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• Fernando Torres is on the verge of leaving Liverpool after his agent indicated the striker is bound for another Premier League club, with Chelsea at the front of the queue to sign the Spaniard.

• Newcastle United and Bolton Wanderers are chasing released Celtic left-back Lee Naylor

• Fulham are planning to make a formal approach to the agent of former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson to find out whether the Swede, who coached Ivory Coast at the World Cup, would be interested in replacing Roy Hodgson at Craven Cottage

• Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe says the simple excuse for England's poor showing at the World Cup was that boss Fabio Capello was "unlucky"