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Classic manager tactics now.

It's pointed out by a journo that Everton's last home win was on 21 November.

"We don't want to look back, we want to look forward," says Martinez, boss code for 'cheers pal for pointing that out, it's a bit of an embarrassing stat and I really don't want to be talking about it'.

Martinez does say a bit more though, adding: "It is true that our points return at home hasn’t been good enough and we need to work on that.

"We have a really important period of games now. The cups have been a welcome distraction but we now have three very important league games in a short space of time."

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Next comes the obligatory question about the imminent arrival of Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.

"Pep is one of the best managers in world football and it will be fantastic for the league to have him," responds Martinez.

"He will bring a very successful football philosophy and he is going to bring a completely different tactical approach to the British game.

"I know exactly what he is like as a person. He is a winner and he has an attention to detail.

"But now is the time to be respectful to Manuel Pellegrini, who is fighting for a trophy on every front."

England are set to play Australia in a pre-Euro 2016 friendly on May 27.

The BBC understands negotiations are at an advanced stage and it’s expected to be confirmed by the FA later this month.

There is no confirmation yet on where the fixture will be played.

More on new arrival Oumar Niasse.

"He can cope with the physical nature of the Premier League," Martinez explains.

"The last game in Russian league was 10 December – that was when their winter beak started – so the first thing is to get him back to full fitness.

"But he is really intelligent and he has a lot of assists. He is a striker who can fit in different formations.

"He is quite flexible in the way that he plays, and at the age of 25, it is the perfect moment for him to arrive in the Premier League."

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The Toffees chief has arrived and is immediately asked about deadline day signing Oumar Niasse, bought from Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow in a £13.5m deal.

"He had a real desire to join us and we moved quickly to do it," says Martinez.

"He has been successful in two European leagues and he is going to bring something different. He has incredible hunger and he will fit into our dressing room."

Is he back-up for Romelu Lukaku, a reporter asks?

"He is not back up. He has his own ability and he is someone who can stretch a defence," says the boss.

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Middlesex seam bowler Harry Podmore joins Glamorgan on a short-term, six-game loan for the start of the 2016 season.

Roberto Martinez is set to speak to the media any minute now about Everton's home clash with Newcastle United and deadline day signing Oumar Niasse.

We will bring you full coverage when it gets under way.

A Question of Sport Teaser

Tricky one today.

Pep Guardiola will become the eighth permanent manager of Manchester City since 2000. Name the other seven?

Answers later this afternoon.

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Sid Dodia: Seriously, happy for Man Utd. No signing, no waste of money, from next season the new manager will take care of it, to Mourinho.

John Soya: Brentford FC has still got a few players left they haven't sold. Down to the bare 11 will do.

Ste Dickinson: Disappointed Liverpool didn't sign Teixeira or a decent centre-back but we never sign anyone in January.  

Imagine being so happy about your team's win over Plymouth Argyle that you just had to write a letter about it.

A young lad called Finn has done just that.

He seemed genuinely overwhelmed with their 1-0 win on Saturday, as well as seeing two goalkeepers play - Alex Lynch and his 46-year-old injury replacement Barry Richardson.

Everybody say aaaaaaah....

If you're wondering what Jos is on about, check out this video.

Surely even school kids know this isn't in the spirit of the game.

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"Andy Murray arrived back in the UK from Melbourne no closer to cracking the code required to defeat Novak Djokovic in a Grand Slam.

The world number two played some outstanding tennis in the second and third sets of the Australian Open final. And yet he still left the court with nothing to show for it, and without a win over the Serb at this level since the 2013 Wimbledon final."

How can Andy Murray beat Novak Djokovic?

BBC Radio 5 live's Russell Fuller gives us his opinion.

Voting time. 

We're asking which Premier League club did the best business in the January transfer window?

We're only giving you 10 options as some clubs were too stingy / too well organised to not need many, or even any, new signings.

Your options are Bournemouth, Everton, Leicester, Newcastle, Norwich, Southampton, Stoke, Sunderland, Watford and West ham.

Vote at the top of this page and we will announce the winning team shortly after 13:00 GMT.

Check out this rather controversial moment.

West Indies qualify for the ICC Under-19 World Cup quarter-finals after a controversial two-run win over Zimbabwe, with the final wicket taken via a 'mankad' where the non-striker is run out backing up.

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Chelsea captain John Terry has been offered a move to the Middle East, reports The Mirror., external

Talks between his advisers and Qatar side Al Arabi - managed by former Blues forward Gianfranco Zola - have already taken place, says the paper.

The Daily Telegraph, external reckons Terry could earn £20m by playing just one season in China, although the MLS is also a possible destination.

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Middlesex all-rounder Martin Andersson and spinner Nathan Sowter sign new contracts with the club.

Is there anything David Beckham can't do?

The England and Man United legend stopped with tea and coffee for a paramedic treating an elderly man who had fallen on a London street.

Catherine Maynard said she had been waiting for an ambulance with the man when Beckham walked past, before returning 10 minutes later with hot beverages for the pair.

Maynard told the Evening Standard: "All of a sudden, I looked up and saw someone who looked like David Beckham walking past us. He said hello and got in his car.

"I said to the man I was treating, 'I think that was David Beckham.' Ten minutes later, he came back with a cup of coffee for me and a tea for the patient."

What a guy.

Derby County head coach Paul Clement tells BBC East Midlands Today he is "glad to see the back of January".

The announcement about Steve McNamara comes almost three months after the coach guided England to a 2-1 victory over the world number one-ranked Kiwis, the national team's first series triumph for eight years.

His departure paves the way for the appointment of veteran Australian Wayne Bennett as the new England head coach.

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Bennett, who turned 66 on New Year's Day, is widely acknowledged as the leading coach in the sport following his unrivalled success in Australia, where he guided Brisbane and St George Illawarra to seven Grand-Final triumphs.

He has twice coached Australia and was right-hand man to Stephen Kearney, his current assistant at the Broncos, when New Zealand won the 2008 World Cup.

Ir.Kumar: Liverpool did nothing but good to know some "loaned out" players got back to Melwood!

Carl Parker: Newcastle fans should be really happy with the players they got, should give the team the quality to stay up. Shelvey pulling the strings and Townsend bursting down the wing, also Doumbia knows how to put a ball away.

Sam Clarke: Nothing for AVFC, despite repeated promises of financial backing from the board for Remi. Just as I was beginning to hope!

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