No first class seat for Roger Federer en route to the Australian Open...

Koeman is asked about his team's recent dodgy form. He says they have had injuries to key players and lost confidence.

He adds: "It is tough in winter. You have to play a lot, and the players don’t really have freshness. You have to make more changes and that makes it difficult. And when you have a lot of defeats, as we have in the last six weeks, then it makes it even harder.

"We have tried to analyse why. We like to play football from the back and if you make a big mistake in building up, the opponents are punishing us. If opponents make a mistake we aren’t punishing them.

"It’s not that we are playing badly. I think we are still playing on a good level, but it’s not good enough. We need to be more clinical."

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Now then, it's not been a happy time on the south coast recently.

Southampton have won only one of their last 10 games (weirdly against top-of-the-table Arsenal, thrashing them 3-0).

Which makes tomorrow's clash with Watford, followed Saturday's home game with West Brom, pretty important.

Koeman admits this, telling a news conference at St Mary's: "We are seven points from Europe and seven points from relegation, so it is all about the next two games for me. It will shape the direction for the rest of the season. It could be positive and it could be negative."

No pressure on the players then...

Stoke City

Stoke manager Mark Hughes is speaking to the media today, previewing Wednesday's Premier League match at home to Norwich. 

The Welshman says the first-team players who were rested for Saturday's FA Cup win over Doncaster will return - but Geoff Cameron, Marc Muniesa and Stephen Ireland are all out.

"I always felt that Norwich out of the three who came up would have the most experience for this season," Hughes adds. 

"They have a really strong group of players and will probably be glad that they're out of the cup and can concentrate on the league."

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Leicester City

Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri says he does not plan to make any more signings in January following the arrival of winger Demarai Gray.

The Foxes are second in the Premier League and chasing Champions League qualification, trailing leaders Arsenal by only two points.

Gray signed from Birmingham for £3.7m and made his debut in Sunday's 2-2 FA Cup third-round draw at Tottenham.

But the Italian manager, 64, said: "The transfer market is finished for us."

"I am only interested in my players and no-one goes away," he added.

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There were no Premier League players in the World Team XI, so throughout the day we are giving you the chance to vote for a Premier League XI that could take on the World side.

Our team already has Manchester United's David de Gea in goal and Arsenal duo Hector Bellerin and Nacho Monreal at right and left-back respectively with Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny and Manchester United's Chris Smalling as the centre-halves.

Every team needs a bit of steel in the middle of the park so it is time to choose a central midfielder. We will have a separate category for those more attacking midfielders later on.

There are six options and the one with the most votes is in the team. To vote, click on the option at the top of the page. The vote is open now and closes at 15:20 GMT with results announced shortly after.

These are the choices....

Ross Barkley (Everton), Eric Dier (Tottenham), N’Golo Kante (Leicester), Dimitri Payet (West Ham), Dusan Tadic (Southampton), Yaya Toure (Manchester City).

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Sale captain Dan Braid will be out for 12 weeks as he requires surgery for a shoulder injury suffered in their Premiership win over Wasps. 

Former All Blacks flanker Braid, 34, has made 65 appearances for Sharks since joining from Auckland Blues in 2013.

He will be retiring from playing at the end of the season to take up a coaching role with the club.

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has been speaking to the media today, previewing Wednesday's match at home to Leicester in the Premier League. 

He confirms Mousa Demebele returns to the squad, while Ryan Mason and Clinton Njie are both out. 

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The latest results are in, and you lot are certainly impressed with Arsenal's defenders. Laurent Koscielny joins Hector Bellerin and Nacho Monreal in our back four. The fourth man in our defence is Chris Smalling, who narrowly held off the challenge of Everton's John Stones to secure his place.

Smalling becomes the second Manchester United player to be selected after goalkeeper David de Gea.

Chelsea

Eden Hazard won the PFA Player of the Year last season but has not scored in 27 appearances this term. 

The Belgian international is still out injured, but Blues boss Guus Hiddink was asked how he plans to get him back to his best.

"For me it is about freshness," Hiddink said. "If the mind is fresh and players are eager and enjoy training it is a signal of freshness. 

"At the Ballon d'Or you see the players and the freshness is there. That is what we are aiming for with him as well, he has to enjoy it and get rid of his physical problems, then he will come back.  

"It is all individual approaches. One needs an arm, and another needs a pinch a bit. It is different for each player."

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Sri Lanka's cricket team faces an investigation into alleged "scandalous behaviour" during a tour of New Zealand that is said to have included drinking parties and squabbling.

Sports minister Dayasiri Jayasekera says he has been handed photos of national players at all-night parties just before crucial matches against the Kiwis.

"There was scandalous behaviour," he told the AFP news agency.

"They have not only attended drinking parties till three and four in the morning, but there was a lot of tension and friction among members.

"When they return, I want to call the team to try to find out what happened."

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Oxford United assistant manager Derek Fazackerley could be set for a reunion with former club Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup fourth round.

League Two Oxford, who upset Premier League Swansea in the third round, will face either Newport County or Rovers in the fourth round.

Fazackerley spent the majority of his career playing for the Lancashire club.

"I think Derek will be delighted if Blackburn can get through because he's an absolute legend there,” United chairman Darryl Eales told BBC Radio Oxford.

“Any home game against anyone other than the top four is winnable for us, so it will be another challenge.”

BBC Humberside Sport

Hull City boss Steve Bruce has dismissed reports that midfielder Tom Huddlestone could be sold to Derby County as "madness".

Huddlestone, 29, began his career at Derby and has only been a substitute in Hull's last four league games.

"I can certainly knock that on the head and I'm sure I'll be doing the same with some other stories while the transfer window is open," Bruce told BBC Radio Humberside. 

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Leicester Tigers fly-half Owen Williams has been ruled out for at least eight weeks after suffering a double fracture of his jaw in Saturday's victory over Northampton Saints.

The 23-year-old, who scored a try in the win, underwent surgery on Saturday.

Williams is the second Tigers player to fracture his jaw this season, with Freddie Burns suffering a similar injury in October.

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Not content with the firepower of Luis Suarez, Neymar and Lionel Messi, Barcelona manager Luis Enrique says the Spanish club are in the market for a striker. 

"Right now our greatest need is to strengthen the attacking line but I would like bring in reinforcements across the board," Luis Enrique told a news conference previewing Wednesday's Copa del Rey last 16 second leg against Espanyol. 

"Negotiations are tough in the winter market because nobody wants to let important players go. We will try right up until the final day."    

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There were no Premier League players in the World Team XI, so throughout the day we are giving you the chance to vote for a Premier League XI that could take on the World side.

Our team already has Manchester United's David de Gea in goal and Arsenal duo Hector Bellerin and Nacho Monreal at right and left-back respectively.

Now it is up to you to decide who will be the centre-halves. There are 10 options and the two with the most votes are in the team. These are the choices...

Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham), Scott Dann (Crystal Palace), Vincent Kompany (Manchester City), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal), Wes Morgan (Leicester), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), John Stones (Everton), John Terry (Chelsea), Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham)

To vote, click on the option at the top of the page. The vote is open now and closes at 14:35 GMT with results announced shortly after.

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Bath have announced centre Kyle Eastmond (above centre) has renewed his contract with the club.

Eastmond, who has won six England caps, switched codes in 2011 when he joined Bath from Rugby League side St Helens.

The 26-year-old's last Test match appearance was against South Africa in 2014.

Borussia Dortmund will hold on to all their key players in the winter transfer window, says the chief executive of the German club.

Speculation regarding the future of playmaker Ilkay Gundogan and Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been mounting in recent weeks.

"I can rule out the transfer of any of our top performers now," Hans-Joachim Watzke told reporters at Dortmund's winter training camp in Dubai. 

"That's definitely not on our agenda."  

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It is another Arsenal defender that you have picked for our Premier League XI. Nacho Monreal joins Hector Bellerin in our back four.

The results...

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Financially-troubled Bolton have accepted a bid of about £500,000 for midfielder Josh Vela from Cardiff City, BBC Radio Manchester understands. 

Vela, 22, has made 60 appearances for Wanderers, scoring once. 

Bolton face a winding-up petition hearing on Monday and are trying to sell players in an attempt to avoid going into administration. 

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