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  • EVERY Premier League transfer in January window as deadline looms

    EVERY Premier League transfer in January window as deadline looms

    The Premier League’s January transfer window is almost complete, with clubs racing to finish their dealings before the window slams shut at 11pm local time (GMT) on February 1.

    That’s 10am on Saturday morning AEDT.

    Ange Postecoglou’s has landed two big targets at Tottenham this window, signing former Chelsea flop Timo Werner from RB Leipzig on a loan move with an option to buy at the end of the season as well as 21-year-old centre-back Radu Dragusin.

    Meanwhile, Manchester City offloaded Kalvin Phillips to West Ham on loan, while Donny van de Beek left Manchester United for Eintracht Frankfurt on loan and teammate Jadon Sancho returned to Borussia Dortmund on loan.

    While they are the biggest deals so far, here’s the list of every move from each club this window!

    This story will continue to be updated until the window closes 10am Saturday AEDT.

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    Arsenal

    In

    Marquinhos [Nantes] Loan return

    Out

    Tyreece John-Jules [Derby County] Loan

    Mika Biereth [Sturm Graz] Loan

    Aston Villa

    In

    George Hemmings [Nottingham Forest] Undisclosed

    Kosta Nedeljkovic [Red Star Belgrade] £7.8m – (loaned back to Red Star Belgrade)

    Kaine Kesler-Hayden [Plymouth] Loan recall

    Out

    Leander Dendoncker [Napoli] Loan

    Kerr Smith [St Johnstone] Loan

    Finn Azaz [Middlesbrough] £2m

    Ben Chrisene [Blackburn] Loan

    Rico Richards [Stockport] Loan

    Bournemouth

    In

    Owen Bevan [Cheltenham Town] Loan return

    James Hill [Blackburn Rovers] Loan return

    Out

    Billy Terrell [Dartford] Loan

    Jack Wadham [Worthing] Loan

    Joe Rothwell [Southampton] Loan

    Hamed Traore [Napoli] Loan

    Emiliano Marcondes [Hibernian] Loan

    Nathan Moriah-Welsh [Hibernian] Undisclosed

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    Brentford

    In

    Sergio Reguilon [Tottenham] Loan

    Ryan Trevitt [Exeter City] Loan return

    Yunus Emre Konak [Sivasspor] Undisclosed

    Ben Krauhaus [Bromley] Undisclosed – (loaned back to Bromley)

    Hakon Valdimarsson [Elfsborg] £2.6m

    Out

    Charlie Goode [Wigan Athletic] Loan

    Myles Peart-Harris [Portsmouth] Loan

    Brighton

    In

    Valentin Barco [Boca Juniors] Undisclosed

    Steven Hall [Adelaide United] Undisclosed

    Kamari Doyle [Southampton] Undisclosed

    Out

    Jensen Weir [Port Vale] Loan

    Jeremy Sarmiento [Ipswich] Loan

    Yasin Ayari [Blackburn Rovers] Loan

    James Beadle [Sheffield Wednesday] Loan

    Adrian Mazilu [Vitesse Arnhem] Loan

    Burnley

    In

    David Datro Fofana [Chelsea] Loan

    Owen Dodgson [Barnsley] Loan return

    Michael Mellon [Morecambe] Loan return

    Benn Ward [Swindon Town] Loan return

    Out

    Dara Costelloe [Dundee] Loan

    Scott Twine [Bristol City] Loan

    Darko Churlinov [Schalke 04] Loan

    Michael Obafemi [Millwall] Loan

    Jez Davies [Salford City] Undisclosed

    Michael Mellon [Dundee FC] Loan

    Chelsea

    In

    Andrey Santos [Nottingham Forest] Loan return

    Cesare Casadei [Leicester City] Loan return

    Diego Moreira [Lyon] Loan return

    Dujuan Richards [Phoenix Academy] Undisclosed

    Out

    Ian Maatsen [Borussia Dortmund] Loan

    David Datro Fofana [Burnley] Loan

    Alex Matos [Huddersfield] Loan

    Toby Beach [Gateshead] Loan

    Jamie Cumming [Oxford United] Loan

    Crystal Palace

    In

    Daniel Munoz [Genk] £8.5m

    Kofi Balmer [Port Vale] Loan return

    Craig Farquhar [Larne] Undisclosed

    Out

    Sean Grehan [Carlisle United] Loan

    John-Kymani Gordon [AFC Wimbledon] Loan

    Tayo Adaramola [Molenbeek] Loan

    Ademola Ola-Adebomi [Burton] Loan

    Daniel Munoz is now a Crystal Palace player.Source: Getty Images

    Everton

    In

    Reece Welch [Forest Green Rovers] Loan return

    Stanley Mills [Oxford United] Loan return

    Out

    Ryan Astley [Dundee] Undisclosed

    Fulham

    In

    Luciano D’Auria-Henry [Cheltenham Town] Loan return

    Out

    Luke Harris [Exeter] Loan

    Luca Ashby-Hammond [Notts County] Loan

    George Wickens [Ross County] Loan

    Olly Sanderson [Sutton United] Loan

    Ollie O’Neill [Leyton Orient] Undisclosed

    Jay Williams [Sutton] Undisclosed

    Liverpool

    In

    Owen Beck [Dundee] Loan return

    Nat Phillips [Celtic] Loan return

    Billy Koumetio [USL Dunkerque] Loan return

    Out

    Nat Phillips [Cardiff] Loan

    Calvin Ramsay [Bolton] Loan

    Fabio Carvalho [Hull City] Loan

    Marcelo Pitaluga [St Patrick’s] Loan

    Vitezslav Jaros [Sturm Graz] Loan

    Luke Chambers [Wigan Athletic] Loan

    Paul Glatzel [Swindon Town] Undisclosed

    Rhys Williams [Port Vale] Loan

    Luke Hewitson [Stalybridge Celtic] Loan

    James Balagizi [Kilmarnock] Loan

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    Luton Town

    In

    Tom Holmes [Reading] Undisclosed – (loaned back to Reading)

    Fred Onyedinma [Rotherham] Loan return

    Elliot Thorpe [Shrewsbury] Loan return

    Aribim Pepple [Bromley] Loan return

    Out

    Joe Taylor [Lincoln City] Loan

    Tobias Braney [Hayes & Yeading] Loan

    Jayden Luker [Woking] Loan

    Dion Pereira [Dagenham & Redbridge] Loan

    Manchester City

    In

    Claudio Echeverri [River Plate] £12.5 million

    Alex Alcala [LA Galaxy] Undisclosed

    Out

    Kalvin Phillips [West Ham] Loan

    Zack Steffen [Colorado Rapids] Undisclosed

    Lewis Fiorini [Charlton] Loan

    Manchester United

    In

    Alvaro Fernandez [Granada] Loan recall

    Charlie McNeill [Stevenage] Loan return

    Out

    Jadon Sancho [Borussia Dortmund] Loan

    Donny van de Beek [Eintracht Frankfurt] Loan

    Sergio Reguilon [Tottenham] Loan return

    Joe Hugill [Burton Albion] Loan

    Hannibal Mejbri [Sevilla] Loan

    Mateo Mejia [Sevilla] Undisclosed

    Rhys Bennett [Stockport] Loan

    Dan Gore [Port Vale] Loan

    Radek Vitek [Accrington] Loan

    Jadon Sancho has already appeared for Dortmund since returning to his old club.Source: AFP

    Newcastle

    In

    Joe White [Crewe Alexandra] Loan return

    Out

    Javier Manquillo [Celta Vigo] Undisclosed

    Dylan Stephenson South Shields] Loan

    Remi Savage [Inverness CT] Undisclosed

    Cameron Ferguson – Released

    Nottingham Forest

    In

    Alex Mighten [KV Kortrijk] Loan return

    Hwang Ui-jo [Norwich City] Loan return

    Jonathan Panzo [Cardiff City] Loan return

    Out

    Andrey Santos [Chelsea] Loan return

    Gustavo Scarpa [Atletico Mineiro] Undisclosed

    Oli Hammond [Oldham Athletic] Undisclosed

    Emmanuel Dennis [Watford] Loan

    Sheffield United

    In

    Ben Brereton Diaz [Villarreal] Loan

    Sam Curtis [St Patrick’s Athletic] Undisclosed

    Ivo Grbic [Atletico Madrid] Undisclosed

    Out

    Harrison Neal [Carlisle United] Undisclosed

    Benie Traore [Nantes] Loan

    Luke Thomas [Leicester] Loan return

    Harry Boyes [Fleetwood] Loan

    Sai Sachdev [Oldham] Loan

    Tottenham

    In

    Radu Dragusin [Genoa] £25m

    Timo Werner [RB Leipzig] Loan

    Dane Scarlett [Ipswich Town] Loan return

    Out

    Ivan Perisic [Hajduk Split] Loan

    Japhet Tanganga [Millwall] Loan

    Sergio Reguilon [Brentford] Loan

    Eric Dier [Bayern Munich] Loan

    Djed Spence [Genoa] Loan

    Hugo Lloris [Los Angeles FC] Free

    Josh Keeley [Barnet] Loan

    Ashley Phillips [Plymouth Argyle] Loan

    Matthew Craig [Doncaster Rovers] Loan

    Alfie Devine [Plymouth] Loan

    Ange Postecoglou reinforced his defence with Romanian defender Radu Dragusin.Source: AFP

    West Ham

    In

    Kalvin Phillips [Manchester City] Loan

    Out

    Thilo Kehrer [Monaco] Loan

    Krisztian Hegyi [FC Den Bosch] Loan

    Gideon Kouda [Wycombe Wanderers] Loan

    Conor Coventry [Charlton Athletic] Undisclosed

    Thierry Nevers [FC Sheriff Tiraspol] Undisclosed

    Archie Woods – Released

    Callum Marshall [West Brom] Loan

    Kalvin Phillips joined West Ham on loan in search of match minutes.Source: Getty Images

    Wolves

    In

    Fletcher Holman [Eastbourne Borough] Undisclosed

    Harvey Griffiths [Walsall] Loan return

    Alfie Pond [Stockport County] Loan return

    Tyler Roberts [Doncaster Rovers Loan return

    Oliver Tipton [Notts County] Loan return

    Out

    Goncalo Guedes [Villarreal] Loan

    Fabio Silva [Rangers] Loan

    Sasa Kalajdzic [Eintracht Frankfurt] Loan

    Luke Cundle [Plymouth Argyle] Loan

    Dexter Lembikisa [Hearts] Loan

    Louie Moulden [Northampton] Loan

    Joe Young [Buxton] Loan

    Yerson Mosquera [Villarreal] Loan

    Jonny – Released

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  • Spurs could make late swoop for $48m teen as rival deal stalls; Chelsea trio for sale: Rumour Mill

    Spurs could make late swoop for $48m teen as rival deal stalls; Chelsea trio for sale: Rumour Mill

    It’s been a quiet January transfer window in the Premier League so far, with most teams restricted from splashing too much cash due to a major crackdown on teams breaching financial rules.

    Under the PL’s Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR), clubs post a maximum loss of £105 million ($134m) over three seasons – on a rolling basis but only if they have secure funding from their owners. Otherwise the three-year limit on losses is just £15m.

    The Premier League hit Everton with a 10-point deduction last November due to breaching the rules, and both Everton and Nottingham Forest are facing further punishments after the Premier League released a statement this month saying both clubs admitted going over the limit.

    The two sides will argue they had mitigating factors and should be excused.

    But all Premier League clubs are now more wary than ever of breaching the rules, knowing that there is a very real threat of significant punishment.

    It’s had a major dampening effect on the transfer window, with far fewer big-money deals than 12 months ago, when a staggering £700m-plus was spent – one third of it by Chelsea.

    So far this window, only £50m has been spent by Premier League.

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    Ange Postecoglou has landed two big signings at Spurs in January – but he’s been linked to late moves for a number of other stars.Source: Getty Images

    Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Newcastle United have each made no signings this window.

    Manchester City signed teenage Argentinian midfielder Claudio Echeverri from River Plate, but he won’t move clubs until the end of the season, while they also added another teen to their academy in Alex Alcala from LA Galaxy’s reserves.

    Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham has been the most active top club so far, signing former Chelsea flop Timo Werner from RB Leipzig on a loan move with an option to buy at the end of the season.

    They also landed their top defensive target in 21-year-old centre-back Radu Dragusin.

    But the transfer window often ends with a flurry of activity, and this year will surely be no different.

    The Premier League transfer window slams shut at 11pm local time (GMT) on February 1. That’s 10am on Saturday morning AEDT.

    The transfer window shuts that same day in Germany (5pm GMT), Italy (7pm), France (10pm), and Spain (11pm). And the Saudi Arabia window closed on Wednesday, meaning no players can be offloaded to that country.

    But here’s what major deals could still be done before the window shuts in England.

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    ANTONIO NUSA

    Teenage winger Antonio Nusa was on the brink of signing for Brentford for 25 million pounds, with the Bees to loan him back to Club Brugge for the remainder of the season.

    But multiple reports claim complications have potentially stalled the deal, and could open the door to rial clubs.

    Tottenham were interested in the player back in the off-season, according to Sky Sports, and were then in talks with Brugge over a deal earlier this month, which also would have seen him stay with his current club until the end of the season.

    Chelsea have also been linked to the Norway international, who has already played 28 times this season with four goals and three assists.

    Brentford have already signed three players this window, and are one of many clubs like Brighton, Arsenal and Fulham, interested in Leicester’s Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall – but the Foxes don’t want to sell their 25-year-old midfield star.

    A £30m valuation has been placed on the key player, but Leicester manager Enzo Maresca says he doesn’t want to lose a player who scored the opener in Leicester’s 3-1 win yesterday.

    “I don’t want Kiernan to go – ask the club if we need to sell or not,” said Maresca.

    “The only way we can do something is to sell players. I don’t think that Kiernan’s future was about this game. Kiernan is a Leicester player, hopefully he can play in the next game.

    “Here, he showed once again he is in love with the club, if something will happen now, I don’t know.

    “He cares about the club and he has 10 goals this season, probably for the first time in his life, these kind of things, people don’t give the right importance to and it’s not a good thing.”

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    THE THREE CHELSEA STARS UP FOR GRABS

    Speaking of Chelsea, their sky-high spending in the last year has put them something of in a financial bind, requiring the sale of players if they are to sign any fresh faces.

    The Blues want a new striker – Callum Wilson (Newcastle)and Jhon Duran (Aston Villa) have been the strongest rumours – but can’t do so unless they can find a buyer for some unneeded players.

    Striker Armando Broja is up for sale, and there’s plenty of interest – but not at Chelsea’s asking price of a reported £40m to £50m.

    Wolves had a loan bid rejected, with Chelsea likely looking for any loan deal to include a purchase option.

    Fulham are also interested, but would probably need to sell a player of their own (like Carlos Vinicius) and even then would probably struggle to afford a lofty fee for the 22-year-old striker who has one goal this season.

    But they could be more desperate for a deal after Raul Jimenez went off with a hamstring issue against Everton.

    Fulham coach Marco Silva said today: “To be honest with you, if I expect many things before the end of the market – no – I was honest with you at the start of the window.

    “If it was possible to do something we should have done it at the beginning of the market with the semi-finals and the FA Cup. The board is trying their best.”

    Specifically asked about Broja, he replied: “I won’t talk about rumours and players who aren’t our players.”

    Armando Broja is on the Chelsea chopping block.Source: Getty Images

    Conor Gallagher, the 23-year-old midfielder who has been a key figure for the Blues this season and has at times even captained the side, is also reportedly up for sale.

    The key reason behind the surprise move to offload such a valuable member of the team is that, alongside Broja, he is an academy product – and therefore any sale fee is viewed as pure profit in terms of PSR regulations.

    He is also out of contract in less than 18 months, and the Blues are keen to avoid players running down their contracts and leaving for free.

    But Gallagher reportedly does not want to leave his boyhood club, especially with the chance to play in the league cup final against Liverpool looming next month.

    Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs, in need of midfield reinforcements, have long been interested in the player.

    They offered £35m in the off-season, while West Ham reportedly had an offer of £42m including bonuses rejected, both falling short of Chelsea’s £50m valuation.

    Conor Gallagher is a Chelsea fan favourite, but the Blues are willing to sell for the right price.Source: AFP

    Tottenham are also on a tightrope when it comes to PSR, and would probably need to sell a player – likely Denmark international Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg – to afford Gallagher.

    Gallagher would be an upgrade on Hojbjerg when it comes to fitting in Postecoglou’s style, but the latter reportedly does not want to leave mid-season and has already turned down a move to Lyon.

    His lawyer said recently: “The player never asked to leave now.

    “He’s very ambitious for Tottenham and Denmark, [and] continuing to keep improving himself, like he did all his career. His only focus is Tottenham to finish the season well and to help as much as possible.”

    The Times claims Spurs are preparing to launch an official bid for Gallagher, but it might be too hard to get a deal done in time.

    As Ange Postecoglou said of Spurs making any more signings this window: “Unlikely, I’d say. I don’t see any incomings.”

    And there is another Chelsea academy graduate up for sale – defender Trevoh Chalobah.

    TeamTalk reported recently that, once again, it’s Chelsea’s price that is scaring off approaches from rivals.

    Fulham, Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace are all reportedly interested in the 24-year-old, but a deal remains unlikely unless Chelsea lower their £25m demands.

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    BENZEMA DEAL OFF BUT OTHER SAUDI STAR COULD LEAVE

    Former Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema has been in Saudi Arabia for just half a year and captains Al-Ittihad, but was already reportedly looking to exit the club.

    Chelsea and Arsenal were both interested in the former Real Madrid striker, who deleted his Instagram profile recently after copping plenty of criticism over his performances this season – despite 12 goals in 20 appearances for Al-Ittihad.

    And another of his former clubs, Lyon, also strongly pursued a deal this month.

    But multiple reports have said the 36-year-old will remain at his Saudi Pro League club, where he still has two and a half years remaining on a big-money contract.

    Karim Benzema hasn’t enjoyed his six months in Saudi Arabia.Source: AFP

    Another star stranded in Saudi Arabia is Jota, who starred at Celtic under Ange Postecoglou.

    The 27-year-old Portuguese attacker kept for Al-Ittihad for about £25 million in July, but has endured a torrid time – and has since been cut from the squad since the SPL has a cap on the number of foreign players in a team (eight max).

    West Ham are keen to sign him on loan, but there’s a major tax issue complicating the move, centring around Jota’s earnings on his £200k per week deal in Saudi Arabia.

    Spurs were interested earlier in the window but a move looks unlikely, while the Hammers are still hopeful that the tax issue can be resolved and a deal can be sealed.

    There has been one big player heading to Saudi Arabia – 35-year-old former Barcelona star Ivan Rakitic has done a deal to leave Sevilla for Al Shabab.

    But Newcastle’s Miguel Almiron will not be joining him in Al Shabab, after personal terms could not be agreed.

    Coach Eddie Howe said today: “Yes, I’m confident that he will stay now. And I’m delighted because he’s such an important player.”

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    WHAT OTHER BIG DEALS COULD GET DONE?

    Aston Villa’s Jacob Ramsey is in hot demand – but is likely to remain despite plenty of interest. Newcastle United, Tottenham and Bayern Munich are all reported suitors.

    Borussia Dortmund and USMNT star Giovanni Reyna is struggling for minutes in Germany, and The Athletic reported that Nottingham Forest are pushing for a loan move for the 21-year-old star.

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