Yorke's late show leaves Souness unimpressed

Dwight Yorke has put his Blackburn Rovers future in doubt after turning up late for a meeting before the game against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.

The former Manchester United striker was dropped by the Rovers manager, Graeme Souness, when he missed the pre-match team meeting at 1.30pm. Yorke, who is based in Cheshire, arrived 15 minutes later and by that time Souness had decided to play Hakan Sukur instead.

Manchester City risk losing Joey Barton, a few games after giving him his chance to shine in the Premiership. The midfielder has signed a new one-year contract, but is only on around £1,000-a-week. City want to renegotiate, but Barton will wait to see which players arrive this summer before deciding his future and may opt to play out the last season and become a free agent.

Sam Allardyce wants to sign the Greek international Stelios Giannakopoulos. The Bolton manager has been to see the Olympiakos winger in action and rates him highly, but said: "I am interested, but it would depend on whether we are in the Premiership."