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Could Joao Felix be on his way to Man Utd?
The January transfer window closes for Premier League clubs later today, at 11pm GMT.
It has been a quiet window by Premier League standards, with no club succumbing to the temptation for a last-minute trolley dash, and no deal on the scale of Alexis Sanchez's move from Arsenal to Manchester United last January.
With the deadline approaching, will it be a frantic final day? JJ Bull will bring you live coverage, right here.
These are not the droids you're looking for
✍️ Forest sign Pele!
#NFFC are delighted to announce the signing of Pele from French side @AS_Monaco_EN.https://t.co/GZSxyyRQBv
— Nottingham Forest FC (@NFFC) January 31, 2019
"Judilson Mamadu Tuncará Gomes, known as Pele" - ahh there it is. You can't just go around calling yourself Pele, mate. It's not as if you can do that and end up signing for a European Cup winning club... oh, I see it has worked.
Taking inspiration from Pele, I have decided that from this day forward I shall be known as... Batistuta. Free pints shall be mine.
Newcastle United transfer latest
This from Luke Edwards:
Looks like Andreas Samaris move to Newcastle has collapsed so highly unlikely Hayden will be leaving #nufc
— Luke Edwards (@LukeEdwardsTele) January 31, 2019
Wolves sign Jonny
We are delighted to announce that @JonnyOtto19 has joined the club on a permanent basis! #Jonny2023
— Wolves (@Wolves) January 31, 2019
Jonny Otto has completed his move from Atletico Madrid to Wolves for a fee of £18million. The Spaniard has been excellent this season as a left wing-back, starting 20 of Wolves' 24 league games.
Big Man Utd transfer news...
That's right United supporters. Get ready. Here it comes...
Matty Willock has gone out on loan to Crawley Town. The brother of Chris (Benfica) and Joe (Arsenal) is set to play in League Two until the end of the season.
It's actually not a bad move - young players need to play football and at 22 years of age, Willock is in danger of not reaching his potential. Game time matters!
The domino effect
Not the pizza company. A lot of transfers depend on one club shifting a player so they have room to sign another, which frees them to shift a different sort of player else where, and so on.
The interesting news for Arsenal fans is that Luciano Acosta has reportedly flown, or is flying, from D.C. United to Paris to complete a move to PSG. That would mean Christopher Nkunku can head to Arsenal on loan...
Credit: AFP
There he is playing for PSG this season in one of the five league starts and eight substitute appearances of this season.
Peter Crouch is still kicking it
And he's about to hit the heights of the Premier League! Because he's tall, you see. Apparently he's on his way for a medical at Burnley, whose style of football suits having a giant at the back post to knock down diagonal passes. Pretty smart business from Sean Dyche if he can get it over the line. There's an added part to this one - Sam Vokes might - maybe - be heading to Stoke as part of the deal.
Edit: here's confirmation from John Percy.
It's happening. Peter Crouch is returning to the Premier League at the age of 38. En route to a medical at Burnley right now. Understand Burnley will be taking over the remainder of his contract, which runs to the end of the season. Good luck to him, he's a top man and deserves it.
Stoke are signing Burnley striker Sam Vokes for around £7m, as part of the deal. A good piece of business for new manager Nathan Jones.
No thanks
It’s -5c in Newcastle and the #NUFCSecurity Guards are in short sleeves #hardcore 🥶 pic.twitter.com/5aESNKyWoq
— Keith Downie (@SkySports_Keith) January 31, 2019
Danny Drinkwater update
There are still no clubs properly linked with a move for Danny Drinkwater. The poor guy, just stuck earning millions of pounds living in London, forced to go into training for a few hours every day... we're all behind you, Danny. We believe in you!
Dundee United make a nice transfer announcement tweet
— Dundee United FC (@dundeeunitedfc) January 31, 2019
Peter Pawlett has moved from MK Dons for an undisclosed fee to join Dundee United's rather ambitious Scottish Championship chase. The best thing about this is if you listen to the audio on that tweet you'll hear the instrumental version of 'Don't You Want Me' by The Human League, and can admire the absolutely wondrous production on it without the vocals taking up the space of the synths.
Maroune Fellaini's cryptic clues
Could it really be? Marouane Fellaini has posted this story on his Instagram:
Credit: @fellaini
Where he could be going? The rumour is China, where they will marvel at his amazing ability to control anything on his chest, no matter how high or powerfully struck in his direction. In exchange for this talent, Shandong Luneng are willing to pay lots of money per week, or at least enough that Fellaini has reportedly agreed terms on a deal to move there. There's no update on whether a fee has been agreed with Man Utd. Fellaini also posted this:
Credit: @fellaini
It's the kind of thing I'd do after a lovely night out, perhaps treating myself to a lovely beer or two. Of course, Fellaini is a professional athlete so wouldn't do such a thing.
Another Arsenal rumour
Christopher Nkunku, a technically gifted midfielder who like to drift into space from central positions, plays for PSG sometimes, but for how much longer? According to the BBC, Arsenal want to sign the 21-year-old Frenchman on loan for the rest of the season and it might be because he's also able to play at right-back - cover for Hector Bellerin?
Newcastle transfer update
Here's an update from our man Luke Edwards, who has his finger firmly on the pulse of all things Newcastle:
These are wild and crazy times on Tyneside where Newcastle United head into deadline day looking as though will be one of the busiest clubs in the country. Three new arrivals are likely, including club record buy Miguel Almiron, but there could be more.
Poor Almiron, it is freezing in the North East and he was still wearing the same clothes he had left Atlanta in on Tuesday, 24 hours later when he had his medical at Newcastle’s training ground. The poor lad surely won’t start against Tottenham Hotspur at the weekend.
What with the jet lag and inability to understand Geordie English, Rafa Benitez will surely give him a bit of time to settle, although the temptation to name him among the substitutes will be difficult to resist.
In the meantime, supporters have been busy watching clips of the Paraguay international playing in the MLS and, well, he looks precisely like the sort of player who will excite people. Sky Sports are also delighted because, having lost the rights to most overseas football, they are able to show MLS games
The other two new arrivals, Benfica midfielder Andreas Samaris and Monaco left back Antonio Barreca also likely to sign on loan and Telegraph Sport understand there is another surprise permanent deal being negotiated in the background.
It’s amazing what thousands of supporters threatening to cancel their season tickets and a manager threatening to quit can do to a club in a relegation battle. Suddenly, Newcastle are willing to spend the money they had been hoarding in the last three transfer windows, even though owner Mike Ashley still seems keener to buy up every struggling High Street store company going.
As for outgoings, Aston Villa and West Brom are trying to sign Isaac Hayden, with Jacob Murphy also set to sign for the Baggies on loan.
Colchester United are trying to sign young midfielder Cal Roberts on loan, but Newcastle have turned down an approach from Bury to sign Matt Longstaff – younger brother of midfield revelation Sean – on loan until the end of the season.
Do you remember this man?
Credit: GETTY IMAGES
A £17million buy in July 2016, Spurs are currently in negotiations with Real Betis over sending Vincent Janssen out on loan. Is he really so bad that Spurs would rather ship him out than have cover for their injured strikers? Apparently so. Janssen was at Fenerbahce on loan last season and has 17 caps for Holland.
Is he just really annoying? Why don't Spurs want him around? Pray for Janssen.
Wolves want to sign 'the Iranian Messi'
Lord help you if you happen to be left-footed, half-decent at football and like to dribble because no matter where you're from, someone will label you the '[nationality] Messi'. Iran's version is a chap called Sardar Azmoun, a 24 year old forward with a good first touch who's scored 28 goals in 45 games for his country and four goals in 14 league games for Rubin Kazan this season. He's right footed.
The Iranian Messi.
Anyway, Wolves are reportedly quite keen on paying £1.5million to take him on loan for the rest of the season with a very specific £11.4m option to buy after that.
Georges-Kevin Nkoudou is wanted
Monaco are reported to be considering a loan move for Spurs' Georges-Kevin Nkoudou, a winger who's never quite lived up to the medium-hype. Nkoudou is 23-years-old these days and has worked his way into the first team thanks to a worrying collection of injuries to first choice playeers. He did set up the winner against Fulham in a late substitute appearance then played the full 90 minutes in an FA Cup defeat to Crystal Palace... but apart from that...
A busy day at Newcastle?
Can you even imagine how exciting it must be to be a Newcastle United fan? It's -5 degrees outside the training ground but Rafa Benitez has turned up for work and is ready to make at least two, hopefully more signings today!
Miguel Almiron is expected to sign for a club record £20million, the first time they've broken the transfer figure paid for Michael Owen in 1983. That fee was £16.5million.
There's always the chance that Mike Ashley has simply been hoarding all the TV money for the previous few years just so selling clubs drop their prices because they know how skint Newcastle are, and then Benitez can go absolutely nuts during one window.
I've just discovered an interesting link between Newcastle and Atlanta...
Stephen Glass named ATL UTD 2 head coach
From @AcademyATLUTD to the Proving Ground
— ATL UTD 2 (@atlutd2) January 30, 2019
Stephen Glass, of course, used to play for Newcastle back in the late 90s before injuries slowed his career down. I still remember when he won a bicycle...
Aberdeen's Stephen Glass wins a bike for being man of the match at the 1995 League Cup Final. pic.twitter.com/jTMdCAzrs7
— PictureThis Scotland (@74frankfurt) June 18, 2017
But that's not all! Italian left back Antonio Barreca has arrived from Monaco for a medical. The 23 year-old is rumoured to be signing for an £900,000 loan fee with an £8million option to buy. That comes from NUFC.com, who are always on the ball when it comes to this sort of thing.
Abdoulaye Doucoure and the never-happening transfer
Guess who's rumoured to be in for Watford's Abdoulaye Doucoure? PSG of course! They're spending money here and there and Doucoure has caught the eye after another impressive half season in the Premier League. Chelsea are also said to be interested, according to Sky Sports.
Sebastian Giovinco moves to Saudi Arabia
You can't really blame someone for accepting a massive pay rise to do the same job, especially if they're sacrificing the culture and way of life of a city like Toronto to live in a soulless industrial desert, but we should probably go easy on Giovinco because, hey pal, it's his career. They have nice hotels there.
🎥| 🇮🇹 Welcome GIOVINCO 💙#AlHilal#AlHilal_Videopic.twitter.com/rQDLGBykAz
— AlHilal Saudi Club (@Alhilal_EN) January 31, 2019
Toronto FC announced yesterday that they'd sold their star player, probably the best individual player in the entire of MLS... was. Was the best player in MLS. He now plays for Al-Hilal FC of the Saudi Professional League.
“I’d like to thank the fans and my teammates for four special years playing for Toronto FC,” said Giovinco. “I’d also like to thank the club for helping me as I transition into the next phase of my career.”
Tyrone Mings: Villain of the hour
Bournemouth's Tyrone Mings is to have a medical at Aston Villa before signing a loan deal which will keep him at Villa Park for the rest of the season. Well, he'll be allowed to go places other than Villa Park, they're not literally keeping him there. Away games and training for example. Perhaps a house to sleep in? I don't know.
Either way, that deal should go through later today.
Transfer Hawk is here to SWOOP
Here's a short animated music video I made two years ago about Transfer Hawk, the hawk who swoops for transfers, taking bids from his war chest to sign all the players you see listed in various gossip columns.
Stoke bid £5million for Aberdeen's Scott McKenna
Stoke City have had a bid of 'under£5million' for Scott McKenna rejected, and presumably, laughed at. The 22 year old centre-back has developed into one of the best young defenders in the UK, becoming an integral part of Aberdeen's second place finishes the last two years in a row and captaining Scotland too.
Aberdeen rate McKenna far higher than Stoke's opening bid and might hope the recent transfer of John McGinn to Aston Villa acts as a benchmark for how undervalued Scottish Premiership players tend to be - Wales international Chris Mepham recently completed a £12million move to Bournemouth from Brentford, for example.
Arsenal in for Yannick Carrasco
Unai Emery has said that Arsenal could sign two players today but that both will almost certainly be loans. One is the already confirmed Denis Suarez, who joins from Barcelona on loan.
As revealed by Jason Burt last night, Arsenal are fighting a battle to try and get ex-Atletico Madrid winger Yannick Carrasco in on loan from Dalian Yifang with the Belgian so desperate to leave China that he's willing to take a pay cut.
Real Madrid like Marcus Rashford
Credit: AFP
Marcus Rashford is one of the best young players in the world, Real Madrid like to buy the best players in the world. It's a match made in football gossip heaven and one which is surely nonsense.
Rashford is expected to sign a new contract at Man Utd in the summer but Real, apparently, hope to tempt him with the opportunity of being a Galactico and leaving his boyhood club - a fellow European giant - to score lots of goals in La Liga.
A red top paper reckons Real will offer Rashford up to £250,000 a week, something that will surely panic Rashford's agent. Before this rumour, he was happy to accept a low, low salary and take absolutely no bonus for himself for his part in negotiating a new contract. No, no - this agent is in it for the love.
Now though, everything's different. What a stress for that poor agent! Man Utd best offer him a huge new deal to ward off the advances of Real.
West Ham reject £7million bid for Javier Hernandez
Credit: REUTERS
Chicharito isn't playing that much and apparently quite fancies a move away from West Ham. One place he won't be going is Valencia, who had a £7million bid rejected yesterday, according to Sky Sports.
Coincidentally, West Ham have been linked with a move for Chelsea's Michy Batshuayi, who just had a loan cut short at Valencia. Spinning plates. Spinning plates everywhere.
What's going on in Scotland?
The most exciting league in Europe could be welcoming some new actors to its star show.
Celtic are expected to sign Maryan Shved, a 21 year old winger from Ukraine, from Karpaty Lviv today and loan him back for the rest of the season. Brendan Rodgers has said that he is aiming to make signings today, most likely a right-back and a centre-back.
An injury to Filip Benkovic, on loan from Leicester, could rule the defender out for the rest of the season, leaving Celtic with the error prone Jack Hendry and not a lot else in central defence. Lewis Morgan has barely featured this season too and he could be on his way to join former manager Jack Ross at Sunderland on loan.
Or, Morgan could be off to Aberdeen, who are looking to add to their squad. Jonny Hayes is another bench player at Celtic who could leave Glasgow to get some time on the pitch and Pittodrie could offer a welcome return - there's no direct link here yet but it makes some sense, doesn't it?
Rangers don't expect to get any business done today, with Steven Gerrard getting his signings in earlier in the month and signing Matt Polster from Chicago Fire yesterday. Jordan Rossiter will join Bury on loan for the rest of the season.
Hearts and Hibs could both be in for players to help them push for a top six place
Emile Smith-Rowe to RB Leipzig?
Emile Smith-Rowe has appeared in cup fixtures for Arsenal this season Credit: GETTY IMAGES
Arsenal's tidy young forward/winger Emile Smith-Rowe is reportedly on the brink - the very precipice - of a move to RB Leipzig, one of those clubs in Germany who quite like playing hugely talented teenagers. A watched pot never boils and the Premier League is fast proving that waiting for your hot new wonderkids to be ready doesn't make sense. You've got to take them out, put them in the heat and fire of the football kitchen and let them play, specifically by the time they're about 18, or no later than 19. The best tend to do pretty well.
Anyway, Smith-Rowe could join the German club on loan, following the example of Reiss Nelson who is also in the country and doing extremely well. Smith-Rowe's move is freed up by Denis Suarez signing for Arsenal. Why play the kids when you can sign a ready made, experience-filled player from elsewhere?
Willian to PSG?
You may have heard that PSG have a bit of money. They've been linked with a few players in this window, most notably Leandro Paredes, who signed from Zenit yesterday, Idrissa Gueye, who Everton don't want to sell and now, according to Sky Sports 'sources', they might be after Chelsea winger Willian.
It's a move that might actually make sense. Neymar is out for about two-three months with a metatarsal injury which leaves PSG with a Brazilian shaped hole. They have him covered with players like Angel Di Maria and Julian Draxler but Thomas Tuchel isn't exactly working on a budget. Would Chelsea consider selling Willian to give Callum Hudson-Odoi game time this season?
Willian was a second half substitute last night in the 4-0 defeat to Bournemouth...
If Willian isn't possible, there's also some noise on various... 'media publications'... that Mesut Ozil could be targeted as a loan signing. This one sounds like the kind of thing started on Whatsapp by a 14 year old on the wind up - don't expect it to be real.
Prepare all windows for imminent closure
Hello and welcome to Transfer Deadline Day! Yes, it’s time.
That special day of the year, this is the Thursday where your club signs someone amazing who sets up a title push nobody expected. It could be a £200,000 signing from Scunthorpe, a loan deal from Huddersfield Under-23s or maybe, just maybe, a consortium backed with more money than many countries will purchase your club and bankroll a spending spree like never before. Does anyone know where Robinho is right now?
Or, as is more likely, it’ll be a day of rumour that leaves you feeling thoroughly medium. There is no way tell anymore and the acceptance that buying in January means paying inflated prices has dulled the excitement levels somewhat.
That’s not to say there won’t be transfers. If someone special were to become available, you can bet anything that Premier League clubs will leap to action to make it happen. And the new trend for young British players to be scouted and poached by European clubs, specifically those in Germany, means we could be in for some shock transfers.
Chelsea say Callum Hudson-Odoi won’t be going anywhere… but can they really get rid of Bayern Munich’s advances? Man Utd might fancy buying a wonderkid or two and Benfica’s Joao Felix is one of the most coveted of these in the world… and look - United are linked with him already!
Idrissa Gueye wants a dream move to PSG, Andreas Christensen can’t get a game, Gary Cahill too, Marouane Fellaini might move to China, and in Scotland, there are transfers happening every five minutes. It’s the tightest league in Europe and at least four teams may try to strengthen their sides to push for the title.
AC Milan have money, Real Madrid might buy, Barcelona signed Kevin Prince Boateng on loan (they did!), Man City have had a little stutter, Arsenal are desperate to improve the squad… anything could happen. And when it does, you can follow all the action right here throughout the entire day as we bring you all the real news, questionable gossip and analyse those players you might never heard of but who are somehow worth £20million to find out just who they really are.
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