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Liverpool wait on Jovanovic

Author: Brandon Barker
Date: 05/02/2010
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The agent of Standard Liege striker Milan Jovanovic has denied reports suggesting that his client has already agreed a move to Liverpool for next season.

The 28-year-old Serbia international has been with Standard since 2006, but is out of contract in the summer and is a reported target for a number of top clubs across the continent.

However, Zoran Stojadinovic insists that no final decision on his client's immediate future has been taken.

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Fulham striker Andy Johnson has headed to the USA to visit leading knee specialist Dr Richard Steadman in a bid to get to the bottom of his injury problems.

The 28-year-old England international has played just 13 times this season, having suffered groin problems and a collarbone injury before being hit by a knee problem.

Cottagers boss Roy Hodgson confirmed after the 1-0 win over Portsmouth: "He will have knee surgery in America, when they will go in and see what it is and then fix it.

"There is a risk that he will be out for the rest of the season, but there is also some optimism."

Portsmouth are set to have a fourth new owner of the season, with the Portpin company headed by Balram Chainrai poised to take control at Fratton Park.

Chainrai will take over from Ali Al Faraj, whose 90 per cent stake in the club has been frozen after debts payable to Portpin and another former owner Sacha Gaydamak were defaulted on.

Rangers manager Walter Smith has issued a dire warning that his club's financial problems could get worse before they get better.

Smith should have been upbeat after seeing his side reach the final of the Co-operative Insurance Cup with a 2-0 win over St Johnstone, but instead voiced his fears for the future of the Ibrox outfit.

Smith told BBC Scotland: "It doesn't take away from the fact that we have a problem. Everything will not be all right at the end of the season. It will only get worse."

Lote Tuqiri has decided to return to rugby league in Australia, so ending his short stint in rugby union with Leicester Tigers.

He has agreed a three-year deal with Sydney-based outfit Wests Tigers and will leave Welford Road at the end of next month.

Danny Cipriani is being linked with a move to Australia after Melbourne Rebels coach Rod Macqueen confirmed he had spoken to the Wasps star last week.

Cipriani is out of contract in May and could be swayed by the possibility of reviving his faltering career Down Under.

Mohammad Yousuf has rejected calls for him to end his short spell as captain of the Pakistan cricket team in the wake of his side's disastrous tour of Australia.

The tourists have suffered humiliating defeats in both five and one-day forms of the game against the Baggy Greens and even Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt has called for a change in leadership of the team.

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