Stan Collymore set to join West Ham? "Cobblers," said Harry Redknapp. Collymore set to join Bradford? "Bunkum," said chairman Geoffrey Richmond. Collymore set to join Leicester? No comment, yet, from Martin O'Neill but he WAS spotted chatting to Aston Villa's least-loved son in the foyer of London's Halcyon Hotel last week and that'll do us - Leicester it is.

Speaking of tenuous links - a man bearing a striking resemblance to Sol Cambpell was seen looking around Peter Schmeichel's old house in Cheshire last week. Say no more. Manchester United it is.

"I am surprised that such a large club is having an interest in me now," said 33-year-old former Leeds striker Tony Yeboah, on being invited to join Chelsea when his contract with Hamburg expires this summer (according to German paper Das Bild). Not half as surprised as Gianluca Vialli, we suspect.

Robbie Keane all set for Inter Milan? "Poppycock," said Gordon Strachan, or a word to that effect. Like "hogwash", which was the gist of Arsene Wenger's response when he was told he was about to sign Uruguayan international Daniel Fonseca from Juventus.