Tonight's Premier League games are the first in a full midweek programme. Here are the week's remaining top-flight fixtures:

Wednesday

• Everton v Aston Villa
• Leicester v Crystal Palace
• Newcastle v Wolves
• Arsenal v Tottenham (20:00)

Thursday

• Ipswich v Brighton
• Manchester United v Southampton (20:00)

Premier League

• Brentford v Manchester City (19:30)
• Chelsea v Bournemouth (19:30)
• West Ham v Fulham (19:30)
• Nottingham Forest v Liverpool (20:00)

FA Cup third round

• Leyton Orient v Derby (19:45)
• Mansfield Town v Wigan (19:45)
• Preston v Charlton (19:45)

We are going to return to the transfer gossip shortly, as there is plenty about.

But first, let's have a quick look in more detail at the matches we have coming up tonight and what stories have made today's national newspapers.

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Chelsea are also interested in signing Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi but could wait until the summer when the England international will have just one year left on his current deal.

Blues manager Enzo Maresca has openly admitted to admiring Guehi's talents while also saying Ben Chilwell, Carney Chukwuemeka and Cesare Casadei can leave the club this month.

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Chelsea have made an enquiry to sign Bayern Munich winger Mathys Tel amid interest from the German side in their forward Christopher Nkunku.

The Blues, who first expressed an interest in Tel in the summer, have told Bayern they are willing to make an offer for the 19-year-old should he become available.

However, they have not offered Nkunku in a swap deal despite knowing that Bayern have had a longstanding interest in the 27-year-old France international, who joined Chelsea from German club RB Leipzig for £50m in 2023.

It isn't known how likely Chelsea's approach is to succeed given Tel is under contract until 2029 at the Allianz Arena – or whether the winger would try to force through a move to Stamford Bridge.

He has started just two Bundesliga games under new manager Vincent Kompany, who last summer left his role as Burnley boss to take over at Bayern.

Staying in Germany, we also have news on another potential import to the Premier League from the Bundesliga...

While we are talking transfer speculation, we brought you reports in Monday's page that Aston Villa were set to complete an £18m deal to sign Netherlands forward Donyell Malen from Borussia Dortumund.

Well the Bundesliga club have fuelled those rumours by confirming on X, external that the 25-year-old was not part of their travelling squad to face Holstein Kiel today as he had been "allowed to leave for talks with another club".

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Millwall's FA Cup win over Dagenham & Redbridge also provided a bit of clarity on some transfer speculation.

The Championship side's manager Alex Neil left Romain Esse out of his matchday squad and confirmed that a potential move for the 19-year-old attacking midfielder to Crystal Palace was now looking likely.

When asked by BBC Radio London if a deal for the England Under-20s winger was edging closer to a conclusion, Neil said: "Yeah, I think that's fair to say."

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Millwall comfortably beat National League side Dagenham & Redbridge to set up an FA Cup fourth-round tie against Leeds United.

Mihailo Ivanovic opened the scoring with an unusual header when laying on the ground - we strongly advise you to check that out in the highlights above.

Casper de Norre scored a second before 20-year-old Ra'ees Bangura-Williams netted his first Millwall goal after coming off the bench.

OK, before delving into those transfer rumours, let's start with Monday night's football and a thoroughly professional performance from Championship side Millwall...

If that was not enough, we are waiting on news of which clubs may have breached the Premier League profit and sustainability rules.

It is now 14 days since the 31 December deadline for clubs to file their 2023-24 accounts.

It has been suggested by football finance experts that Leicester City are the club most in danger of falling foul of the rules, but could there be others?

We will bring you the latest if and when that news breaks.

And while the football action rumbles on, the January transfer window is picking up steam, with a host of big deals mooted to be nearing a conclusion.

We will bring you the latest gossip throughout the morning, including why Pep Guardiola says he made a mistake in the summer market, as well as any breaking news and all of today's Premier League news conferences.

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Strap yourselves in folks, there is a lot to get through today as we build up to what could be a significant night in the Premier League title race.

Third-placed Nottingham Forest test their credentials when they host leaders Liverpool in the pick of four top-flight fixtures.

And we also have the final three third-round matches still to play in the FA Cup.

There will also be reaction to last night's tie as Millwall set up a trip to Leeds in the next round with a 3-0 win at home to Dagenham & Redbridge.

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