Soccer NewsMartin O'Neill is not a candidate for the Tottenham job. He said yesterday, as clearly as he ever does, he will be remaining at Celtic.
"I am delighted to be here for the Champions League match on Tuesday unless Brian Quinn (chief executive) tells me something different and we have an extraordinary defeat against Hibs," he said.
"I am really happy to be in this job. Now we want to try and progress in Europe and capture the league again."
Another manager linked with the Tottenham job, Charlton's Alan Curbishley, pledged his loyalty to the club once again yesterday.
The Charlton boss insisted he had not been approached by the Tottenham board and stated there were more than two years left on his current deal at The Valley, although his thoughts on a switch to White Hart Lane were he offered the job remained undisclosed.
Wolverhampton Wanderers are hoping to be under new ownership by January's transfer window after their owner Jack Hayward said he was prepared to give the club away and write off £40 million owing to him.
The 80-year-old Bahamas-based multi-millionaire, who bought the club for £1.9 million in 1990 and has since spent £80 million on the Molineux ground and players, wants someone else to take it on after achieving his ambition of returning Wolves to the top flight after a 19-year absence.
One stipulation of the sale or, as Hayward prefers to call it, "the hand-over," is that 25 per cent of the club must be made available for supporters to buy.
Manchester United's lawyers are to seek exoneration for Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo when they answer disciplinary charges into the disorder at Sunday's game against Arsenal.
Both players will deny charges of improper conduct, with Alex Ferguson stating yesterday they had "done nothing".
United are particularly aggrieved Ronaldo has been implicated. The club's solicitors will contest the Portuguese teenager was a victim rather than a protagonist, although they may have greater difficulty clearing Giggs, as television pictures show him running 20 yards to get involved in a shoving match with Lauren.
Sven-Goran Eriksson seemed to confirm suggestions yesterday that he will leave the England job after Euro 2004 to return to club management.
Discussing his future, Eriksson made no mention of trying to lead England to the 2006 World Cup and hinted he saw Euro 2004 as a natural cut-off point. It is expected he will be offered the Chelsea job if the club's new Russian owner, Roman Abramovich, dispenses with Claudio Ranieri.
"We have a big game against Turkey and, hopefully, will do well in Euro 2004. Then, one day, back to club football but where I don't know. Football is not like other work. You can't ask for work. First there must be an offer," he said.
