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West Brom insist they do not want to sell Shane Long, but there has been a bid for his Republic of Ireland team-mate Simon Cox

Shane Long looks set to stay with West Bromwich Albion
Shane Long looks set to stay with West Bromwich Albion

West Brom manager Steve Clarke has insisted striker Shane Long is not for sale.

But Clarke admitted that Albion have rejected a bid - believed to be from Blackburn - for another Republic of Ireland international forward in Simon Cox.

Long has been the subject of speculation linking him with a move back to his former club Reading.

But Clarke said: "There has been nothing regarding Shane. There have been no bids and he is not for sale.

"His future is with us 100%."

Cox has struggled to win a first team place at The Hawthorns in the face of competition from the likes of Long, Peter Odemwingie and Marc-Antoine Fortune.

He was left out of the squad for yesterday's friendly at Barnsley.

Clarke said: "A club has put a bid in for him. It wasn't accepted but Simon didn't feel he was quite right to play."

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