Brown said: "During the five seasons ending in 1999-2000, out net transfer expenditure was the 10th highest in English football, just £100,000 below that of Arsenal."Several Redknapp signings have been expensive for the club. The French defender Christian Bassila cost £720,000 and played for 86 minutes. Gary Charles, who has made three starts in two years, is costing £4.4m in salary and transfer fees. Davor Suker made eight starts last season but earned as much in wages as the entire revenue from one stand.Manchester City are signing David Wetherall for £1.5m today, a week after his move to Southampton collapsed. The experienced centre-back met the City manager, Kevin Keegan, for talks yesterday after a price was agreed with Bradford. City are to give the Charleroi defensive midfielder Christian Negouai a three-day trial over the weekend.The Swedish club Halmstad have issued a denial of reports linking their striker Stefan Selakovic with a move to Leicester City.
The Foxes' manager, Dave Bassett, still hopes to bring Liaoning Fushun's Chinese international striker Zhang Yuning on loan until the end of the season. However, the Home Office has indicated that he may not meet the necessary criteria for the issue of a work permit. But, after the Chinese authorities provided more information, Leicester decided to press ahead with the application.Motherwell have completed the signing of the French defender Eric Delomeaux on a two-and-a-half year deal. The 28-year-old has joined the Fir Park club from the French side Le Havre for a fee of £100,000.The former Rangers and Morton winger Craig Watson has died following an illness Watson played for the Ibrox side between 1962-66.. Barnet, in fine form in both league and cup football, seem to be recovering well from the trauma of relegation from the Third Division last season. Barnet, in fine form in both league and cup football, seem to be recovering well from the trauma of relegation from the Third Division last season. On Tuesday they swept aside the challenge of the Dr Martens League promotion chasers Havant & Waterlooville in a dramatic FA Cup fourth qualifying round replay at Underhill. Wayne Purser hit a hat-trick inside four first-half minutes to give Barnet a 3-0 victory.The Hampshire side's two veteran centre-backs, Liam Daish and Shaun Gale (both ex-Barnet men), could not cope with the pace of Purser and his strike partner Ben Strevens.
Purser, a former Queen's Park Rangers youth-team player, described his rapid treble as "the best moment of my career." It is, according to his club, the third-fastest hat-trick in FA Cup history.Hammering Havant earned Barnet a home first-round tie against the Third Division strugglers Carlisle. They will hold no fears for a team who have beaten two Second Division outfits, Bournemouth and Northampton Town, in the LDV Vans Trophy this season.In the Nationwide Conference, after a rocky start, Barnet have climbed to fifth place. They had another hat-trick hero in last weekend's 3-2 win at Nuneaton, where Strevens took 11 minutes to claim a first-half treble. Tomorrow they entertain Woking, whose manager, Geoff Chapple ,was an impressed spectator at Underhill on Tuesday.John Still, his Barnet counterpart, said: "We took a lot of knocks when we were relegated last season and it took time for us to settle down.
