Under the new transfer rules about to be introduced Leicester would have only until the end of August to sell them and would then face the prospect of being left with a huge wage bill until the next “window” opens at Christmas.The transfer windows are set to be introduced this summer for the first time, with the likely date for final moves being late August – just after the new season starts.Sheffield Wednesday are ready to ditch their reserve team as the growing financial crisis hits Nationwide League clubs. The Owls’ second team are heading for relegation from the top level of the Premier Reserve League, but rather than drop down a division they are considering abandoning organised fixtures.Bolton’s manager, Sam Allardyce, wants Youri Djorkaeff to sign permanently after helping Wanderers beat the drop. Djorkaeff joined from Kaiserslautern on a remarkable £50,000 a week until the end of the season. The veteran will have to take a pay cut if he stays and Bolton will also offer a deal that will apply only while they are in the Premiership.. First Division Coventry City today sacked manager Roland Nilsson and his assistant Jim Smith. Plymouth Argyle last night sealed the Third Division championship with a comprehensive 4-1 victory over Darlington at Feethams. Substitutes not used: Harper, Bett.Plymouth Argyle: Larrieu; Worrell, Wotton, Coughlan, Beswetherick, Bent, Adams, Hodges (Sturrock, 88), Evans (McGlinchey, 87), Stonebridge (Phillips, 87), Keith.

Substitutes not used: McCormick (gk), Taylor.Referee: F Stretton (Nottingham).. The lionisation of the Tiger is a river now, and nothing has swollen the water more than the manner of his third Masters and seventh major win in five years, writes James Lawton At the heart of it was exquisite irony. At the heart of it was exquisite irony.For so long it was alleged that Woods had made a new game of withering power and supreme athleticism, and when the Augusta committee ordered radical course changes the phrase Tiger-proofing was never far from most lips. But on Sunday night Woods, despite the bone-weariness which came with a supreme performance of body and mind, eloquently underlined the exact nature of the sea change he has brought to golf.It was not, said the Tiger, about power. That was why he had not explored the outer reaches of the game’s technology He had not gone to graphite He was not thirsting for greater length.

“I’m hitting the ball a lot less further than I was when I won my first Masters,” he said. “I’m trying to play a more creative game, moving it more, paying a lot more attention to shot selection. It’s neat, it’s interesting, and I love it.”Those fortunate to see Woods’ epoch-making first Masters in 1997 could only marvel at the the sure-footedness of his march to absolute supremacy. In the first impact of his breakthrough there was a mingling of disbelief and a strange urge to bring the extraordinary performance back into a suddenly shattered perspective. The most absurd reaction was that Woods’ game would not easily transfer to the demands of the other majors.

He would be a freakish course specialist, marrying his particular talent to the rewards of the course inspired by the great Bobby Jones. So, if you changed Augusta, you might limit the disturbing superiority of Tiger Woods.Missing from the equation was the possibility that Woods would change along with the course These last four days, reality has dawned. The effect on all who challenge the Tiger is, we have seen clearly enough, pulverising.. Five years ago, when Darren Clarke was 28, he played a Masters round with Gary Player. The great champion liked the look of the big man’s shot-making But he was appalled by his shape. The old whippet’s advice to the young lump could be paraphrased easily enough.