QUEENS PARK RANGERS Manager Ray Harford is willing to listen to offers for his top stars as Rangers look to recoup some of the money they've spent on transfers over the last year. Harford said: "There isn't a large fund available to buy players. If we sell those that get the biggest transfer fees or earn the larger wages then we can balance the books, that is certainly the name of the game at this club." The first player to head out of Loftus Road is likely to be Nigel Quashie, with cash-aplenty Blackburn favourites to snap up the England under-21 midfielder.

STOCKPORT COUNTY Manager Gary Megson is poised to sign a three-year extension to his contract. The Edgeley Park boss said: ''In principle I would be pleased to sign. But a contract has to suit both parties - and we're not quite there yet.'' Chairman Brendan Elwood said: ''We really want to keep Gary - hopefully he will sign.''

WEST BROMWICH ALBION Striker Andy Hunt will make a decision on his future at the end of the month. Hunt has been offered a new deal, but has been in talks with a number of other interested clubs. The former Newcastle United marksman was Albion's joint-leading scorer last season with 14 goals.

DIVISION TWO BOURNEMOUTH Chairman Trevor Watkins has promised that the signing of Frenchman Mohamed Berthe will not be the last new arrival of this summer. Watkins has told manager Mel Machin he is free to shop around for players to add to his squad as the Cherries look to mount a serious promotion challenge next season. He said: ''We are doing all we can to bring in as many as eight players over the summer. It is going to be a very busy couple of months.'' LUTON TOWN Manager Lennie Lawrence is urging midfielder David Oldfield to make his mind up about his future. The 30-year-old is out of contract and is believed to be considering an offer to join Northampton Town. Lawrence said: Northampton's fate has been decided, so really it should be sorted out. I want David to make his mind up. MANCHESTER CITY Kit Symons has been given until the end of the month to sort out his future. The Welsh defender, whose contract runs out on June 30, has been offered a new deal but is keeping his options open. Symons has been linked with his old club Portsmouth and City boss Joe Royle said: ''We start training next month and I would like it all sorted out by then.'' NORTHAMPTON TOWN A tribunal looks set to settle the fee Northampton must pay Carlisle United for striker Allan Smart. Manager Ian Atkins has agreed a two-year deal with the 23-year-old who is out of contract at Brunton Park, and his arrival is likely to trigger the departure of another Northampton striker. Out of contract John Gayle looks certain to join Jason Dozzell and Jason Drysdale in quitting the Cobblers and is already believed to be talking to several other lower division clubs. READING Manager Tommy Burns has been given a �500,000 boost after the Royals signed a new sponsorship agreement with brewers Courage. The deal - which includes Courage naming a new beer after the club called 'Royal' - will run for three years and will see Courage ales served in all the bars at Reading's new Madjeski Stadium. Chief executive Nigel Howe said: ''This is great news for the club and it marks the start of a new era with the move to a new stadium.''

DIVISION THREE CHESTER CITY Manager Kevin Ratcliffe is on the lookout for a new captain for next season. Influential midfielder Shaun Reid is likely to be made club captain with someone else as team skipper. Ratcliffe said: ''We missed Shaun geeing up the lads last season but maybe another player needs the responsibility to improve their own game.'' AND FINALLY� Third Division chairman breathed a heavy sigh of relief after a majority of Nationwide clubs backed the Football League's bid to prevent the formation of a possible breakaway League. At the Nationwide League's AGM, 62 of the League's 72 sides supported chairman David Sheepshanks and chief executive Richard Scudamore's plans for a re-organisation of the League's structure. That meeting was followed by a short EGM, where changes regarding the distribution of income and a new management structure were ratified. Clubs now have greater autonomy, with those in the First Division taking the lead role over negotiating commercial television rights. Three representatives from the First Division, two from the Second and one from the Third will sit on the new board, which will be headed by Scudamore and an independent chairman. Sheepshanks, who has spent the last 18 months trying to impose the plans, said: ''This at last enables the League to go forward as a cohesive and dynamic organisation. It's unprecedented to gain such overwhelming support and it lays to rest any further talk of warring factions or breakaways.''

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