Bale to play World Cup qualifier against Croatia

Gareth Bale confirmed he hopes to play in Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against Croatia, despite being withdrawn from the action after just 45 minutes on Friday night's game against Scotland.

There were fears that a strong tackle from Scotland's Grant Hanley had aggravated an ankle injury that had left Bale doubtful for the game in Glasgow, but the Tottenham talisman took to Twitter to assure his fans that his ankle was not the reason for his non-appearance after the half-time interval.

Ricky van Wolfswinkel joined Norwich

Norwich agreed to sign Holland striker Ricky van Wolfswinkel from Sporting Lisbon.

Sporting Lisbon has settled on an undisclosed fee with the Premier League club and the 24-year-old striker is set to join on 1st July on a four-year contract.

Van Wolfswinkel, has scored 82 goals in 188 appearances for Sporting, FC Utrecht and Vitesse Arnhem.

Hughton on club's official website, "Ricky's profile is a perfect fit for us - he's young, ambitious and a proven goalscorer," 

"He has an excellent goalscoring pedigree and he's a young man very keen to continue his personal progression and to play in England. He's already an exciting talent but he still has more development as a player ahead of him.

"I'm delighted we've been able to agree a deal with Sporting Lisbon and with Ricky and we look forward to welcoming him to the squad in July, once all of the paperwork gets sorted out."

John Cofie back to Old Trafford

Manchester United John Cofie has returned to Old Trafford following the end of his loan spell at Notts County.

The 20-year-old scored on his debut to earn Chris Kiwomya's side a 1-1 home draw against Crewe, but it was the only goal he managed during his month-long stay at Meadow Lane.

Asked if he would like to extend the loan deal, manager Kiwomya told reporters: "I need to sit down with John, the chief executive and the chairman to see where we go from here."