Transfer information LIVE: Arsenal make £80m Declan Rice high goal and Man United’s Anthony Elanga wished

We kick off with the information that Arsenal, but to make a signing this month, are already waiting for a Champions League marketing campaign subsequent time period – they usually need Declan Rice entrance and centre for it.

The West Ham midfielder might be in-demand after a poor Hammers marketing campaign and in addition to the Gunners, the Times say that Man United and Chelsea are additionally eager.

However, Arsenal are “growing in confidence” that they may win the race for his signature, regardless of having simply been crushed by a kind of golf equipment to land Mykhailo Mudryk, their high goal for January.

The reported price is £80m – an enormous chunk down from final summer time’s £150m reported pricetag.

Good morning and welcome again to the Independent’s reside protection of the January switch window, with the rumours persevering with to roll on Tuesday morning.

We’ll take an preliminary sweep of the Premier League’s high golf equipment right away, with Arsenal being linked to Declan Rice taking prime place to begin.

After two seasons of battle, the 25-year-old has rediscovered his kind and has scored in every of his final seven appearances.

Here we take a look at how the previous academy graduate’s season has taken off because the World Cup and the way he’s now flourishing below new supervisor Erik ten Hag.

At a fraught level within the Manchester derby, Pep Guardiola felt he needed to get one thing off his thoughts. The Catalan referred to as Erling Haaland over and intensively gave the Manchester City ahead a sequence of directions.

As he listened, the Norwegian didn’t look wherever close to as enthused about any of this as his supervisor. Haaland stood there together with his palms on his hips. That may need been all the way down to his typically emotionless look, nevertheless it got here as a part of a really passive efficiency.

Haaland was barely concerned within the recreation, with solely 19 touches, and two pictures. Even Jack Grealish beat him to a header for a purpose that might have been his, successfully eradicating the ahead from what he’s alleged to be there for.

Those previous couple of phrases nonetheless provoke a far larger query, that’s complicating City’s season. Is Haaland there for simply targets, or extra?

Hughes shared the dressing room with Vialli at Chelsea from 1996 as a team-mate earlier than the latter took the position of player-manager in 1998.

The present Bradford boss took to the pitch at Stamford Bridge on Sunday alongside a number of different former team-mates of Vialli, who lately died from pancreatic most cancers, because the membership paid their respects for the primary time at residence earlier than their 1-0 win over Crystal Palace.

A Hugo Lloris personal purpose and long-range strike from captain Martin Odegaard secured Arsenal’s first-ever win on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and moved them additional forward on the high of the desk.

France worldwide Saliba has performed a big half within the membership’s upturn in fortunes having made his debut in the beginning of the season following three mortgage spells away from north London.

Such has been the extent of his performances that he’s anticipated to signal a brand new take care of Arsenal and he is able to let the talks rumble on within the background as Mikel Arteta’s aspect attempt for glory.

Thirty-eight factors. It was once the sum complete of Newcastle’s ambitions for a season within the canine days of Mike Ashley’s reign. It was sufficient to safe them their Premier League standing.

Thirty-eight factors. It is Newcastle’s return within the first half of this season. If even essentially the most rudimentary of maths reveals it’s a median of two per recreation, it guarantees to carry them Champions League soccer. Or, to place it in phrases that have been extra acquainted till lately, they’re secure from relegation with 19 video games to go.

If they’re, in impact, twice nearly as good as they was once with roughly half a brand new group, and 6 gamers who predated their takeover and subsequent spending spree began the win over Fulham, there are different examples of the exponential enchancment that threatens to hold them into the European elite.

The 38 factors Newcastle have from 19 video games is greater than thrice as many because the 11 they’d taken at this stage final season. The 11 targets they’ve conceded is barely greater than 1 / 4 of the 42 they’d let in by this level 12 months in the past. Eddie Howe’s language tends to be unremarkable, however the numbers are.

A worsening damage disaster, large cash offers and even larger contracts have been thrown right into a boiling, effervescent pot of latest possession, struggling coach and discontented followers.

Saturday’s win noticed all of those points unfold and extra in a weird, irritating and nervous afternoon of soccer.

The late, nice Gianluca Vialli was honoured with a montage of his most interesting moments and a minute’s applause earlier than the sport, together with his son and membership legends venturing onto the pitch to pay tribute. The present Chelsea gamers, in the meantime, wore shirts bearing the Italian’s title earlier than kick-off.

Chelsea have confirmed the signing of Mykhailo Mudryk, with the deal anticipated to be price €100m (£88.7m) general.

Mudryk, 22, has signed an eight-and-a-half 12 months contract at Stamford Bridge and turns into Chelsea’s fifth January signing, with the Ukrainian attacker following striker David Datro Fofana, centre-back Benoit Badiashile, Brazilian attacking midfielder Andrey Santos and the on-loan Joao Felix to west London.

Arsenal had been pushing to signal Mudryk and have been assured of getting a deal executed till lately, when Chelsea upped the ante to supply Shakhtar Donetsk a much bigger price than the Gunners – and doubled the wages on provide to Mudryk himself.

“With the performance, I’m not disappointed,” the Italian mentioned. “We knew the game would be difficult. Arsenal are very strong, and tonight showed they deserve to be top of the league. In my opinion, Arsenal and Manchester City are the only two teams that can fight for the league this season.”

Mikel Arteta in the meantime got here as shut as he has to publicly acknowledging that prospect, by speaking about the way it will nonetheless seemingly take over 90 factors to assert the title. With a return of two.6 factors per recreation after this 2-0 victory, Arsenal are at present on target for 99.