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West Ham are prepared to increase their offer for Jermain Defoe to £7million after Sunderland rejected their latest proposal. He is wanted by his former club who have made overtures to take him back recently.

Bournemouth have reported a non-League footballer after he sent abusive tweets to Harry Arter concerning the death of his child - and the FA are now investigating.

The Congo international, signed from Crystal Palace in a £30million summer deal, ruptured his cruciate ligament during the Toffees' 1-1 draw with Manchester United at the start of December.

A clash between Phil Jones and Feghouli in the 15th minute of Monday's game against Manchester United led to referee Mike Dean sending the Algerian international off, which has since been rescinded.

The midfielder, who has played six times for Holland, had previously been linked with several European clubs, including the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Barcelona.

CHRIS FOY: Manu Tuilagi has been ruled out for the rest of this season after a scan on his injured right knee revealed significant ligament damage. He had just been recalled by England.

EXCLUSIVE: Sportsmail understands former Inter Milan manager Hector Cuper is another name the Hull board have discussed in the aftermath of Mike Phelan’s sacking on Tuesday night.

Sportsmail revealed West Ham's interest last month but the Championship side want closer to £15m for the 24-year-old with a 30 per cent sell-on due to his former club Rochdale.

Mourinho has identified the factors that made him 'fall in love' with Manchester United as he moves into the second half of his maiden campaign as United manager after joining in the summer.

Hull City expect to have their new manager in place for the weekend's FA Cup fixture against Swansea after opting to sack Mike Phelan on Tuesday for 'a fresh approach'.

He had impressed City scouts playing as a centre-back against Barcelona in the Champions League in 2016 and can also operate as a left-back, where he played in December against Bayern Munich.

Sportsmail reported last month that Bradley was mocked during the closing stages of his ill-fated managerial reign, and privately given the nickname 'Ronald Reagan'.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who has netted 16 goals in just 15 Bundesliga games this season, could miss four games as he leads the line for Gabon at the Africa Cup of Nations.

The club legend turned pundit believes the forward may struggle to get into the former Real Madrid boss' preferred 4-2-3-1 formation during the second part of the season.

Black Cats manager David Moyes does not have money to spend this month as he battled to save his club from relegation from the top flight and has held discussions about potentially landing Sissoko.

Red Bull Leipzig have returned to Nottingham Forest with a £6million offer for young midfielder Matty Cash. The Bundesliga title chasers bought Oliver Burke from Forest for £13m.

Feghouli was dismissed just 15 minutes into the clash at the London Stadium by referee Mike Dean following a collision with United defender Phil Jones but the decision has now been reversed.

The last Spanish coach called Pep who came here didn’t think much of English football, either. Pepe Mel lasted 123 days and won three games in 17, before West Brom sacked him.

Brendan Rodgers is ready to kick-off Celtic's January spending with a £2.8million swoop for Ivory Coast midfielder Kouassi Eboue. The Scottish champions have agreed the fee with Krasnodar.

Liverpool are reluctant to let the former Tottenham trainee leave, however, as Jurgen Klopp sees him as cover for his first team squad. Klopp is thought to have been impressed by his improvement.

MS Dhoni captained India in 199 ODIs and 72 T20 internationals and led the country to their second ODI World Cup in 2011. His decision comes ahead matches against England later this month.

The Rugby Football League says it has received around 10 serious expressions of interest in reviving the Bulls after the liquidation of the debt-ridden club by administrators.

Kvitova's spokesman, Karel Tejkal, says the two-time Wimbledon champion has gradually started doing exercises with her injured fingers and 'all have been going according to the plans'.

The Mercedes website said on Wednesday that the reigning champions would 'unveil the beast to the world' at the British Grand Prix circuit down the road from their Brackley factory.

Yohan Cabaye was involved in an angry confrontation with a Crystal Palace supporter following their loss to Swansea City, it is understood.

AC Milan have made a formal request to take Gerard Deulofeu on loan from Everton with a view to a permanent signing in the summer.

Mesut Ozil is no nearer to returning to the Arsenal first team after illness ruled him out of the last two games. Arsene Wenger says he is unsure when the German international will be available.

Goalkeeper Lee Grant has been on loan at Stoke from Derby since August, with a string of impressive displays between the sticks enough for him to earn a permanent move in a deal worth £1.3million.

Real Madrid have yet to receive any formal offers for James Rodriguez. The Colombian has grown frustrated at his lack of game time at the Santiago Bernabeu but looks to remain with the club.

The Goodison Park club had an initial £19m proposal rejected for France international Morgan Schneiderlin after West Brom also failed with an offer of £13m turned down too.

Manager Sam Allardyce confirmed that the Belgium striker was potentially injured, which seemed to result from clashing with Swans goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski in the penalty area.

Cameroon have told Liverpool defender Joel Matip and West Brom's Allan Nyom that they expect them to take part in the Africa Cup of Nations.

Swansea City striker Borja Baston is wanted by Sevilla. The 24-year-old joined Swansea from Atletico Madrid in August for a club record £15.5million.

The fans, who were in Paris for a match between their team and Paris Saint Germain in February 2015, were among supporters who chanted: 'We are racist, we are racist and that's the way we like it'.

British No 2 Heather Watson suffered defeat to Kristina Mladenovic in the Hopman Cup. Watson fell to her second loss of the year as she went down to the Frenchwoman 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.

CHRIS FOY: England have launched an anti-complacency campaign during their first training camp of 2017 — using the struggles of Leicester City this season as a cautionary tale.

Pouille retired trailing 6-3, 3-1 in the second-round clash. Edmund will now face the winner of the second round match between second seed Stan Wawrinka and Viktor Troicki.