Derby County's Darren Bent has an obsession with trainers. 

He owns over a thousand pairs including a pair of light-up-self-lacing boots from Back to the Future II... 

Some of us collect marbles, some collect stickers, others collect vintage football shirts. Each to their own.  

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Bad news for the players, good news for the Premier League clubs.

This is a list of all the England-based players returning to their clubs now that the group stages of Africa Cup of Nations is over.

Gabon Bruno Ecuele Manga (Cardiff City), Didier Ibrahim Ndong (Sunderland)

Algeria Adlene Guedioura (Watford), Ismael Bennacer (Arsenal), Islam Slimani (Leicester City), Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City)

Ivory Coast Eric Bailly (Manchester United), Lamine Kone (Sunderland), Wilfried Bony (Stoke City), Max Gradel (Bournemouth), Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa), Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace).

Togo Floyd Ayite (Fulham)

Mali Bakary Sako (Crystal Palace)

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Aitor Karanka has confirmed Gaston Ramirez has handed in transfer request.

He says offers for him so far are not good enough.  

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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is set to resist offers to take defender Timothy Fosu-Mensah on loan for the remainder of the season.

The Dutch defender, 19, signed a new contract in October that will keep him at Old Trafford until 2020.

Fosu-Mensah has made just six appearances this season and only four substitute appearances totalling 33 minutes since the end of September.

It is understood five clubs have expressed an interest in taking Fosu-Mensah on loan during the current transfer window.

However, Mourinho has given no indication he is willing to sanction such a move.

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Karanka says he realises the gravitas the FA Cup has for English football fans. 

"The FA Cup is a unique competition, and the chance to play and win the trophy at Wembley would be amazing.  

"I will put out the best team I can to win the game on Saturday, as well as thinking about the two new players we have to settle in.

An unfamiliar opponent for Middlesbrough but Karanka seems confident they can avoid Cup upset. 

"The best reference for us is the game Accrington played against West Ham this season. We can't take it thinking it will be easy.

"When you have a group of players like we do, you can't ask for more. They give everything on the training ground and on the pitch.

"Our style has brought us success in the past and now we are in the Premier League - we have to keep going in that style."  

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Mauricio Pochettino has started his news conference with some injury news.

Toby Alderweireld (knee), Danny Rose (knee) and Harry Kane (groin) will all miss Saturday's FA Cup fourth-round tie against Wycombe.

But Pochettino expects the trio to be fit for Tuesday's visit to Sunderland in the Premier League.

He says Jan Vertonghen will be out "for three or four weeks more" with an ankle injury, while Erik Lamela will be back in training tomorrow.

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Earlier we brought you the news Middlesbrough are said to be in talks to sign Jese Rodriguez from Paris St-Germain on loan until the end of the season.  

Speaking in his news conference, boss Aitor Karanka has confirmed their interest. 

"Jese Rodriguez is a player I have worked with and I know how good he is. His next move is important and I hope we can convince him. 

"No one player is more important than the team, but the offer has to be right for the club before a player will leave."  

The Boro boss has also been speaking about their upcoming match against Accringotn Stanley in the FA Cup on Saturday. 

"The game this weekend is as important as any other. I know how much this competition means in this country.

"The club is working well behind the scenes, and that means that I can focus on the games." 

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Southampton have reassured fans that the "best interests of the club" have been considered as news emerged of possible Chinese investment.

Stadium builder Lander Sports Development said it had struck a deal with Saints' owner Katharina Liebherr to buy into the club's holding company.

Liebherr said: "A potential partnership would need to clear multiple approvals and fulfil strict criteria."

Chinese companies have also invested in Manchester City and West Brom.

India have set England a target of 148 to win the first T20 international in Kanpur.

Follow our live text and commentary of England's run chase here.

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Given their present position in the Premier League’s relegation zone and having a manager who tends to be active in the transfer window, it is hardly a surprise to learn Sam Allardyce could be busy before Tuesday night’s deadline.

BBC Sport understands Allardyce expects to sign at least two players, with the possibility of even more players coming into Selhurst Park should some of Allardyce’s current squad leave.

Palace are third from bottom of the table and after drawing their first match under Allardyce, have lost four Premier League games in a row.

The Eagles have been linked with a host of players, including Sunderland defender Patrick van Aanholt and Norwich midfielder Robbie Brady.

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The wonderfully named Partick Thistle defender Ziggy Gordon has signed for Polish top-tier club Jagiellonia Bialystok.

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You wait all day for FA Cup news conferences and then three come along at once.

We hoping to hear from Claudio Ranieri, Mauricio Pochettino and Aitor Karanka at 12:30 GMT - but these Premier League managers always seem to start their news conferences late.

Leicester travel to Derby County on Friday night, Tottenham host Wycombe and Middlesbrough host Accrington Stanley on Saturday.

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West Ham boss Slaven Bilic is expected to return to take training over the next few days following a stay in hospital with a bad case of flu.

Press Association report that the Croatian was discharged from a London hospital on Tuesday and is now resting at home.

Bilic felt unwell following the 3-1 Premier League win at Middlesbrough on Saturday and, after returning to the capital, went to hospital where he was subsequently kept in for observation. 

West Ham have seen some of their other staff and players hit by a sickness bug, with winger Michail Antonio having been ill before the win over Crystal Palace on 14 January.

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Ajax left-back Mitchell Dijks has turned down a move to Norwich City.

The 23-year-old was in Norwich on Wednesday for talks, but his agent confirmed in a Dutch paper that Dijks would not be moving to Carrow Road.

Dijks began his career with Ajax, but had a spell with Willem II before rejoining them in July 2015.

He has made 15 appearances for Ajax this season in the Dutch Eredivisie and Europa League.

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Championship club Aston Villa have signed Barnsley captain Conor Hourihane for an undisclosed fee on a three-and-a-half-year deal.

The 25-year-old made 112 league appearances for the Tykes, scoring 29 goals, after joining from Plymouth.

He joins former Barnsley team-mate James Bree, 19, at Villa Park after he joined Steve Bruce's side on Wednesday.

Central midfielder Hourihane could make his Villa debut against Brentford on Tuesday.

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Every game at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup in England will be broadcast live on the BBC.

At least 16 of the 31 matches will be shown on BBC One or BBC Two, with the remaining fixtures available on Red Button and online.

The BBC is also set to broadcast this year's tournament in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

"This is a very significant moment for the sport," said Jon Dutton, the 2021 World Cup bid lead.

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Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan fears he may be ruled out of the Africa Cup of Nations after suffering an injury in Wednesday's 1-0 defeat by Egypt.

Gyan was substituted in the first half and is in danger of missing Saturday's quarter-final against DR Congo.

"I'm in pain right now. I don't know the extent of the injury, we have to go for an MRI scan," he told BBC Sport.

"I'm desperate to come back and I'll try as much as possible but if I cannot it's part of the game."