Murray Burnell
BBC London

Spoke to Eric Dier a few months ago about his England chances. He said "that's the aim". Thoroughly deserved.   

Ronald Koeman has said reaching a top four spot at the end of the season is difficult but not impossible. 

"While you can be one of the top four, to continue it through the rest of the season is difficult. Normally the biggest clubs, even when they are struggling, don't struggle until the end of the season. They recover, they react. They have quality and we know it's very difficult to beat them right through until the end of the season".  

Sounds as if he thinks Chelsea aren't giving up just yet...

Roy Hodgson on Tottenham's Eric Dier, who has been given his first call-up to the England squad.

"He has done very, in the position in the centre of midfield, someone who has more of a defensive bent and there are not many of those players available.

"He has done well for Tottenham, we are giving him a chance to come and see what he can do for us. He deserves his chance, he has been a key figure for Spurs and I am delighted to welcome him."

Alastair Yeomans
BBC Radio 5 live

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BBC Radio 5 live's senior football reporter Ian Dennis will conduct a one-on-one interview with Roy Hodgson a little later. As usual, he is working his phone following up stories in the meantime...

Southampton manager Ronald Koeman has a little more information saying that with the exception of the missing Wanyama, the team is likely to remain the same. 

When asked is Wanyama going to be a big miss for the squad, Koeman responded with a fairly cutting - 

"It's a miss"...

Ooof. He did go onto explain himself a little more though. 

"He is always starting but that means that he is an important player for the team in that defensive midfield position. He has is one of the key players. But we have enough competition in the squad to replace Wanyama in the squad."

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Ronald Koeman is speaking in Southampton about his team's current fitness. 

"No Victor Wanyama in the squad for this weekend's match. There are no other injuries but also nobody coming back from injury. 

"Shane Long and Jay Rodriguez are still out. Shane was close to coming back. He trained yesterday with the team but he was not 100% and you need to be 100% to be in the squad."

And we'll bring you the best of it shortly...

Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Preston North End, loan from Sunderland), Christian Walton (Brighton & Hove Albion), Joe Wildsmith (Sheffield Wednesday)

Defenders: Tyias Browning (Everton), Calum Chambers (Arsenal), Brendan Galloway (Everton), Dominic Iorfa (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Jack Stephens (Middlesbrough, loan from Southampton), Matt Targett (Southampton)

Midfielders: Lewis Baker (Vitesse Arnhem, loan from Chelsea), Nathaniel Chalobah (SSC Napoli, loan from Chelsea), Jake Forster-Caskey (Brighton & Hove Albion), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea), James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) 

Forwards: Chuba Akpom (Hull City, loan from Arsenal), Jordon Ibe (Liverpool), Solly March (Brighton & Hove Albion), Nathan Redmond (Norwich City), Dominic Solanke (Vitesse Arnhem, loan from Chelsea), Duncan Watmore (Sunderland), Cauley Woodrow (Fulham)

England Under-21 manager Gareth Southgate has named a 21-man squad for the Euro Qualifiers with Bosnia-Herzegovina and Switzerland.

Everton defender Tyias Browning and Chelsea striker Dominic Solanke, who is currently on loan with Vitesse Arnhem, have both been called-up. Joe Gomez, Kortney Hause and James Wilson miss out due to injury.

Alastair Yeomans
BBC Radio 5 live

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England manager Roy Hodgson will do three separate media conferences. In this main room for TV and later for the written media. And for radio in a separate room.

Goalkeepers: Jack Butland (Stoke City), Joe Hart (Manchester City), Tom Heaton (Burnley) 

Defenders: Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool), Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal), Phil Jones (Manchester United), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), John Stones (Everton), Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur)

Midfielders: Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Ross Barkley (Everton), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Fabian Delph (Manchester City), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), James Milner (Liverpool), Jonjo Shelvey (Swansea City), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)

Forwards: Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Jamie Vardy (Leicester City)

Uncapped Tottenham midfielder Eric Dier has been called up to the England squad for the upcoming friendlies against Spain and France.

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Championship leader Valentino Rossi will start Sunday's final MotoGP race of the season from the back of the grid after his penalty was confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).

Italian Rossi, 36, was given the punishment after clashing with Honda rider Marc Marquez in Malaysia.

The nine-time world champion appealed to Cas and hoped to be able to qualify as normal for the race in Valencia.

He leads Spain's Jorge Lorenzo by seven points, with 25 available for a win.

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Can anyone tell us why Neymar had a headband/ hat/ pair of tights on his head last night during Barcelona's win against BATE Borisov?

Answers to #bbcsportsday...

Matt Sandoz
Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

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Here's a visual clue to who I'm going to see today. Any ideas?

We have worked it out, we think. A hint? It may or may not be a Stoke player...

Andrew Moon
Radio Solent

The Southampton press room ahead of Ronald Koeman's arrival...

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We'll bring you the best of it sometime after 14:00 GMT

As we told you earlier...

The Mirror are reporting, external that Southampton are set to fight Arsenal for attacking midfielder Juan Quintero. 

The 22-year-old Porto player, who is currently on loan at French club Rennes, is a long-term target for Saints boss Ronald Koeman - after missing out on him last January.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp wants to sign Bayer Leverkusen striker Stefan Kiessling, 31, according to the Express (in German). 

And Klopp is also keen to bring Barcelona's German goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, 23, to Anfield next season, say Sport (in Spanish). 

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New Villa coach Remi Garde will hold his first media conference at 17:00 GMT and we'll bring you the best of it as it happens.