Overview
- Liverpool confirmed their first January transaction with defender James Norris joining Shelbourne on a permanent deal.
- Crystal Palace head coach Oliver Glasner said he does not know if Marc Guéhi will stay this month, keeping a potential Liverpool move in play.
- Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konaté are Liverpool’s only fit centre-backs, with Joe Gomez injured and Giovanni Leoni out for the season, while Alexander Isak’s broken leg and Mohamed Salah’s AFCON duty thin the attack.
- Arne Slot is expected to mirror Jürgen Klopp’s typically cautious January approach despite injury pressure and summer spending.
- Mikel Arteta says Arsenal are actively looking, with a finance expert estimating scope to spend well over £100m, and reporting links the club to young targets Rodrigo Mendoza and Jean-Mattéo Bahoya alongside possible sell-on windfalls from Nuno Tavares and Brooke Norton-Cuffy.