as is Paul – that it has not worked out as we had hoped when he became our manager 21 months ago and I would like to put on record my thanks for his services to the Club and wish him every success in the future.”

Paul Jewell said: “We all know that football is a results business though and I’ve never hidden from the fact that our results have not been good enough.

“It’s been a privilege to be manager of such a fantastic football club and I want to thank the staff and the supporters for the backing they have given me in my time at the Club and wish Ipswich Town the best of fortunes ahead.”

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Assistant manager Chris Hutchings will take over as caretaker manager while a search for Jewell’s replacement gets under way.

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Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany admitted that defensive errors cost his side victory during their Champions League tie with Ajax.

The Sky Blues conceded twice early on from set-pieces, but were able to fight back to earn a draw at the Etihad Stadium.

After the game the Belgian confessed that the goals they shipped were avoidable and cost them their chance to win:

“It’s very important to defend as a team when corners come in and we’ve probably let ourselves down on those two occasions.” He told ITV after the game.

“Those two goals were really not good.

“We’ll look back at the game, try to see what went wrong, and try to improve.”

“It’s not the case that we’re not good enough for the Champions League but it’s a matter of time.

“It’s unfortunate that we’re letting those chances go at the moment.”

City were denied a penalty late on in the game as Mario Balotelli appeared to be wrestled to the ground in the area.

Both the striker and manager Roberto Mancini were angered by the decision not to award a spot-kick, but Kompany refused to blame the officials:

“You guys have the images and you’ll be able to judge better than me.” He responded when asked if it was a foul.

“We didn’t do enough to win tonight and we have to learn from this and take it into the next game.”

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Ajax took the lead after ten minutes, as Siem de Jong poked home from close range. The Dutchman then doubled the lead with a header following some slack marking from the City defence.

The home side battled back with goals from Yaya Toure and Sergio Aguero, but were unable to force a winner leaving them rooted to the foot of Group D.

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West Ham United co-owner, David Sullivan, admits the club are still carrying the financial burden of the Carlos Tevez saga which relegated Sheffield United back in 2007, according to Daily Mail reports.

Sullivan admitted West Ham still owe the Blades £10 million in compensation, as Tevez’s winner against Manchester United saved the club from relegation and effectively sent the Yorkshiremen back to the Championship, despite the Argentine being  ineligible to play.

He said: “We have an eight-figure sum still outstanding over the Tevez affair, even though we have been playing it down over the past two years.” (Daily Mail)

Manager, Sam Allardyce has been shrewd in the transfer market, bringing in the likes of Jussi Jaaskelainen and George McCartney in the summer transfer window, while Kevin Nolan proved to be an inspirational signing last year and scored the winner in Saturday’s opening day victory over Aston Villa, but Sullivan admits the debt has hindered the Hammers’ spending.

He claimed: “We’ve done some good business and brought in some real quality despite our still-limited resources.

“That amount has to be paid off over the next 12 months, which does take its toll on our transfer activity.”

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Brede Hangeland’s agent has confirmed that a number of clubs are interested in the Fulham centre-back.

The Norwegian is out of contract at the end of the season, and was the subject of speculation regarding a move to QPR during January.

Although reports have circulated in recent weeks that he could renew his deal at Craven Cottage, no official agreements have been announced, leaving the 31-year-old’s future up in the air.

This lack of certainty has led to rumours that he could move on this summer, and his agent, Rune Hauge, has revealed that a number of European sides are interested in Hangeland:

“There have been some enquiries about what is going on.” He is quoted by Sky Sports.

“That includes top clubs, but no offers. We do not have permission to negotiate with other English clubs yet.”

Hague went on to confirm that discussions with Fulham are ongoing, but that the longer they take the less likely it is that the Scandinavian will stay with the Cottagers:

“We are still negotiating.” Hauge told the Norwegian media.

“But the longer it takes to reach an agreement, the chance that he will stay is decreasing.

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“At the same time, Brede is happy at Fulham and the club is happy with him. We will see in one or three months.”

If Hangeland leaves it will be a big blow to the club, with the commanding centre-back a fans’ favourite in west London.

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Joey Barton has confessed that he let himself down by being sent off on the final day of last season.

The QPR midfielder was dismissed for violent conduct in the Loftus Road club’s clash with Manchester City, and was subsequently handed down a 12-match ban from the FA.

Barton has since secured a season-long loan to French club Marseille, and has explained his actions at the Etihad Stadium.

“I completely let myself down but it’s not a rational situation. I knew we could be relegated, they could win the league and I’m captain,” he revealed to The Sun.

“There’s a bit of a media spotlight on me so if we go down, I’m going to take a lot of s***.

“I was already getting it on Twitter so pressure started building and I didn’t handle it well.

“My inner chimp doesn’t work well with injustice, it reacts too quickly. Tevez has done what he’s done, I have reacted and the aftermath is…

“I look at it now and it’s almost like it’s not me. I’m like ‘What the f*** were you thinking?’

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“At the time in some weird way I thought it was the correct way but, looking at it now, I know it wasn’t.

“I’ve got to learn a lesson from that. The thing it reiterated to me was just how far I am from the person I want to be,” he concluded.