Transfer Round Up For January 24th 2016

Done deals:

– Victor Valdes has agreed to join Standard Liege on loan from Manchester United until the end of 2015-16 season, subject to a medical.

– Preston North End have signed goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard on loan from West Bromwich Albion until the end of the season.

Today’s reports and rumours:

– Shakhtar Donetsk are thought to be sticking firm on their £38million valuation of 26-year-old Brazilian forward Alex Teixeira, according to reports.

– Hull City have joined Norwich City and QPR in the group of clubs interested in taking Chelsea’s Patrick Bamford on loan, according to reports.

– Chelsea have held successful talks with Paris Saint-Germain striker Ezequiel Lavezzi, according to reports in England.

Ezequiel Lavezzi
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– French midfielder Moussa Sissoko has insisted he won’t quit Newcastle United this month.

– Borussia Monchengladbach have issued a hands-off warning over in-demand midfielder Granit Xhaka, according to report.

– Liverpool are interested in signing Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, according to reports.

– Chelsea are considering a loan move for Paris Saint-Germain defender Thiago Silva, according to reports.

– Tottenham are interested in signing Gambia international Jagne Pa Modou from FC Sion, according to reports.

– According to reports, Manchester United have had positive talks with Benfica over the possible signing of Renato Sanches.

– Chelsea’s winger Christian Atsu is in Spain ahead of an expected loan move to either Rayo Vallecano, Levante or Malaga

– Schalke chairman Clemens Toennies has told Sky Germany that the club are in advanced talks with Tottenham over Kevin Wimmer.

– Inter Vice-President Javier Zanetti confirmed Fredy Guarin is in advanced talks with Shanghai Shenhua, not Jiangsu Suning.

– West Ham are interested in Galatasaray striker Burak Yilmaz, according to reports.

– Watford manager Quique Sanchez Flores expects to bring in at least one more player before the end of the transfer window.

– Inter Milan have joined Chelsea in the race to sign Paris Saint-Germain’s Ezequiel Lavezzi, according to reports in Italy.

– Zinedine Zidane says defender Nacho will not be leaving Real Madrid and says he represents the “future of the team” at the Bernabeu.

– Manchester United have been in talks over signing Real Madrid forward James Rodriguez, according to reports.

– Tottenham are interested in bringing both N’Golo Kante and Jamie Vardy to White Hart Lane from Leicester, according to reports.

– Roma director Mauro Baldissoni confirms Gervinho is heading to China.

– L’Equipe claim AC Milan have joined Inter Milan in asking to sign Hatem Ben Arfa as a free agent next season.

– Lorient’s right-back Lamine Gassama is set to remain at the Ligue 1 side until the end of the season when his contract expires, according to reports.

– Chelsea’s attacker Bertrand Traoré is very interested in a possible loan move to Marseille until the end of the season, according to reports.

Football tit bits:

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– Jorge Mendes, the agent of José Mourinho, has branded a report claiming the Portuguese wrote to Manchester United regarding his credentials to be the next manager as “ridiculous and absurd”.

– Arsène Wenger labelled Diego Costa clever for the part he played in Per Mertesacker’s early dismissal and bemoaned the “emotional damage” inflicted on his team.

– Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney is “Over the moon” at the birth of his third child Kit Joseph Rooney on Sunday.

Football Transfer round up for January 4th 2016

The Return of the January Transfer window also means Our man Paul is back on the football transfer beat, tracking down the latest stories for you, here are the latest football transfer stories for the 4th of January 2016.

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Done deals:

– Derby County have signed Abdoul Camara from Angers for a fee of £1.25million.

– Leicester City have completed the signing of Demarai Gray from Birmingham City for £3.75million.

– Artem Kravets has joined VfB Stuttgart on a six-month loan deal from Dinamo Kiev.

– Hellas Verona have completed the signing of former AC Milan midfielder Urby Emanuelson on a free transfer.

– Hannover have completed the signing of Adam Szalai from Hoffenheim on a six-month loan deal with an option to buy.

– AC Milan have completed the signing of former Schalke 04 midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng.

– Charlton have confirmed the loan signing of Diego Poyet from West Ham until the end of the season.

– Sampdoria have completed the signing of former Inter Milan midfielder Ricky Alvarez on a free transfer.

– Charlton Athletic have confirmed the signing of Roger Johnson on a 18-month contract.

– Former Liverpool goalkeeper Brad Jones has joined Dutch club NEC Nijmegen on a short-term deal.

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Today’s reports and rumours:

– According to reports, Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce is keen on signing QPR midfielder Sandro.

– According to reports, Lorient have reached an agreement with Lyon in principle for the loan of French defender Lindsay Rose.

– According to reports, Chelsea are close to signing Alex Teixeira from Shakthar Donetsk.

– According to reports in Turkey, Michael Essen is on the verge of joining Antalyaspor from Greek side Panathinakos.

– Crystal Palace are reportedly preparing a £7.5million bid for QPR forward Charlie Austin.

– French goalkeeper Steve Mandanda’s transfer to Besiktas from Marseille is “90% done”, according to Turkish media.

– Everton and West Bromwich Albion are keen on signing Hull City’s Almed Elmohamady, according to reports in Egypt.

– Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has ruled out a move for Barcelona’s Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, claiming he’s happy with current No.1 Simon Mignolet.

– Manchester United will let Nick Powell go out on loan for the rest of the season, according to reports.

– According to reports in Italy, Manchester United have rejected AC Milan’s loan request for Marouanne Fellaini.

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– Watford are reportedly interested in former Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor.

– Leicester are to hold talks with Sampdoria over a deal for 18-year-old right-back Pedro Pereira, according to Skysports Italia.

– Chelsea and Manchester United are reportedly keen on signing Locomotiv Moscow striker Oumar Niasse.

– Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has played down rumours that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is on his way to Arsenal. He said: “He’s under contract until 2020. But those situations are not new for us. It’s just normal that our players attract attention.”

– West Brom are being linked with a move for Angers defender Romain Thomas, according to reports.

– Lazio are close to signing Lyon defender Milan Bisevac, according to L’Equipe.

– RB Leipzig CEO Oliver Mintzlaff says attacker Emil Forsberg, who has been linked with Liverpool “is not on sale”

– Bayern Munich fringe player Jan Kirchhoff is set to join Sunderland, according to reports in Germany.

– Schalke are reportedly keen on signing Leicester City midfielder Gokhan Inler.

– Tottenham target Ezequiel Lavezzi would prefer a move back to Italy. According to his agent, Alejandro Mazzoni.

– Manchester City are preparing a €55million bid for Schalke’s attacking midfielder Leroy Sane, according to reports in Germany.

– Southampton manager Ronald Koeman has “put the block” on Sadio Mane and Victor Wanyama being sold this month.

– Boca Juniors President Daniel Angelici confirms Jonathan Calleri’s move to Inter will be finalised “later this week”.

– Crystal Palace are set to offer Jonjo Shelvey a way out of Swansea, according to reports.

– Sevilla President Jose Castro confirms “many offers from Italy” for Ciro Immobile but “we have no plans to let him leave”.

– Norwich City have made a £7m bid for Inter Milan defender Andrea Ranocchia, according to Sky Sports Italy.

– Sampdoria President Massimo Ferrero insists Napoli “don’t want” Roberto Soriano, or they would have signed him in the summer.

– Mark Hughes says talk of a £10m clause in Bojan Krkic’s Stoke City contract is “mischief making, there is no such clause, and he won’t be sold.”

– Norberto Neto is reportedly set to leave Juventus before June, with Lazio’s Federico Marchetti a possible replacement.

– Bournemouth will find out this week whether their loan deal for Roma forward Juan Iturbe will receive international clearance.

– Liverpool are interested in signing Schalke centre-back Joel Matip in the January transfer window, according to Sky Sports sources.

– Marquinhos is flattered by Manchester United’s reported interest, and the defender has suggested he could leave PSG in the summer.

– Derby County are readying a club-record bid to sign Wolves forward Benik Afobe this month.

– Cardiff City have put a £10m asking price on goalkeeper David Marshall following links to Premier League side Everton, according to reports in Wales.

– Ronaldinho’s brother claims the former Barcelona star has had “more than one” offer from England.

– According to reports in France, Nantes are interested in acquiring the services of Newcastle’s winger Gabriel Obertan.

Football tit bits:

Rafa Benitez
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– Rafa Benitez has been sacked as manager of Real Madrid. Zinedine Zidane has been appointed as his successor.

– Guus Hiddink has revealed that John Obi Mikel is the “ideal player” to bring balance to Chelsea’s midfield after
the Nigeria international shone in Sunday’s 3-0 victory over Crystal Palace.

– According to French media outlet RMC, the judge in the Mathieu Valbuena blackmail sextape case has blocked Real
Madrid striker Karim Benzema request to see Lyon midfielder Valbuena.

– Genoa are set to appoint Sean Sogliano as their new sporting director, after receiving clearance from the Lega Serie A.

– Jamie Vardy is set to undergo minor groin surgery but the Leicester City striker is expected to miss just one match
rather than endure a two-week lay-off that had previously been feared.

– Geoff Cameron is free to face Liverpool in Stoke’s Capital One Cup semi-final first leg on Tuesday after the club were successful in their appeal against the red card the midfielder received in the defeat by West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.

Paul Ayorinde