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He knows that he does not have many possibilities of stopping that He does not have No 1 status at Williams. It seems he has problems with all that."The build-up to Sunday's British Grand Prix at Silverstone has been dominated by ill-feeling between the two drivers. Hill has accused Schumacher of being a product of his sponsors and a clone.The attacks come a week after Schumacher criticised the Briton for "unsportsmanlike and dangerous driving", following an incident in the early stages of the French Grand Prix.Schumacher, who went on to win the race and extend his championship lead over Hill to 11 points, complained that the Williams driver had "brake- tested" him as they both caught back-markers at Magny-Cours.Schumacher and Hill were involved in an intense battle for last year's championship. I find it hard to get on with moody people."Asked whether Hill was showing nerves and was worried that the title was already decided, the German added: "It certainly seems to be going that way. He can see the world championship slipping away from him again. The next, he will walk past me as though I am thin air," the German world champion said in an interview with the German magazine, Sport Bild "He seems to be very moody The people around him have confirmed that to me. As he left the building, without commenting, he drew cheers from six children each sporting the new Arsenal away strip.

There was no call of "Say it ain't so, George", merely successful pleas for an autograph.. Motor Racing Michael Schumacher has intensified his war of words with his rival Damon Hill, saying the Briton is moody and seems to be showing nerves in the struggle for the world drivers' championship. "One day you can talk with him OK. An FA spokesman said last night that "significant progress had been made".Graham has maintained that the money, which he later gave to Arsenal, was an unsolicited gift. Their English counterparts were disappointed to hear the upshot. He said "the air conditioning was good".Was this perhaps an enigmatic pearl after the fashion of Eric Cantona's seagulls and trawlers? Or did it mean someone ventured that he had been in a sweat? "No comment whatsoever," Hauge snapped.At this, a bullish aide ushered him to a taxi which took him to Heathrow.The hearing, which is due to be concluded today, later heard evidence from Peter Hill-Wood, who as Arsenal chairman sacked Graham in February following a Premier League inquiry into the allegations, and the club's managing director, Ken Friar. Birmingham have agreed terms with Stoke's out-of-contract Icelandic international Toddy Orlygsson, although the fee has to be negotiated. Bradford have paid Leicester pounds 475,000 for three players - goalkeeper Gavin Ward, defender Nicky Mohan and their former striker Ian Ormondroyd.n.

PHIL SHAW Rune Hauge, the agent alleged to have paid transfer "bungs" to George Graham, broke cover yesterday to defend the former Arsenal manager against the charge of misconduct that could end one of British football's most successful managerial careers. Hauge, who brokered the deals for John Jensen and Pal Lydersen from which Graham is accused of receiving pounds 425,000 in back-handers, spent almost three hours before the Football Association hearing as the three-man disciplinary commission reconvened at Watford.Now based in Guernsey, the bespectacled Norwegian was questioned by the FA's Queen's Counsel, Brian Leveson, who will lead for the prosecution in the trial of Rosemary West.As Hauge emerged, he was cornered by two reporters from Oslo. The fee will be around pounds 6m, the same price United hope to pay for Tottenham's Darren Anderton.Elsewhere, Ian Wright signed a new two-year contract with Arsenal, while Tottenham sold striker John Hendry to Motherwell for pounds 200,000. The Goodison club have offered pounds 2.65m and although they were turned down, they were encouraged to believe a few pounds more would secure the player.Everton are also interested in Manchester United's Andrei Kanchelskis, and are expected to table a bid when their manager, Joe Royle, returns from holiday. The gulf between the Premiership and the Endsleigh League has also been widened by three years of the haves receiving their share of the pounds 300m BSkyB television deal."It is difficult to see how we can close the gap," King said.

"There must a ceiling on what clubs can afford to pay, but as long as teams like Manchester United keep spending, others will follow We know we can't compete at that level. The most I have ever spent is pounds 400,000."John Dennis, the chairman of the First Division club Barnsley, said: "One of the by-products of high transfer fees is that they drive contracts up. Players have tended to drift back down the League over the years, but it is not easy to talk to them now I'm not moaning about it. This is a situation we find ourselves in and we must try and find a solution."Everton, meanwhile, will attempt to clinch a deal which will put money into the lower divisions with the purchase of Derby's centre-half Craig Short.