Diawara could benefit from playing alongside Paolo Di Canio and Joe Cole with the prospect of having more chances created for him.Paris St-Germain want around £3m for Diawara but West Ham will gladly pay that if he repeats the success of Frédéric Kanouté when he arrived in similar circumstances last season.Meanwhile, Rovers' new signing, Lucien Mettomo, has been branded a "coward" in a savage attack by his old St-Etienne coach. The Cameroonian joined Souness's ranks for £6m after walking out on the French side when they went back on a promise to sell him.Mettomo's refusal to play for the club has angered his former coach, Robert Nouzaret, who launched an astonishing farewell attack. "Mettomo has no respect for his friends, I wish the club had not given in to him He should come back and play in the reserves He should have endured the life of a coward. He did not have the guts to come and talk with us," he said.Mettomo walked out last week when a move to Blackburn was stalled despite promises from his general manager, Gerard Soler, that he could leave. But Nouzaret ignored that fact and added: "Players no longer respect contracts. They earn £30,000 a month and if the coach kicks their backside they call you a dictator Fortunately there are some who are sane I hope he will have an incredible backlash from this. The swine in life will always pay one day." Mettomo has signed a contract with Blackburn that trebles his salary- he will go straight into Souness's side at the weekend.Leicester City have been allocated 4,000 tickets for their re-scheduled Uefa Cup match against Red Star Belgrade in Vienna on 28 September.

While the club do not expect to sell them all, they are just grateful to have some backing in Austria.Red Star had suggested the Macedonian capital of Skopje as their first alternative after Uefa rejected their appeal for the second leg match to be played in Yugoslavia. Staging a game there would have been a logistical nightmare for the Leicester supporters.Leicester City's chief operating officer, Steve Kind, said: "We are delighted the decision has been taken and we can get on with the job of making arrangements for the match. We are all looking forward to going to Vienna as it means our supporters have a chance of attending the fixture." The match will be played at the 19,300 capacity Gerhard-Hanappi Stadium, the home of Rapid Vienna.Mike Lee, Uefa's director of communications, said: "We have rejected Red Star's appeal against our decision to insist upon a neutral venue The match will be played in Vienna. Both clubs have been informed and the necessary steps are now being taken to ensure the game goes ahead."The game was originally planned for Belgrade on 28 September four days after the general election, but it was then switched to 21 September by Uefa. However, European football's governing body then insisted on a neutral venue as Red Star could not guarantee Leicester's safety.Leicester play Everton on Sunday in the Premiership before preparing for the fixture. Last week's first leg at Filbert Street finished 1-1 after the defender Gerry Taggart equalised for the home side. Peter Taylor, Leicester's manager, said: "I am pleased the venue for the game has now been settled.

Once Sunday's game is out of the way things will be clear and we can plan for the second leg."Bolton Wanderers have taken the 21-year-old Dutch striker, Elbekay Bouchiba, on trial from AZ Alkmaar of the Netherlands. Tony Bedeau, the Torquay United striker, is spending the week on trial at Sunderland.. Bayern Munich staged a late comeback to beat Rosenborg on Tuesday night and go three points clear at the top of Group F of the Champions' League. After Jan Sorensen had given the visitors a first-half lead, goals from Carsten Janker, Giovane Elber and Thomas Linke in just seven minutes after the break overcame the Norwegians 3-1. Bayern Munich staged a late comeback to beat Rosenborg on Tuesday night and go three points clear at the top of Group F of the Champions' League. After Jan Sorensen had given the visitors a first-half lead, goals from Carsten Janker, Giovane Elber and Thomas Linke in just seven minutes after the break overcame the Norwegians 3-1. In Paris, goals from Nicolas Anelka, Laurent Robert, Christian and Talal El Karkouri led Paris St Germain to a 4-1 rout of the Swedish side Helsingborg.

Bjorn Johansen had given the visitors hope with an equaliser just before the interval but the French side then took control to go second in the section on goal difference ahead of Rosenborg.In Group E, Lionel Scaloni pounced in injury time to hand Deportivo La Coruña a 2-1 win over Hamburg in Spain. Walter Pandiani had given the hosts a 43rd-minute advantage but the Bosnian midfielder Sergej Barbarez levelled matters early in the second period, only for Scaloni to earn the Spanish side joint leadership of the group.Juventus, who share that lead on four points, notched their first win of the campaign with a 2-1 home victory over Greek outfit Panathinaikos. The French striker David Trézéguet struck with a header seven minutes from time to hand the Italians the three points after Ioannis Goumas had equalised. Alessio Tacchinardi had put the hosts in front in the 35th minute.In Brussels, PSV Eindhoven failed to take advantage of Manchester United and Dynamo Kiev's goalless draw as they went down 1-0 to Anderlecht.

The defender Didier Dheedene claimed the all-important goal nine minutes from time to give the Belgians hope after their 5-1 drubbing by United last week The result means United stay top of Group G by a point.. A superb strike from Giovanni van Bronckhorst gave Rangers a hard earned victory at the Stade Louis II last night that boosts their chances of progressing from Group D in the Champions' League. A superb strike from Giovanni van Bronckhorst gave Rangers a hard earned victory at the Stade Louis II last night that boosts their chances of progressing from Group D in the Champions' League. Rangers' manager, Dick Advocaat, always likes to spring a surprise in his European team selection and this time it involved Tugay Kerimoglu. The Turk started as the spare man in a three-man defence as Rangers adopted a 3-4-3 formation.There were some nervous early moments. Claudio Reyna had to intervene to stop John Arne Riise charging through. When Ludovic Giuly took the ensuing corner, it needed Tugay on the line to head away an inswinging effort that had Stefan Klos struggling.But Rangers' riposte was stunning - a goal from Van Bronckhorst with a beautifully struck swerving shot. The move began with Allan Johnston and progressed via Barry Ferguson and Arthur Numan before Van Bronckhorst sent the ball around Stéphane Porato and into the net.Giuly tested Klos with a low drive and the German dived to gather before the Monaco playmaker set up Shabani Nonda, who was once a transfer target of the Ibrox club, but his header was poorly directed.