The Irish League will be represented by Crusaders centre-half Coates and Coleraine winger Carson.
Former Barnsley centre-half Atkinson says he has received more than one offer from the club.
But Inverness refused to allow the centre-half to rejoin the former Caledonian Thistle player-manager in Tayside.
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Allardyce confirmed that centre-half Christopher Samba had returned to training but was still feeling weak.
Centre-half Laville is relishing the opportunity to join up with former team-mate Bruno Ngotty.
Loovens was recalled for his first outing since October to cover for injured centre-half Daniel Majstorovic.
Motherwell manager Stuart McCall sent on centre-half Stephen Craigan for striker Murphy to shore up the defence.
And Allardyce responded immediately with the acquisition of Andre, a striker from Nantes, and Lyon centre-half Laville.
Kay began his career as a centre-half at Barnsley, making over 200 appearances for the Oakwell club.
Iwelumo found his way in behind the Cardiff defence when centre-half Roger Johnson misjudged a header 35 yards out.
Centre-half Isaac Vorsah in particular looked very authoritative at the back for Ghana.
"I fully respect Fabio Capello's decision, " the Chelsea centre-half said in a statement.
"We identified him as a very strong centre-half, who has made big progress very quickly, " said boss Arsene Wenger.
"Matt is a quality centre-half, quite capable of playing in the League, there's no question about that, " he said.
It looked like the centre-half's fortunes were changing but a summer of upheaval at Celtic persuaded him to look elsewhere.
Strikers Dimitar Berbatov and Rooney are expected to recover from injury, Ryan Giggs should play, while centre-half Nemanja Vidic has overcome flu.
The double substitution also saw Chris Riggott replacing crocked centre-half Robert Huth.
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The Dons have been looking for cover for centre-half Brett Johnson, who is set to undergo exploratory surgery on a troublesome knee injury.
Leeds centre-half Alex Bruce then failed to deal with Clarke Carlisle's long punt forward and Rodriguez added Burnley's second with a low shot.
The Irish Under-19 international started out in the heart of the midfield for a long spell before moving back to centre-half last season.
And after 22 minutes the 31-year-old was sent on for the injured McCann, moving into the centre-half position in a re-jigged Caley back line.
"If that is the case, you have to respect that, " but Hughes nevertheless will attempt to coax the Hibs centre-half to captain his side.
And Downes said suggestions the centre-half, whose contract expires at the end of the season, would not play again this campaign were "absolutely untrue".
The former England centre-half looked ecstatic, celebrating two goals in successive Champions League matches for the London club that spanned three and a half years.
Ghanaian centre-half Isaac Vorsah found himself head-to-head with his Hoffenheim team-mate Chinedu Obasi - and the Ghanaian will have bragging rights when they return to Germany.
There was other good news with centre-half Thomas Vermaelen having recovered from an Achilles injury and will be available for the visit by West Brom on Saturday.
But Bolton created the first real opening as a corner found Gary Cahill unmarked, only for the England centre-half, returning from a three-match suspension, to head wastefully over.
Gerrard was forced off by injury at half-time, but his replacement centre-half Jack Hobbs was eased into the action as both sides struggled to pose an attacking threat after the restart.
Dawson, King's centre-half partner at White Hart Lane, has been rewarded for a tremendous season and will now hope to add some senior caps to his 13 under-21 appearances.
The centre-half made an early impression in his first campaign on the south coast, racking up a string of appearances, but finished the season on loan at MK Dons.
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