Transfer news LIVE: Giroud Chelsea announcement, Ozil agrees new Arsenal deal, Aubameyang signs, Mahrez latest
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Your support makes all the difference.Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the very latest transfer deadline day news and rumours. Arsenal have completed the club-record signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after getting the green light from Borussia Dortmund to announce the deal, with the striker joining for £56m, and have followed it up by agreeing a new three-and-a-half year contract extension for Mesut Özil that will see him paid £350,000-a-week.
The Gunners have put the 3-1 defeat by Swansea behind them on Wednesday by announcing a new club-record deal, with Olivier Giroud now expected to leave the club. Giroud looks certain to leave Arsenal for Chelsea after Blues agreed an £18m deal with the Gunners to keep him remain in the Premier League. Meanwhile, Dortmund are set to sign Chelsea’s Michy Batshuayi on loan until the end of the season, with the Belgian striker in Dortmund undergoing a medical.
Manchester City will continue their late pursuit of Riyad Mahrez, although Leicester City are believed to have rejected a third offer on Tuesday worth £55m, and have informed the Premier League leaders that it will take a lot more to tempt them into selling as they do not have enough time to find a replacement.
Tottenham will also complete their first bit of business this month after agreeing a deal worth around £28m wit Paris saint-Germain to sign Lucas Moura, with a medical already completed this morning.
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Spurs have confirmed the arrival of Lucas Moura from Paris Saint-Germain.
The Brazilian attacker joins for £25million on a contract until 2023.
Promising Arsenal youngster Jeff Reine-Adelaide has joined French sider Angers until the end of the season.
Mathieu Debuchy has joined Saint-Etienne on a permanent transfer from Arsenal, while Newcastle's Henri Saivet has joined Turkish outfit Sivasspor on loan until the end of the season.
This won't come as much of a surprise but Riyad Mahrez has been left out of the Leicester squad for tonight's game against Everton at Goodison Park.
Manchester City had a bid rejected for the Algerian winger earlier today.
With just over four hours to go until the closure of the window, Watford have announced the arrival of goalkeeper Pontus Dahlberg, 19, from IFK Gothenberg.
The goalkeeper has signed a five-and-a-half-year deal at Vicarage Road but has been loaned back to Gothenberg until the end of the season.
Arsenal have reportedly had an 11th-hour bid for West Brom defender Jonny Evans turned down.
The Telegraph say the Gunners offered just £12million for the highly sought-after 30-year-old defender.
Unsurprisingly, the Baggies didn't entertain the bid.
Evans misses West Brom's trip to Manchester City tonight with a hamstring problem.
Liverpool youngster Ovie Ejaria has joined Sunderland on loan until the end of the season.
Ejaria, a 20-year-old midfielder, will spend the remainder of the current campaign at the Stadium of Light
Sky Sports say Aleksandar Mitrovic's loan move from Newcastle to Anderlecht is OFF.
It is claimed the Belgian club needed to sell another player to fund the switch but failed to do so, meaning Mitrovic, who has barely featured for the Magpies this season, could end up back on Tyneside until the summer.
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