Arsenal, Leicester City, Fulham, Newcastle United and Bournemouth could be involved in some late Transfer Deadline Day drama.
Mustafi’s time is up at Arsenal
In 2016, Arsenal secured the services of World Cup winner Shkodran Mustafi, which sent the excitement levels in North London through the roof, at the time.
Well, fast forward to today, and those excitement levels are hitting the roof once more, but this time it’s because Arsenal are set to terminate his contract, as the German is set to depart North London in a pretty brutal fashion.
Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano has claimed on his Twitter account that an ‘agreement has been reached’ for his contract to be terminated and he will be heading back home and signing for Schalke.
Who holds King’s cards?
A number of Premier League clubs have seemingly been looking to sign Bournemouth striker Joshua King this month.
And it seems another team has entered the race late on Transfer Deadline Day.
Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio told Sky Sports News (01/02/21 at 3:25 pm) that Fulham are asking for King’s signature – he is set to be out of contract at the end of the campaign.
This is what Di Marzio had to say after talking about transfer news in Italy: “I tried to find some news if you are interested about your deadline day.
“I don’t know if I can help you but I know that Fulham is asking for Joshua King. The striker of Bournemouth, I don’t know if you know this deal.”
Will Newcastle sign Joe Willock or Hamza Choudhury?
Sky Sports reporter Keith Downie told the Transfer Blog (16:07 pm), that Arsenal midfielder Joe Willock is in a more advanced position to sign for Newcastle than Hamza Choudhury.
Downie shared that Newcastle have ‘made an approach’ to take Willock on-loan and those in North London are willing to let him leave, as Steve Bruce and Co. now await a decision from the player.
It is said that Newcastle could bring in both of the above players before Monday’s 11 pm deadline.
However, the one stumbling block with Willock is that the 21-year-old needs DeAndre Yedlin to complete his move to Galatasaray, so it can create another extra spot in Bruce’s 25-man squad, which he can fill, according to the Sky reporter.
Either way, these previously busy teams who had nothing to do for the past 30 days, will now leave it untill the last few hours to complete important deals.
Survival expert Allardyce making moves
Sam Allardyce has never been relegated as a manager, and, at this moment in time, he’s heading towards the Championship with West Brom.
Therefore, it’s no surprise that the Baggies have been one of the busier teams this month and they are adding more names to their books on deadline day.
As reported on the BBC’s Transfer Day Blog (15:16 pm), Celta Vigo midfielder Okay Yokuslu has completed his medical ahead of switching Spain for the Black Country.
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