Luton Town manager Mike Newell is poised to sign a new four-year deal with the club this week.
The Hatters manager has decided to pledge his future to the Coca-Cola Championship club, despite having attracted interest from Leicester, Derby and Ipswich at various times this year.
Ipswich have accepted a player-plus-cash offer from Leeds for 23-year-old midfielder Ian Westlake. The Suffolk side would get fullback Dan Harding in exchange as well as an undisclosed sum.
Barnsley will complete the signing of former Republic of Ireland and Coventry midfielder Colin Healy today. The 26-year-old will sign a one-year deal after impressing on trial at Oakwell.
Stoke City have bolstered their squad with the signing of Southampton defender Danny Higginbotham for an initial fee of £225,000 while South-end have completed the signing of Blackpool captain Peter Clarke for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £250,000. * AC Milan escaped with a severe reprimand by Uefa as they were admitted into this season's Champions' League despite their involvement in the Italian match-fixing scandal.
The Rossoneri will be allowed to face Red Star Belgrade, who overcame Cork City last night, in the third qualifying round of this year's competition but Uefa claimed that only a lack of a sound legal basis for excluding the club had prevented them from being banned.
