Burnley's fight to keep Gascoigne
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Your support makes all the difference.Stan Ternent believes that Paul Gascoigne, who signed for Burnley for the rest of the season on a large contract, will stay to help the club's promotion bid.
The Burnley manager rang the former England midfielder yesterday for a chat about reports that he was thinking of leaving the First Division club after being left out of the last two games. Gascoigne had told a couple of team-mates that they "would not see him again" and then headed for London to be with his family.
However Ternent is confident that Gascoigne will be back. He said: "There is no problem with Paul, he has been brilliant since he came here. Paul obviously signed hoping to be in the team every week and helping us towards the play-offs and promotion. I know he has a part to play with us for the rest of the season and he has told me it is completely untrue that he is quitting."
The Football Association's head of medicine and exercise has insisted that Robert Pires' season-ending knee injury is not the result of playing too many games.
Arsenal's influential Frenchman has been ruled out of the rest of the season and this summer's World Cup after injuring his knee ligaments during the FA Cup quarter-final win over Newcastle. The injury was initially been blamed on the demands of English football's fixture list, but Alan Hodson insists the injury could tjust have easily happened at the start of the season.
"Over the course of a long season, it might be assumed that the more fatigued players become susceptible to injury," the FA's most senior medical man said. "However, traumatic injuries such as that suffered to the anterior cruciate ligament by Robert Pires can happen at any stage of the season and at any time in a game."
Olivier Dacourt will sign for Lazio, if he can agree personal terms in talks in Italy today. Leeds United's French midfielder had dismissed the idea of a switch to the Rome club because of the racist element among their support. However Dacourt's advisers are negotiating terms with Lazio for a move to Serie A, although Italian sources suggest his waged demands are too high.
By contrast, Lee Bowyer has said he will not leave Elland Road and will agree a new contract soon. The midfielder was briefly placed on the transfer list by boss David O'Leary after refusing to accept disciplinary action earlier this year, but subsequently backed down.
Sean Bean has agreed to join the board of Sheffield United. The actor is a lifelong United fan, who sports a tattoo on his left shoulder with the words "100 per cent Blade".
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