The 2022 January transfer window has reached its final day (find out when it closes here), and there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals!
Barcelona‘s Deadline Day talks with Arsenal over a loan deal for striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang have broken down, says The Athletic. Barca could only pay a small portion of the player’s £350,000-a-week salary unless they are able to move on Ousmane Dembele and haven’t been able to reach an agreement.
Aubameyang has fallen out of favour at Arsenal and was spotted in Barcelona on Monday, amid talks over a move, but his future is linked to that of Dembele because of Barca’s precarious financial position.
Dembele, 24, has been part of one of the biggest transfer sagas of this January window and the winger could be available for around €20 million if Barca can find a club to take him.
Sky Sports report that the France international’s representatives are in talks with Paris Saint-Germain, with Foot Mercato adding that a verbal agreement had been reached between the two sides. However, AS says Barca will only sanction a move if forward Angel Di Maria is included in exchange and Le Parisien claims that PSG have now pulled out of the race altogether.
Dembele is out of contract in the summer and his representatives have been desperately seeking a solution for him that would enable him to leave in this window, with Chelsea, Tottenham and Man United previously linked.
15.36 GMT: Tottenham midfielder Tanguy Ndombele has re-joined Lyon on loan.
Ndombele, 25, was the club’s record signing but hasn’t lived up to expectations and there is an option to sign him permanently for €65m.
Alli, 25, is out of favour under Antonio Conte and needs to rebuild his career, with reports that he is keen to play under new Everton boss Frank Lampard at Goodison Park.
However, Everton can only loan from foreign clubs now, following Anwar El Ghazi‘s (Villa) and Donny van de Beek‘s (Man United) arrivals from English clubs, so it would have to be a permanent move.
14.56 GMT: Newcastle United were earlier linked with a €35m move for Hugo Ekitike from Stade de Reims.
However, L’Equipe claims that the 19-year-old forward doesn’t want to move to St James’ Park, even though the fee offered was enough for his club.
The threat of relegation hovering over Newcastle and happiness with his situation in France reportedly led to the decision.
14.49 GMT: Everton rather boldly enquired about signing striker Victor Osimhen and defender Kalidou Koulibably in January, but were told they wouldn’t be allowed to leave.
Il Mattino says that Napoli did not entertain the idea of letting two of their best players leave.
14.24 GMT: Tottenham have had two bids rejected by Middlesbrough for defender Djed Spence, sources have told ESPN’s James Olley.
Spurs made the offers last week and both fell considerably below ‘Boro’s £15m valuation.
Barring an improved offer in the final hours of the window, sources claim Spence, who is on loan at Nottingham Forest, is expected to resolve his future in the summer with a host of rival clubs including Arsenal also having expressed an interest.
Spence, 21, has also attracted enquiries from overseas — including from an unnamed German club — after impressing during his loan spell at the City Ground, most notably with a man-of-the-match performance as Forest knocked out Arsenal in the FA Cup third round earlier this month.
14.05 GMT: Huddersfield Town have signed Chelsea midfielder Tino Anjorin on loan for the rest of the season.
The England Under-20 international spent the first half of the season on loan with Russian side Lokomotiv Moscow but has now returned to England.
Huddersfield boss Carlos Corberan said: “I believe Tino is one of the most important young talents in Britain. He is now in the last part of his recovery from injury, and we expect he can be integrated into our squad during February. As soon as he is fully recovered, he will increase the possibilities of our squad. He can play in different attacking positions — as a 10, 11 or 7 — and he has the skills to make a real impact in our attacking play.”
14.02 GMT: Manchester City have completed the signing of Julian Alvarez from River Plate for a fee of €17m.
Alvarez, 22, has agreed a five-and-a-half-year deal and will stay at River until the summer.
“Julian is a player we have monitored for some time,” Director of Football Txiki Begiristain said. “He is capable of operating in a number of attacking roles, and we firmly believe he’s one of the best young attacking players in South America. I am so happy we have managed to bring him to Manchester City. I really believe we can provide him with the right conditions to fulfil his potential and become a top player.”
Alvarez made his River Plate debut in October 2018 and has scored 36 goals in 96 appearances. He made his senior debut for Argentina against Chile in June 2021.
14.01 GMT: Newcastle goalkeeper Freddie Woodman has joined Bournemouth on loan for the rest of the season.
Woodman, 24, signed a new three-year contract last summer but has only made nine first team starts – four of them in the Premier League.
13.54 GMT: Update from ESPN’s Manchester correspondent Rob Dawson over the future of midfielder Jesse Lingard under Man United interim boss Ralf Rangnick.
Lingard and Rangnick have spoken today and meeting was positive. Rangnick gave his blessing for him to go on loan. Wants to give him a chance of making England’s World Cup squad. Newcastle still interested but also fresh contact with West Ham. Decision now with United’s board.
13.43 GMT: Ousmane Dembele is unlikely to be included in any deal between Barcelona and Arsenal for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, a source close to the situation has told ESPN’s James Olley.
Barcelona are struggling to reach an agreement with the Gunners over how much of Aubameyang’s £250,000-a-week wages are covered as they attempt to sign the 32-year-old on loan.
It had been suggested that Dembele was offered to Arsenal as a possible makeweight but the source claims there was no prospect of the winger moving to Emirates Stadium as things stood on Monday lunchtime.
Dembele is out of contract at the end of the season and Barcelona need to remove his salary from their wage bill to make space for Aubameyang, who landed in Barcelona earlier today in an effort to push through a move.
13.31 GMT: Former Chelsea boss Frank Lampard will return to the Premier League after being named as the new Everton manager, the club have announced.
The 43-year-old replaces Rafa Benitez, who was sacked earlier this month. He will be joined by Joe Edwards as assistant manager and Paul Clement as first team coach.
Lampard said: “It is a huge honour for me to represent and manage a club the size and tradition of Everton Football Club. I’m very hungry to get started. After speaking to the owner, Chairman and the Board, I very much felt their passion and ambition. I hope they felt my ambition and how hard I want to work to bring it together.
“You can feel the passion Everton fans have for their club. That will be hugely important. As a team – the competitive level that the Premier League brings and the position we are in the table – we certainly need that. It’s a two-way thing. I think Everton is a unique club in that you can really understand what the fans want to see. The first thing they want is fight and desire and that must always be our baseline.
“My first message to the players will be that we have to do this together. We’ll try to do our job and I know the fans will be there backing us.”
Lampard began his managerial career at Derby County in 2018, reaching the Championship playoff final during his only season at the club, before leaving to replace Maurizio Sarri at Chelsea.
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Gab Marcotti and Julien Laurens debate how Frank Lampard will fare as Everton manager.
13.03 GMT: The exits at Arsenal seem to keep coming as 90min claims they are prepared to let winger Nicolas Pepe leave.
Pepe, 26, was the club’s record signing in 2019 when he was acquired for £72m from Lille.
But the Ivory Coast forward has been disappointing and the Gunners are now open to offers as the transfer deadline ticks closer. Though with the lack of incomings at the Emirates, they will have to be careful they don’t hurt their squad depth.
12.44 GMT: Bournemouth have agreed a deal with Liverpool to sign defender Nat Phillips on loan until the end of the season, says Sky Sports.
Phillips, 24, is not getting the game time he would want at Anfield, and the Championship side should be able to offer him plenty.
12.25 GMT: Manchester United have been offered the chance to sign Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele a number of times during the January transfer window, but sources at the club have told ESPN’s Rob Dawson that they have no interest in the France winger.
United looked at Dembele in the summer of 2020 as an alternative to Jadon Sancho but were only interested in a loan deal with an option to sign him permanently.
With his future at Barcelona increasingly uncertain now, Dembele’s representatives have been keen to drum up interest from Old Trafford, but United insist he is not an active target.
12.14 GMT: Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe has agreed a free transfer to Real Madrid in the summer, says Bild.
Mbappe’s existing deal runs out in June, but sources told ESPN that his family have been in talks with the Ligue 1 leaders over a short-term extension.
Real Madrid were close to recruiting the 23-year-old last summer, but PSG rejected a €200m offer in August.
In December, Mbappe ruled out the possibility of leaving PSG in January, but Madrid president Florentino Perez has now seemingly struck a deal for the striker this summer in which he will earn over €800,000 a week.
12.03 GMT: Tottenham have failed with a late move to sign winger Yannick Carrasco from Atletico Madrid, sources have told ESPN’s James Olley.
Spurs are on the brink of completing a double swoop for Juventus pair Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur but are aiming to bolster their attacking options further before the 11 p.m. transfer deadline.
Carrasco, 28, had a €60m release clause in his contract, but that expired in recent days, and after Spurs made an enquiry, Atletico indicated they are unwilling to consider letting him go this late in the window.
Sources said a deal may be possible in the summer, but for now, barring a huge late offer, Carrasco is expected to stay in Spain.
11.52 GMT: Everton are looking at signing Real Madrid striker Luka Jovic on loan, says The Daily Telegraph.
Jovic, 24, has struggled since his €60m move from Frankfurt in 2019, with only three goals in 47 games.
Everton can only loan from foreign clubs now, following Anwar El Ghazi‘s (Villa) and Donny van de Beek‘s (Man United) arrivals from English clubs, but a move for the Serbia international looks possible.
11.43 GMT: Getafe and Chivas have reached an agreement to terminate the loan of Mexico international striker Jose Juan Macias, the LaLiga side confirmed.
Macias, 22, joined the Spanish club in the summer after garnering a reputation as one of the next big things to emerge from Mexican football.
However, he has made only eight appearances for Getafe and has not played a game since November. Macias’ short-term future remains up in the air with recent reports linking him with Sporting Kansas City in MLS.
11.36 GMT: Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been videoed arriving at Barcelona airport.
Journalist Gerard Romero has the video; the 31-year-old Gabon international is in talks over a loan move.
11.22 GMT: Tuttosport claims that Rangers are closing on a move for Juventus midfielder Aaron Ramsey.
Ramsey, 31, has struggled in Italy since leaving Arsenal on a free transfer in 2019, while his reported €400,000-a-week salary proved an issue in moving him on.
Now the Scottish Premier League side have managed to negotiate a loan for €2.5m, with an option to sign him for €5.5m in the summer.
11.11 GMT: Manchester City are hoping to officially announce the signing of Julian Alvarez on Monday, sources have told ESPN’s Rob Dawson.
Alvarez, 22, is set to join from River Plate but will initially be loaned back to the club until at least the summer. Despite not joining Pep Guardiola’s squad immediately, the Argentina international is considered a first-team signing and has been earmarked for a big future at the Etihad Stadium.
The deal is likely to cost around £20m including add-ons, and he is a player that City are very excited about.
11.03 GMT: Burnley have signed Wout Weghorst from VfL Wolfsburg for around €15m.
Weghorst, 29, has scored 59 goals in 118 Bundesliga appearances for Wolfsburg over the past three and a half seasons, and featured for Netherlands at Euro 2020.
— Burnley FC (@BurnleyOfficial) January 31, 2022
The 6-foot-6 striker will replace Chris Wood, who moved to Newcastle earlier this month.
Manager Sean Dyche said: “Wout is a player that our scouts have been strong on for some time, and we feel that he can add to all that we do at Burnley Football Club. His signing is a continued show of the club’s and team’s development. We wish Wout well as he earns the right to push our group forwards.”
11.00 GMT: Liverpool spent €45m to bring in FC Porto winger Luis Diaz. But why now?
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Mark Ogden gives the latest on Luis Diaz after Liverpool confirmed the signing of the winger from FC Porto.
10.48 GMT: Manchester City forward Morgan Rogers is being chased by Huddersfield and Blackpool, sources have told ESPN.
Rogers, 19, has spent the first half of the season on loan at Bournemouth, where he has made 16 appearances, but he’s looking for more regular football before the end of the campaign.
A move to Huddersfield or Blackpool is most likely, but there are other Championship clubs also interested.
10.34 GMT: Arsenal are looking to sign striker Raul de Tomas from Espanyol, says AS.
De Tomas, 27, has a €70m release clause that Arsenal are going nowhere near, but they are keen to do some kind of a deal if Aubameyang departs.
10.16 GMT: ESPN Barcelona correspondent Sam Marsden sums up the situation for the club on Deadline Day.
Barcelona’s Deadline Day will be dominated by two names: Ousmane Dembele and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Nearly two weeks have passed since Barca told Dembele to leave the club after his agents turned down several contract renewal offers. However, with his deal up at the end of the season, he’s still not left. Barca hope the threat of leaving him in the stands for the rest of the season will force him to reconsider his future on Monday.
If Dembele does leave, Barca will free up space on their wage bill to turn to the market themselves. Arsenal striker Aubameyang, who is close to Dembele from their time at Borussia Dortmund, is a target. Coach Xavi Hernandez wants to add another striker to his squad before midnight and, after running into complications in their pursuit of Alvaro Morata, Aubameyang has jumped to the front of the queue. The signing of the Gabon international on loan until the end of the season may even be possible if Dembele stays, as long as he’s prepared to accept a low salary.
Elsewhere, Barca also want a left-back, with Ajax’s Nicolas Tagliafico an option, but the delay in finding a solution to Dembele’s future could see them run out of time when it comes to any more incomings. As for exits, goalkeeper Inaki Pena is likely to join Galatasaray on loan.
09.55 GMT: Liverpool striker Divock Origi could move before the deadline and has Burnley, Atalanta and Fiorentina on his trail, according to The Sun.
Origi, 26, has played only 10 games across all competitions this season, though he has managed to score five goals, and the Reds are ready to listen to offers.
09.41 GMT: Jesse Lingard is still looking to leave Manchester United on Monday, and Newcastle have not given up hope of landing him on loan, sources have told ESPN’s Rob Dawson.
Newcastle have so far refused to agree to a £12m Premier League survival bonus demanded by United, but at the moment, lines of communication remain open. It has been complicated by Newcastle’s interest in signing Tottenham’s Dele Alli because the club would only want to sign one or the other.
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe, according to sources, has made it clear Lingard is his preferred target, but a deal for Alli may be easier to do.
09.24 GMT: Arsenal need a striker and are now getting a bit desperate.
If Barcelona end up loaning Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, then the Daily Mirror says the Gunners will turn to Juventus loanee Alvaro Morata.
Morata, 29, struggled in the Premier League with Chelsea a few years ago before moving back to Atletico Madrid and then heading out to Juve on loan.
Arsenal were heavily linked with a move for Dusan Vlahovic before he finalised a €75m deal to Juventus. The club have been told they will have to pay Alexander Isak‘s €90m release clause if they want to sign the Real Sociedad striker now, while sources have told ESPN’s James Olley that Lille’s Jonathan David is another player under consideration, but the Ligue 1 club want to wait until the summer before letting him go.
Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Napoli’s Victor Osimhen and Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins are names that have been discussed, but again, Arsenal face an uphill task in convincing any of those three clubs to part company with a key player in the middle of the season.
09.07 GMT: Donny van de Beek will leave Manchester United to join Everton on loan today, sources have told ESPN’s Rob Dawson.
United accepted offers from Everton and Crystal Palace and the Dutch midfielder has decided to join incoming manager Frank Lampard at Goodison Park. When the move is confirmed, it is likely to be a straight loan with no option to sign him permanently.
United want to bring Van de Beek and Anthony Martial back in the summer to allow their new permanent manager to assess the squad himself before making decisions on individual players.
08.58 GMT: The Daily Telegraph reports that Newcastle are making a £25m move, plus add-ons, to sign Stade de Reims’ Hugo Ekitike.
Ekitike, 19, was originally valued at around £33m, but Newcastle are looking to do a cheaper deal and have reportedly had a bid accepted.
The striker has eight goals in 18 games in Ligue 1 so far this season and has also been linked with Paris Saint-Germain and West Ham.
08.50 GMT: Tottenham winger Bryan Gil is on the verge of joining Valencia on loan for the remainder of the season, according to Cope.
The Spain international will return to La Liga six months after leaving Sevilla in a €30m transfer to Tottenham.
Gil, 20, has a contract with Spurs until the end of the 2025-26 campaign, but the former Sevilla forward has played only 86 minutes of league football across nine substitute appearances.
08.41 GMT: Juventus are set to sign Gladbach midfielder Denis Zakaria for €5m plus €3m in add-ons.
Juventus new signing Denis Zakaria on his way for medical tests and contract signing. Deal set to be announced today for €5m plus €3m add ons to Gladbach. ⚪️⚫️ #Juventus
Contract until June 2026 and done deal. Exclusive pic here 📸⤵️ pic.twitter.com/A5sYm3AcbE
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) January 31, 2022
08.33 GMT: Brazilian club Palmeiras has turned down a €12m offer from Ajax for their young star Giovani, according to ESPN Brasil.
The 18-year-old forward has scored more than 100 goals for the Palmeiras youth teams and netted one goal in three league appearances for the first team. He has attracted the attention of several European clubs after scoring in his his team’s 4-0 win over Santos in the Copa Sao Paulo youth final earlier this month.
Palmeiras president Leila Pereira insisted this week that Giovani would only leave the club in this transfer window if his €60m release clause were to be met.
Giovani, who has represented Palmeiras since the under-11s, is under contract with the Sao Paulo outfit until June 2026.
08.22 GMT: Liverpool have been busy and have already spent €45m to sign FC Porto winger Luis Diaz, but now Fabrizio Romano reports they want Fulham’s Fabio Carvalho too.
Carvalho, 19, is highly rated, and Liverpool are willing to offer €7m for his services. Fulham want Carvalho to stay on loan until end of the season.
08.06 GMT: Christian Eriksen has signed a contract with Brentford, the club have announced, making a remarkable return to football just seven months after suffering a cardiac arrest while competing for Denmark at Euro 2020.
The midfielder had been out of contract since he left Inter Milan due to not being permitted to compete in Serie A after being fitted with an cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) device; a type of pacemaker which can prevent fatal cardiac arrests.
Eriksen has not played since he suffered the on-field cardiac arrest during his country’s opening game of Euro 2020 in June against Finland, where he received life-saving treatment on the pitch.
08.00 GMT: Barcelona are locked in talks with Arsenal over a loan deal for striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, sources have told ESPN.
The 32-year-old striker is keen on joining the Camp Nou, with the two clubs discussing how much of his £250k-per-week wages the Spanish giants can pay. The deal would not include an option for a permanent move.
Sources have told ESPN that Barcelona have informed Arsenal sporting director Edu that they want Aubameyang but can only pay a small portion of the player’s salary and are awaiting a response from the north London club.
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Julien Laurens and Gab Marcotti discuss Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s reported loan move to Barcelona from Arsenal.
PAPER GOSSIP (by Adam Brown)
– West Ham United are in advanced talks to sign defender Duje Caleta-Car from Marseille, reports Goal’s Marc Mechenoua. The Hammers tried to sign the 25-year-old in 2020, but they’re expecting to be able to get the move over the line before the end of the transfer window. It is reported that they are prepared to part ways with a fee of €22m plus bonuses to get the deal done.
– Diego Costa has been offered to Barcelona as the LaLiga side continue to look for a striker before the window closes. After he was released by Brazilian side Atletico Mineiro, Sport writes that the Blaugrana may take a chance on the 33-year-old forward, with the club finding difficulty reaching a deal for Alvaro Morata. Costa has also been linked to the LA Galaxy, per ESPN sources.
– Barcelona goalkeeper Inaki Pena is set to complete a move to Galatasaray, according to Fabrizio Romano. The 22-year-old will join on a loan deal from Camp Nou until the end of the season, and he is hopeful of garnering first team experience in the Turkish Super Lig before returning to the Blaugrana.
– While Manchester United and Bordeaux seemingly reached an agreement over a loan deal for Phil Jones, Fabrizio Romano reveals that the 29-year-old centre-back has turned down making the switch from Old Trafford. The Ligue 1 club were keen to get a deal over the line before the transfer window closed, but it now looks as though Jones will be staying put if there isn’t a new offer elsewhere by the time the window closes.
– AC Milan have fallen short in their bid to sign Renato Sanches. Gianluca Di Marzio writes that the Serie A club had agreed on a deal with Lille in the region of €25m, but it is reported that the 24-year-old midfielder’s demands were too high for the Rossoneri to get a deal done with the window soon to close.
– Newcastle United have emerged as front-runners to land Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson, according to the Daily Mail. The 24-year-old has been looking to move on from Old Trafford with a desire to be first-choice, and it is reported that there is confidence that a deal can be reached to push through a move to St. James’ Park. Henderson has yet to make an appearance in the Premier League for the Red Devils this season.
