A couple more bits from the Leeds United news conference...

• Sam Byram's transfer away from the club is "a long, long way off" according to Steve Evans, although that comes with the suggestion that it does look increasingly likely to happen during this window.
• Evans has enquired about loan moves for Aston Villa's Jack Grealish and Stoke's Peter Crouch and has been told neither are available. He is still chasing Norwich striker Kyle Lafferty, with Leeds wanting a loan move and the Canaries favouring a permanent deal.

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Jurgen Klopp's news conference has started... we'll let you know what he says. 

The players he's referring to are messrs Coutinho, Lovren and Toure, all of whom had hamstring injuries in the 1-0 win at Stoke.

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Aston Villa broke the news earlier that winger Adama Traore has been ruled out for up to 10 weeks after breaking a bone in his foot.

Traore, 19, went off in Saturday's 3-1 defeat by Sunderland after providing the assist for Carles Gil's goal.

The Spaniard joined Villa from Barcelona for £7m in the summer and has made 10 appearances, scoring one goal.

Manager Remi Garde said of Adama: "He can bring some stuff which is exceptional but then I still feel he needs to work on the collective game and be more involved in the game every minute, not only when he has the ball at his feet."

He won't have the ball at his feet for a while now, Remi. 

Mike Hughes
Reporter, BBC Radio Merseyside Sport

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It'll be fascinating to hear what Jurgen Klopp has to say as he looks ahead to his first taste of FA Cup football. 

Friday night's third round tie at Exeter encapsulates the romance of the world's greatest knock out competition. 

However he'll be more concerned with Liverpool 's lengthening injury list and their shortage of central defenders. 

He may also be surprised at the suggestion that the style of play he's introduced at Anfield is leading to more soft tissue injuries. 

Today's news conference starts at 11:00 GMT. 

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Aston Villa boss Remi Garde said last weekend’s defeat by Sunderland had made the club less “attractive” to potential January signings, but said some targets are “still very motivated to join.”

He added: “The group has been suffering for a long time now, since the beginning of the season. We need fresh players to regenerate this group. Sometimes the spark needs to come from outside. Hopefully this is what will happen in the transfer window.

“If I can attract the first one, maybe the others will follow. I think when you are a good player it shouldn’t take you so long to settle in."

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Remi Garde knows the football phrase banana skin when it's put to him. Aware that many expect Wycombe to give his Aston Villa side a hard game in Saturday's FA Cup, Garde pointed out that there are shocks in all cup competitions all over the world.

He said two vital Premier League matches next week complicate Saturday's team selection.

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After breaking the news that Adama Traore's broken metatarsal in his right foot could keep him out for up to ten weeks, Garde stressed that the player is far from the finished product, despite the occasional spectacular cameo this season. 

You get the feeling that Adama wasn't one of those he was counting on, every minute of every game for the rest of this season.

Garde was smart enough to see the question coming about whether the players will have reduced wages next season, if Villa go down. He declined to comment!

One final bit from West Ham boss Slaven Bilic, who has hinted that the club may not be entering the transfer market this January.

"We coped well with the injury situation, but we don't want to be in that position again. We are not going to be that active," he said.

"We're not going to buy just because we can. But if an exceptional deal comes available, then maybe."  

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There is mixed news for West Ham, emerging from this morning's news conference with Slaven Bilic. Midfielder Dimitri Payet (he of all the assists) is back training and is only the matter of match fitness away from returning to first-team action. Yay! Defender Winston Reid is also back and has been training for the last two days. Also yay!

However, forward Manuel Lanzini looks likely to be out for a few weeks with another thigh problem. Boo!

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West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has made the club's stance on Andy Carroll pretty clear...

"We never said we were willing to sell Andy, not me, not the chairman. He's a very popular player," said Bilic at this morning's news conference.

"We do not want to sell him. I think he likes it here, he's very important in the dressing room. I know he is happy here. 

"Two goals in two games, the rumours start. The only way to stop the rumours is to play badly."  

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Brentford head coach Dean Smith has confirmed they have rejected transfer bids for key players Alan Judge and James Tarkowski.

Championship rivals Burney are interested in centre-back Tarkowski, external while midfielder Judge is wanted by Sheffield Wednesday., external

"We have turned both bids down because we want to keep our better players at the club," Smith said.

 "These clubs are interested but they are from the same league as us."

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Daniel Robertson: They're amazing people who overcome their difficulties to compete at the top level and they deserve more credit for doing it.

Andrew Wakefield: Dame Sarah Storey is a genius, a privilege to watch her race. At least she was "damed" after 2012, why not David Weir?

Paul Clarke: The onus is on the media to give Paralympians a platform. Sadly, media drives this country.

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Dame Sarah Storey, David Weir, Ellie Simmonds and Hannah Cockroft all tasted success in London and will be targeting more gold in Rio.

But who are the rising stars of the GB team?

BBC Sport profiled six of them. 

On Sportsday, we're asking whether Paralympians get the credit they deserve - send us your thoughts using #bbcsportsday on Twitter on have your say on the BBC Sport facebook page, external. 

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No, we haven't travelled back to the early noughties. This is real time team news.

Bolton manager Neil Lennon has revealed Emile Heskey will miss out on his side's FA Cup third round tie with Eastleigh on Saturday with a calf strain, but he'll have another veteran forward at his disposal in the form of Shola Ameobi. 

Bolton are struggling in the Championship and, in true FA Cup fashion, will not be taking the lowest ranked side in the competition lightly. 

"We'll be banging the drum to the players about not underestimating Eastleigh. That is imperative," Lennon said of their National League opponents.

"If we turn up with the right attitude and combat the conditions, then we'll be fine. We're not playing too badly at all."

News from Aston Villa. When it rains, it pours...

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Manchester United have failed in their latest attempt to sign Southampton forward Sadio Mane, the Daily Mirror reports., external

Saints are understood to have rejected a bid for the Senegal international. 

The 23-year-old was left out of their defeat at Norwich on Saturday for failing to attend a pre-match team meeting.

More information on the story we mentioned not long ago about Leeds' Lewis Cook. BBC Radio Leeds' Adam Pope is at United boss Steve Evans' presser...

Hannah Trickey: I don't think that the Paralympians get the credit they deserve. That's why a lot of them struggle financially.

Phil Bygrave: "No they don't ! I can't imagine the effort involved to do what they do."

Oli Burbidge: Narrow-minded people will always try to put them down, comparing them to able-body Olympians. Well, 90% of those people can't do half of what Paralympians can achieve.  

Britain won 120 medals at the 2012 Paralympics in London, 34 of them gold.

Eight of those gold medals were won by cyclist Dame Sarah Storey and wheelchair racer David Weir.

But just who are GB's top medal performers in Paralympics history?

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After a campaign to boost their profile and generate extra funding in the run-up to the 2016 Games in Rio was launched today, we're asking whether Paralympians get the credit they deserve. 

We want your thoughts - use #bbcsportsday on Twitter on have your say on the BBC Sport facebook page, external.   

Opener David Warner hit an unbeaten 122 as Australia drew a rain-affected third and final Test against West Indies.

A draw was inevitable after only 86.2 overs were possible on the first four days after heavy rain in Sydney.

The West Indies, who resumed on 248-7, were 330 all out before Warner hit an 82-ball century, the quickest ever at Sydney, as Australia reached 176-2.

Australia were already 2-0 up in the series, but the draw stops them from moving top of the Test rankings.

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Speculation surrounding AFC Bournemouth and a move for Leeds United teenager Lewis Cook is wide of the mark, BBC Radio Solent reports. 

Leeds owner Massimo Cellino has told BBC Radio Leeds the midfielder is "happy at Leeds and we're proud of that." 

Cellino is further reported to have said that it is not true he is selling the 18-year-old to Bournemouth in this transfer window. 

Cook has made 61 appearances for United and is an England under-19 international.