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Leicester City star winger Riyad Mahrez missed a fourth day of training, prompting further speculation about the Algerian’s relationship with the club he helped launch into the Premier League and come top two seasons after. The Foxes’ star striker had made a transfer request to Man City this week but their £60 million offer was turned down. The Premier League leaders pulled out of talks on Deadline Day when it became clear that Leicester City would not accept less than...

Miles Reucroft is undertaking a different way of playing the ever popular Fantasy Football this season. To understand his methodology, read part one here. The Week 1 review is here, Week 2 transfers & preview here, Week 3 preview here, Week 4 preview here, Week 5 preview here, Week 6 preview here, Week 7 preview here, Week 8 preview here, Week 9 preview here, Week 10 preview here, Week 11 preview here. Week 12 preview here. Week 13 preview here. Week 14 preview here. Week 15 here. Week 16 here. Week 17 here. Week 18 here. Week 19 here. Week 20 here. It’s been an...

Legendary England goalkeeper Peter Shilton has asked for help from his Twitter fans to decide whether he should come face-to-face with old adversary Diego Maradona. The 68-year-old hasn't seen the Argentine since he infamously scored the 'Hand of God goal' during the 1986 World Cup quarter final in Mexico. The iconic goal helped knock the Three Lions out of the tournament, and laid the groundwork for Maradona's side winning the trophy. Now the goalie - who earned a record 125...

By Raj Dhokia The record signing has arrived amid a tough time in the season for the Gunners. There is a strange sense of optimism surrounding Arsenal at the moment. For much of the January transfer window, Gunners' fans were resigned to losing their talisman, Alexis Sanchez, with no replacement lined up. What's worse; he was probably going to go to Manchester City, and potentially for nothing if he waited until the summer. Fast-forward to the close of the window,...

West Ham United have suspended player recruitment director Tony Henry over comments he made in regards to African players. Henry left himself open to racism allegations after he claimed West Ham don't want to sign any more African players because "they can have a bad attitude" and "cause mayhem" if they don't get picked. The Daily Mail reported that Henry sent an email to another senior West Ham official and an agent explaining that the club “do not want any...

Mike Ashley completed his winter heist of Newcastle United's transfer funds last night, bringing in just three loan signings after a buy-out saga dominated most of the transfer window. The club's infamous owner was under a lot of pressure to spend big in this window with Newcastle lying perilously above the relegation zone. Premier League clubs spent a record £150 million on deadline day yesterday, bringing their overall outlay for the month to £430 million. But Ashley managed to dodge reinvesting...

By Geo Craig Chelsea have reached an agreement in principle to sign striker Olivier Giroud from Premiership rivals Arsenal, Stamford Bridge have just confirmed. The French international has undergone a medical and will sign a contract to keep him at Chelsea until 2019 - with an option for another year. Antonio Conte has been keen on adding striker cover for Alvaro Morata during the January transfer window, and it looks as though the Stamford Bridge club have finally got their...

By Jack Granard Mesut Ozil has ended speculation about his future at the Gunners, with confirmation that he has signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract. With only a few months left till his contract was expected to run out, the 29 year old German International has become the highest-paid player in the club’s history - earning around £350,000 per week before tax. To think only a few days ago, Arsenal fans were lamenting the loss of Alexis Sanchez to a rival...

Arsene Wenger pulled it off! In what is perhaps the tensest transfer merry go round story of the January transfer window, Olivier Giroud's agent has arrived in London, as Borussia Dortmund confirmed the sale of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Arsenal with a club record fee of 63.75 million euros (£56.13 million). Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc says in a statement: "Apart from the unpleasant events of recent weeks, we remember the story of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as a success story. "He has done great things for...