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The prospect of Andrei Arshavin joining Tottenham Hotspur has moved closer after Zenit St Petersburg lowered their asking price, which had been more than £20 million.

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Sunderland are understood to have had a £5 million offer for Benni McCarthy rejected by Blackburn Rovers. Roy Keane, the Sunderland manager, was keen to add another experienced striker to his squad even before Kenwyne Jones suffered a knee injury, but Paul Ince, his counterpart at Blackburn, is not looking to sell the player.

Phil Brown, the Hull City manager, has not abandoned hope of taking Frazier Campbell on loan from Manchester United, as he did last season. Birmingham City have dismissed speculation linking James McFadden with a move to Rangers.

Dead certs

Charlton Athletic have sold Amdy Faye to Stoke City for an undisclosed fee. Chelsea have loaned Claudio Pizarro to Werder Bremen for a season, while Watford have signed Grzegorz Rasiak from Southampton on a season's loan.