London : Not since the winter of 2011 and Fernando Torres’ defection from Liverpool to Chelsea has a January transfer window provided so many blockbuster headlines.
It already seems a lifetime ago that Liverpool paid a world record £75million for Virgil van Dijk before finally conceding defeat to Barcelona in their battle to keep hold of Philippe Coutinho.
Alexis Sanchez got his wish and left Arsenal, but only after long-time favourites for his services Manchester City pulled out of the race allowing Jose Mourinho the opportunity to pounce.
Arsenal, meanwhile, have been uncharacteristically busy with new head of recruitment Sven Mislintat having played a crucial role in the signing of Konstantinos Mavropanos, while Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s arrival cushioned the blow of losing Sanchez to Manchester United.
With less than 24 hours remaining there are still several major deals to be finalised involving some of the biggest clubs in the land…
Arsenal sent a delegation to Dortmund 10 days ago and have been locked in intense negotiations ever since.
Having seen two bids in the region of £50m turned down by the Bundesliga club, Arsenal finally made a breakthrough on Monday after tabling an offer of £60m.
Aubameyang flew to London and travelled straight to Arsenal’s London Colney training base where he has been given clearance to undertake a medical. A move, however, is still predicated on Dortmund finding a suitable replacement witch Chelsea’s Michy Batshuayi at the top of their wanted list.
