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Valencia have revealed that they have no intention of offering defender Adil Rami a new contract, despite interest from Premier League champions Manchester United. The defender was named in last season's Ligue 1 Team of the Year after a successful spell with Lille as he helped the French side win the league title.

Adam Johnson has signed a new four-year deal with Manchester City, putting an end to Kenny Dalglish’s alleged interest in capturing the England winger for Liverpool.   After arriving at Eastlands from Middlesborough in January 2010, Johnson has impressed with some very creative, sparky performances.

Paula Radcliffe has won her battle to prevent her marathon world record being downgraded to ‘world's best’ status.   Radcliffe, 37, broke the world record at the 2003 London Marathon, with two male pacemakers, and in August, the International Association of Athletics Federations decided to recognise only times from single-sex events as world records.

Manchester United are planning to raid Valencia for sought-after full-back Jordi Alba.   Rumours have been growing that the Premier League champions were monitoring the progress of the 22-year-old, and now it seems as though they are ready to launch a bid for the €6 million-rated defender.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is set to step up his pursuit of a new midfielder and has set his sights on Borussia Monchengladbach's Marco Reus, according to German publication Kicker. The 22-year-old has been in outstanding form over the past 18-months and has broken into the German national side.

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish has hailed strike pair Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll following their performances in their 2-0 win over West Brom on Saturday evening. Suarez created both goals, the first a converted Charlie Adam penalty after he was tripped in the box and the second coming after he played through Carroll.

Two members of the British bobsleigh team are in hospital after crashing whilst training out in Germany, according to reports on the BBC. The two women athletes involved in the incident at the Winterberg track in the north-west of the country have not been named.

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas will be on red alert after the latest goings on at White Hart Lane surrounding the future of Luka Modric. During the course of the summer transfer window Tottenham rejected bids of  £22million, £27m, £30m and £40m from Chelsea.

Arsenal midfielder Arsene Wenger is set to step up his pursuit of a new midfielder and has set his sights on Toulouse's Aymen Abdennour, according to reports on talkSPORT. co. uk. The Tunisian international joined Toulouse this summer from Etoile du Sahel after a loan spell at German club Werder Bremen.

Serbian goalkeeper Zeljko Brkic has expressed his happiness about being linked with a move to Tottenham, following speculation that some of the Spurs scouting team had been to watch him in action.   Brkic is currently contracted to Udinese but found himself loaned out almost immediately after joining the Italian side to Siena.

Liverpool's director of football Damien Comolli has reportedly targeted FC Twente striker Luuk de Jong as a future signing after a number of scouting visits to watch him in action. The 21-year-old Dutch international has been one of Twente's stand-out players and helped the club win the Eredivisie title in his first season.