Three of the top six players for Premier League goals and assists since August 2011 now play for Manchester United. Robin Van Persie with 83, Wayne Rooney with 71 and Juan Mata with 45.

Source: Opta

Manchester United's club-record signing of Juan Mata from Chelsea raised some eyebrows given the Spaniard's status as the Blues' player of the season for the last two years. Have United secured a £37.1m bargain? Tweet us on #bbcsportsday or comment on the BBC Sport facebook page., external

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Mata at Chelsea

2011-12: 54 appearances, 12 goals, Champions League winner, FA Cup winner

2012-13: 64 appearances, 20 goals, Europa League winner

2013-14: 17 appearances, 1 goal

(Stats are for all competitions)

This may be the most random video you watch all day.

Ever wondered what happened to Barry from EastEnders? Well here he is, singing to entertain the crowd at the World Indoor Bowls Championships in Great Yarmouth.

Actor Shaun Williamson performed a rendition of '(Something Inside) So Strong' by Labi Siffre before Sunday's tense men's singles final in which Scotland's Darren Burnett overcame local favourite Mervyn King.

West Ham's net debt increases to £77m and owners David Sullivan and David Gold loan the club another £10.5m to try to secure their Premier League status.

The club's annual accounts show for the year ending May 31 2013, when they finished 10th in the Premier League, the Hammers enjoyed record revenue of £89.8m and had more commercial income than ever before but still made a loss of £3.5m, an improvement on the £24m loss of the previous season.

South Korea international midfielder Ji So-yun signs for Chelsea Ladies on a two-year deal.

The 22-year-old has represented her country 55 times and scored 26 goals, having made her debut aged 15, and joins from Japanese league and cup holders INAC Kobe Leonessa.

Chelsea manager Emma Hayes said: "She is one of the best midfielders in the world and our fans will love her."

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The Olympic Torch is currently on its way to Sochi ahead of next month's Winter Olympics.

Today, the flame has been passed between 67 people for 6.7 km and carried by different Olympic champions, fighting and wrestling champions and Olympians from the 2008 Paralympics.

Yesterday, the torch was carried on a camel and the flame goes to Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, tomorrow.

So Michael Essien's move to AC Milan from Chelsea is the biggest of Monday so far. Would you have liked to see your club make a play for the Ghana midfielder? January signings could prove the difference between survival and relegation, titles and second place, or Champions League over Europa League football next season. What does your club need? Tweet us on #bbcfootball or comment on the BBC Sport facebook page., external

Chris Noble:, external Fulham are in urgent need of a decent left back, and could definitely do with more options going forward.

Small Man Peaky:, external Arsenal need another quality striker. Don't know and don't care who. Just someone. If Giroud gets injured, we're in trouble.

Wednesday's planned race-meeting at Ludlow is called off because part of the track is waterlogged.

Rafael Nadal should quickly recover from the back problem that wrecked his Australian Open final, his uncle and coach Toni tells Spanish radio.

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The 27-year-old Spaniard needed lengthy treatment at the start of the second set during his 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3 defeat by Stanislas Wawrinka.

"The doctor said it's a tightening of the muscles and a few days rest should be enough," Toni Nadal tells Cadena Ser's El Larguero. "He went into the match after feeling twinges during the week but very minor ones that normally do not affect you at all.

"In the second game of the second set he felt a pinch. When I asked him after treatment what was happening he said 'it's over'."

League One leaders Brentford sign Arsenal's academy midfielder Nico Yennaris in a permanent deal for an undisclosed fee.

BBC Sport's Phil Cartwright: "Wolves confirm they have rejected a bid from Celtic for Scotland striker Leigh Griffiths."

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Jose Mourinho's comments on Arsenal's favourable treatment by English football's fixture compilers receive a sharp response from Arsene Wenger. The Chelsea boss cited Arsenal's fixture list when responding to Wenger's views that the decision for the Blues to sell Juan Mata to Manchester United was unfair.

"It is simple - look at the fixtures and analyse it... I trust you will give an objective view," the Arsenal boss tells a news conference.

"You will see Arsenal are behind all the other teams. In the last five years all the objective studies that have been made show Arsenal had less rest than any other team in the top four.

"That is fact. It has nothing to do with my opinion."

Today's #QSTeaser from @QofS_Official is: Before Stanislas Wawrinka, name the three men to win their first or only Grand Slam Singles title at the Australian Open since 98?

The answers will be revealed later today.

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Sam Warburton's central contract with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) could put other players in a very difficult position, according to his former Wales team-mate Martyn Williams.

Flanker Warburton, 25, is the first player to sign such a deal in Wales.

Williams is pleased the Welsh captain is staying but tells BBC Wales Scrum V: "It's a dangerous precedent. You're on dodgy ground when you're cherry picking players individually to centrally contract."

Gareth Bale will not be involved in Real Madrid's Spanish Cup second-leg fixture against Espanyol on Tuesday night. The former Tottenham player was taken off after being kicked in the 2-0 win over Granada on Saturday.

"He tried to train but had discomfort in his left leg. We prefer that he recovers and he will not play tomorrow," Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti tells a news conference.

Fulham expect to make a number of changes for Tuesday night's Premier League clash at Swansea.

Rene Meulensteen is likely to rotate his options after giving a number of first-team regulars a rest in Sunday's 1-1 FA Cup draw at Sheffield United.

Defender Fernando Amorebieta has a knee problem and is a doubt, while John Arne Riise went off in the first half at Bramall Lane and may also be absent.

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Michael Essien joins AC Milan after eight and a half years at Chelsea. The 31-year-old midfielder (pictured far left) did have a season-long loan at Real Madrid in 2012-13, but the player nicknamed as "The Bison" by his team mates, won plenty of silverware at Stamford Bridge.

- Signs for Chelsea in August of 2005 for £24.4m, at the time, the highest fee paid for an African player.

- Makes 257 appearances, scoring 26 goals.

- Champions League wins: 2011-12

- Premier League titles: 2005-06, 2009-10

- FA Cup wins: 2006-07, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12

- League Cup wins: 2006-07

*Stats for all competitions

BBC Sport's Frank Keogh says: "Godolphin's former 1,000 Guineas hope Certify, banned from racing for six months in the Al Zarooni doping scandal, is set to return at Meydan on Thursday.

"Certify has been entered in the Group Two Cape Verdi over a mile on turf at Meydan in Dubai for trainer Charlie Appleby."

Sunderland recall Connor Wickham from his loan spell at Sheffield Wednesday. The 20-year-old is Wednesday's top scorer this season and hit eight goals in 11 matches while with the Championship side.

Scarlets second-row Jake Ball is called into Wales' 2014 Six Nations squad.

The uncapped 22-year-old was training with the national side last week and has now been added to Warren Gatland's squad.