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WIGAN players will personally refund their fans who paid to watch the side get tonked 9-1 at Spurs. "We feel we badly let down our supporters" said Wigan captain Mario Melchiot. "This is a gesture we have to make and pay them back for their loyalty."

ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger has told his team: remember who pays your wages. He has warned his players not to be distracted by thoughts of South Africa. "We don't pay players to go to the World Cup," he said. "We pay them to do well for Arsenal."

WEST HAM boss Gianfranco Zola insists the cash strapped club will not be bullied into selling striker Carlton Cole in January, despite interest in the pounds 20m rated occasional England hitman player from Manchester United and Liverpool.

SUNDERLAND boss Steve Bruce is ready to listen to offers for unsettled central defender Anton Ferdinand who has struggled on Wearside. Spurs are interested and are weighing up a pounds 6m bid for a player who cost the Black Cats pounds 8m just 15 months ago.

BIRMINGHAM'S pounds 4m bid to sign Standard Liege's Serbian striker Milan Jovanovic in January has collapsed over personal terms, leaving Manchester United, Tottenham, Aston Villa and Everton to battle it out for his signature.