Transfer news LIVE: Giroud Chelsea announcement, Ozil agrees new Arsenal deal, Aubameyang signs, Mahrez latest
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Your support makes all the difference.Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the very latest transfer deadline day news and rumours. Arsenal have completed the club-record signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after getting the green light from Borussia Dortmund to announce the deal, with the striker joining for £56m, and have followed it up by agreeing a new three-and-a-half year contract extension for Mesut Özil that will see him paid £350,000-a-week.
The Gunners have put the 3-1 defeat by Swansea behind them on Wednesday by announcing a new club-record deal, with Olivier Giroud now expected to leave the club. Giroud looks certain to leave Arsenal for Chelsea after Blues agreed an £18m deal with the Gunners to keep him remain in the Premier League. Meanwhile, Dortmund are set to sign Chelsea’s Michy Batshuayi on loan until the end of the season, with the Belgian striker in Dortmund undergoing a medical.
Manchester City will continue their late pursuit of Riyad Mahrez, although Leicester City are believed to have rejected a third offer on Tuesday worth £55m, and have informed the Premier League leaders that it will take a lot more to tempt them into selling as they do not have enough time to find a replacement.
Tottenham will also complete their first bit of business this month after agreeing a deal worth around £28m wit Paris saint-Germain to sign Lucas Moura, with a medical already completed this morning.
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We're still waiting for a few big transfers to be completed before the 11pm deadline. They are Eliaquim Mangala to Everton, Andre Ayew to Swansea and Islam Slimani to Newcastle.
Mangala is understood to be having his medical at Everton's training ground right now.
Remember when Sir Alex Ferguson splurged millions of pounds on Bebe without ever having seen him play? Of course you do.
He was pretty rubbish for United but credit where credit's due - he's carved out a pretty decent career for himself since leaving Old Trafford.
The 27-year-old has just joined Rayo Vallecano from Eibar on a loan deal until the end of the season.
Bebe has a new club
Swansea have confirmed Andre Ayew has rejoined the club from West Ham.
The 28-year-old returns to the Liberty Stadium on a three-and-a-half-year contract just 17 months after leaving the club for east London.
Gary Madine, 27, has joined Cardiff City from Bolton for an undisclosed fee.
The striker, who has scored 10 goals for the Trotters this season, has signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with the south Wales club.
Gary Madine has swapped Bolton for Cardiff
Ashley Fletcher is set to join Sunderland on loan from Middlesbrough.
The 22-year-old only moved to the Riverside last summer but has managed just one goal in 16 Championship appearances for Boro.
Ibrahim Amadou's switch from Lille to Crystal Palace is in jeopardy.
Sky Sports say Lille value him at £18million and Palace are reluctant to offer that amount.
It is claimed the defender, 24, is currently on the phone to his club pleading with them to let him leave.
Bournemouth's hopes of landing Brentford defender Chris Mepham are over.
They've been knocked back with a second bid of £7million for the 20-year-old centre-back.
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