Tom Reed: I think Arsenal fans as a whole should be very happy with Arteta. They need to get behind him and put confidence back into the team and the club at large. As previously mentioned, only at the end of the season can we be critical. A new era begins!

Ricky van Wolfswinkel...now there's a blast from the not too distant past!

Everton

Mikel Arteta's first game as manager will be at another of his former clubs - who are also set to appoint a new boss.

Tottenham Hotspur

Several Tottenham players are in the final year of their contract so Jose Mourinho was asked if Tony Alderweireld signing a new deal might lead to others committing to the club.

"I don't think it's a domino effect," said the Spurs boss. "Every player is a different situation. When players in the last year sign a new contract it must be a union of desires - with the club, the player, the agent, the family and friends. With Toby the expression of desire came at the same time from every person involved."

Tottenham Hotspur

Jose Mourinho on defender Toby Alderweireld signing a new contract: "The club is happy, Toby is happy and I believe the fans are happy."

The new Tottenham boss added that he had "little" influence on the Belgian extending his stay with Spurs.

"I read that he said 'I couldn't be happier in another place'. That is the fundamental thing.

"The only thing I maybe influenced is that he knows my belief in him. He's played in every minute of every match since I arrived - six games."

Manchester City

Pep Guardiola has confirmed that striker Sergio Aguero and defender John Stones have trained this week, but not midfielder David Silva.

"There are a lot of games to play," said Guardiola. "The distance we have now can change in a few weeks. We try to prepare for the game tomorrow as best as possible."

Manchester City

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has confirmed the deal for his assistant coach Mikel Arteta to become the new Arsenal manager is almost done.

"Mikel is in London," he said. "He is close to doing a deal with Arsenal. That’s what I know."

Guardiola added that he would not be recruiting a replacement in the short term though.

"We stay with the same people who are here," he said. "He decided to move there and when you have a dream you cannot stop it, you have to follow your dreams.

"Arsenal was an important part of Mikel's career, it's one of the best teams in England, and I wish him all the best. I'm pretty sure he'll do an excellent job."

Norwich City

Defender Ben Godfrey may be out till February but there's some good news for Norwich as Grant Hanley is back in contention.

"Grant Hanley has been back in team training for a while so he is an option for us," said manager Daniel Farke. "We also have Alex Tettey and Ibrahim Amadou who can play there."

Farke also confirmed that striker Teemu Pukki's toe isn't broken, it's just bruised, and the swelling has now "gone down".

Please tell me this is going to continue right to the end of January!

Simon Stone
BBC Sport

Nobody is exactly sure why it is taking so long for Arsenal to announce Mikel Arteta as their new manager.

But we are still waiting. And that means Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola might not be wanting to say too much about his - former - coach.

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Amit Jay Shah: Excited with Arteta appointment, we need to lower our expectations, give time & fully get behind him. Let him rebuild with youth and some key signings, accepting we might not be top 4 for 2-3 years still. All I want his our style of football back, the rest will come.

Norwich City

Norwch manager Daniel Farke has revealed that club captain Ben Godfrey has suffered an injury.

"We have some sad news," he said. "Ben has an LCL (lateral collateral ligament) tear but no surgery is required. He will be out until February."

Godfrey was treated during Saturday's 1-1 draw at Leicester but continued until the final whistle.

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Tottenham Hotspur

Now then, a flurry of news conferences are under way so we're about to fire the best bits at you...

We'll begin at Tottenham, where manager Jose Mourinho has confirmed that midfielders Ben Davies (ankle) and Erik Lamela (hamstring) remain out while goalkeeper Hugo Lloris continues his recovery from an elbow injury.

Meanwhile, midfielder Tanguy Ndombele and goalkeeper Michael Vorm have returned to training.

The Times

The Times reported today that Carlo Ancelotti is set to earn £9m a year at Everton.

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Alistair Magowan
BBC Sport

Down at Finch Farm we are set to hear from Everton caretaker boss Duncan Ferguson, but all the talk is likely to be about one man: Carlo Ancelotti.

The former Real Madrid, AC Milan and Chelsea manager is set to be announced as the new Everton boss in the coming days, which would be a coup for a club which is 16th in the Premier League table and whose last silverware was the 1995 FA Cup.

The big question is likely to be: how did Everton land the Italian? Ferguson might not be best placed to answer that, with clues likely found in owner Farhad Moshiri’s bank account!

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Well, turns out Red Bull Salzburg striker Erling Haaland wasn't even on it!

Aftenbladet, the Norwegian newspaper which first reported that Haaland and his father were on a flight to Manchester, has now said they were in fact flying to Copenhagen., external

You know we're about to hit silly season when you're tracking flights which footballers aren't even on!

So, remember that flight we were tracking earlier?