Sport in Short: Football

SHEFFIELD UNITED are prepared to pay pounds 450,000 for Millwall's former England Under-21 international defender, Alan McLeary, who is on loan at Bramall Lane. If he impresses in friendlies at Rotherham today and at Cambridge United on Monday, the deal is likely to be made permanent.

GUDMUNDOR TORFASON, the 30- year-old Icelandic international striker, has moved from St Mirren to St Johnstone for pounds 90,000.

PAUL RUTHERFORD, Falkirk's 25- year-old Sunderland-born striker, has agreed to a pounds 20,000 transfer to Hartlepool.

COHEN GRIFFITH, Cardiff City's Guyanan-born winger, was yesterday granted Welsh citizenship and is now eligible to play for his adopted country, if selected.

WEST HAM have signed a pounds 300,000 one- year sponsorship deal with Dagenham Motors, with an option for another season.

TORINO, the Italian Serie A club, have signed Marcelo Saralegui, a 21-year-old Uruguayan midfielder, from Nacional of Montevideo for pounds 2.7m. He replaces Rafael Martin Vazquez, the Spanish international, who has moved from Torino to Marseille.

TRANSFER TRIBUNAL FEES: Peter Butler, midfielder, Southend to West Ham, pounds 170,000. Rhys Wilmot, goalkeeper, Plymouth to Grimsby, pounds 87,500. Paul Groves, midfielder, Blackpool to Grimsby, pounds 125,000 plus pounds 25,000 after 25 games.

LOAN: Stuart Hicks, defender, Scunthorpe to Doncaster.

FRIENDLY MATCHES: Tottenham Hotspur XI 2 Sheffield Wednesday XI 1 (at Penzance); Ards 1 Nottingham Forest 6; Brighton 0 Crystal Palace 1; Burnley 2 Moscow Dynamo 4; Doncaster 2 Derby 0; Gillingham 1 Manchester United 0; Plymouth Argyle 2 Luton 2; Portsmouth 1 Aston Villa 0; Southend 0 Leyton Orient 0; Swanage 2 Bournemouth 7; Tividale 1 Walsall 5; Wolves 0 Arsenal 0; Stockport 0 Barnsley 0.