Roque Santa Cruz wants out of Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers' Roque Santa Cruz

Blackburn look set to lose their Paraguayan striker while Andrei Arshavin's former strike partner could be heading to the Premier League

BY Bill Mann LAST UPDATED AT 01:00 ON Tue 21 Apr 2009

Blackburn Rovers's wantaway striker Roque Santa Cruz appears to have played his last game for the club, after he told a radio station in his Paraguayan homeland that he wants to move in the summer. He will play no further part in Rovers' attempt to avoid relegation as he recuperates from an operation on his knee...

Darren Bent, who joined Spurs for £16.5m from Charlton in June 2007 but who has been played sporadically since then, has warned manager Harry Redknapp that unless he gets regular starts in the first team he will quit White Hart Lane in the summer...

Pavel Pogrebnyak could follow Andrei Arshavin in swapping Zenit St Petersburg for the Premier League after both Blackburn and Bolton indicated their interest in the Russian hitman. The 25-year-old is hoping that a bigger club than the struggling Lancashire pair will come in for him, as German giants Bayern Munich have also tracked Arshavin's former strike partner...

Argentinean striker Mauro Zarate is currently being tracked by two Premier League clubs, according to his agent brother. The 22-year-old, who has spent the season on loan at Lazio, is believed to have caught the eye of scouts from Liverpool and Manchester City, although Sergio Zarate says teams from Italy, Spain and Germany are also tracking the player...

Arsene Wenger could bring back ex-Arsenal defender Matthew Upson over the summer, as cash-strapped West Ham may be forced to sell the 29-year-old if they fail to qualify for Europe. Upson left Highbury in 2003 as he was unable to secure a regular place in Wenger's team but has since impressed at Birmingham and at Upton Park… ·