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Hull appoint Nigel Adkins as new manager

Danny Rose edging closer to Tottenham exit after furious reaction being subbed

January window opens in just 25 days

The winter transfer window is now just around the corner with some of world football's biggest names potentially on the move again.

Neymar smashed the world transfer record by swapping Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain in the summer but many closer to home could follow him in big money transfers in January with speculation about the futures of Philippe Coutinho, Alexis Sanchez and more refusing to go away.

Manchester City were the summer's biggest spenders splashing over £200m on new arrivals but Pep Guardiola isn't likely to stop there with a title there for the taking.

The story of the start of the 2017/18 Premier League season

The story of the start of the 2017/18 Premier League season

  • 1/8 The story of the start of the 2017/18 Premier League season

    How did the Premier League's big seven clubs begin the new campaign?

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  • 2/8 Everton (16th after 7 matches)

    Everton made a slow start to the season, despite spending over £133m on new signings. They drew with City before heavy defeats to Chelsea, Spurs and United.

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  • 3/8 Liverpool (7th)

    Liverpool's form remains as erratic as ever. A 4-0 win over Arsenal seemed to indicate that they had turned a corner, before a chastising 5-0 loss away to City.

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  • 4/8 Arsenal (5th)

    The alarm bells were ringing after successive defeats to Stoke and then Liverpool. But Arsene Wenger's side bounced back and held Chelsea to a draw at Stamford Bridge.

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  • 5/8 Chelsea (4th)

    The defending champions have found things more difficult this season and lost two of their opening seven fixtures - to Burnley and Manchester City.

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  • 6/8 Tottenham (3rd)

    Oh, if only Tottenham weren't playing at Wembley. Their away form has been superb with four wins out of four but they remain without a win at Wembley.

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  • 7/8 Manchester United (2nd)

    United have finally found a way to turn draws into wins. A 4-0 victory over Everton is the highlight so far; a 2-2 draw with Stoke the only blot on their copybook.

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  • 8/8 Manchester City (1st)

    The Premier League leaders on goal difference. City have been in scintillating form, winning six of their opening seven matches and scoring no fewer than 22 goals.

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Crosstown rivals United were busy too and will want more despite adding Romelu Lukaku, Nemanja Matic and Victor Lindelof in the summer with Jose Mourinho keen on an attacking wide player and a new full back.

Liverpool struggled to get deals over the line and could still lose Coutinho while Chelsea are still in need of bodies as Antonio Conte continues to battle with a hectic fixture list.

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Manchester City will return with a big offer for Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez in January, as they attempt to finally clinch the deal thatPep Guardiola was desperate for in the summer.

While City have been in supreme attacking form despite the failure to land the Chilean on deadline day in August, Guardiola is said by sources to feel that the unbeaten Premier League leaders can do a double of domestic title and Champions League this season, so wants to press home with the purchase and add real strength in depth to his squad to seize the opportunity.

Arsene Wenger's position is still that Arsenal do not want to sell despite the 28-year-old's contract running out at the end of the season, but that stance was shown to be malleable in the summer when the London club ultimately agreed to sell the striker on the provision that they would be able to bring in a replacement.

Manchester City are ready to test Arsenal's resolve over Alexis Sanchez again in January

 

West Ham United claim “friendly relations” with Sporting Lisbonhave resumed, after an explosive war of words between the two clubs this summer culminated in the Portuguese club’s president branding David Sullivan and David Gold “the dildo brothers”.
 

Pep Guardiola has denied Manchester City offered Lionel Messi a signing bonus of €100m (£88m) as part of a huge Bosman deal.

Reports in Spanish sports daily Marca claimed that City owner Sheikh Mansour himself made the offer, bypassing intermediaries, that also contained a €50m (£44m) annual salary.

Guardiola reveals the truth over Man City's €100m 'offer' to Messi

 

Mauricio Pochettino revealed how delighted he was for Fernando Llorente who finally scored his first Tottenham goal on Wednesday night, admitting that the veteran Spaniard had been getting “nervous” about his inability to find the net.
 

Hull have appointed Nigel Adkins as their permanent new head coach on an 18-month deal, the club have confirmed.

Former Scunthorpe, Southampton, Reading and Sheffield United boss Adkins, 52, becomes the Tigers' fifth manager in less than 17 months and replaces Leonid Slutsky, who departed by mutual consent on Sunday.

 

Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott start only in cup ties at Arsenalright now but Arsene Wenger has denied he is treating them as second-class players.

The two men could be forgiven for having the World Cup on their minds instead of tonight's dead rubber of a Europa League tie at home to BATE Borisov. 

Walcott is out of the England picture because of a lack of significant game time and Giroud has been warned a similar fate could await him by Guy Stephan, Didier Deschamps' right-hand man in the France camp.

Arsene Wenger defends treatment of Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott at Arsenal

 

Let's take a look around today's back pages, shall we?

Real Madrid have made contact with Chelsea's Eden Hazard after manager Zinedine Zidane was given permission to make a move for the Belgian international. Zidane is said to be an admirer of the 26-year-old and may look to bring him in after a slow start to the season, the Daily Mail says.

Jonny Evans, who made more than 130 appearances for Manchester United, could be set to return to the north west, the Daily Mirror reports. The West Brom defender, 29, is a wanted man not only by Manchester City, but Everton and West Ham are also keen at taking on the Northern Ireland international, according to the paper.

Everton are reportedly interested in signing Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, according to German paper Bild. However, Sam Allardyce will face competition from Chelsea and Liverpool to sign the Gabon international.

Manchester United have offered Juan Mata to Inter Milan as they look to bring in Joao Mario, according to a report in the Daily Mail. The club could face a struggle in bringing the Portuguese star to Old Trafford as Paris Saint Germain are also interested in the 24-year-old.

 
Good morning and welcome to today's Independent transfer live blog.
 
The winter transfer window is now just around the corner with some of world football's biggest names possibly on the move.
 
Neymar smashed the world transfer record by swapping Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain in the summer but with money seemingly to burn January could be the biggest ever with many closer to home possibly following the Brazilian in making multi-million pound moves.
 
We'll bring you all the latest news, done deals and breaking rumours throughout the day right here so don't touch that dial.
 
 

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