Summary

  • Transfer news and rumour as it happens

  • Falcao must prove himself at Man Utd - Van Gaal

  • Hazard needs more protection - Mourinho

  • Arsenal agree fee for Legia Warsaw's Krystian Bielik

  • Catch up with 11 Premier League news conferences

  1. Arsenal news conferencepublished at 09:04 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2015

    Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger reveals that Aaron Ramsey, Theo Walcott and Mesut Ozil are all available for Sunday's meeting with Manchester City. Right-back Kieran Gibbs faces a late test on an inflamed heel.

    Striker Danny Welbeck faces a couple more weeks out.

  2. Postpublished at 09:01 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2015

    Arsenal press conferenceImage source, @AFC

    Arsenal on Twitter:, external The boss is here...

  3. Sign of the timespublished at 08:58 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2015

    Ahead of the Australian Open, Andy Murray has launched a monogram logo which will be emblazoned on his kit for Melbourne onwards.

    As well as his initials, it incorporates the 77 - the number of years between his own Wimbledon triumph and Britain's previous men's singles champion Fred Perry.

    Andy Murray logoImage source, PA
  4. Wenger to splash the wongapublished at 08:53 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2015

    Daily Telegraph back pageImage source, Daily Telegraph

    Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is due in front of the media at 09:00 GMT. There should be plenty of questions about transfer targets after the man himself revealed he was ready to spend to cover recent injuries to Mathieu Debuchy and Mikel Arteta.

    The Daily Telegraph reckon , externalthat West Ham's Winston Reid and Celtic's Virgil van Dijk might be the Gunners defensive reinforcements.

  5. Ibe back in the Liverpool foldpublished at 08:45 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2015

    Jordon IbeImage source, Getty Images

    Liverpool attacker Jordon Ibe is set to play a part in their weekend meeting with Aston Villa after he was recalled from his loan spell with Championship side Derby according to Talksport., external

    The 19-year-old, who was expected to spend the whole campaign with the Rams, scored five goals in 20 Championship games to help them to second place in the table.

  6. Reus is the Real dealpublished at 08:38 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2015

    Still in Spain and Real Madrid are confident that they have a deal for Marco Reus pretty much wrapped up according to the Daily Mail., external

    They report that Reus, 25, is likely to put pen to paper on a five-year contract with Real worth £5.4m a year after the Spanish side trigger a £19.2m release clause in his Borussia Dortmund deal.

    Reus has been linked with Arsenal and Manchester United.

  7. The boy is back in his townpublished at 08:31 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2015

    Marca front pageImage source, Marca

    Who's this new local-boy striking sensation unearthed by Atletico Madrid then? Only one Fernando Torres...

    The former Liverpool and Chelsea striker enjoyed his best night since returning to his hometown club earlier this month, scoring twice in a 2-2 draw away to city rivals Real that put the European champions out of the Copa Del Rey.

    "He returned for this" is the headline in Marca with "Torres burns down the Bernabeu" at the top of their online report., external

  8. Surrey complete Sangakkara signingpublished at 08:21 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2015

    Surrey confirm the signing of Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara.

    The 37-year-old is top of the current Test batting rankings and fifth in the all-time list of Test run-scorers.

    He will retire from one-day internationals after the forthcoming World Cup and is likely to be available for much of the 2015 county season

  9. Media merry-go-roundpublished at 08:20 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2015

    Chelsea manager Jose MourinhoImage source, Getty Images

    The dictaphones will be warming up already on a packed day of Premier League managerial press conference. Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho breaking his self-imposed omerta at midday should be particularly interesting.

    Here is a selection of those speaking:

    09:00 GMT: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger

    09:30 GMT: West Ham manager Sam Allardyce

    09:45 GMT: QPR manager Harry Redknapp

    11:00 GMT: Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal

    12:00 GMT: Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho

    12:00 GMT: Everton's Roberto Martinez

    12:45 GMT: Manchester City's Manuel Pellegrini

    Busy, busy, busy...

  10. Elsewhere todaypublished at 08:09 Greenwich Mean Time 16 January 2015

    Elsewhere today we will bring you regular updates on the one-day international between England and Australia.

    Eoin Morgan's boys have set the Aussies a total of 235 to win and have just made their first wicket. Australia are 33-1 and there is live text commentary on this website as well as ball-by-ball 5 live sports extra coverage.

    The opening match of the day's Asian Cup action is also underway with Ray Wilkins' Jordan 3-0 to the good against Palestine. Iraq v Japan is 10:00 GMT.

    Jordan players celebrate a goal against PalestineImage source, Getty Images