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    Live Football Transfer Blog: EPL, LaLiga and Rest of Europe (19th January)

    All the biggest and best transfer news and rumours from around Europe!
    Updated: 20 January 2018 00:02 IST - Published: 19 January 2018 23:05 IST
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    Robin van Persie returns to boyhood club Feyenoord, 14 years after leaving
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    Henrikh Mkhitaryan bid 'a tearful farewell' to his Manchester United team-mates as he left their Carrington training base earlier this afternoon.

    Mkhitaryan’s switch to the Emirates has been holding up negotiations after his agent Mino Raiola warned that he could ruin United’s hopes of signing Sanchez this January.

    Jose Mourinho claimed there was ‘nothing new’ to report at a 12.45pm press conference on Friday other than to say that Mkhitaryan had once again been left out of United’s match-day squad to face Burnley.

    But around an hour later, the Armenian reportedly left for the final time.
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    Roma left-back Emerson Palmieri has reportedly agreed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Chelsea, leaving a transfer fee the stumbling block.

    Emerson will earn €2.5m a season if his move to Chelsea goes through.
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    Arsenal have pulled out of the race to sign Malcom from Bordeaux in January.

    The Gunners are not willing to pay the French club's asking price of £44 million, though they remain confident that they can sign the 20-year-old in the summer.

    Tottenham have also been linked with the exciting forward.
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    David Moyes says West Ham are not interested in signing Chelsea's Michy Batshuayi in the January transfer window...
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    Crystal Palace have shown an interest in signing Inter Milan forward Eder.

    Roy Hodgson is said to be looking to raid the club he managed between 1995 and 1997 in order to prise the 31-year-old away from the San Siro with a bid of around €10-11m.

    The 31-year-old has scored just once in 17 appearances this season.
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    Newcastle United are keen on adding Everton winger Aaron Lennon to their ranks.

    Lennon faces extra competition for playing time after the Toffees completed the signing of Theo Walcott from Arsenal.
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    Former Barcelona boss Luis Enrique is being considered as a possible successor to Antonio Conte at Chelsea.

    With the Italian linked with PSG and under pressure at Stamford Bridge, he could be replaced by a duo comprised of the coach and Juliano Belletti, the ex-Chelsea defender who could come in as director of football.

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    Barcelona's hopes of signing Antoine Griezmann have been put on hold after the striker received a call from Manchester City.

    After splashing out on Philippe Coutinho, the Blaugrana have a limited budget with which to open negotiations with Atletico Madrid. 

    And City have reportedly already made contact with the forward after missing out on Alexis Sanchez.

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    Napoli are the latest team to show an interest in Paris Saint-Germain's Lucas Moura.

    Premier League sides Manchester United and Tottenham are also reported admirers, while the Serie A team now consider Lucas a bigger transfer priority than Barca's Gerard Deulofeu.
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    Mesut Ozil and Jack Wilshere are set to hand Arsenal a welcome boost by committing to new contracts.

    The Gunners duo are among those set to be available on a free transfer in the summer, with no fresh terms agreed as yet.Both are, however, locked in talks and are ready to bring the uncertainty surrounding their respective futures to a close by putting pen to paper.
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    Manchester City are hoping to land Liverpool midfielder Emre Can at the end of the season.

    Can has so far held off on signing a new deal at Anfield, and has been linked with a free transfer move to Juventus and Bayern Munich.
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    Serie A sides Inter and Roma are both considering a bid for Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge. 

    Roma have been put on alert by reported Chelsea interest for Emerson Palmieri and Edin Dzeko, and see Sturridge as a possible replacement up front. Inter, meanwhile, are short of depth up front, with only Mauro Icardi leading the line.
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    Tottenham are now closest to signing Malcolm from Bordeaux in a deal worth £40m + £10m add-ons.
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    Everton are interested in signing Jamie Vardy from Leicester City, but they’re unlikely to sanction a bid in this transfer window.

    The club are thought to have concerns about paying a hefty fee for a player who turned 31 last week.

    Leicester would resist any attempt to lure Vardy away. Arsenal saw a bid of around £20m fail 18 months ago, when even though they’d matched Vardy’s release clause, the England striker chose instead to stay at Leicester.
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    Emery on his PSG future: “I am living in the now. I am not thinking about the future. I am here with the desire to achieve great things."
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    Cesc Fabregas, who is believed to have picked up a hamstring injury in training this week, is not travelling today with the Chelsea squad to Brighton