January 15 2002

Ade Akinbiyi

Ade Akinbiyi's agent has dismissed Palace's interest in the Leicester striker.

The Daily Mirror reported that the Leicester striker was on his way to Selhirst Park after the two clubs agreed a deal.

But his agent Andrew Mills told planetfootball.com: "The line at the moment is that I have not had any official conversation with any other party over Ade.

"The last enquiries I had for Ade were from Wolves a couple of months ago, but the deal never happened and they went for Dean Sturridge and he is doing tremendously well there.

"Ade is happy to stay at Leicester despite the difficult situation they are in and his own personal issues, but he is fully concentrating on helping them get out of the mire."