Soccer / Football : England : Premier League 2011/2012

Chelsea captain John Terry will not feature in Sunday's match against Manchester United. Terry missed Tuesday's 1-1 draw with Swansea City with a knee problem and is still struggling to maintain full fitness for this weekend's clash.

Terry hit the headlines again on Friday as the FA announced their decision to strip him of the England captaincy with the centre-back due to stand trial nine days after Euro 2012 for racial abuse allegations. The defender has denied the charge but the FA chose to act now to avoid unnecessary speculation in the build up to the European Championships.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Anders Lindegaard will miss up to six weeks with an ankle injury. David de Gea is expected to resume duties in goal, if fit for Sunday's clash at Chelsea. Ferguson told reporters: "De Gea should be fit. It looks like Lindegaard will be out for at least four weeks, maybe even five or six. It's ankle ligaments. Ben Amos has been looking for his opportunity for quite a while and we wondered about sending him out of loan, it's not easy when you're in Europe as you need three keepers and he did very well the other night. We have Tomasz Kuszczak as well but his contract is up in the summer and he doesn't want to sign another."

Tottenham Hotspur were at the centre of dramatic deadline-day trading, with their sale of Roman Pavlyuchenko to Lokomotiv Moscow for €9m permitting a late flurry of striker moves. Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp replaced the Russia international with France forward Louis Saha from Everton, on a deal until the end of the season, with the option of a further year. Everton also took former midfielder Steven Pienaar back on loan from Spurs for the rest of the season and signed Croatia striker Nikica Jelavic from Glasgow Rangers. Jelavic, 26, has joined Everton on a four-and-a-half year contract for an undisclosed fee with media reports estimating the transfer fee to be around €6m. Tottenham also loaned Cameroonian defender Sebastian Bassong to Wolves and Croatia right-back Vedran Corluka to Bayer Leverkusen for the remainder of the campaign, while New Zealand defender Ryan Nelsen joins the White Hart Lane club from Blackburn.

Fulham have signed Russian striker Pavel Pogrebnyak from Stuttgart and sold Bobby Zamora to Premiership rivals Queens Park Rangers in the final hours of the January transfer window on Tuesday. Pogrebnyak, 28, joined Fulham on a six-month contract and his signing paved the way for 31-year-old Zamora, who has agreeda a two-and-a-half year contract with QPR. Zamora is set to form a strike partnership with French forward Djibril Cisse, 30, who arrived at Queens Park Rangers from Lazio on a two-and-a-half-year contract.

German youth international Thomas Eisfeld has joined Arsenal from Borussia Dortmund on a long-term contract. The 19-year-old midfielder never played for Dortmund's first team, but Eisfeld has scored six goals and produced the same number of assists in his 12 appearances for Dortmund's Under-19s this season. Meanwhile, Japanese teenager Ryo Miyaichi has left Arsenal to join Bolton on loan until the end of the season. The 19-year-old winger has only played two matches for Arsenal this campaign, both of them coming as a substitute in League Cup matches.

Premier League leaders Manchester City have signed experienced Chilean international midfielder David Pizarro on loan from Roma for the rest of the campaign. The 32-year-old has struggled to hold down a first-team place at Italian club, making just seven league appearances since the arrival of coach Luis Enrique in the summer. Manager Roberto Mancini thinks Pizarro will prove a good acquisition in the fight to stay ahead of Manchester United after the two men won Serie A together at former club Inter Milan.

Chelsea have completed the signing of highly-rated midfielder Kevin de Bruyne from Genk after a reported fee in the region of €7m was agreed between the two clubs. The 20-year-old has signed a five-and-a-half-year deal and will remain at the Belgian champions on loan until the end of the season. De Bruyne, who is predominantly a left-sided player, has been on Chelsea's radar for some time and has played twice against the London club in this year's UEFA Champions League group stages.

Paris Saint Germain maintained their lead at the top of Ligue 1 with a hard-fought 1-0 win at Brest. The result kept them three points clear of nearest pursuers Montpellier, who also clinched a late 1-0 victory at struggling Nice. Lille remain in third spot after a 3-0 success over Saint-Etienne. Lyon kept pace with the leading pack with a 3-1 success over Dijon.

Marseille have leapfrogged Rennes into fifth spot in Ligue 1 after completing a 2-1 comeback victory at their rivals. Nancy leapfrogged fellow strugglers Auxerre with a 3-1 win. Ajaccio climbed out of the relegation zone into 15th spot courtesy of a dramatic 2-1 win at Valenciennes. Struggling Sochaux picked up a priceless point after a 1-1 draw at Lorient.