dimitri payet, that made headlines come him wanting out.l... —— that made headlines, him wanting out. robert snodgrass is a great player. i watched him recently and he was outstanding. great deliverer of the ball. he can create an score. if you bring in a solid defender. dimitri payet did not want to be there any more. for whatever reason. for personal reasons he wa nts to reason. for personal reasons he wants to go back to france. he has allegedly taking a pay cut. in the end it is good business for everybody all round. some managers will point to what has happened at west ham, saying this transfer window unsettles west ham, saying this transfer window u nsettles clu bs west ham, saying this transfer window unsettles clubs and unsettled players. knowing they can get out. they have this short window. players. knowing they can get out. they have this short windowm players. knowing they can get out. they have this short window. it used to be you could go any time up until march. now we have two specific windows in the year. you have to have t

dimitri payet "wants to leave" west ham, and has refused to play against crystal palace this saturdayers standout player in his first season, helping them to a seventh—place finish. he had a great summer with france when they reached the european championship final, but west ham are struggling this season down in 13th and payet wants a transfer. his former club marseille have already had a £19 million bid turned down. we don't want to sell him. we said hundreds of times we do not want to sell our best players. we want to keep them. he is definitely one of if not our best player, and that is why we gave him such a long contract. i informed him of that, and he refused to play for us. another french international is on the move. morgan schneiderlin has completed his transfer from manchester united to everton, for a fee that could rise to £24 million. schneiderlin has signed for four—and—a—half years, and will link up again with ronald koeman, whom he played for at southampton. the french international played 47 times for united following his move from the saints in 2015, but he only made

dimitri payet "wants to leave" west ham and has refused to play against crystal palace this saturday. in the premier league the hammers to a seventh placed finish, but after a great summer with france, when they reached the european championship final, the club is struggling down in 13th and payet wants a transfer. we don't want to sell him. we said hundreds of times we do not want to sell our best players. we want to keep them. he is definitely one of if not our best player, and that is why we gave him such a long contract. i informed them of that, and he refused to play for us. the chief executive of the lawn tennis association has resigned, afterjust three years in the role. michael downey will return to his previousjob in charge of tennis canada but family reasons also played a part in his decision. the first tennis major of the year, the australian open starts on monday and the british number one johanna konta looks in good form. she's into the final of the sydney international. she beat former wimbledon finalist eugenie bouchard in straight sets, to reach her third wta final. ko

he can almost step in short—term to the dimitri payet role.ood performance by west ham. crystal palace, five games under sam alla rdyce palace, five games under sam allardyce without a win. let's get reaction from allardyce. allardyce without a win. let's get reaction from allardycelj allardyce without a win. let's get reaction from allardyce. i hit one in training through the week. i thought, i'll give it another go. a little bit cross, and it went in the ci’oss. little bit cross, and it went in the cross. it's been awhile in the making. i've been proud of this for a couple of years so i'm glad it has gone in. how high do you read that amongst your goals?|j gone in. how high do you read that amongst your goals? i think it's got to be up there, probably the best one. your concentration and the way you play, it has the last of the whole period of the game. u nfortu nately for whole period of the game. unfortunately for us, we didn'tjust lift one, we gifted two and then three. if you're going to gift them, you're not going to get anywhere. it is

of the day's football stories — west ham have rejected a second bid from marseille for striker dimitri payete have reportedly added another million pounds to their initial i9—million offer. but west ham are still refusing to sell, despite the fact that he's not currently playing or training with the first team. west brom have made a io—million pound bid for hull city's jake livermore. head coach tony pulis is a long—time admirer of the midfielder, having tried to sign him when he was crystal palace manager. pulis is still looking to strengthen his squad, after missing out on morgan schneiderlin whojoined everton. diego costa trained alone at chelsea's base in surrey for a second day today, after missing his side's win at leicester on saturday. manager antonio conte says the player's suffering with a back injury but there's been huge speculation that his absence was to do with a possible big—money move to the chinese super league. goalkeeper karen bardsley has withdrawn from the england women's squad for their friendlies against norway and sweden this month. she has a thigh injury. birmingham

west ham have rejected a second bid from marseille for striker dimitri payet. another million pounds to their initial £19 million offer. but west ham are still refusing to sell him, despite the fact that he's not currently playing or training with the first team. west bromwich albion have made a £10 million bid for hull city midfielderjake livermore. head coach tony pulis is a long—time admirer of livermore, having tried to sign him when he was crystal palace manager. and he still needs to strengthen his squad, after missing out on morgan schneiderlin. diego costa has trained alone at chelsea's base in surrey for a second day, after missing his side's win at leicester on saturday. manager antonio conte says costa has a back injury, but there's has been speculation that his absence was more to do with a possible big—money move to the chinese super league. premier league clubs have been accused of prioritising their finances, over improving disabled access in their stadiums, according to a report by the culture media & sport committee. 0ur sports correspondent ka

that has been the biggest deal so far, dimitri payet leaving west ham for marseille.not going to west ham, he might go elsewhere, and there could be a domino effect. i expect a lot of activity. the window closes at 11pm. what is it like if you have been rumoured with a potential move and there is still no guarantee that the move will happen? how unsettling is it? i moved in january once, from qpr to west ham, it was quite civilised and am quite early, but i can imagine what the players will be going through, with social media and the agents. they must be looking at their phone every five minutes, thinking, have i got the call? you look at leonardo ulloa at leicester city, a breakdown in comedic asian with the manager. he has not been playing —— a breakdown in communication. it is sad to say that he will not play there again, he will look at that as a mistake. i hope he gets a move, because he looks like a good pro, he wants to play football, and he is not playing at the moment. is lance yamani is their focal point. plenty of moves still to play. the window closes at 1

west ham have rejected a second bid from marseille for dimitri payet.portedly offered around $24 million for their former midfielder. but west ham are still refusing to sell, despite the fact that he is not currently playing or training with the first team. just one goal in two games in the africa cup of nations in gabon on monday, junior kabananga for dr congo. the central african side won 1—0 against morocco, despite having a man sent off. togo and ivory coast played out a 0—0 draw. ten—man ac milan managed a 2—2 draw at torino on monday. milan are fifth in serie a. in spain, malaga lost 2—0 at home to fifth—place real sociedad. valtteri bottas will drive for mercedes in formula 1 next season. the finnish driver has been announced as nico rosberg's replacement, after the german world champion quit just days after winning the formula 1 title. he leaves the williams team to team up with three—time champion lewis hamilton. i'm prepared to work really hard. i'm prepared to work really hard. i'm still young and fast, and obviously lewis is going to be a gr

marseille are reportedly keen on re—signing france international dimitri payet, who wants to leave englishub west ham. payet enjoyed a sensational first season as west ham finished seventh. he's struggled to rediscover that form and the hammers are down in 13th place. the midfielder has told his manager that he no longer wants to play for the londoners. we don't want to sell him. we have set it on 100 bell —— hundreds of times that we want to keep these players. he is definitely one of our best players. that's why we gave him such a long contract. iformed him with that and he refused to play for us. the former england manager graham taylor has died at the age of 72. he's thought to have suffered a heart attack. taylor took on thejob after the 1990 world cup and led england forjust over three years. that was at club level. he was best known for title challenges with watford and aston villa, leading both to second—place finishes in the top division. he was later a popular and respected pundit here at the bbc. what i always found with him was he was straight, honest. he was so passionate abou

staying in england — west ham forward dimitri payet is set to rejoin former club marseille after theion fee. after rejecting two bids from the french side, west ham appear to have reluctantly decided to sell payet who joined west ham from marseille injune 2015 and scored 12 goals in his first season. but earlier this month he said he no longer wanted to play for the london side. to spain and real madrid are now four points clear at the top of the primera division with a game in hand after a 3—0 win over real sociedad at the bernabeu. matteo kovacic opened the scoring before half time while cristiano ronaldo doubled the advantage after the interval and alvaro morata headed in a third in the final ten minutes on what was a good day for zinedine zidane‘s side with other results falling in their favour. barcelona's title aspirations took another hit as they drew 1—1 with real betis. it was a game that will be remembered for a disallowed goal — barca denied despite the ball clearly crossing the line. sevilla — third in the league — also slipped up as they were beaten 3—1 by espa nyol. in

staying in france, dimitri payet was officially presented to the media on monday completing his $31 millionm. the french international returns to his former club having only moved to london injune 2015. the 29—year—old scored 12 goals in his first season but at the beginning ofjanuary made it clear he wanted to move away from the premier league outfit. meanwhile, the leicester city striker leonardo ulloa looks like leaving, too, much like payet before him, and has made his intentions quite clear after handing in a transfer request last week. ulloa tweeted this in the past few hours: "with all respect for leicester fans, i feel betrayed by ranieri and let down by the club. i will not play again for them." patrick van aanholt has completed his transfer from sunderland to crystal palace for an undisclosed fee. the dutch left—back has signed a four—and—a—half year contract. the 26—year—old will be reunited with sam allardyce, having previously worked with the manager at the stadium of light. in spain's primera division las palmas came from a goal down to beat valencia 3—1 at home on monday. jon

west ham forward dimitri payet is set to rejoin former club marseille after the clubs agreed a £25 millionng two bids from the french side, west ham appear to have reluctantly decided to sell payetjoined west ham from marseille for 10.7 million injune 2015 and scored 12 goals in his first season. but earlier this month he said he no longer wanted to play fort he london side. england winger anthony watson will miss the first two games of the six nations at least after being ruled out with a hamstring problem. the bath player has a muscular strain and could be out for up to a month. england hope he'll be available for the later stages of the tournament. carl frampton has suffered the first defeat of his professional career. after 12 gruelling rounds at the mgm in las vegas, leo santa cruz is the new wba featherweight champion. it was the northern irishman‘s first defence of the title which he won narrowly against santa cruz last july — but it was the mexican who edged it this time— winning with a majority points decision. our boxing correspondent mike costello watched the fight. he won by tw

and coming up in the sport on bbc news: west ham's star player dimitri payet wants to leave and is refusingor the club this weekend. but the manager says he won't be sold. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a former mi6 officer has gone into hiding after being named as the source of the latest allegations against president—elect donald trump. christopher steele produced a dossier last year which included the allegations that mr trump had been caught in compromising financial and sexual activities. the allegations are unproven and america's cia, which has acknowledged the existence of the dossier, says it has made no judgement about its credibility. here's our security correspondent gordon corera on the british connection. the murky world of intelligence—gathering in moscow a secret dossier of allegations about trump and russia. all written by a former member of mi6. this is christopher steele, now at the centre of controversy. his house was unoccupied today. he is supposed to have told neighbours to look after his cats and he is said to be lying low, fearing for his safety. wh

their star player, to michu payet, going on strike and refusing to play against palace tomorrow —— dimitri payetall. 0ver him. payet at. it doesn't look good for football. over him. of course i can't say what is going on over there but looking at it from the outside, it isn't a good look. it makes everyone want to highlight why he isn't at all of the best teams in the world because he does have the ability to be at one of the best teams, things like these might be the things that are letting him down. yannick thank you. we wish you a very speedy recovery and thank you for coming in. yannick will be on the friday football social on five live tonight from 7. yannick‘s injury means that he won't be linking up with the congo squad for the africa cup of nations. they have gone on strike today over not getting bonuses. i am sure they will be ready for their opening match shortly. 22 premier league players will be representing their home countries. a number of big names like yaya toure and didier drogba have retired since ivory coast won it 2 years ago, but as ed harry reports, there is still plenty st

in football, dimitri payet wa nts to matches.down in 13th. now the french forward has told the manager no longer wants to play for the club. we don't want to sell him. we said hundreds of times that we don't wa nt to said hundreds of times that we don't want to sell our best players, we wa nt to want to sell our best players, we want to keep them. he is definitely one of the best players. that is white we gave him such a long contract —— that is white. he refused to play for us. the england test ca pta i n refused to play for us. the england test captain alastair cook will meet with director frigates and destroyers tomorrow discusses future with england —— andrew strauss. it is thought there is no rush to make a decision on his role after they lost the recent series with india 4-0. i lost the recent series with india 4—0. i will be back at around 1:30pm. thank you. a blast of arctic weather is expected to cause a lot of disruption over the next few days across much of the uk over the next couple of days, with a warning few days w

and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, west ham's star player dimitri payet goes ontrike and demands a transfer, but the club say they won't sell him. good evening. donald trump seems to be at odds with some of his key cabinet nominees on some of the vital questions facing the new administration. his choice for new head of the cia, mike pompeo, has strongly endorsed the work of the us intelligence community — hours after it was criticised by the president—elect. and generaljames mattis, nominated for defense secretary, accused russia of trying to break up nato and of being a threat to europe — in contrast to mr trump's wish for much closer ties with president putin. our correspondent nick bryant reports from washington. a week before inauguration day, it's usually an air of expectancy that you'll find on capitol hill. next friday, they'll be playing hail to the chief as donald trump takes centre stage. but the mood now is much more feverish, much more surreal, as front—page allegations swirl that russia has compromising information about the president—elect which wou

all the while dimitri payet is nowhere to be seen. this transfer that seems to be happening.back to france and marseille. they have said they would only sell him at the right price. he is sulking somewhere but slaven bilic and his team, andy carroll especially, playing really well. three goals in a week, scored that wonderful volley against crystal palace. visions of whiplash but i do not think he felt any after—effects. scored twice to them slaven bilic was very happy. it was a good week for us after the palace in. we played with confidence against them and use that momentum to build on that and to come here and put out a really strong performance and three massive points for us. especially good with a good performance. that is great. we weren't in the way the crowd demanded. even last season we have one style and we didn't score, we didn't create one chance play in that style. the team was broken on the pitch. we decided to win more games. just pausing for a second, huge game at the top, city with 11 shots on goal in the staff when they have just taken the lead the minutes

dimitri payet "wants to leave" west ham and is refusing to play for the club against crystal palace this premier league helping the hammers to a seventh placed finish, but after a great summer with france, when they reached the european championship final. with the club struggling down in 13th he is now looking for a way out. we don't want to sell him. we've said hundreds of times that we don't wa nt to said hundreds of times that we don't want to sell our best players. we wa nt to want to sell our best players. we want to keep them. he is definitely one of our best players. that's why we gave him such a long contract. i gave him that and he refused to play for us. the chief executive of the lawn tennis association has resigned, afterjust three years in the role. michael downey will return to his previous role as chief executive of tennis canada. it's thought personal reasons are behind his decision to quit the job. the first tennis major of the year, he australian open starts on monday and the british number one johanna konta looks in good form. she's into the final of the sydney intern

dimitri payet has told slaven bilic he wants to lead —— leave the club.eplicating the form that took her to the semifinals of the australian open last year. she reached the final of the sydney open. i will be back with all of those stories at around half past. we continue with our main story, the death of graham taylor, with many paying tribute to the former england manager who has died at the age of 72. one man who knew him well was luther blissett. you were managed by him at watford. but what that experience like? what did he do for you? and my first meeting with graham taylor, i have said it once or twice before, it was when he first arrived at the club from lincoln and he used to meet every player and my meeting with him, he came in, sat down, and he said my name three times. he said, sign, you have got to be a star, but it turned out that he was the true star at the end of it. he made watford a family clu b end of it. he made watford a family club and it is still known as that to date. graham really believed in family, community and in people doing t

west ham have accused dimitri payet of showing a lack of commitment and respect after the france international ligue 1 club. england had a great chance to wrap up the t20 series in india, but a last—gasp comeback from the hosts squared the series at 1—1. england needed just eight runs off the last over, but they lost the key wickets ofjoe root and jos buttler. so the tourists needed a six off the last ball, they didn‘t get it. india won by five runs, and the series will go to a decider. a bit of tennis history yesterday. roger federer turned back the clock, winning his 18th grand slam title with a five—set victory over rafael nadal, that was in the australian open final. nadal was playing his first final for two—and—a—half years and dominated the fourth set to push the match to a decider. it was federer‘s first tournament since wimbledon after taking the second half of the season off to recover from injury. the swiss hit back when it mattered, winning the last five games and clinching the match thanks to a successful challenge. i don‘t think we both, either one of us i don‘t think we both, eit

dimitri payet is one of the biggest deals to have already been completed, moving for £25 million from the transfer window closing there will be seven premier league fixtures. liverpool against chelsea is the pick of those to come. jurgen klopp‘s team go into the game on the back of three straight home defeat and pen point adrift of the league leaders. i can say nothing about chelsea‘s petition, we have only one thing to do, to try everything to keep these three points here. no influence, if they lose and win the rest, they are probably the champion so that is not our thing to think about. it is only the game. and that‘s an interesting challenge for ups because they are in a good moment —— for us. it means something but not everything and that‘s football. we lost a few games we should have won and i think a lot of people think in this moment it could be difficult for liverpool and it is difficult, no doubt about it, but possible. and so, who wants to help, you are very welcome. it will be a very tough game, we know this. because liverpool come after three defeats. and we must pay great

west ham united manager slaven bilic says they will not sell dimitri payet, even though he is refusinge him such a long contract. i informed him such a long contract. i informed him of that, and he refused to play for us. andy murray will start his australian open campaign against illya marchenko. murray is the top seed for a grand slam for the first time. he has reached the final in melbourne five times, but never won it. in the women's draw, johanna konta will face kirsten flipkens. england's test captain, alastair cook, will meet director of cricket andrew strauss today, but no decision on his role as skipper is expected to be made. cook admitted to having questions over his position during the recent a—0 series defeat in india, but still has the backing of his teammates. you questioning a guy that's got 11,000 test runs, the most decorated english test match player that we've ever had. and to be questioning him so much about whether or not he should stay on as captain, and this, that on the other, i think it is up to him whether he wants to stay on. i think he has got to make that