IAN Holloway is still awaiting the offer of a new Blackpool contract despite leading the Tangerines into the Premier League.

Holloweay, however, says he will not quit Bloomfield Road.

HUDDERFIELD Town boss Lee Clark is ready to swoop for Sheffield United goalkeeper Ian Bennett on a free transfer.

FORMER Morecambe striker Wayne Curtis is closing in on a move to Bury. Curtis is also wanted by Chesterfield and Mansfield Town.

ASTON Villa face stiff competition for Manchester City reject Martin Petrov. Martin O’Neill had been in pole position to sign the Bulgarian - but now Espanyol are ready to offer the 31-year-old winger a two-year deal worth £6m.

STEVE Staunton is in line to take over as the new manager of Hereford United.

MORECAMBE are tracking the progress of Andrew Bond, the former Crewe youngster who wants to leave Blue Squar Premier outfit Barrow.

LEICESTER City have made what they describe as a ‘serious offer’ for 36-year-old Frenchman Robert Pires, who has been released by Spanish outfit Villareal.

SUNDERLAND are lining up a move for Paraguay World Cup striker Nelson Haedo Valdez.

FULHAM are favourites to sign Steve Sidwell from Aston Villa with manager Roy Hodgson desperate to snare the former Reading man.

SIMON Davey has walked out as manager of relegated Darlington. The Quakers were shaken when the former Preston North End player stopped taking calls from chairman Rav Singh.

LEAGUE Two new boys Stevenage Borough want to sign striker Tom Pope from Rotherham.

COVENTRY City fans have launched a fund to raise £150,000 to put up a statue of ex-chairman and manager Jimmy Hill at the entrance of the Ricoh Arena.