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Sturridge secures Chelsea switchSoccer Betting Lines07/03/2009 - London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Highly-rated Manchester City striker Daniel Sturridge has completed his transfer to FA Cup winners Chelsea. The 19-year-old, who has penned a four-year contract at Stamford Bridge, will join up the rest of the Blues' first-team squad for preseason training next week. He made his Premier League debut for City in February 2007 when he came on as a substitute in the 2-0 home defeat to Reading. Sturridge has scored six goals in 12 starts and 20 substitute appearances for Mark Hughes' side, the last being the 4-2 win against West Bromwich in April. However, Sturridge angered Hughes earlier this year when he demanded a massive price raise to put him in line with some of the club's higher earners. After the teenager had rejected the offer of a new Eastlands contract in May, Hughes had said: "We put in another offer but that was declined so we won't be going back. "We've not got much headroom to negotiate and I'm disappointed." Sturridge had been at City since 2003 and represented England at the Under-17, 19 and 20 levels. (Courtesy of sportbox.tv)
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Big 12 Conference betting odds Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State 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.
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