West Brom manager Roy Hodgson insists he ‘would not welcome an approach’ for Fulham target Peter Odemwingie

The former Cottagers boss will not allow his former club to lure the 30-year-old forward, who has so far registered five goals this season, away from the Hawthorns

By George Ankers

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West Bromwich Albion manager Roy Hodgson has moved to assure Baggies fans that he will not be allowing striker Peter Odemwingie to leave the club.

Goal.com previously revealed that the Nigerian forward is coveted by the Albion boss’ former side Fulham, who have received interest in some of their own attackers, including Bobby Zamora and Andy Johnson.

“There has been no approach for Odemwingie; I would not welcome an approach,” Hodgson told Sky Sports.

“He is a valuable player who we want to keep. Our aim this transfer window was to make our squad stronger and there was never any suggestion we would have to sell a player.

“We have had no enquiries, and it sounds like a bit of mischief-making to me, but Odemwingie is not for sale.”

The 30-year-old striker has scored five goals so far this season on the back of his haul of 15 in his debut year with the club in 2010-11.

The Uzbekistan-born hitman previously represented the likes of Lille and Lokomotiv Moscow before arriving in England.

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England 1-0 Belgium, Netherlands 4-0 Northern Ireland - follow all the international action LIVE! ahead of Euro 2012
With countries across the continent gearing up for their final warm-up games ahead of Euro 2012, join us for all the action from Saturday's friendlies. Get in touch with us via Twitter with your reaction.

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19:59 BST
Unfortunately for Northern Ireland, they are trailing the Netherlands 4-0 at half-time. Looks like that one's all sewn up then.
19:54 BST
We're still getting plenty of Hazard chat on Twitter. A few are now saying that he's not worth the hype, others saying he was brilliant(!?) and others (which I agree with), saying he created much of his own hype. What do you think? Get involved!
19:46 BST
Joe Hart has also been giving his thoughts after the Belgium game: "It was a really tough game, a good run out. I thought we played well, [but] we were a little bit bitty at times.

"But, we came through. Obviously there were a lot of changes so it's good to get the result.

"Belgium are a very, very strong side who are going to be really good in the future. Vincent [Kompany] told me about them and said that they were coming good and I totally agree with him."
19:38 BST
Here's Roy Hodgson's reaction to the result and some injury chat: "I'm very pleased, it's been a hard week and we've used a lot of players. There was a lot of disruption in the second-half with substitutions – some forced upon us, some we wanted to do. But it's still a very good end to the week playing against a good Belgian team here. Arguably even stronger than the Norwegian team we played last week and I've got to be more than happy that we've come out with another victory."

"[Gary] Cahill I suppose is slightly more of a concern for me because it is a jaw injury. We're desperately hoping the CT scan doesn't show any fracture and it's just going to be a bruising situation, which will be bad enough, but won't stop him taking part in the tournament. As far as John's [Terry] concerned he felt his hamstring a little bit. Again it wasn't a major thing when he came off but we still need to scan it just to be 100 per cent sure."

Suffice to say, if Cahill has broken his jaw, he won't play any part in the tournament.
19:35 BST
And another point from today: Eden Hazard wasn't great. Don't think you can judge him on one performance though. What do you think? Is it just a case of too much hype around the Chelsea-bound Belgian?
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