Watford

Watford's new loan signing Gerard Deulofeu will be be involved in their game at Stoke tomorrow.

"We know the qualities that he has got and he is a fantastic player coming from Barcelona," said Watford assistant Zigor Aranalde.

"He has not had minutes at Barcelona and he needs to play and this is a magnificent club to go forward.

"We know what kind of player he is. He is a Spanish international, and a Barcelona player. I am sure he will help us to achieve the objective."

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joshua byers warner: Mahrez will be very Niave to go too Manchester City or any of the big PL sides! Danny drinkwater and Kante are finding that out.

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BBC Sport

Riyad Mahrez has handed a transfer request in at Leicester. It is understood Manchester City have bid for the player.

Stand by Leicester City fans I have some big news coming up.

Reports in Italy, external suggest Watford could sign wing-back Aleix Vidal from Barcelona. He'd join Gerard Deulofeu at Vicarage Road.

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OK so a Spurs fan had a cheeky dig and now we've had a response, can we all agree to be friends again?

And while we're on Coutinho (16:54), he's reportedly back in Liverpool, external to say his goodbyes and plans to have a celebration with his former team-mates. How nice.

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Philippe Coutinho's move from Liverpool to Barcelona is the biggest deal of the window so far but it has not impressed former Liverpool managing director Christian Purslow. Not one bit.

Purslow told Sky Sports (quotes from goal.com), external that the club's owners have taken a "gamble".

He added: "The winners were Barcelona, the losers were Liverpool – other than their bank balance. Fans don't care about bank balances, they care about winning."

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Phil McNulty
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Middlesbrough are in talks with Everton over a potential loan move for Bosnian international midfield man Mo Besic before Wednesday's transfer deadline.

Dialogue is continuing between the clubs and Boro boss Tony Pulis is keen to add the 25-year-old to his squad.

Besic, whose Everton career has been troubled by injury since he was signed by then manager Roberto Martinez in a £4m deal from Hungarian side Ferencvaros in July 2014, has figured in only nine games this season and has not played since the turn of the year.

Stoke boss Paul Lambert says he's looking forward to working with Jese.

The forward, who is on loan from Paris St-Germain, has not played since November after being allowed to return to Spain for personal reasons.

He's now back training with the club and Lambert said: "Going forward, he looks impressive but that has never been in question because we know the type of player he is.

"He obviously started the season very brightly.

"It's been a difficult period for him personally, as a club we will continue to support him with that, but hopefully now he can also go on to play a big part for us until the end of the season."

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You're a bad man James...

The Daily Star, external report Arsenal are unimpressed by a £25m valuation placed on Jonny Evans by West Brom.

Evans is carrying a hamstring injury and has been linked with a number of clubs.

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Not CNN T-101: (re 16:06) Mahrez would be mad to sign for Man City. City don't need him. But, assuming Mahrez left, I would have loved to see Delofeu replace him - unfortunately that's now too late.

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BBC Sport

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is pencilled in for a medical in London on Wednesday morning.

As we know, the deal can only happen if Borussia Dortmund secure a replacement.

Earlier today, everything was set for Batshuayi to join Dortmund on loan with Giroud moving to Chelsea for £20m.

However Chelsea – through their transfer negotiator Marina Granovskaia – are now said to be trying to drive the Giroud price down at the last minute.

Arsenal have not taken well to that and are threatening to end negotiations with Chelsea and send Giroud on loan to Dortmund, in order to complete the Aubameyang signing.

The problem with that, of course, is whether Giroud will agree to join Dortmund (which was the original plan before Chelsea entered the fray).

If not and Giroud stays at Arsenal, Dortmund would have to source an alternative replacement if the Aubameyang transfer is to proceed.

Manchester City

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Now this would be something...

Manchester City are to make a shock - and extremely late - £50m move for Leicester forward Riyad Mahrez, report the Daily Mail, external.

Pep Guardiola wants to add the 26-year-old Algerian to his side after missing out on Alexis Sanchez to Manchester United and Leroy Sane to injury.

Mahrez handed in a transfer request at King Power Stadium in the summer.

Thoughts Leicester fans?

boredy geordie: We should have brought in 3-4 players long before this. Rafa has done everything he can but it's time to go he deserves better.

This is a bit of a theme among Newcastle fans who are getting in touch today....

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Swansea midfielder Roque Mesa has joined Sevilla on loan until the end of the season.

Mesa has made 16 appearances for the Swans following his £11million summer move from Las Palmas.

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West Brom's loan deal with Liverpool for Daniel Sturridge has led to them ending their interest in Watford's Troy Deeney according to a report in the Hertfordshire Mercury, external.

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Ricky Kelehar: My feeling is that Chelsea will get more from Giroud than Arsenal will gain from losing him and gaining Aubameyang so don’t sell Olly to arch-rivals! Very peculiar - let’s hope it doesn’t take that for the deal to go through

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