Despite handing in a transfer request this weekend, West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie will not be sold this month according to The Sun.

The Nigerian forward has been the subject of a January bid from Queens Park Rangers but the Baggies are in no need to sell one of their key players to a Premier League rival.

The Midlands club have rejected the strikers written transfer request and are not backing down that his long term future is at the Hawthorns.

QPR are set to return with an improved £3million bid for the 31-year-old who has hit double figures for goals in his previous two seasons in England and is on course to do so again this time out.

Odemwingie and West Brom may now become entangled in a messy stand-off over the deal that will not benefit either party, so a solution may have to be found before Thursday’s transfer deadline.

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