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·25 January 2024
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·25 January 2024
Deadline Day has arrived as a remarkably quiet January window threatens late drama. Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United continue to be linked with moves after as yet failing to dip into any transfer kitty, while Tottenham - one of the busiest teams of the window - could yet see both incomings and outgoings before tonight's 11pm GMT deadline.
Around £50millon has been spent this window, compared to the record £815m spent 12 months ago. Still, the likes of Victor Osimhen, Karim Benzema and Joshua Zirkzee continue to be linked. The biggest name most likely on the move is Conor Gallagher, who has strong interest from Spurs and is available for the right price - around £45million. Chelsea could also allow Armando Broja to depart, with Fulham keen to take the striker on loan as the Blues push for an obligation to buy.
Spurs are working on a late deal for Lucas Bergvall, while Brighton are in talks to take Bryan Gil on loan. Arsenal youngster Lino Sousa is heading to Aston Villa and Wolves could turn to Corinthians striker Yuri Alberto. Follow all the latest news, rumours and gossip with Standard Sport's live transfer centre below!
34 seconds ago
Brentford goalkeeper Ellery Balcombe will be available for emergency loans after the January window closes, writes Dom Smith.
Balcombe, 24, was due to leave on loan this month after Brentford signed Hakon Valdimarsson, but he then suffered an ill-timed groin injury that needed surgery.
He is still out but could leave on an emergency loan once he has returned to full fitness.
Balcombe is currently the Bees’ fourth-choice keeper, with Thomas Strakosha and No1 Mark Flekken also with the first-team.
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11 minutes ago
West Ham have accepted a £6.8million offer from Real Betis for Pablo Fornals.
Betis, who are managed by former Hammers boss Manuel Pellegrini, have been targeting the midfielder throughout the January transfer window and had an initial bid knocked back earlier this week.
With hours to go until this evening’s deadline, however, the clubs have agreed a deal that will see the Spaniard’s wish of returning to his homeland granted.
The LaLiga outfit now have until the Spanish transfer deadline at 10pm GMT this evening to complete the deal.
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28 minutes ago
Antonio Nusa's situation between Brentford and Club Brugge remains deadlocked, writes Nizaar Kinsella.
Both teams are steadfast in their position: Brentford want a discount, Brugge will not grant it. It's an unusual situation, brought about by a medical in which Brentford discovered multiple issues which make the deal risky.
It might not be resolved until after the transfer window as the Bees are in no rush, given they were going to loan him back to Belgium anyway.
Talks are likely to continue through the winter and spring months ahead of the summer, but there's a possibility another club may be able to hijack the move.
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35 minutes ago
It's quiet at Spurs for now, with Bryan Gil's future still unresolved but the club expecting him to stay put as it stands, writes Dan Kilpatrick.
Gil had loan interest from Brighton and Dutch club Feyenoord but is happy at Spurs. There's still time before the deadline but barring a late change of heart, he will continue to fight for a place in Ange Postecoglou's squad.
Alejo Veliz is in Sevilla and his loan move should be announced this evening.
No word yet from Lucas Bergvall's camp on whether he will be joining Spurs or Barcelona but, as reported earlier, he does not have to make a decision today because any move to north London would not happen until the summer.
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47 minutes ago
Trevoh Chalobah is expected to stay at Chelsea for the rest of the season.
Football.london claim that a number of clubs have been interested in signing the defender, but are unwilling to spend significant money on a player who has not made a competitive appearance this season.
Chalobah has therefore accepted he will remain at Chelsea until the summer, when he will likely look for a move.
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1 hour ago
Crystal Palace have still not given up their hopes of signing Maxwel Cornet on loan either, writes Malik Ouzia.
It goes without saying that allowing three wingers to depart without bringing in a replacement would be a step too far for West Ham.
It is also clear that David Moyes’s hopes for a nice serene deadline day in the build-up to tonight’s Premier League game against Bournemouth have not materialised.
Lots of moving parts at the moment and given Lucas Paqueta is still injured and Callum Marshall has already left on loan, you’d have to assume that at least one, if not both, of Cornet and Fornals were due to be on the bench tonight.
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1 hour ago
New signing Daniel Munoz is in line to make his Crystal Palace debut at Brighton on Saturday, writes Dom Smith.
The 27-year-old right-back is available to feature against Palace’s rivals after he passed his medical on Monday.
Munoz joined the Eagles this week in an £8.5million move from Genk, where he had won the 2021 Belgian Cup during a three-and-a-half-year stay.
Munoz is viewed as the long-time solution at the right-back position, where veterans Joel Ward, 34, and Nathaniel Clyne, 32, are out of contract this summer.
Ward is close to returning from a hamstring injury, with Clyne having played while he has been out. But Munoz is expected to move ahead of both in the pecking order, and is likely to make his debut in some capacity against Brighton.
Colombia’s first-choice right-back at international level, Munoz is an attacked-minded player and registered 19 goals and 20 assists in 148 games for Genk.
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1 hour ago
Thomas Frank has confirmed Ivan Toney is going nowhere.
Arsenal and Chelsea were linked with £100m moves for the Brentford striker earlier in the window, but that has appeared increasingly unrealistic in recent weeks.
“This will be breaking news, OK – but Ivan will stay,” Frank said at his press conference.
He added: “Happy? Yes, but I was pretty sure as I said from the beginning that Ivan will stay with us so I was not worried about that.
“In general, it is nice to know what you are working with so in that situation, yes [I am happy].”
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1 hour ago
West Ham are still not expecting any incomings at this stage, but they have not ruled out Pablo Fornals being allowed to leave the club today, as well as Said Benrahma, writes Malik Ouzia.
Negotiations with Real Betis are still ongoing and if an offer West Ham consider to be acceptable comes in they may well let the Spaniard go.
Fornals was denied a return to his homeland in the summer when Villarreal were interested but has been a bit-part player this season. His contract was extended late last year but that was to protect his value with a view to a sale.
He is a popular figure around the club and has served West Ham well so perhaps there is a goodwill element to potentially sanctioning his departure - but allowing both him and Benrahma to go without signing a replacement would be a big risk.
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