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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
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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"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."
"[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.
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