Transfer window shuts on Wednesday at 23:00 GMT
Man City sign defender Laporte from Athletic Bilbao
Aubameyang move hinges on two other deals
Mahrez hands in transfer request at Leicester
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Hearts defender Krystian Nowak has joined Greek top-flight club Panionios.
He made 25 appearances for Hearts but only one of those came since Craig Levein took charge of the side in September.
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BBC Radio Stoke's Matt Sandoz has an update on City's pursuit of Ndiaye.....
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Remember how unhappy Javier Tebas was when Neymar quit Barcelona for PSG?
Well now the Daily Mail, external report he's keen to see the Brazilian back in Spain in order to make his league stronger.
Over to you Richard Scudamore....Maybe put an appeal out to bring Gareth Bale back to the Premier League?
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A little update from our reporter Simon Stone now....
West Ham, Newcastle, Valencia are all interested in Manchester City defender Eliaquim Mangala.
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Wales Online, external report that Cardiff City have put in a further two bids for Bolton striker Gary Madine.
That would make it four bids for the front man so far from Neil Warnock's side.
Bolton chairman Ken Anderson is quoted as saying it would take an "exceptional" bid for the club to allow Madine to leave this month.
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Rafa not keen to talk about transfers today because the poor man knows he’s not getting the money for any more signings this window ! In Rafa we trust !!! But he already has his bags packed I think
Bobby , Newcastle
Burnley
Image source, Getty ImagesNottingham Forest have rejected a "substantial" bid for Joe Worrall from Premier League side Burnley, reports BBC Nottingham Sport.
The deal for the 21-year-old England Under-21 centre-half is understood to be around £12m.
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Sanchez is 29 and plays in positions City are blessed with depth. Laporte is 23 and plays where they have ageing players. If Pep was a chequebook manager he’d have signed both.
Luke H
(re 14:49) Ranieri wasn’t a chequebook manager at Leicester.
Jon, Manchester
Good point Jon....
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And while we're on Rafa Benitez (14:58), the Newcastle boss has been holding his media conference ahead of tomorrow's game against Burnley.
The club missed out on Daniel Sturridge yesterday to West Brom and it's known Benitez is keen to add to his squad ahead of the deadline.
“We have some time and I am confident we can do something.
"We have an important game tomorrow. I will not talk about the window, I will focus on the game," said Benitez.
"We have two or three players talking with clubs at the moment but it depends on if we can get some players in."
Thoughts on this Newcastle fans?
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L'EQUIPE, external (in French) claim Rennes were offered the chance to sign Fernando Torres but opted for Diafra Sakho from West Ham instead.
The paper also report Torres may be open to leaving Spain.
Now who needs a striker and has a manager that has got the best from Torres? cough *Newcastle* cough...
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People finally realising pep is a cheque book manager, he complained he couldn't afford Sanchez but spent 57 million plus wages and whatever bonus on a defender.
Matthew, Herefordshire
Aren't all successful managers "cheque book managers" to a certain extent? Asking for a friend....
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Borussia Dortmund have cleared Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to have a medical at Arsenal but the deal is still not done.
The German transfer window closes at 1700 GMT tomorrow.
However, for transfers to a German club from overseas, that only applies to lodging contracts with the DFL.
The actual registration is done via Fifa and they have until 2300 GMT to complete that, so, in theory, a contract could be lodged for a transfer that never actually goes through.
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Sky Sports, external report Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos is attracting interest from Guangzhou Evergrande and that the Chinese Super league club are prepared to pay £7m up front.
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Athletic Bilbao have moved quickly to spend the Aymeric Laporte money.
The La Liga side have confirmed they have signed Inigo Martinez from their rivals Real Soceidad.
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Wahid Patel: So when united paid the huge salary to Alexis Sanchez , pep said he isn't the guy with mathematics and now he buys a defender who costs then more than Alexis and De Bruyne despite the fact that they already have three pretty good CBs. Just don't get it!!
Ben Sladen: Looking forward to the complete financial break down of City's 57m signing. His wages, agent fees, water bill, council tax. Or is that reserved only for United signings?
It might just be Ben.....
Image source, PASky Sports News are reporting that Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has arrived at Arsenal's training ground.
Presuambly to undergo a medical and sign on the dotted line.
We shall wait and see.
Image source, Getty ImagesWolves have agreed to sign forward Diego Jota on a permanent deal from Atletico Madrid at the end of the season.
Jota, 21, joined the Championship leaders on a season-long loan and has scored 12 goals in 30 games for the club.
Southampton
Image source, Getty ImagesSouthampton have been rebuffed in their attempts to sign Quincy Promes from Spartak Moscow.
The 26-year-old Netherlands international is interested in a move to St Mary's, but negotiations are proving tough because of Spartak's reluctance to sell their star turn. report PA.
The Saints sold defender Virgil van Dijk to Liverpool for £75m in this transfer window and have brought in striker Guido Carrillo for a club-record £19m fee from Monaco.
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Former top-flight referee Paul Alcock has died at the age of 64, the Premier League has announced.
Alcock was famously pushed over by ex-Sheffield Wednesday striker Paolo di Canio after he had sent the Italian off during a league match in 1998.
He took charge of 94 Premier League matches between 1995 and 2000.
"We knew that Paul had been ill for some time, but we are extremely saddened to hear of his passing,"said referees' chief Mike Riley., external
Manchester City
Image source, Getty ImagesThe fee for Aymeric Laporte, yet to win a cap for France, takes spending by Premier League clubs to £252m this month - a record for a January transfer window.
And the 23-year-old's arrival takes City's spending on defenders since the end of last season to £190m.
Manager Pep Guardiola said: "I understand the criticism but we have spent £300m on six players. Others have done it on two. We had a lot of older players out of contract. To compete we needed to spend.
"A club can decide to spend on two players. We did it in a different way. We understand the inflation of the market. We have spend on six players and others have done it in one or two. We accept criticism but more important it that they play well."