Monday is the deadline day in the January transfer window as more clubs are looking to perfect the deals of landing their preferred targets to their teams.
Southampton and Bournemouth are in talks over a deal to swap Josh King and Shane Long. The Bournemouth man would join the Saints on a permanent deal while the Irish striker would sign for the Cherries on an initial loan deal. (Source: @David_Ornstein)
DEAL DONE: Crystal Palace goalkeeper Vicente Guaita has signed a contract extension with the club until June 2023 with an option to extend for another year. (Source: @CPFC)
Boris Johnson Under Pressure To Sanction Chelsea Owner Abramovich. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been told by MPs to sanction Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and Everton backer Alisher Usmanov, both Russian oligarchs involved in English football, over human-rights abuses. Both Abramovich and Usmanov were named by detained Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny last week as people who should be targeted by Western governments in a bid to curb human-rights abuses by Vladimir Putin’s Russian state. They were described as ‘key enablers and beneficiaries of Russian kleptocracy, with significant ties and assets in the West’.
