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ARSENAL shareholder Alisher Usmanov has ended Stan Kroenke’s hopes of securing total control of the club. Majority shareholder Kroenke was preparing a £525million offer to buy the 18,695 shares held by Usmanov. But the Uzbeki billionaire said yesterday that he is adamant he will not sell.

TOTTENHAM — not the police — decided to limit the capacity to less than 51,000 for West Ham’s EFL Cup trip to Wembley. West Ham will get 4,800 tickets.

SPARTAK MOSCOW have been charged with racist behaviour by UEFA after Liverpool’s Bobby Adekanye was targeted by chants in last week’s Youth League match.

LEICESTER CITY are considering going to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after their appeal to register Sporting Lisbon’s Adrien Silva was rejected by FIFA. The paperwork for the £22m deadline-day deal was 14 seconds late.

PLAYERS and staff at Oldham Athletic have not been paid for September.

NEIL ASPIN, 52, has left National League side Gateshead to manage League Two Port Vale, for whom he played more than 300 games.