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Reid joins run to the Valley: Republic of Ireland midfielder Andy Reid has left Tottenham for Premiership rivals Charlton.

Reid, signed yesterday for £3 million, becomes Iain Dowie's eighth signing of the summer and his fifth in nine days as he prepares for the start of the new season.

The 24-year-old winger signed a four-year deal after agreeing to move from Tottenham, where his first-team opportunities had been limited in the 18 months since he moved from Nottingham Forest.

"He is a player of immense quality and potential and I believe that this is a very good acquisition for the club," said Dowie. "Andy is still a very young player who can go on to achieve great things. He has a great range of passing, a tremendous set-piece delivery and also possesses an eye for goal."

Dowie said that the club had overcome "some stiff competition" to complete the deal.

Reid made 27 appearances for Spurs scoring one goal, in the 5-1 victory over Aston Villa in May 2005. He cost them £4 million when he moved to White Hart Lane.

Reid follows Djimi Traore, Scott Carson, Amdy Faye, Cristian Bolanos, Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink, Simon Walton and Cory Gibbs to The Valley.

Dublin City results void

The FAI National League's Premier Division table was unaffected by yesterday's meetings in Merrion Square at which the organisation's management committee decided to expunge the results of Dublin City from this season's records and the Board of Control took no action against Derry City for playing Seán Hargan while suspended, reports Emmet Malone.

In relation to the resignation of Dublin City, the management committee endorsed the findings of the appeals committee that had upheld Shelbourne's contention the matter should never have been dealt with by the Board of Control.

The management committee then proceeded to consider the matter - as Shelbourne had insisted it should have in the first instance - and after lengthy debate came to the same conclusion: that all points earned against the now defunct club be disregarded.

The board, meanwhile, was obliged to dismiss the case against Derry after it emerged the findings of the disciplinary commission meeting had not been sent to the club within the stipulated 48 hours.

The error apparently occurred because the commission opted to consider Hargan's suspension a week ahead of schedule rather than convene for a meeting at which his would have been the only item on the agenda. But the notification was timed as if the non-meeting had taken place.

The outcome is a setback for Shelbourne, who continue to lead Derry at the top of the table on goal difference, with Stephen Kenny's side having a game in hand. The Dubliners are expected to appeal the decision regarding Dublin City.

Hargreaves 'not for sale'

Owen Hargreaves's declaration that he wanted to accept an offer to sign for Manchester United was quickly followed yesterday by an announcement from Bayern Munich they were not prepared to sell the England midfielder.

Alex Ferguson is understood to have contacted Hargreaves after identifying him as one of several possible recruits to fill the void left by Roy Keane's departure.

It is the second time in three years Ferguson has explored the possibility of recruiting Hargreaves and the 25-year-old has made it clear he would relish a move to Old Trafford, describing it as "simply fantastic" in an interview with the German magazine Sport Bild.

But Uli Höness, Bayern's general manager, said, "Hargreaves is not a subject of discussion. He has a contract until 2010 and he will complete it . . . the issue is closed."