Good evening folks and welcome to Sportskeeda's latest transfer news and rumours roundup. We are in the thick of the January transfer window action with deals being finalized all over Europe as we speak. As expected, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool currently seem to be the most active clubs in this window. So without wasting more time, let's take a look at the major transfer stories from around the globe which made headlines on January 15, 2018: Premier League Manchester City still in Alexis Sanchez race David McDonnell of the Mirror has claimed that Manchester City have not pulled out of the race for Alexis Sanchez despite numerous reports already projecting the Chilean as a Manchester United player. City are not ready to offer more than £20 million for a player in the last six months of his contract whereas United are ready to pay £35 million. The Daily Mirror has reported that a meeting is said to take place today between Pep Guardiola, chief executive Ferran Soriano and director of football Txiki Begiristain. It is believed that a defeat against Liverpool has spurred City into action who are now set to make one last dash to sign Sanchez. Stoke City name Paul Lambert as their new manager The Potters have today announced the arrival of Paul Lambert as the club's new manager. Lambert takes over from Mark Hughes who was recently relieved off his duties after a poor run of form. After being turned down by the likes of Gary Rowett, Quique Sanchez Flores and Martin O'Neill, Stoke turned their attention towards the former Aston Villa man with Lambert today penning a two and a half year deal that will see him in charge till 2020.