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Another departure at Nottingham Forest – Scott McKenna has joined FC Copenhagen on loan until the end of the season. The centre-back hasn’t featured in the league since September and last played at Blackpool in an FA Cup third-round replay. He could now line up against Manchester City in the Champions League last 16 with his new club.

A reminder of the biggest deals done this January – Dragusin is the only Premier League recruit in the top 20, although that’s likely to change before Thursday’s deadline.

Luton Town’s only signing so far this month is Tom Holmes, who has gone back to Reading on loan until the summer. But according to Fabrizio Romano, Japan right-back Daiki Hashioka is poised to join the Hatters for £1.7m …

Meanwhile, Sarah Rendell is on hand as Chelsea close out their Women’s Champions League group with a visit to Paris FC, who are still in the hunt for a quarter-final place.

It’s all gone a little quiet on the transfer front – but fear not, because John Ashdown is here with some Actual Football. It’s Mali v Burkina Faso in a local derby at the Africa Cup of Nations …

Time for some music, and underwhelming transfer news. Riccardo Saponara has joined Ankaragucu from Verona!

It’s been a busy month around Europe in the women’s game. Catch up on all the transfers with Sarah Rendell’s interactive guide.

Bayern Munich are unveiling new right-back Sacha Boey today after he completed his €30m (£25.6m) move from Galatasaray on Sunday. The German giants could still make another January signing – with Kingsley Coman injured, they could bring forward the arrival of Granada winger Bryan Zaragoza, who has already agreed to join the club this summer.

Tottenham have been one of the few Premier League clubs to have been busy this month, but Ange Postecoglou is not expecting any more new arrivals.

“Unlikely I’d say. I don’t see any incomings,” Postecoglou said at his press conference before Wednesday’s Premier League game against Brentford. “Outgoings, a little bit different because I’m not totally engaged with that. I’d say unlikely on both fronts, without ruling anything out.”

Spurs have signed Genoa centre-back Radu Dragusin for £25m and also brought in Timo Werner on loan from RB Leipzig. Eric Dier, Sergio Reguilón and Ivan Perisic have all left on loan with Hugo Lloris joining LAFC on a free.

A potential breakthrough in the long-running Morgan Rogers to Aston Villa saga. After a third bid was rejected and Chelsea reportedly joined the race, Villa have upped their offer, with Sky reporting that a fee of up to £16m has been agreed with Middlesbrough.

Wolves may have failed with a move to sign Armando Broja on loan from Chelsea, but Sky Sports report that they are closing in on PSG’s Noha Lemina, who will link up with older brother Mario Lemina at Molineux and is expected to join the club’s development squad in the first instance.

Bad news, West Ham fans – that 18-month loan move for winger Jota looks very unlikely to happen. But with Benrahma and Fornals on the way out, surely new attacking recruits are needed?

Spending has slowed this month but as a new Fifa report shows, 2023 was a record-breaker. $9.6 billion (£7.6bn) was spent on international transfers – breaking the mark set in 2019 by more than $2bn. Of that total, £2.3bn was spent by English clubs while £766m was splashed out by Saudi clubs.

Chelsea were the biggest spenders in Europe, with five other English sides (Liverpool, Man Utd, Man City and Spurs) in the top 10. More than 10% of the total outlay came from the year’s top 10 transfers, including Jude Bellingham’s move to Real Madrid and Enzo Fernández’s switch from Benfica to Chelsea.

World football’s governing body also noted a big increase in transfers across the women’s game, with 20% more deals and a total spend of $6.1 million (£4.81m) – an 84% increase from 2022. You can read the report here.

Staying in the Championship, and Plymouth Argyle have turned down a bid from Lazio for attacking talent Morgan Whittaker.

“Last night we received an official offer for Morgan from Lazio,” director of football Neil Dewsnip told Plymouth Live. “Having discussed this internally and with the player’s representatives, the offer was immediately rejected.

“Morgan is very happy at Argyle and we maintain our position that he is not for sale,” Dewsnip added. Whittaker, who has scored 16 goals this season, has also been linked with Fulham and Brentford and is valued at around £10m.

On former top-flight talents managing in non-league: “Andy Welsh (11 appearances for Sunderland in their ill fated 2005-06 campaign) is now managing at Northern Premier League side Guiseley,” writes Dave Robertson.

Meanwhile, my colleague Paul Bellsham nominates West Ham legend Alan Devonshire, who is now the manager at Maidenhead United, and Jonathan Greening, who is in the dugout at Scarborough Athletic.

Thanks, Tom. I fear the size of my lunch may have breached sustainability rules, but I’ll soldier on.

Let’s resume with a Premier League departure: Ryan Giles has left Luton to join Hull City on loan. The former Wolves wing-back is used to life on loan – he had eight temporary spells away from Molineux before joining Luton last summer. Now he’s heading back to the Championship with a purchase option agreed.

“He’s going to make a huge difference to our team, give us balance and a real attacking threat on the left side of the pitch,” said the Hull manager, Liam Rosenior. Giles could make his debut against Millwall this Saturday.

And with that, I’ll hand you back to a hopefully well-nourished Niall McVeigh. Bye.

Sunderland sign Hjelde from Leeds: Sunderland have signed the defender Leo Hjelde from Leeds for an undisclosed fee, reports PA Media. The 20-year-old, son of former Nottingham Forest defender Jon Olav Hjelde, has signed a four-and-a-half-year contract. Hjelde told Sunderland’s website: “I spoke to my dad, who showed me the size of the club and the support, and I knew it was a move I simply I could not turn down.”

Saïd Benrahma to Lyon? Sky Sports News is trailing reports that a deal worth c£15m is close between the Ligue 1 club and West Ham for the winger, possibly bringing to an end an up-and-down spell at the London Stadium for the former Brentford man.

Jürgen Klopp speaks, and scoffs at suggestions that a period of turbulence is coming down the track after his departure, with doubts raised about Virgil van Dijk’s future and 18 months remaining on the contracts of Mo Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold: “I don’t think so,” he says, “I said what I had to say [last Friday] and I was always clear that the outside world will not give you a second to process it, to think about it. A week ago no one was asking about these boys having 18 months on their contract, no one has to worry. The majority of this team is Ok here – of course if you want to find someone who is not safe then you will find them. Write what you want, this club is stable, everything is fine. I would recommend to stay calm. Very often the fans’ concerns are not as big as the media’s I think – you underestimate the IQ of our supporters.”

Tomorrow’s opponents, Chelsea, he says are “playing really good stuff, they’re a really good team with an outstanding manager; no one has ever had any doubt about that.… Chelsea not only have an incredible amount of players but they had an incredible amount of injuries, but Chelsea now play like they want to, and for a long time they couldn’t line up like that.”

Mauricio Pochettino is next up on the media slab. “Excited about the transfer window closing?” he’s asked. “No,” deadpans the Chelsea manager, and offers little info on any late deals. He’s focused on Liverpool away tomorrow.

“There will be a party atmosphere [for Jürgen Klopp] and give him all the love that the fans feel for him but we’re thinking solely to go there and win the game.” Asked whether it was wise to announce your departure far in advance, he said: “It’s impossible to give a right answer but I think it’s not going to change too much – their players are professionals.

Pochettino also expects Christopher Nkunku and Malo Gusto to be available for the trip to Anfield, which certainly boosts the visitors’ party-pooping potential.

Thomas Frank has been chatting to the media before Brentford’s visit to Tottenham tomorrow, and declares himself “happy with the transfer window so far” from a Bees perspective, but may look for one more addition, with the subject of recent Kerfuffle being Antonio Nusa, who’s also a target for tomorrow’s oppomnents, Spurs, to add a little spice, but declines to name him

“We’ve been rumoured to [be in for] about 12 players and we’ll do our very best to sign all 12 players,” Frank quips. “I don’t speak about players who are not officially signed with us – what I would say is I am happy with the transfer window so far, we’ve got the most important player in, Sergio Reguillón, who met an absolute need in the left-back position, we goy two good talented players in Konak and Valdimarsson – we will see if we can sign one more. And we’re also working on players who could be possibles in the summer.”

Thanks Niall. While we wait for any hot breaking Done Deal action, another Premier Leaguer managing in non-league comes to mind: Tim Flowers, something of a National League stalwart, currently in charge of Gloucester, having also managed Solihull Moors, Macclesfield, Barnet and Stratford Town. I recall his Solihull side being pretty useful, if a tad on the muscular and direct side. Keep ’em coming.

Time to hand over to Tom Davies, who will see you through the lunchtime latest …

Bournemouth are still making some (minor) moves on the player front too. With David Brooks expected to join Southampton on loan, the club will recall Romain Faivre from Lorient to bolster their creative options.

Bournemouth and Hibernian may not be the last clubs to strike a cross-border partnership – but will it bring any real change to the cash-poor and uncompetitive Scottish leagues? Ewan Murray has his doubts.

While other Premier League clubs are scrabbling around trying to sign players, Bournemouth are out here buying stakes in other teams.

The Black Knight group, led by Cherries owner Bill Foley, already own 30% of Ligue 1’s Lorient, are set to take a similar stake in Hibernian after the SFA granted permission for the investment to proceed today.

Foley plans to invest £6m into Hibs, who are largely owned by the American-based family of late chairman Ron Gordon. One key SFA condition was that the deal will not prevent the Edinburgh side from competing in Europe.

More Premier League names in non-league: “Kevin Phillips was managing South Shields before Julio Arca and is now at Hartlepool United,” notes Dip Ruparelia.

Speaking of City: Pep Guardiola has confirmed Erling Haaland is available again after recovering from a foot problem. Haaland hasn’t played since the 1-0 defeat at Villa Park in December, and could play alongside Kevin De Bruyne for the first time since … City’s 3-0 win at Burnley on the opening day. Oh Vinny!

It’s been a quiet month for Burnley – since loaning in David Datro Fofana on 13 January, one day after a 1-1 home draw with Luton, the Clarets haven’t played a match or signed anyone.

Vincent Kompany’s side face his former club, Manchester City, on Wednesday and the Burnley manager has confirmed he is interested in signing Montpellier defender Maxime Estève.

“All I can say is he’s not our player at the moment,” Kompany told reporters. “I think we’re past the point where I can deny there’s been interest, but he’s not our player and until then I can’t say much more.

The Belgian also declined to rule out January departures for Connor Roberts and Manuel Benson, and revealed that Nathan Redmond is out for the season after requiring surgery following a “freak incident in training”.

Owen Beck, recalled by Liverpool earlier this month as defensive cover, has gone back to Dundee on loan until the end of the season. He clocked up seven minutes against Bournemouth, but the return of Andy Robertson and impressive form of Conor Bradley mean he can head back to Dens Park. Beck has also been linked with a permanent move to Celtic or Rangers this month.

The Armando Broja brouhaha continues. The Chelsea forward has been linked with a move away all month, but Wolves’ approach for a straight loan deal has been knocked back. Just play him, Mauricio.

On Premier League stalwarts now managing in non-league, Eliot Barrass writes: “Steve Watson (ex Newcastle United) has been appointed Darlington manager, and until recently Julio Arca was South Shields boss.”

Having given up on a move for Miguel Almirón, Saudi side Al-Shabab have struck a deal for Sevilla midfielder Ivan Rakitic.

“We have agreed a deal with Al-Shabab Club for the transfer of Ivan Rakitic, who will bring his second spell with us to a close,” Sevilla said in a statement.

The former Croatia international, who started the World Cup final in 2018, played for the La Liga club from 2011 to 2014, then returned in 2020 after six years at Barcelona.

Chimbonda at Skelmersdale, George Elokobi at Maidstone – are there more Premier League stalwarts out there managing in non-league? Let me know who I’ve missed.

A new signing of sorts: Pascal Chimbonda is coming out of retirement to play for the team he currently manages, Skelmersdale United. The former Wigan and Spurs man will make his debut against Charnock Richard tonight, stepping in after his side lost 10-1 (!) to Bury at the weekend.

More on Tottenham and West Ham’s transfer plans here:

Catch up with all the deals from January with our interactive guide:

One confirmed departure at Nottingham Forest: Jonathan Panzo has joined Belgian side Standard Liège on loan until the end of the season. The centre-back has only made one Forest appearance since joining in 2022, and has previously been loaned out to Coventry and Cardiff.

Bologna have announced the arrival of promising Argentinian striker Santiago Castro, who joins from Vélez Sarsfield for a reported €12m (£10.26m) fee. It’s a transfer with a ripple effect that leads back to Arsenal – Brentford were thought to have been tracking Castro and while Ivan Toney has long been linked with a move to the Emirates, Bologna’s Joshua Zirkzee has also emerged as a target.

Cardiff City are close to completing the loan signing of Liverpool defender Nat Phillips. The centre-half was recalled from an unsuccessful loan spell at Celtic earlier this month and, despite interest from Blackburn, has travelled to the Welsh capital to seal another temporary move from Anfield.

Marco Asensio has been linked with a move away from Paris Saint-Germain – possibly to Bayer Leverkusen – but Fabrizio Romano reports that the Spain international is staying put.

Marcus Rashford is all over today’s headlines, but it seems there is little to no chance of the player leaving Old Trafford this week. Rashford reported ill for training on Friday after allegedly going out in Belfast on Thursday night.

Manchester United have said “an internal disciplinary matter” regarding Rashford “is now closed”, and he could feature against Wolves on Thursday.

News of potential ins and outs at Nottingham Forest …

Mangala joined for £12.7m 18 months ago and the club could be swayed by the chance to double their money, particularly with those pesky PSR rules causing headaches at the City Ground.

In goal, neither Matt Turner nor Odysseas Vlachodimos have convinced, and Nuno Espírito Santo is open to finding an upgrade before Thursday’s deadline.

Some heavyweight names in the frame in Tuesday’s Rumour Mill.