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Palace sign Milivojevic
Crystal Palace have announced the signing of midfielder Luka Milivojevic from Olympiacos on a 3-and-a-half-year deal.
The 25-year-old Serbia international moves to Selhurst Park for a fee reported to be in the region of £11 million.
Milivojevic has scored 6 goals in 17 Greek Super League appearances this season, with Olympiacos 13 points clear at the summit.
He enters a sharply contrasting situation at Palace, who ended a run of 8 Premier League matches without a win with a 2-0 victory away to Bournemouth on Tuesday.
Middlesbrough capture Guedioura
Adlene Guedioura has departed Watford for fellow Premier League club Middlesbrough in a reported £3,5 million deal on Tuesday.
The Algeria international spent just under 17 months with the Hornets after previously enjoying 2 separate loan spells at Vicarage Road.
Guedioura was never a regular at the club, making just 12 league starts in the top flight, 9 of which have come under Walter Mazzarri's stewardship this season.
The 31-year-old has signed a 2-and-a-half-year deal at the Riverside and could make his debut at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.
Crouch enters Premier League's 100 club
Former England striker Peter Crouch has become the 26th player in Premier League history to reach 100 goals in the competition.
The 36-year-old brought up the landmark on Wednesday, putting Stoke City 1-0 up against Everton before topping it off with his trademark robot celebration.
Crouch is the 4th slowest to 100 in terms of appearances, with midfielders Paul Scholes (436), Steven Gerrard (449) and Ryan Giggs (534) the only men to chalk up more than his 419 outings for a century.
The former Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, Aston Villa and Southampton striker is - at 36 years and 2 days - the oldest player to reach 3 figures in the Premier League, netting more headers (48) than anybody else.
Crouch's 37 goals in Stoke colours are his most for any club in the top flight, having only otherwise passed 20 for Liverpool.
12 of his 22 for the Anfield club came in 27 appearances during the 2004-2005 season - Crouch's most prolific campaign of his career.
Like most strikers, he is a creature of the penalty box, with only 5 of his goals coming from outside the area, although he has just one converted spot-kick to his name.
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Lampard announces his retirement
Frank Lampard, Chelsea's all-time record goalscorer, has announced his retirement from professional football.
After coming through West Ham's famed youth academy, Lampard enjoyed a trophy-laden 13-year spell at Stamford Bridge, winning 3 Premier League titles, the Champions League, the Europa League, 4 FA Cups and the League Cup twice.
Following an emotional Chelsea farewell, Lampard signed for MLS side New York City in July 2014 but spent that season on loan at Manchester City, where he scored an equalising goal against his old club Chelsea and refused to celebrate.
Lampard made 106 appearances for England, scoring 29 goals - his last cap coming against Costa Rica in the group stages of the 2014 World Cup.
607 apps (all-time 3rd highest)
177 goals (4th)
102 assists (2nd)
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Leicester sack Premier League-winning manager
Manager Claudio Ranieri has been sacked by Leicester City, 9 months after leading them to the Premier League title.
The Foxes are one point above the relegation zone with 13 matches left.
"The board reluctantly feels that a change of leadership, while admittedly painful, is necessary in the club's greatest interest", read a statement.
Ranieri, 65-year-old, guided the Foxes to the title despite them being rated 5,000-1 shots at the start of the campaign.
His departure comes less than 24 hours after a 2-1 defeat at Sevilla in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie.
The Foxes took the Premier League title by 10 points but have won just 5 top flight games this season, and could become the first defending champions to be relegated since 1938.
They have lost their past 5 league matches and are the only side in the top 4 English divisions without a league goal in 2017.
Earlier this month, Leicester gave their "unwavering support" to the Italian, who was appointed manager in July 2015 and signed a new 4-year deal in August 2016.
"After all that Claudio Ranieri has done for Leicester City, to sack him now is inexplicable, unforgivable and gut-wrenchingly sad", said former Foxes striker Gary Lineker.
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