Transfer news LIVE: Liverpool sign Ozan Kabak and Ben Davies plus latest deadline day news
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Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham are all in the spotlight on this transfer deadline day and you can follow the latest right here throughout the day.
The January window closes at 11pm GMT and before then Liverpool are hoping to sign a centre-back, with Preston defender Ben Davies arriving permanently with Schalke’s Ozan Kabak joining him until the summer. Manchester United are looking to complete final exits with defender Marcos Rojo set to join Boca Juniors in his native Argentina, and Phil Jones and Sergio Romero set to depart in the summer if not today. Arsenal are also facing a decision on a defender’s departure as bids come in for Ainsley Maitland-Niles. Southampton, West Brom, Newcastle and Leicester are all thought to be jostling in the queue for the England international.
Elsewhere Leicester want Watford midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah, Paris Saint-Germain’s Idrissa Gueye has rejected a loan move to Newcastle United, and Christian Eriksen’s future remains up in the air with Tottenham interested in securing his services on loan until the end of the season, after last night’s disappointing defeat at Brighton. Newcastle defender DeAndre Yedlin is heading for Galatasaray but Chelsea midfielder Billy Gilmour is staying put after a U-turn from new boss Thomas Tuchel. And in France, Paris Saint-Germain are interested in taking Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos to join Mauricio Pochettino’s team.
Follow all the latest rumours, gossip and done deals below.
MORE DETAILS ON KABAK DEAL
This one seems done bar the confirmation. Ozan Kabak will be heading to Liverpool for £1m loan (+ £500k in potential extras). Option to buy £18m + add ons, which doesn’t need to be activated until June according to The Independent’s Melissa Reddy:
KABAK DEAL READY TO GO
Fabrizio Romano says Ozan Kabak’s move to Anfield is ready to go with, medicals, personal terms and loan fees all agreed.
No official confirmation from Liverpool or Schalke as of yet.
BRIGHTON COMPLETE CAICEDO SIGNING
Brighton complete signing of Moises Caicedo
Ecuador international joins the Seagulls for a fee in the region of £4.5m
DETAILS ON LIVERPOOL’S KABAK DEAL
Ozan Kabak’s agents are now ‘confident’ to complete the deal with Liverpool. It’s an initial loan with an option but no obligation to buy.
JONES TO RETURN TO UNITED SQUAD
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Phil Jones is working hard to get back to match fitness after a period out of the game due to a knee injury:
Phil Jones to return to Manchester United’s Premier League squad
Jones was left out of initial 25-man squad due to knee injury
MIRANDA LEAVES WOLVES
Roderick Miranda’s contract with Wolves has been ended by mutual consent.
The defender moved to Molineux in 2017 and played 19 times during the 2017/18 campaign, as Wolves returned to the Premier League.
Since then, the 29-year-old has spent time on loan at Olympiacos and Famalicao, before returning to the West Midlands last summer.
WEST BROM AGREE TERMS FOR MAITLAND-NILES
Sky Sports are reporting that West Brom and Arsenal have agreed a deal to bring Ainsley Maitland-Niles to the Hawthorns on loan until the end of the season.
Maitland-Niles will undergo a medical in London before signing the paperwork and completing the deal before the 11pm deadline.
MENGI JOINS ROONEY AT DERBY
Derby County have signed Manchester United youngster Teden Mengi on loan for the rest of the season.
The 18-year-old will provide a further defensive option for manager Wayne Rooney to call upon in the second half of the campaign.
Manchester-born Mengi is a graduate of the Premier League club’s youth system and the central defender is Rooney’s first signing since being appointed as Derby’s manager on a permanent basis in mid-January:
50/50 CHANCE OF NEW SIGNINGS
Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers says that there is a 50/50 chance that the club will bring in some new players on deadline day.
The Foxes have been linked with Watford’s Nathaniel Chalobah and Arsenal’s Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
Rodgers said:
There has been dialogue. The moves will be reliant on other teams' movement.
"At the moment if you were putting a percentage on it I would say 50-50, but we will see how the day goes.
"If we can improve the squad – great. If we can't, then I am very happy with the players I have here at the moment."
BRIGHTON SIGN CAICEDO
Brighton have completed the signing of Educador’s Moises Caicedo from Independiente del Valle.
He signs on a four-and-a-half-year deal and head coach Graham Potter said: “It's no secret we have been working to bring Moises to the club, and we are very pleased he is finally here.
"He will need time to settle in with the group, for us to get to know him and vice versa, as well as get up to speed and ready for the demands of the Premier League.
"He has done very well in Ecuador and made his debut for his country at just 18. He's an exciting signing, but it is important we give him time to adjust.”
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