Transfer news live: Philippe Coutinho offered new Liverpool deal and Pep Guardiola extends Manchester City stay
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Your support makes all the difference.With deadline day under a week away, the January transfer window is finally starting to heat up after yet more movement this week.
Hull signed Liverpool winger Lazar Markovic on loan until the end of the season as Marco Silva continued his revolution at the Tigers, while Everton’s Gerard Deulofeu left the Premier League for AC Milan, also on loan.
Manchester City remain the only top-six side to complete a move for a new player this month but will there be any late big-name deals elsewhere? Follow the latest here.
- West Ham reject third Dimitri Payet bid, this time worth £22.5m
- Gerard Deulofeu joins AC Milan until the end of the season
- Lazar Markovic joins Hull from Liverpool until the end of the season
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Hello and welcome to The Independent’s live blog to keep you up to date with all the goings on in the January transfer window, including the latest news, gossip and rumours.
Here is what’s making the newspapers today:
Philippe Coutinho is set to sign a new £200,000-a-week contract at Liverpool to keep him with the club until 2022, report the Daily Mirror.
The Sun claim Pep Guardiola wants to extend his three-year Manchester City contract to a new five-year deal.
Portuguese daily A Bola say Liverpool have opened negotiations with Sporting Lisbon defender William Carvalho with a view to completing a £26m move.
Crystal Palace want to sign former Sunderland midfielder Yann M’Vila, report the Daily Telegraph, while the Croydon Advertiser say Sam Allardyce will hand a trial to another of his former players, ex-Blackburn centre-back Christopher Samba.
Everton saw an £8m offer for Werder Bremen midfielder Thomas Delaney rejected last week, according to the Liverpool Echo.
More on Coutinho:
The Brazilian's new deal sees him become the club's highest-paid player with weekly wages of around £150,000-a-week and will keep him at Anfield until 2022. It also puts an end to Barcelona's public pursuit of the player as we understand there is no release clause inserted into the contract.
Everton signing
Everton have followed up their signings of Morgan Schneiderlin and Ademola Lookman with a loan deal for Anton Donkor from Wolfsburg until the end of the season.
Morata on the move?
The Spanish forward has struggled for playing time since his return to the Bernabeu this season and, according to reports in the Spanish press, has been told by Real president Florentino Perez: "If we get €60m (£51m) you can leave tomorrow."
Snodgrass heading to Burnley?
Sky Sports are reporting Burnley have had a £10m bid for Robert Snodgrass accepted by Hull. The Tigers have already sold Jake Livermore and are set to lose another key player, should personal terms be agreed.
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