Live Football Transfer Blog: EPL, La Liga and Rest of Europe (3rd January)

All the best transfer news and rumours from around Europe!

Updated: 04 January 2018 00:06 IST - Published: 04 January 2018 00:01 IST

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Barcelona’s Ernesto Valverde on Philippe Coutinho: “He is at another team and we respect the fact that he is at another team. He’s a great player and we don’t know what is going to happen in the future.” #LFC #SSN
— Bryan Swanson (@skysports_bryan) January 3, 2018

Sky Sources understand that Huddersfield Town have been monitoring Alex Pritchard’s situation at Norwich, but his current valuation makes any deal unlikely.

Sit back and catch up on all the stats and facts that you need to know ahead of the London derby.

👀 #ARSCHE pic.twitter.com/WKsZQlwpIf
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) January 3, 2018

Sandro to Sevilla?

Sevilla coach Vincenzo Montella has tabled an offer for Sandro, according to Radio MARCA.

Southampton, Everton, Crystal Palace and West Ham are all interested in Nicolás Gaitán from Atlético Madrid.

Independent Commission rules West Ham’s Manuel Lanzini acted in an “exaggerated manner” and “dived” against Stoke last month. All agreed on two-match ban, despite Lanzini appeal. #whufc #SSN
— Bryan Swanson (@skysports_bryan) January 3, 2018

Negotiations going on between Barcelona and Liverpool regarding Coutinho. The price is close to around 120m euros + add-ons!

⚽️📰 CONFIRMADO: Negociación a esta hora entre agentes del #Barcelona y #Liverpool. Se habla de una oferta de 120M€ más variables por Philippe Coutinho 🇧🇷 (25). pic.twitter.com/pPVbnOmds8
— Pipe Sierra (@PipeSierraR) January 3, 2018

Inter interested in Mkhitaryan?

Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been discussed as a potential target for Inter Milan. However, their coach, Luciano Spalletti isn't prepared to make space in his squad for the forward by selling players.

Emre Can will not join Juventus this month. He is a Liverpool player until the end of the season!

Sky Info: emre can wird nicht im Winter zu @juventusfcen wechseln. Der Nationalspieler wird die Saison @LFC zu Ende spielen. @SkySportNewsHD
— Marc Behrenbeck (@Sky_Marc) January 3, 2018

Zidane gives an update on Madrid's transfer window

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane says he is not actively looking to sign anyone in the January transfer window, nor do the club want players to leave.

"I talked with the president and we looked at everything. We could speak about reinforcements, but there will be no signings at the minute, although anything could happen before the end of January. Of course, I don’t want any of the squad to leave," he told a press conference.

IN CASE YOU MISSED

Pjaca deal agreed

Juventus have found an agreement with Schalke for Marko Pjaca, who will move to the Bundesliga side on loan.It will be a loan until the end of the season for 1m euros plus 500,000 euros extra depending on how many games he plays. Wolfsburg were in for him as well but the player chose Schalke.

Schalke have secured the signing of highly-rated Germany U21 striker Cedric Teuchert. The 20-year-old made 41 appearances for Nurnberg, scoring 11 goals before Schalke handed him a three-and-a-half-year contract on Wednesday.

Serie A clubs want Darmian

Matteo Darmian's agent claims Serie A teams have shown interest in signing the out-of-favour Manchester United full-back.

Bayern confirm Gorezka interest

Schalke midfielder Leon Goretzka has been linked in the British media with Liverpool and Manchester United but any Premier League suitor is set to have competition from Bayern Munich for his signature.

🗣@Brazzo: "Leon #Goretzka is a great player, that's clear. But he is a @s04_en player and we obviously respect that. But he is a Germany international and we can say that we are interested in him." pic.twitter.com/rOcmSs5mjB
— FC Bayern English (@FCBayernEN) January 3, 2018

Max keen on PL move

Augsburg left-back Philipp Max, who is being watched by Manchester City and Liverpool, has talked up a move to the Premier League.

What we know on Coutinho: Barcelona will make an offer (€110m+£40m) which are preparing (not sent yet). LFC have soften their stand and ideally they would want a replacement (Keita early?). He wants to go now and won't play in FA Cup. But that is it... for now pic.twitter.com/9iUj4nralS
— Guillem Balague (@GuillemBalague) January 3, 2018

Manchester City want Umtiti

Manchester City are interested in paying Samuel Umtiti's release clause of 60 million euros!

Besiktas president Fikret Orman has said a deal has not been finalised to sell Cenk Tosun to Everton, adding that the club received a 35m euro (£31m) offer from China for Tosun

Giroud set to move?

Fenerbahce could be to set to offer Olivier Giroud a way out of Arsenal this month. The Frenchman, who was linked with Everton and West Ham in the summer, has found first-team opportunities limited this season.

Kasey Palmer and Ike Ugbo have today been recalled from their respective loans...https://t.co/tFTguREp5v
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) January 3, 2018

BREAKING: Crystal Palace make £16m bid for Lille defender Ibrahim Amadou, according to Sky sources.#SSN pic.twitter.com/zow5nCPwoj
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) January 3, 2018

Aguero wants to stay at City

Sergio Agüero insists he wants to stay at Manchester City until his contract expires in 2020 - but says the club will make the decision.

Manchester United could be set to sign João Mário from Inter Milan in a straight swap for Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

BREAKING: Arsenal in advanced talks to sign Greek defender Konstantinos Mavropanos from PAS Giannina, according to Sky sources. #SSN
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) January 3, 2018

Chelsea have long been linked with a move for Alex Sandro and now it seems like that the Blues are favourites to complete the signing in the January transfer window. Sandro will definitely be a quality addition to the Blues defence.

Manchester United are desperate to sign some quality players in the January transfer window, and now latest reports in Spanish daily Sport (via the Daily Express) claim that the Red Devils are on the verge of signing Napoli full-back Faouzi Ghoulam.The 26-year-old Algerian international has been in stunning form for the Seria A giants and could be signed for a fee of just about £53 m

Ghoulam has been in fine form for Napoli this season

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of all the transfers around Europe. It promises to be an exciting day!