Latest Transfer Update at 24-03-11

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Chris Maguire - future yet to be resolved.
BROWN STILL HOPEFUL OVER MAGUIRE DEAL

Aberdeen manager Craig Brown claims Chris Maguire is still mulling over a new deal with the club.
The striker's agent Willie McKay has been quoted as saying the 22-year-old has rejected an improved offer to extend his contract in the summer.
Maguire is currently in La Manga with the Scotland squad for a training camp ahead of Sunday's friendly against Brazil.
And, as far as Brown is concerned, no decision has yet been made on his future.
He said: "I know that [director of football] Willie Miller and [chief executive] Duncan Fraser spoke to him before he left on Friday and I had a word with him as well.
"They gave him a new, improved offer. I think it was verbal. He went away to consider it.
"Hopefully, Chris will come back and discuss it with us, I wouldn't imagine him doing anything without a full discussion back at Pittodrie.
"Agents are part and parcel of the game now and we've got to accept that.
"I've been dealing with agents for the last decade so I know what's involved and what can happen, but hopefully Chris will come back and speak to us personally and hopefully we'll get things ironed out."
Meanwhile, Brown has been linked with Brechin's Rory McAllister and Motherwell's Steve Jennings and confirmed his interest in both players.
He told RedWeb: "When I'm asked about players, such as Rory McAllister, I say 'Yes, we've looked at him.' We're interested in all good players.
"Jennings is in the same category. The mention of Jennings and Aberdeen came from his agent I understand, it didn't come from us.
"Steve Jennings is a good player and we would be interested in him if he was available.
"I know his contract is up at the end of the season but he is a guy from Liverpool and whether he wants to stay in Scotland or not, I don't know.
"I personally have not spoken to Steve Jennings about it so I think we are jumping the gun thinking that Jennings is coming to Aberdeen."

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Foster - expects to leave Gers.
FOSTER EXPECTS DONS RETURN

Richard Foster admits he fully expects to quit Rangers and return to Aberdeen at the end of the campaign.
The versatile defender joined the Scottish champions on a season-long loan from the Dons but does not anticipate an extended stay at Ibrox when that deal ends.
His move to Glasgow was sanctioned by previous boss Mark McGhee and Foster's understanding is that current manager Craig Brown wants him back at Pittodrie next term.
He told BBC Alba's ClubTV: "My situation as it stands is that I'm going back to Aberdeen for next season, up until this point that's the way it is.
"I've seen in the papers that they (Brown and assistant Archie Knox) want me to go back and if that's the case at the end of the season I'd be more than happy and I'd work as hard as I can for them."
However, he believes the time he has spent at Rangers so far has allowed him to answer some critics.
He added: "I had to prove a few doubters wrong when I came here.
"I think coming from a smaller SPL club there was always going to be scepticism - but hopefully my performances have relieved any fears fans may have and hopefully I'm good enough to play for Rangers."

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Jupp Heynckes - backed by Schweinsteiger.
HEYNCKES BACKED FOR BAYERN ROLE

Bastian Schweinsteiger claims Jupp Heynckes will be a good choice as Louis van Gaal's successor as Bayern Munich coach.
Van Gaal will leave the Allianz Arena in the summer and Heynckes, who is standing down as Bayern Leverkusen boss at the end of the season, is regarded as the number one candidate to succeed him.
Heynckes was in caretaker charge of Bayern for five games at the end of the 2008/09 campaign following the departure of Jurgen Klinsmann.
"Very good choice," Schweinsteiger said in a interview with Stern magazine.
"Jupp Heynckes knows the club, helped us for five games here in 2009. We reached the Champions League with him with four wins and a draw."
Bayern have had a disappointing season, finding themselves well off the pace in Bundesliga title race and out of the Champions League.
But Schweinsteiger, currently with the Germany squad ahead of their Euro 2012 qualifier against Kazakhstan in Kaiserslautern on Saturday, insists Bayern are still one of the top clubs in Europe.
"I am now very confident that we as a club are well enough set for the coming years to win the Champion League," he added.
"There are not many teams in Europe who are better than us."
He added: "I don't believe that one of our leading players will go."