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Tottenham win the race to sign Defender Ru drosen from Genoa here he is at the airport on his way to London head of a 30 million move yes it’s a story that has dominated the last 2 24 hours and poog is about to get his second signing of the window the

Latest on that move this hour also this hour fresh developments involving Anthony martial and his Manchester United Future we’re live to Paris with an update on killing mbappe’s future is he set to stay at PSG and we will hear for man in demand fulham’s Jiao palia who opens up on his own

Future we’re going to be live to Germany shortly but we start with that big transfer story of the day Tottenham closing in on the signing of drag scene there he is from genua let’s head over to tottenham’s trading ground now and get that side of things with our

Reporter Gary cell here he is right Gary DED is close how happy will an poster cogo be not just to get his man but also to do it so early in the window yeah he made it clear didn’t he an Posta cogo uh weeks if not months

Before the start of the January transfer window that a center back was his priority once the window opened and clearly uh the board clearly Daniel Ley clearly the sporting Department have listen to him I guess that’s an indication of just how highly rated anre pasaoglu is here by the hierarchy just

How much power he’s got just how he can get his way because Daniel Le hiso isn’t really normally to act so quickly in a transfer window particularly he splashing out cash on a player and he’s acted very quickly on two players already uh this window so I think uh an

Poog will be very pleased indeed and the timing of course is great because he’s been using as any fullbacks and the center back positions with both his center backs out over the last few weeks and Ben Davis who’s been doing a good job filling in that role has just picked

Up an injury so you can see droin arriving here uh in a few hours time having his medical here uh on site at Tottenham they don’t need to go anywhere else uh having a few final talks uh signing the contract either today this evening or tomorrow morning and being

Available to play in that game against Manchester United and good timing as well because obviously vanen is uh returning from injury so there’ll be that uh proper center backs playing Center back potentially at Old Trafford on Sunday V events making it clear that um he’s ready to play Go an interview

Didn’t he a few days ago saying he f he’s not feeling any pain he’s thinks he’s match fit and wants to start at Old Trafford so it’d be interesting to see whether they do both line up together I think it was a bit of a risk wasn’t it

Anyway to go into uh 2023 24 season with just two out and out center backs at an POA golu trusts uh because what happened one got suspended then injured the other got injured and he’s been struggling to uh compete they were top of the league weren’t they when those issues began and

Now OB see way a little bit further down the table so that has been answered uh even when everyone’s fit it’s nice to have a choice isn’t it and uh this is the man that they’ve gone for and he seems like he’s up for it he’s young

He’s talented he’s good in the air he’s good with his feet he’s been playing every single match for Jano both this season and last season Romania’s First Choice Center back as well although question mark I guess about how he’ll adapt in the Premier League janara playing a game where they allow the

Opponents to have a great deal of The Possession which is very very different the opposite almost the way and an poog likes to play but great coach a young talented player willing to learn I’m sure it’ll all be good in the end Spurs fans will be hoping so yeah and Gary

We’ll ask you about the man going the other way in just a moment but first of all with the pan we’ve got neade Dave and Ellen still with us for transfer talk neade last week when we learned about this interest in druen he was a player that you liked yeah I think last

Week I described him as someone similar to Van DJ in terms of profile uh social media didn’t uh enjoy that in particular Lial fans uh but he I mean he dresses nearly as well as ver van d as we’ve just seen in those pictures um but as

You can see here I mean this is one thing Spurs will definitely value 19 games 19 starts availability is the best ability you can have in football and at the moment he’s often available but also one of the things that we’ve said about him many many times is his ability in

Possession now obviously we’ve just said there that Spurs will demand more from him in possession Genoa don’t actually play this a similar style to Spurs but the one very encouraging sign for Spurs fans will be is that he can play with the ball at his feet he is very good in

The air and probably and the stats suggest a little more dominant than the other center backs that they currently have yeah Gary let’s back to Gary cotal there because because Gary what we haven’t mentioned Jed Spence is of course going in the other direction out to Italy yeah another lone mood for Jed

Spence arrived a couple of summers ago of course I think 12 a half million wasn’t it lots of expect on his shoulders when he arrived from burough played a few games but didn’t really work out and he’s been on a couple of loans Ren and then this season to leads

But injury problems uh uh really affected his chances of a lot of playing time and um Daniel farker hinted as well didn’t he recently in a news conference about potentially some problems with his attitude we don’t know anything like that from Spurs but a new move for him

Going out to another new league another fresh start it can’t be anything but good for him he’s playing uh at the moment sorry training at the moment here with the under 21s he can’t play for Spurs even if they were desperate because if he did he wouldn’t be able to

Go out onone because you can’t play obviously for three clubs in one season so we’re not quite sure what he thinks about going out to Italy but it seems like that’s a deal that’s going to happen and hopefully he’ll make the most of it still young relatively young and

Uh a future potentially at Spurs if he can get some playing time and get over those injury uh problems so that’s Jed Spence I mean Eric D uh Gary was at training yesterday but we’re hearing that Bayern Munich looks like it could be his next destination po made it quite

Clear that he can cope without him last week yeah nothing like being uh First Choice is there Bayern Munich didn’t get this man drusian they tried to get him didn’t they and interrupt the Spurs deal but that didn’t work out so it looks like yeah Eric Dyer on his way to Bayern

Munich that certainly seems to be the situation and it says a lot doesn’t about a player who’s given so much to Tottenham who’s been here for so long who not so long ago was of course an England International and you know versatile as well he’s had his critics

Of course and we know that clearly an poao doesn’t trust him doesn’t see that he’s got a future here because he hasn’t been playing him ahead of people who aren’t playing in their natural position at Center back so yeah it would seem that his days at Tottenham for the time

Being anyway are number he knows Harry Kane well doesn’t he and he’s a really really top professional great attitude I’m sure if a team want him and the team play him he’ll do his very very best and show that he he has still got a lot to

Offer but clearly he’s not the man for an at the moment Gary lots happening where you are thank you so Gary’s at Tottenham who are closing in on the signing of R drosen from J let’s get more on this now and get the Germany side of things because Sky Germany

Reporter Florian penberg is joining us now Flor and great to see you this afternoon it’s a huge story this one a really interesting story too what are the details of this deal well uh they they tried to hijack the deal of Ru daguin it was a player

They had on the list in the last couple of days but it was not a long-term project and the problem was that Bayern was absolutely too late and to our information the offer from Bayern Munich of around 30 million euro in total arrived and at ginoa late in the

Afternoon yesterday at a stage where droin was completely clear with Tottenham where the paperworks were exchanged so yeah he thought about that offer from Bayern Munich but it was too late dragin he wanted to go to Tottenham Bayern was too late and my clear information from this morning is that if

The droin deal will fail what has happened now Eric Dyer is the absolutely top Target for the the central uh defending position uh it’s not a done deal yet but there’s a verbal agreement in place with Eric Dyer about a contract probably until 2025 plus oneyear option

And we have been told that there’s a direct contact uh between Bayern and Tottenham about a permanent deal of Eric Dyer in the range of around4 million euro but I can’t confirm an official offer yet from Bayern to Tottenham floran looking fresh as always sure the

Trans drama is uh keeping you perky you mentioned Eric Dy what what do you think this means for him now you mentioned Bayern Munich in there as well once again please once again you mentioned Eric Dyer what does this mean for him now well I think he’s ready for Bayern

Munich as I said it’s a verbal agreement in place he’s a very good friend of Harry Kane and uh to my personal opinion that the transfer would absolutely make sense he’s cheap he has a good character he has a good quality and he can strengthen the thin thin Squad of Bayern

Munich so I would say uh that is a very good and a very smart deal for all parties involved if that deal would happen floran we’ve been waiting for the green light on jayen Sano are we finally getting some movement now absolutely we have reported about the Breakthrough yesterday in the

Negotiations between Bia Dortmund and Manchester United it’s absolutely done deal and Jaden Sano will join Bia Dortmund he will sign that loan contract after his medical I expect him to arrive today or tomorrow and then he will finalize the medical very soon so I think at the weekend at the latest jayen

Sano is back at Borussia Dortmund it’s a six Monon loan and definitely without an option to buy Pini has been moved with a link away from Fulham last window and this this we in this window as well what can we say about his future yeah Jo Pala definitely wants to

Join Bayern Munich but the clear information and I got the confirmation today again Bayern Munich is not pushing for Jo Pala in this transfer window they have not the plan to sign Jo Pala now the main reason is the price dra palia is too expensive for Bayern Munich and

On the position on the number six in defensive Midfield they don’t have that big need they have Kim Gesa Guerrero is back Conrad Limer can play on that position and they have a big Talent with pavlovich so no Focus no plans with Pala this transfer window um even though

There’s a verbal agreement in place um what they had done and arrived in the summer uh but that transfer palia to Bayern Munich now in January won’t happen there’s a lot happening for in between England and in Germany clearly cuz uh Ian Matson we saw him arrive last

Night can we expect that deal to go through at some point today alone deal yeah if he’s not sleeping in the hotel room then for sure uh Ian Matson is on the verge to become a new Russia Dortmund player and I’m totally convinced that he will finalize his medic kill

Today floran thank you yeah just seeing those shots now great to see you Florian yeah loads going on between Germany and England uh right now now developments this lunchtime regarding Anthony martial he wants to stay at Manchester United until the summer is not interested in a move away from Old

Trafford this month martial has rejected interest from Marseilles fener Bachi and the Saudi pro league uh instead he intends to stay where he is fight for his place in Eric tenh hard’s team United have held talks with the player and his aging about his future as it stands unlikely to trigger a one-year

Option in martial’s contract therefore martial is UN course to leave Manchester on a free transfer when his deal expires on June the 30th next year right Dave what do you think Manchester United should this year sorry what do you think Manchester United should do now well the

Only real offers that were on the table FR anony martial and the only real interest was around a shortterm deal so if he wants to stay and fight for his place to the end of the season what that does for him is it puts the power a

Little bit back into his hands it’s up to him now performance-wise if he’s able to play part in the final few months of Manchester United season and then if he’s able to score goals it puts him in a better negotiating position for the summer transfer window he’ll be

Available on a free transfer we know that players on a free transfer can command more in wages more in signing on fee simply because the Buying Club or the signing Club aren’t having to Shell out a transfer fee so that puts a little bit of power back into his hands the

Question now is is he able to stay fit enough is he able to contribute to the Manchester United Team because I know certain unit United supporters haven’t been particularly pleased with his contribution over the last few months maybe even the last few years so what it

Does do now if he is able to contribute it gives him a better opportunity for the summer what do you think Ellen because if he stays until the summer Manchester United do have that extension would the best thing be that Manchester United do trigger the extension so that they might

Be able to get some money in the summer or do they say right we’ll keep him in the squad until then but cut up losses for me um I don’t think Manchester United can keep to continue cutting their losses it’s something we spoke about earlier I think man united need to

Take this proactive approach they need to be less reactive it’s something we’re seeing with what the the deal that’s potentially going to go through with Sancho they’re looking ahead and I think the option would be try and get the money out of him so trigger the extension give him the option to prove

Himself put him in a put him in the window try and sell him and I think that’s that’s probably the best option that Manchester United have got my only thing with this is they did try to sell him in the previous WI window from we

Went to Seva didn’t quite work out um I think they’re at a point now where I know the the general consensus is that martial hasn’t done very well but Manchester United paid somewhere above 60 million P for him he’s been there for seven or eight seasons if you work that

Out year by year it’s six or 7 million pound a year he’s contributed on average probably five or six goals a season at this point they just can’t keep holding on to players in the hope that they get money from somewhere cuz other clubs

Have to be able to buy I just worry that yes it feels like you just thrown 60 70 million down the drain but he has been there for a long time and in my eyes just being at the club is enough of a repayment per say because they’re not

Going to recoup that feeback so at the moment it looks like Andy martial will be staying at Manchester United this window but remember look there’s 22 days still to go until that deadline next we’re heading live to France with updates on Ken mbappe Bruno gimes and Hugo Eati Welcome back to transfer talk time to speak to French football expert Jonathan Johnson now who is in Paris for us hi Jonathan let’s start with Killian mbappe as we tend to do Co from his camp and then last night NASA Al khalifi as well

So the club want him to stay where do we stand yeah absolutely uh you know an interesting couple of sort of 24 to 48 hours in terms of emb’s future obviously there were reports that he’ made up his mind and decided to go to Real Madrid which clashed with what he told press

After the PSG won the troph the champion last week where he said he hadn’t made up his mind right okay we will try to get back to Jonathan that uh that sound wasn’t wasn’t great for you all at home or us in here so we will get back to him

But on Killian mbappe um neade we know we talk about him all the time but but in this morning I asked you what do you think will happen in the summer what do you think will happen this month the feeling with a player like mbapp moving in a January transfer know

I can’t remember the last deal that went through like this maybe van dijk to Liverpool which was 80 million um I’m trying to think of another deal that was it’s like this sort of profile but mbappe moving to Madrid in a January transfer it doesn’t feel like a very

Real Madrid thing to do I think they’d want to make a splash in the summer they almost make a big signing every summer that I can remember um dating all the way back to kakar and Ronaldo and even be before that so my feeling is this

Month not a lot happens uh we probably will have the Delight of talking about mbappe every other day because someone’s going to make a statement every other day every day more like Dave what NASA Al khalifi was he mentioned a sort of Gentleman’s Agreement didn’t he we’ve

Seen before but at the same time I do think that from his statement he seemed relatively confident that he wasn’t going anywhere but do you think that was just meaning till the end of the season yeah I think it was more it wasn’t going anywhere right now I think you know he

Talked about there being a gentleman’s agreement between him the player the sporting director and the coach about what might happen to his future said you know he wants him to stay but it feels inevitable that kilan mbappe will leave PSG it’s just about timing really and and when and it seems also inevitable

That he will be going to Real Madrid so it’s now I guess it’s it’s more up to kiling mbapp you know he’s got six months left on his contract there’ll be a financial package on offer I’m sure from from Paris sgain and now it’s up to him to decide whether he wants to

Continue in Paris or whether he goes to Real Madrid which is where I’m sure he’ll end up one thing um that I would add is I saw some quotes come out from mbappe a few days ago saying he’d pay a lot of money money to just be a normal

Human being now Paris as a football club with no disrespect to don’t have the same sort of attention that Real Madrid do if he goes to Real Madrid he’s actually moving further away from this idea of being a normal kid now of course that’s never going to happen for him

He’s killing mbappe he’s forever going to be someone the cameras follow and someone that’s always talked about uh but if he wants to get closer to that then maybe a move to Liverpool might be a smarter Choice less cameras less attention they’re quite football mad in Liverpool as well

Yeah Madrid get a lot more attention thankfully um I don’t know if whether Liverpool fans are going to like that or not but I think if he goes to Madrid that will obviously increase uh it’ll be fascinating to see how he fits in as well we have spoken about that with

Venicius playing off the left and uh jud’s now there as the star boy and I’m sure mbappe wants to be the star wherever he goes uh so I think there’s a lot to happen yeah okay there’s lot to talk about in France so we’ll see if we

Can get that back there but for now fulham’s ja pinia was close to completing a deadline day move to buy Munich in the last transfer window however the deal collapsed despite the fact he’d flown to Germany for a medical midfielder then signed a new contract committing him to Fulham till 2028 now

Ahead of tonight’s efl cup semi-final is Liverpool he told Jamie rnap he will leave the club someday I feel the love that the the sports have for me it’s something that uh I I I know that some someday I will leave fulam uh I want to to to give everything I’m almost 100%

Professional here and I will do my my job every every time that I I play for full yeah more from that interview tonight ahead of the uh League Cup semi-final first leg let’s get to Everton now they’ve been handed a boost with Dominick calber leen’s red card being overturned let’s speak to our

Reporter Ben Ransom now right Ben in terms of transfers do Everton expect any incomings this month it’s going to be tricky isn’t it Tom we know what’s happening off the field we know they’ve got a lot of ducks to get in a rad to get their finances

Sorted and certainly the noises from the club at the start of this window was the incomings were going to be difficult without outgoings now that’s not to say that they’re not looking because of course they’re in a precarious position in the Premier League because of that 10-point deduction courage to point in a

Place outside of the relegation Zone and actually if Luton win at Burnley on Friday they could find themselves back in the bottom three by the time they face Aston Villa on Super Sunday so look they are certainly looking at ways to freshen up the squad but to make that

Happen to unlock that you suggest outgoings would have to happen um there’s been a little bit of interest already in amadu Nana his name keeps being linked with uh bigger clubs in this country abroad I mean Arsenal or was the latest one being linked with him and technically he’s the sort of player

You feel could fit into a side like that but this month it would take a big wedge of cash wouldn’t it to take him out of here and then the other one potentially being talked about is AR djuma now danjuma’s Agents come out this week and said that there’s talks Ono with Leon

About the possibility of him essentially cutting short his lone spell here at Everton and going out to France so that a lot of depends on that on Villa roale his parent Club has he played enough football here just three Premier League starts and how important did Everton see

Him over the next few weeks and months especially when you consider that Dwight mcneel was stretch it off against Crystal Palace last week we don’t need know the severity of that injury but it looks like the ankle foot problem that saw him leave the field will keep him

Out for some time in which case does Dan J become an important part of Shan D’s team and first team plans for the next few weeks so look I think really as I say just to summarize once again it’s outgoings before incomings but of course as with all clubs they are keeping their

Eyes open but one player who is now available is Dominick calber leing having Le having that ban overturn which is great news and how much of a boost will it be yeah I mean that is a huge boost I mean look this doesn’t happen very often

Does it no matter what in this age of V players that are given red cards don’t forget this was checked by someone at stockley Park it was then reviewed by the referee on the field he then saw fit to send Dominic Cal lein off so for the

Fa to resend that to overturn that potential three match ban that’s a huge boost uh to Everton because Dominick Calin look he’s got three Premier League goals he’s not scored in the Premier League since the win at West Ham back in October but I’ve seen a few Everton

Games particularly at goodison Park and he’s leading the line really well he looks to be almost completely over those Fitness issues still not lasting 90 minutes on too many occasions but he puts a lot into the 60 70 minutes he does play creating chances getting chances he’s had some narrow misses as

Well so perhaps not had the goal reward his play has merited so to lead the line this weekend that’s a huge boost and also on the goals front today at training we saw a return for abdalah dor now he’s missed five matches uh because of the thigh injury that forced him off

In their win at Burnley to have him back in full training we’ll get an update from Shawn D before the Aston Villa Game to see whether he’s fit enough to start but that’s a huge boost this is their leading scorer six premier PR League goals for him this campaign so to get

Him back and fit we’ll be liking you signing this weekend Ben thank you is a very very busy day of transfers next we’ll give the information you need to know about Ru drosin with Italian football expert Mina Ruki as he heads to London Today More now on our top story R dragen is traveling to Tottenham for a medical ahead of a move from genua let’s bring you some more information on this deal and speak to Italian football expert Mina razuki Mina great to see you again Tottenham fans very keen to find out

More about their uh new Defender what qualities makes him stand out but also does he have any weaknesses well I think let’s start off with the good stuff it’s great to see you all again uh drosen is is an is an interesting character because straight away when he was at Juventus one thing

That Andrea P who gave him his debut noticed was his size he’s just immense he’s so tall he’s got great physique um really difficult to to try to win a jewel against him I mean he owns everything on an aial level uh he’s very strong and um aggressive in

His type of of Defending to be honest with you and I think that’s one thing that is really shown for him andreao decided at the time that he wanted him to train with the other players to improve his technicality and I think now what you see in genua is that he is he’s

Better on the ball he’s not a ball playing mid Defender he’s not somebody who’s going to progress the ball on his own at the back but he delivers a great long pass he is immense like I said when it comes to winning Jewels but it’s also

Very difficult to dribble past him and I think that’s something to to note as well he’s not super fast but fast enough to to try to catch up and I think that he is somebody who is always going to be difficult to beat in set pieces he loves

To score a goal he scored the equalizer against inter to ensure that he got a point for genua against the best team in Italy which is something to note but one thing is that everybody I’ve spoken to in Italy who’s ever watched or worked with droin has told me one his size but

Secondly and most important his character everyone talks about his exemplary professionalism how hard he works how good he is how much he is willing to learn and to improve and that’s so rare to find these days when it when it comes to a lot of these players because he understands what it

Takes to be the best and he’s working every day to try to improve all the skills he has but still needs to improve on the ball Mina good to hear from you as always uh how’s he been performing in serri this season he’s been excellent um

I think that he is one of one of the players that has stood out for Genoa in general again largely because of his size and because of of how good they’ve been as a team um under gilardino I think one thing to note is that they play a little bit differently to perhaps

Uh well perhaps Tottenham they are a team that don’t want to keep possession they want to strike you uh on the Counterattack and take their chances then um he has been one of the stand out performers alongside friend of and I think that uh when you ask jardino about

Him he didn’t want to speak about it because he thought that it would distract his team but he did say that he is an exemplary professional and that I’m sure he’s going to be sad to let him go hi Mina um can you tell us a bit

About his background and where he comes from yeah this is a great story actually because he uh he made his debut in the Champions League against uh Dynamo KV now at the time of course his family couldn’t uh couldn’t come and watch him and cheer him on from the sidelines

Because it was Co in 2020 and it was champ iions League group stage match and he came on for Dem moral who had just been substituted off now his fate would hav it he him being a Romanian player he was playing against the most highly decorated Romanian coach in mesu and it

Was great to have him uh manag to to have his debut against one of the greatest coaches of all time in his country and you found them uh talking on the sidelines um partii who was at the time the sporting director of Juventus was a big fan of his as was Andrea pilo

Who had who was initially hired at Juventus to be the under 23 coach dragin was part of the under 23 team for Juventus the reserve team if you like immediately spoted drosin alongside a few other players noted his strength and thought I’m going to take this guy with

Me to the senior team because I think he could be something special he didn’t end up playing that many games but that debut was a was a big deal for him um at the time his mother couldn’t go and watch him she said that she was

Screaming at house at home when she was watching her son make his debut they were running around the house her and his sister celebrating he comes from a big sporting family his mother represented Romania in basketball his father is a volleyball player and his sister also played basketball but she

Doesn’t do so anymore so it’s in the genes if you like he’s somebody who’s grown up understanding sporting discipline and then made his way along to Soria Sal Nana and eventually at genua where he played last season almost every single game on almost every single minute it’s incredible to see the stance

That he managed last season second best defense in CA B and that’s why they were promoted sounds like he comes from good pedigree Mina um we we hear that he chose Tottenham over Bayern is that anything to do with style of football or is it more to do with something you

Talked about earlier his character you know he gave his word to Tottenham he’s not been blown away by the bright lights of Bayern and wanting to sign for them so why do you think he’s chosen Tottenham over Bayern well his agent said that he couldn’t believe he turned

Down Bayern um but that this is something to not about dragan is that he did give his word to an and he was going to make sure that he honored that word that is exactly like you said part of his character but also he has spoken about the fact that he follows the

Premier League closely it’s the CL it’s the uh League that he’s always wanted to join and he absolutely loves it so he always envisioned himself to be playing in the Premier League he thought it would suit his skills perfectly also I think it has a lot to do as well with um

I mean people will talk about style of play I don’t think that matters to him as much as I think it matters the character of the coach one thing he he did an interview and he spoke about how grateful he was that Andrea pilo gave

Him his debut and how much he loved him as a coach and one of the reasons that he stood out to him was because he knew he was a great player but the way that he approached the dressing room was so calm and he he was never an authoritarian who shouted and screamed

At his players but somebody who just commanded respect who spoke softly who was encouraging and motivating and he found that very very exciting to work with he wanted to please him he wanted to do the best for him and I think he’s found that as well now at Genoa and so

He is he is a professional he doesn’t need you to be shouting at him he wants to work for somebody who can Inspire the team um and I think that he has found that because it is important for him to develop relationships he’s very loved in the dressing room wherever he has been

And I think that if he has spoken to the coach then he’s going to definitely be honoring his word me that the Tottenham fans will be very happy about this signing having heard from you there thank you very much thank you right we can rejoin French football expert Jonathan Johnson now he’s in

Paris thanks for your patience uh Jonathan and we were asking you about Killian mbappe just remind us of the current situation with him yeah it’s been a busy last week or so in terms of the question of killing mbappe’s future you had him coming out after PSG won the

Trophy the champion against too last week uh basically saying that he hadn’t made a decision and but that all parties concerned were protected uh in the eventuality uh of of him finally making up his mind then there were reports over the weekend just after PSG had won their

Coup def game that had in fact made a decision and decided to join Real Madrid uh that was quickly uh shot down by a communic from the the family via the French press and his Entourage basically denying that any decision uh had been taken and that any potential pressure

Could be put up on him to to make his mind up uh faster than he already is uh and then of course PSG president NASA alhi was speaking in The French Press just last night uh and put his cards on the table and said that he wants you

Know killing mbappe to stay at the club not just that but that he believes mbappe is the the best player in the world as many do at this moment in time but also that Paris is the right place for mbappe to be uh for the foreseeable future in his career lots of reports

Jonathan about PSG after a midfielder in this January transfer window yesterday we heard about Joshua kimick and newspapers have been linking them with Runo gimmer as well although I guess it’s unlikely that Newcastle would let him go this month is that what PSG are looking for for a

Midfielder originally it was uh PSG were looking for a midfielder adif in fact said as much just about 24 hours ago however the injury to mean scrar and the operation that he’s had to undergo which was not foreseen by PSG PSG let’s not forget already signed Lucas Balo uh they

Have a deal lined up as well to sign Gabrielle moscardo but an injury problem was discovered in his medical so that’s another Midfield option who wouldn’t have been operational before the summer so he will still join PSG that’s the expectation it just won’t happen now until the summer whereas it was

Initially lined up for the beginning of the January window and now losing scrar also having lost presel kimp pmbe to to surgery as well that has complicated things for PSG in defense so baralo coming in immediately he will need to be playing minutes we’ve already seen him

Uh you know getting a few under his belt early doors so it’s now more likely that PSG actually turned their attention away from Midfield options such as gimz such as as uh kimick and perhaps sort of put them on the back burer until the summer window and actually try and now look at

Potential defensive Acquisitions who could help not just in the short term but sort of the medium to long term as well we heard a little bit about it earlier but what can you tell us about arak Juma and where his future might lie yeah this is an interesting one because

Leon uh really struggled over the first half of the Season uh they’re taking a look at him obviously he’s with Everton at this moment in time uh but he is a player who who Leon would like to add to their ranks between now and the end of

The the transfer window and it would be a huge challenge as well for Leon to to sort of better their current position they’ve been flirting with relegation for the most part uh of the season so far and danuma is one of the players that they’ve got ear marked now they’ve

Been given the green light to to be active in the transfer window uh to come in and potentially help them Salvage something from the second half of the Season another name that’s been uh mentioned an awful lot is Hugo ETI his name seems to pop up in almost every

Single transfer window do you think we’ll see him in the Premier League this month it wouldn’t surprise me uh we definitely won’t be seeing him in a PSG shirt anytime soon let’s not forget back in the summer uh he was close to a move away on track Frankfurt linked and a

Number of Premier League clubs were linked but sort of the hold up in him potentially leaving PSG at that time nearly jeopardized Randall Kwan’s arrival at par de right at the end of the summer window uh he has been told that he is free to go uh it was told

That a couple of months ago uh That Remains the case now and yes it wouldn’t surprise me if KK does resurface in the Premier League where there has been interest in him but there’s also been interest as well still from the Bundesliga so I guess it’s for me it’s

Between England and Germany uh but it will it should be this month where he makes the move I’m glad we’ve got time for this one Jonathan it’s something we covered in the the newspaper stories this morning nania Matik wanting a a return to the Premier League yeah absolutely this one’s a bit

Of a surprise because obviously he was quite a high profile acquisition for for Ren over the summer uh you know they they really felt they were getting a good deal with his experience and that he was going to be sort of key to what would what they hoped would be a title

Challenge this season that hasn’t materialized the player feels like uh you know sort of the vision that was sold to him as well as uh you know sort of the playing situation the change in management as well uh is not sort of what was proposed and agreed upon over

The summer and that’s why he would uh like to to leave Ren as soon as possible he’s got a couple of options so the Premier League being one of them uh there’s also interest within lean as well Leon one of the clubs sort of taking an interest uh in his situation

But quite tricky given his uh situation at Ren and and sort of the the terms that he was brought in under so yeah that’s definitely one to watch uh and I cannot see Matik not being on the move before the end of the window unless something major changes uh between him

And ren wonderful as ever Jonathan thank you thanks a lot plenty of clubs after a striker this month Crystal Palace and wolves in particular will tell you who they’re after in a few Minutes We heard from J pinia earlier saying that he does expect to leave Fulham in the future okay it was quite ambiguous Dave I’m fairly sure he doesn’t mean that he’s expecting to leave this month did you want to try to put the Fulham fans Minds at ease well it doesn’t seem

Like buying her after him this window either from what Floren penberg was saying I thought it was quite refreshing actually usually the stock answer from a premier league footballer is I’m committed to xcl club I’m here now I’m not thinking about y Club um so it was

Quite refreshing I thought to hear him say look you know what I’m going to be honest with you I’m probably going to be leaving at some point I think his performances probably have perked the ears up of a lot of top clubs around Europe you know he was he was in Munich

Wasn’t he doing the medical and then that that deal ended unfortunately for him and he’s come back to Fulham and it’s not like he’s thrown his toys out he’s been absolutely magnificent sign the new contract so you know showed his commitment in that way but I think he

It’s quite honest of him to say you look you know what look I don’t see myself here for the long term um neade how does he compare to other players in the Premier League in his position well part of the difficulty with this is jaal

Pinho plays for a Fulham side and uh the demand on him is very different to some of the other players that play in the similar sort of position however the best way to compare was profiles are are somewhat similar so we’ve gone with pinho of course himself Dean rice Edson

Alvarez and Moses kaiso the one that I think he’s very similar to his Edson Alvarez but generally the player that pela is I think will be demanded more of if he moves to say by and or Liverpool have also been linked as well um I’m not

Surprised he wants to move he’s 28 years of age he probably wants to win trophies and wants to compete and before he came to F him a lot of clubs were looking at him I think he’s almost kind of used F in a sense as a stepping stone to to

Figure out where he wants to go next but look look at the stats he’s probably the best all-rounded six that you can think of and when you think of a six these days you’re probably thinking Dean R someone who can receive the ball and play Palin’s in possession qualities

Aren’t great only an average pass of 82.6% but his ability to win tackles is far ahead of any of the other three as I mentioned Edson Alvarez is the next closest all the other stats also are very similar the one that I’m very interested in looking at is Aerials one

Most of the big clubs these days want to win duels and to win duels you need guys who are good in the air and good on the ground he’s phenomenal on the ground he’s won more tackles than any other player in the Premier League by a long

Way but in the a is’s also extremely dominant as well there’s probably one area in his game that’s slightly different to some of the other players and that’s clearances Edon Alvarez is a long way ahead and obviously Moses Calo a long way behind that comes down to

Play style now of course people will say Dean rice plays for a possession heavy Arsenal and so it’s difficult to compare mosa caredo plays for a transitional Chelsea and Alvarez is the one as I’ve mentioned a few times that plays in a side that are a little bit more Resolute

The demand on him is to cover wide areas is to cover center backs and left backs and get into those positions that is what Xiao Pala does extremely well if you look at Bayern Munich with Alonso Davies bombing on down that side he gets into that left channel in behind Anthony

Robinson at Fulham superbly so it’ be very interesting to see where he goes but honestly if you look at the numbers and you look at the stats we’re looking at a player here who is absolutely phenomenal in possession um and out of possession as well yeah he has been a

Brilliant signing for Fulham and would be a brilliant signing for anyone else would it surprise you if he goes in the summer no absolutely not I’m I’m kind of surprised like like Dave said that you know he’s he’s been so honest and open about that but those those stats say

Everything don’t they you know those stats will have caught the attentions of of teams in in Europe and of of course in the Premier League um I think his character is exemplary you know Mina spoke about it you know just a few minutes ago with drosen but the fact

That he’s come back from that setback I think he’ll have seen it as in his career and continue to perform for Fuller Marco Silva has really praised the fact that he’s come back and has slaughtered back into into training performed through the first half of the

Season that will only do um you know when teams are looking in at him that will only do him in favors because you know like Mina said that’s something that that clubs want you know you want to be bringing in a good character someone who’s got the stats but then got

The character to back it up as well yeah you’re right now loads of clubs are wanting a striker in this window loads of Premier League clubs so Dave what’s going on with Danny ining I think Danny ining is a player who has got a history of scoring goals in the Premier League

So the fact that he’s not had a great deal of game time at West Ham as as means that he’s attracting attention wolves and Crystal Palace are interested in him Southampton in the championship have also had a look at him but I think from what we understand Danny’s

Preferences to play in the Premier League so that will rule out Southampton for the moment but Crystal Palace and wolves certainly interested he’s only started one Premier League game this season 18 months left on his West Ham contract the only difficult thing for Danny in right now is the fact

That mik Antonio Jared boen now injured and to a lesser extent we’re here now that Lucas pakar is going to be out for a significant period of time so the fact that West Ham is struggling a little bit in the forward areas might mean that

Danny in is needed at West Ham right now which might mean that a January move for him becomes a little bit more difficult I know David Moyes was was very complimentary of his uh of his uh of his performance in the FA Cup as well so that’s the situation

With uh with Danny in wolves they’re going to be after a striker we we’ve talked about it Ugo eati we talked about it with Jonathan Johnson he’s someone they’re also looking at from from PSG but another one that wolves are looking at is Chay Adams they’re not alone three

Premier League clubs are looking at Chay Adams as well um Adams as we talked about on good morning transfers has entered the final six months of his contracts we understand he wants to be playing in the Premier League uh for those final 6 months uh well after the

Final six months of his of his contract so wolves also tried to sign sh Adams in the summer so there’s a connection there so we know that wolves are after a striker Danny in’s one of them ugua TK one of them and also CH Adams Ellen a

Done deal in the WSL yeah really exciting one Natalie bjor from Everton to Chelsea 57 caps for Sweden third in the World Cup this last summer there was interest for Real Madrid as well but Chelsea have won the battle for a signature they’ve looked short in defense centrally this season Millie

Bright’s been injured Jess Carter the fullbacks been filling in um but yeah I think this is a great move for both player and Club Sam Kerr it was announced at the weekend that she’s uh sustained an ACL injury in warm weather training I think Chelsea have depth up

Front to cover that but this could be if it isn’t Emma Hayes’s last signing as Chelsea manager well she’s she’s got it right so far in the past hasn’t you so I think the Chelsea fans can be excited about that naade Dave thank you Ellen superb debut as we all expected Well

Done Right good morning transfers returns tomorrow at 9:00 but Transfer Center is on the way next it’s all happening at the Tottenham Ru drosen that move is edging closer with Jed Spence going the other way and remember Eric Dyer could be on his way to Germany to sign for Bayern Munich it’s all

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