Bolton's Megson gives up on Bodde

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07/05/2009 - Bolton, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bolton is not expected to prolong its interest in Swansea City midfielder Ferrie Bodde after having a second bid for the midfielder rejected.

The Championship side have reportedly turned down a $5.7 million offer from Trotters boss Gary Megson for the Dutch midfielder and Bolton is not prepared to increase their bid.

It is believed that Swans chairman Huw Jenkins is still holding out for $8.1 million for the highly-rated 27-year-old who has not played a competitive game since November when he was sidelined with a serious knee injury.

It is now believed that Bodde will remain at the Liberty Stadium until January 2010 to prove his fitness.

Last month Bolton had an offer of $4.1 million, which was thought to have included payments related to appearances, rejected by the Swans.

Meanwhile, Mesgson remains confident he will be able to tie up the $1.2 million signing of West Brom's Paul Robinson next week.

(Courtesy of sportbox.tv)

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Big 12 Conference betting odds

Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.