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Elneny set for Beşiktaş loan

Arsenal central midfielder Mohamed Elneny is set to seal a season long loan move to Beşiktaş after flying to Turkey to agree the deal. Elneny was one of the players that manager Unai Emery, along with Shkodran Mustafi, told should leave the Gunners before the end of the European transfer window, if they wanted first-team football. Now it looks like ...

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Smalling in Roma loan move

Manchester United defender Chris Smalling will join Italian side Roma on loan for the rest of the season. That is after the Serie A club agreed a £2.7 million loan fee, without an option to buy. The England international is happy with the move, having fallen down the pecking order at Manchester United, with Harry Maguire, Viktor Lindelof, and Axel ...

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Bakayoko set for Monaco return

Tiemoué Bakayoko is set for a return to former club Monaco. The 25-year old only joined Chelsea from the Ligue 1 side two years ago, but endured a torride time in his first season at Stamford Bridge, and was sent on Serie A side AC Milan. He made 42 appearances for Milan last season but the Rossoneri decided not to ...

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United reject making emergency move for Llorente

Manchester United have decided not to make an emergency move for ex-Tottenham forward, Fernando Llorente, who is available as a free agent, despite the club facing a striker crisis. With both Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sánchez now departed for Inter Milan, sold and on loan respectively, United find themselves short of forward options for their visit to Southampton on Saturday. ...

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Serie A Clubs eye Arsenal striker

Both Juventus and AC Milan, as well as several clubs in the Bundesliga, are considering making a move for Arsenal teenage striker Sam Greenwood. The 17 year old moved to Arsenal from the Sunderland academy system last year, and has already made a big impression with his new club. Selected to play for England at the under-17 European Championship in ...

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Monreal sale imminent

Arsenal are prepared to sell full-back Nacho Monreal to Real Sociedad. The 33-year old has been a model professional since signing from Malaga in January 2013, and has made 250 appearances for the clubs in all competitions, including Arsenal’s three Premier League games so far this season. However, with the arrival of Kiernan Tierney at the club, Monreal knows that ...

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Premier League clubs considering change to transfer window again

Premier League clubs are going to discuss moving the transfer window back so that it is aligned with the rest of Europe again. Sides in the Premier League and EFL Championship saw their own transfer window close on August 8th, some three weeks before the rest of Europe. However, this has led to some squads being disrupted because players are ...

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Sánchez move agreed

Manchester United have finally agreed a move with Inter Milan for Chilean forward Alexis Sánchez to move to the Serie A side on loan. That was after a compromise was reached between the two clubs as to the amount of Sánchez’s wages that the Serie A side would have to pay. Inter Milan have agreed to pay €5 million (£4.5 ...

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Bobby Duncan row intensifies

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The relationship between teenage striker Bobby Duncan and his club Liverpool has suffered a serious breakdown over his desire to leave the club for a continental side before the European transfer window closes. Duncan, the first cousin of Steven Gerrard, has been linked with loan moves to Danish side  Nordsjælland and Fiorentina, but the Anfield side has refused to sanction ...

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Eriksen reconciled to Tottenham stay

Christian Eriksen is reconciled to staying with Tottenham for the time being, with his hopes of securing a summer move to Spain and either Barcelona or Real Madrid fast evaporating. The Dane has been linked with a move away from White Hart Lane all summer, and had his heart set on securing a move to one of the major La ...

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