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Football round-up: Ranger guides Newcastle home

Managerless side secure only second win in 15 games in friendly match against second-string Shamrock Rovers team

Sunderland make £11m bid for Crouch

Window watch: Wearsiders test Portsmouth's resolve to hang on to their England striker and may force three-way auction

Bordeaux deny Sunderland bid for Chamakh

Window watch: French club question size of Wearside team, while Fulham close in on deal for Pawel Brozek

Di Matteo wants last say on West Brom transfers

New head coach adamant player recruitment will be his responsibility despite club adopting continental management structure

Di Matteo to swap MK Dons for West Brom

Former Italy and Chelsea player to succeed Tony Mowbray as manager at The Hawthorns after two impressive seasons

Arsenal to pounce for Morocco star

Window watch: Fulham hold talks with Bordeaux about signing Marouane Chamakh, but London rivals are waiting in the wings

Mowbray set to become Celtic manager

West Brom manager set to be unveiled at Celtic Park after the Scottish club agreed to £2m compensation demands

Window watch: Spurs join race for Huntelaar

Daniel Levy due for talks in Madrid over Dutch striker, while Harry Redknapp also sets sights on two Toulouse midfielders

Celtic manager saga enters end game

The deadlock with West Bromwich Albion over compensation is continuing to hold up Tony Mowbray's appointment at the Glasgow club

Celtic must pay £2 million for Mowbray

Jeremy Peace, the West Brom chairman, confirmed that there is a compensation clause in his contract signed 16 months ago

Celtic approach for Mowbray confirmed

Jeremy Peace, the West Brom chairman, says that he does not want his manager to join the Glasgow club

Celtic choose Mowbray as new manager

SPL club expects to unveil current West Bromwich Albion manager as their new man in charge at a press conference in next 48 hours

Celtic turn attentions back to Mowbray

Parkhead club target West Brom manager after Owen Coyle makes it clear that he wants to stay with promoted Burnley

Football in brief: Kroenke declares share prices

American forced to reveal price of the 9,901 Arsenal shares he bought since March, plus Dean Kiely walks out of Ireland squad

Allardyce’s stock is on the rise

Blackburn 0 West Brom 0: manager pockets £1m for keeping his side up as Tugay bids farewell after eight excellent years