Liverpool are set to offer 15-year-old Raheem Sterling a £300,000 contract to join them.

The Queens Park Rangers youngster is tipped as England's next big thing - even though he won't turn pro until he is 17.

Rochdale manager Keith Hill is annoyed that Rochdale Hornets rugby league team are playing at Spotland and fears they could damage the pitch and Dale's promotion push. "We are dismayed they are playing rugby on our pitch," said the former Rovers defender.

Arsenal have become the latest Premier League club to monitor West Brom midfielder Graham Dorrans, who is believed to command a price tag of £6m.

Sheffield United and Carlisle are both chasing York City striker Richard Brodie, who tops the Blue Square Premier's scoring chart with 27 goals so far this season.