A round-up of today's other stories in brief
Campbell gets City break
Birmingham City have snapped up Brentford's FA Cup goalscorer Dudley "DJ" Campbell for £1 million on a three-and-a-half-year deal. It is believed they have agreed an initial £500,000 fee with the London club for the former Yeading striker, which could double based on appearances and what he achieves at St Andrew's.
The 24-year-old shot to prominence by scoring twice for Brentford in Saturday's 2-1 win over Sunderland which earned a fifth-round tie against Charlton.
Sunderland have signed Southampton's Rory Delap on a two-and-a-half-year deal. The 29-year-old Republic of Ireland international joins on a free transfer.
Robert Earnshaw ended his fractious relationship with West Bromwich Albion by agreeing to join Norwich City, in a deal worth up to £3.5 million, the highest fee paid by any club on the final day of the transfer window.
Blackburn Rovers have signed Liverpool striker Florent Sinama-Pongolle on loan until the end of the season and have made David Bentley's loan from Arsenal permanent.
Hossam Ghaly has joined Tottenham from Feyenoord. The 24-year-old has won 19 caps for Egypt but is not at the African Cup of Nations because of a groin injury.
Michael Brown, meanwhile, has left Spurs for Fulham for an undisclosed fee.
Portsmouth have signed the Argentina playmaker Andres D'Alessandro. The 24-year-old has joined on loan from Wolfsburg for the rest of the season with a view to a permanent switch. One player leaving Fratton Park could be Zvonimir Vukic, who claims he has joined Partizan Belgrade on a six-month loan.
West Ham were hoping to sign the right back Lionel Scaloni from Deportivo La Coruna after Gabri chose to stay at Barcelona. Scaloni, a 27-year-old Argentinian, was having a medical last night.
AC Milan confirmed they have rebuffed renewed Manchester United interest in the Switzerland midfielder Johann Vogel.
Fulham have allowed the defender Zesh Rehman to join Norwich on loan for the rest of the season. The Pakistan international has been joined at Carrow Road by Jonatan Johansson from Charlton.
Manchester City have signed the Southampton central defender Matthew Mills.
Arsenal have allowed Dutch youngster Quincy Owusu-Abeyie to join Spartak Moscow for an undisclosed fee. ... l Guardian Service
Barton to face the music
Unrepentant Joey Barton is preparing to face down Manchester City's irate fans at Eastlands after branding the club's £28,000-a-week contract offer "unacceptable".
The 23-year-old stunned City by putting in a transfer request on Monday night, drawing a furious reaction from City supporters just a fortnight after claiming an ambition to one day captain the club.
City boss Stuart Pearce attempted to play down the row, which erupted because of the club's refusal to increase their new double-your-money contract offer.
But, rather than accept Pearce's conciliatory tone, Barton has instead fuelled the row, even though, with the transfer deadline closed, he will be forced to spend the rest of the season at Eastlands.
Barton also seems to have badly misjudged the timing of his outburst given the impossibility of him now moving before the end of the season.
When Barton made his demand for a move, it was assumed he had at least the possibility of having somewhere to go.
As it was, the only faint interest on deadline-day came from Middlesbrough, which was quickly rebuffed.
Mourinho's national pride
Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho has set himself a target of becoming Portugal boss in 12 years.
"I really want to coach the Portuguese national team and I feel as though Portugal also want it," he said.
"The ideal time would be 12 years from now in order to spend four years in the role, covering the World Cup (2018) and the European Championships (2020)."
Martins sinks Senegal
Two late goals from Obafemi Martins gave Nigeria their third successive victory at the African Cup of Nations, a 2-1 win over Senegal yesterday.
Senegal, who finished second on goal difference in Group D, qualified for the quarter-finals after World Cup finalists Ghana suffered a shock 2-1 defeat by Zimbabwe in Ismailia.
Liverpool for the box
Liverpool's FA Cup fifth round game against Manchester United will be played on Saturday, February 18th, at 12.30, and will be live on BBC. Newcastle v Southampton will also be live on BBC, with a 5.40 kick-off.
The next day, Everton or Chelsea v Colchester United will be shown by sky with a 4pm start and Aston Villa's game with Manchester City will kick-off at 6.30 on the same day and will be live on BBC.
Transfer frenzy at Hearts
Hearts yesterday unveiled four new signings ahead of the transfer window closing.
Bosnia winger Mirsad Beslija (26) joins the club from Racing Genk. Portugal under-21 defender Jose Goncalves (21) has been loaned immediately to Hearts after completing his move from FC Thun to FBK Kaunas.
Bruno Aguiar (24) has also been added to Graham Rix's squad through a loan deal with Kaunas. Finland international Juho Makela signed from HJK Helsinki.
In brief . . .
Hibernian have rejected a bid for striker Derek Riordan by Rangers . . . Mark Wright was dismissed by Peterborough yesterday for what the club described as "gross misconduct" . . . Lazio striker Paolo Di Canio (37) says he would consider returning to England when his contract expires at the end of this season.
