money talks- celtics caldwell is lured from middlesbrough by wigan wad

... the celtic and scotland defender seemed set to sign for middlesbrough after spending 48 hours holed up in a hotel on teesside ... roberto martinez also moved to secure ivory coast international defender steve gohouri yesterday, with 27-year-old caldwell next in the door ... big future: bougherra sees himself moving away from ibroxas sportsmail revealed last wednesday, it was an aborted move for rangers defender madjid bougherra that led to wigan boss roberto martinez turning his attention to caldwell ... jos hooiveld raring to go after dutch defender secures move to celticboro close in on £1

sam allardyce denies his blackburn job is at stake in carling cup semi-final

... lars jacobsen, the rovers defender, has confirmed a heated inquest took place in the dressing room at city and admits the players have to react in the semi-final and sunday's home league game against fulham

tottenham manager challenges gareth bale to claim a starting place

... the wales defender, who joined for £5m from southampton in the summer of 2007, has his chance because of an ankle injury to benoît assou-ekotto, which could keep the first-choice left-back out for a further two or three weeks

liverpool hit new low as reading triumph at anfield

... two seasons ago the reading striker was reduced almost to tears here by a physical confrontation he had no chance of winning against the liverpool defender martin skrtel

marrone and boogaard set to cross paths as adelaide face central coast

... and the player who will arrive is 23-year-old mariners defender nigel boogaard, who will move to the reds in march on a two-year contract

north queensland fury release daniel mcbreen to perth glory

... the move has opened the door for fury to snap up glory defender jimmy downey in a swap deal, though paperwork finalising the 22-year-old's move to townsville is yet to be completed

south africa's aaron mokoena bails portsmouth out of jail

... the tie was heading for a penalty shoot-out until defender mokoena headed in the winner with virtually the last act of the game

mozambique, benin draw, defending champions egypt defeat nigeria

... the squirrels of benin raced into a two-goal lead after just 20 minutes, with a penalty goal by razak omotoyossi and an own goal by mozambique defender dario khan

fox sports football expert ross aloisi answers your socceroos questions

... 32: from stuart mckay: after the match last week i think craig moore and colosimo were exposed and the only defender in the a league that should make it is chris coyne at perth glory he has had an exceptional season to date

ahoi hoi, i’m back online

... i’m still reserving judgement on the team, but with key defender chris coyne set to leave us for china, i doubt we’ll do any damage in the post-season, even if we make it