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Liverpool close to signing defender.
Liverpool have agreed a £2 million deal with Championship side Preston to sign defender Ben Davies.
The transfer, expected to be completed on the deadline day on Monday, will provide some relief for the Premier League champions who were running out of options in defense amid an injury crisis.
Davies is out of contract at the end of the season and has been able to hold talks with other clubs in January.
Sepp van den Berg will move the other way on loan until the end of the season as part of the deal. [Goal]
Villarreal plot late Vitolo swoop.
Atletico Madrid’s Vitolo has emerged as a transfer target for Villarreal late in the winter market.
Unai Emery is keen on the 31-year-old winger as he looks to reinforce the right side of his attack after Takefusa Kubo‘s departure and injuries to Chukwueze, Gerard Moreno, and Yeremi Pino.
Vitolo has barely featured for Atletico this season, taking in just 384 minutes on the pitch, and last played in the shock Copa Del Rey exit at the hands of Cornella. [Mundo Deportivo]
Rojo set for Man Utd exit.
Manchester United are set to part ways with Marcus Rojo with the club having agreed to terminate the player’s contract.
The Argentine center-back is understood to be on the way back to his native country to join Boca Juniors.
Rojo, who spent the second half of the last season on loan at Estudiantes, hasn’t featured in any of Manchester United’s games this season. [The Sun]
Leicester leading race for Arsenal wantaway.
Ainsley Maitland-Niles desperately wants a move away from Arsenal in the January transfer market.
The England international is in search of regular minutes in order to remain a part of Gareth Southgate’s plans for next summer’s Euro tournament.
Leicester City could pick up the 23-year-old on loan with an option for a permanent transfer this summer. Southampton, West Brom, and Newcastle United are also interested in his services. [The Mirror]
Alli to PSG move facing obstruction.
Dele Alli’s move to Paris Saint-Germain hinges on whether Tottenham can sign his replacement, according to Fabrizio Romano.
Alli fell down in the pecking order under Jose Mourinho and had been given the green light to leave Spurs.
Even though his loan deal to the French capital is “ready to be completed”, it is “not progressing” in the final hours of the transfer window.
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