Transfer window liveblog: Aurier, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Gibbs latest – live!


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Serge Aurier granted work permit

Serge Aurier, who suggested as such with his super-cryptic Twitter post earlier, has indeed received clearance for his work permit, so his €25m move from PSG to Tottenham will be completed shortly. Interestingly, the French courts have downgraded his previous two-month suspended jail sentence to a fine. Previously he would’ve had to wait five years to work in the UK, but now he’s been able to successfully submit a normal application.

Let’s hope that, if he has to come off the bench, he doesn’t take as long to get himself ready as he did while playing for PSG last season. A full eight minutes, that time.


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Liverpool latest, from Andy Hunter

If Liverpool can agree a fee with Arsenal for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain – and has already been mentioned in this blog relations between the two clubs remained strained after the Suarez fiasco all those years ago – then the England international will be on his way to Anfield and, in all likelihood, Thomas Lemar will not.

The Monaco player may be the preference for Jurgen Klopp but his employers have not budged in their insistence the 21-year-old is not for sale. As a result, efforts are continuing to negotiate a fee with Arsenal for Oxlade-Chamberlain, although Liverpool may have to match Chelsea’s £35m-plus offer to land the midfielder before the deadline.


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DONE DEAL! West Brom sign Kieran Gibbs from Arsenal


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An update on Danny Drinkwater, from Stuart James

Danny Drinkwater’s determination to join Chelsea prompted him to submit a formal transfer request on Monday to try to force the move through. That is not to say that Drinkwater had not expressed a desire to leave Leicester, or even speak to Chelsea, before putting anything in writing. But a formal transfer request has ramifications, particularly financially, because it means a player forfeits loyalty bonuses and signing on fees that would otherwise be due to them even if they are sold.

In Drinkwater’s case that could be quite a significant sum of money given that he signed a five-year contract worth close to £100,000 a week only 12 months ago. Of course it would be naïve to think that any player ends up missing out in this scenario – in most cases the buying club would cover the shortfall. As for whether Drinkwater gets his wish, the bottom line is that Chelsea need to come up with an offer to match Leicester’s valuation – that means parting with around £35m.

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Something from David Hytner, on Arsenal

A few thoughts on Arsenal, in particular the Alexis Sanchez situation. The club were quick to dismiss Manchester City’s £50m bid for him yesterday – which did feel a little low, in the context of everything – and they reiterated their summer-long stance about him not being for sale. But when they entertained a discussion about taking Raheem Sterling from City, it clearly showed that the stance was no longer absolute. Sanchez does have a price and City would have taken encouragement from that.

I fully expect them to be back – possibly with Sterling included in the offer, however difficult player-plus-cash deals are to complete. If they were to offer about £70m, Arsenal would have a vexatious decision to make. The attraction of taking a player in part-exchange is obvious, given the difficulty of landing an A-list star from elsewhere at this late stage.

Moreover, the collapse of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s £40m move to Chelsea stands to have a knock-on effect on Sanchez – if Oxlade-Chamberlain now ends up staying at Arsenal. Liverpool want the England player and he believes that he would have a better chance of playing in his favoured midfield role at Anfield. But there remains bad blood between Arsenal and Liverpool from the notorious £40m + £1 Luis Suarez affair. Would Arsenal do business with Liverpool? They do not feel they can lose Sanchez, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Mesut Ozil as free agents next summer and they want to get a fee for one of them this summer. There are no offers for Ozil. So, if Oxlade-Chamberlain were to stay, Arsenal’s position over Sanchez would look increasingly vulnerable.


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The latest from Chelsea…

Chelsea’s frantic attempts to strengthen Antonio Conte’s squad this week are proving increasingly complicated with the Premier League champions fearful Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will not be convinced to move across the capital, and negotiations over Ross Barkley and Danny Drinkwater still some way from a positive conclusion.

A fee of around £35m was agreed with Arsenal for Oxlade-Chamberlain earlier this week and Chelsea had initially been confident they would deflect Liverpool’s interest to secure the England international. However, the 24-year-old is apparently uncertain he would be offered the opportunities he craves in central midfield and may, instead, find himself pinned on the flank in the wing-back role which has contributed to his sense of disillusion at Arsenal.

The player is understood to be keener to move to Anfield, where he feels his chances may be more forthcoming, although no deal has as yet been agreed between Liverpool and Arsenal for his services. Conte had, indeed, seen Oxlade-Chamberlain as direct competition for Victor Moses at right wing-back and may have to attempt a new sales pitch if he is to convince the player to move to Stamford Bridge ahead of Thursday’s cut-off.

Negotiations continue with Everton over Barkley – who is currently recovering from a torn hamstring – with an initial offer, believed to be worth around £25m, having been rejected by the Merseyside club for all that there is scope for compromise. Discussions are ongoing, at least, though Tottenham Hotspur retain their own interest in the player and could still enter the bidding to test Chelsea’s intent.

Leicester City, meanwhile, are still adamant Drinkwater will not be sold on the cheap despite the player having handed in a transfer request. As yet, Chelsea have yet to match his current club’s valuation, which is in excess of £30m. Indeed, at present, the deal the champions are likeliest to complete appears to be a £14m move for Swansea City’s Fernando Llorente, who would join as back-up to Alvaro Morata at Stamford Bridge. Again, talks continue between the clubs.

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