Tuesday's transfer news: Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd, Spurs and Newcastle latest rumours, gossip and deals
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Your support makes all the difference.The Premier League's January transfer window is upon us with Arsenal, Chelsea and Newcastle all set to be busy.
Arsenal look set to be the busiest club as the deadline rapidly approaches. With no money to spend loans are on the agenda with moves for Inter Milan's Ivan Perisic, Barcelona's Denis Suarez and PSG's Christopher Nkunku being frantically worked on. Chelsea have made the biggest splash with the signing of Borussia Dortmund's Christian Pulisic but could well add more after seeing Gonzalo Higuain arriving from AC Milan on loan. The future of Callum Hudson-Odoi remains in the balance, however.
Manchester United are flying - could Ole Gunnar Solskjaer add to his in-form squad this month? - while Manchester City and Liverpool could look to dip their toes in the water with the title race looking set to go right down to the wire. We will have all the latest news, views, rumours, gossip and done deals right here so don't touch that dial.
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Good morning and welcome to today's Independent transfer live blog.
The January window is upon us with the Premier League’s biggest clubs set to spend, spend, spend as the sales re-open.
We'll bring you all the latest news plus all the done deals and the juiciest gossip throughout the day right here so don't touch that dial.
Without further ado, off we go.
Let's start at Arsenal who look set to be one of the busiest Premier League clubs before Thursday's deadline.
With no money to spend Unai Emery is firmly in the loan market with as many as three deals still possible.
Deals for Inter Milan's Ivan Perisic, Barcelona's Denis Suarez and PSG's Christopher Nkunku are being frantically worked on with Barcelona's Malcom a late wildcard, according to The Sun.
To Tottenham and more bad news.
Adrien Rabiot is said to have turned down a move to Spurs because he wants to join Liverpool instead, according to The Sun.
The 23-year-old's contract is up in the summer.
To Spain where Philippe Coutinho's future is once again high on the agenda.
The Brazilian's £142m move to Barcelona hasn't quite gone as planned and a possible return to the Premier League is now being mooted.
Manchester United, Chelsea and even former club Liverpool have been linked with him with Sport reporting he's set for crunch talks with manager Ernesto Valverde.
Rafa Benitez has revealed for the first time that he cannot guarantee he will be in charge at Newcastle United at the end of the season.
The Newcastle manager’s contract at St James’ Park ends this summer and Benitez can walk away for nothing, with the penalty clause that would have seen him have to pay £6million now invalid.
He had refused any attempts at a renegotiation, including the possibility of a short-term one-year extension, until he'd seen how the club had strengthened in the current transfer window.
Newcastle have still to sign a single player, after an attempt to take the left-back Jordan Lukaku on loan broke down on Friday night, and when asked if he could guarantee he would not walk out before the end of the season, he replied: “No, I cannot guarantee anything.”
More from Benitez here:
We have a done deal down in the Championship.
Defender Danny Batth has left Wolves for Stoke on a permanent deal.
Everton's Idrissa Gueye is said to have put in a transfer request with his heart now firmly set on a move to Paris Saint-Germain before the window shuts, according to Sky Sports.
The French champions are said to have lodged a £21.5m offer for the Senegalese international.
Staying at Everton and Yannick Bolasie, who has only just recently returned from a loan spell at Aston Villa, could be on the move again before Thursday.
The Mirror report he is wanted by Newcastle, Burnley and Cardiff.
Another done deal - and it's a biggie.
Paris Saint-Germain have completed the signing of Leandro Paredes from Zenit.
The Argentine international joins for a fee in the region of £35m.
Chelsea were also interested but the French champions have their man.
To Chelsea where Callum Hudson-Odoi's future looks to have been decided.
The 18-year-old is understood to have handed in a transfer request at Stamford Bridge in a bid to force through a move to Bayern Munich this month.
The Bavarian giants look set to increase their offer to £40m to try and get a deal over the line this week.
Chelsea remain resolute that they won't sell before Thursday. We shall see who blinks first.
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