Snippet: - Birmingham's Karren Brady on Rowan Vine Sale...Shittu in Nigeria Squad...Telegraph Blogger James Higgs

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The Sun - Karren Brady's Brum diary
"...Rowan Vine’s return is better, one goal in 19 games but we paid Luton £2.75m — and lost £1.75m on a deal with QPR.
Add to that wages, signing on fee, agent’s cut, five per cent league levy while Portsmouth and Luton were also on percentages. Some loss." The Sun

Guardian - Nine English-based players in Nigeria Nations Cup squad
LAGOS, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Nigeria coach Berti Vogts named a record nine English-based players in his 23-man squad on Friday for this month's African Nations Cup finals in Ghana.
The were no major surprises in the list of players released by the Nigerian Football Association for the tournament.
Portsmouth striker Nwankwo Kanu is the longest serving squad member after being included for his fifth Nations Cup finals.
He is joined by his club team mate John Utaka, the Everton pair Yakubu Aiyegbeni and Joseph Yobo, Dickson Etuhu of Sunderland, Newcastle United striker Obafemi Martins and Chelsea's John Obi Mikel from the English Premier League.
From the English Championship (second division), Vogts selected Danny Shittu of Watford and Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Seyi Olofinjana.
Forward Mannasseh Ishiaku of German club MSV Duisburg was left out despite scoring in a warm-up international against Sudan on Wednesday.
Nigeria, among the pre-tournament favourites, meet the Ivory Coast in their opening Group B match in Sekondi on Jan. 21 and will also face Mali and Benin in their first phase matches.
Senegal had six English-based players in their squad for the last Nations Cup finals in Egypt in 2006 and have named seven for the finals in Ghana which run from Jan. 20 to Feb. 10.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Dele Aiyenugba (Bnei Yehuda, Israel), Austin Ejide (Bastia, France), Vincent Enyeama (Hapoel Tel Aviv, Israel)
Defenders: Rabiu Afolabi (Sochaux, France), Onyekachi Apam (Nice, France), Ifeanyi Emeghara (Steaua Bucharest, Romania), Obinna Nwaneri (FC Sion, Switzerland), Danny Shittu (Watford, England), Taye Taiwo (Olympique Marseille, France), Joseph Yobo (Everton, England),
Midfielders: Richard Eromoigbe (Levski Sofia, Bulgaria), Dickson Etuhu (Sunderland, England), John Obi Mikel (Chelsea, England), Onyekachi Okonkwo (FC Zurich, Switzerland), Seyi Olofinjana (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England), Ike Uche (Getafe, Spain)
Forwards: Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Everton, England), Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth, England), Stephen Makinwa (Lazio, Italy), Obafemi Martins (Newcastle United, England), Obinna Nsofor (Chievo Verona, Italy), Peter Odemwingie (Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia), John Utaka (Portsmouth, England)Guardian


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