Deadline day: Liverpool sign Davies and Kabak, Saints chase Minamino – live!

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Rangers have signed Aberdeen forward Scott Wright for a £200,000 fee. Wright had already agreed a summer move, but the clubs agreed a price for the 23-year-old to move six months early. Here’s Nick Ames on Mikel Arteta’s big clear-out at Arsenal: Here’s Nick Ames on Mikel Arteta’s big clear-out at Arsenal: Still awaiting the official announcement from Everton, but here’s our report on the deadline day battle for the two Joshes: Sky are doing their quirky sizzle reel thing, so we must be almost done. Still waiting on Josh King to Everton, although Anthony Gordon has gone out to Preston on loan, which was key to getting the King deal done. Elsewhere, Southampton are working to tie up a loan move for Takumi Minamino, with Shane Long going on loan to Bournemouth. Fulham sign forward Josh Maja on loan Another deadline day, another Fulham deal-sheet special, as Josh Maja arrives on loan from Bordeaux. Scott Parker has also let a couple of attackers go out on loan; Aboubakar Kamara has joined Dijon, with Neeskens Kebano going to Middlesbrough for the rest of the season. Ben has all bases covered tonight: he’s just sent me perhaps the weirdest announcement video of the January window... All go at Bournemouth, who remain hopeful of bringing in Shane Long with Josh King heading to Everton. The defender Jack Simpson, an academy graduate, has signed for Rangers. Earlier, Nnamdi Ofoborh rejoined Wycombe on loan until June. Another outgoing player at Southampton is Yan Valery - the French full-back has been loaned out to Birmingham City for the rest of the season. Valery, who has lost his place to Kyle Walker-Peters, struggled in the defeat to Arsenal last week and heads on loan in search of regular game time. Carlo Ancelotti made it very clear to the Everton hierarchy and Josh King that he was a big admirer of the striker, who was determined to return to the Premier League after being relegated with Bournemouth last season. After Ancelotti’s thoughts became clear to King, picking Everton over Fulham was a no-brainer. The proposed move, on a contract until the end of the season, also allows the Norway striker to keep his long-term options open. Torino are among the European clubs to have shown an interest. Southampton also have a deal sheet in for Shane Long’s loan move to Bournemouth, and there’s big news in League One as Will Grigg rejoins MK Dons from Sunderland. Newcastle sign Arsenal"s Joe Willock on loan And now it’s a done deal. Newcastle’s only signing of the January window, and a great opportunity for Willock, who has impressed in the Europa League, to get more top-flight game time. Olivier Ntcham has left Celtic to join Marseille on loan, with an option for the Ligue 1 side to buy the midfielder this summer. In other continental news, Manchester City tyro Jayden Braaf is heading to Udinese on loan. BONG! The January transfer window has closed. It’s deal sheet time for Fulham, Everton and Southampton (we think), while Joe Willock to Newcastle is reportedly imminent... West Brom sign Ainsley Maitland-Niles on loan Sam Allardyce is reportedly a very happy man after adding the Arsenal utility man to their January business. He’s brought in midfielder Okay Yokuslu, forward Mbaye Diagne, winger Robert Snodgrass, backup keeper Andy Lonergan and now Maitland-Niles, who is expected to start in midfield. Southampton remain hopeful of completing a loan deal until the end of the season for Takumi Minamino, having submitted a deal sheet to the Premier League to give them a couple of extra hours to get a deal over the line... Here’s more from Andy Hunter on Liverpool’s double defensive deal: King may have struggled this season, but I think that’s a good deal for Everton, who needed more firepower. It seems Fulham will have to settle for a loan move for Josh Maja. He’s a hugely talented player, but it’s a lot to ask for him to adapt quickly enough to keep them in the Premier League. Josh King has chosen Everton over Fulham. Short-term deal until the end of the season. Could reach £5m with all add-ons achieved. Liverpool have signed two centre-backs today, but it’s not all good news, with the club confirming Joël Matip will be out for the rest of the season. With Joe Gomez and Virgil van Dijk still recovering from injury and Fabinho touch and go, Kazak and Davies might both start against Brighton on Wednesday... There’s half an hour to go. Here are the key deals we’re waiting for (all loans): Liverpool’s Takumi Minamino to Southampton Arsenal midfielder Joe Willock to Newcastle Bordeaux forward Josh Maja to Fulham Arsenal’s Ainsley Maitland-Niles to West Brom Joshua King to choose between Everton and Fulham Tottenham keeper Paulo Gazzaniga has got his loan move to Spain – he has joined Elche until the end of the season. The Argentinian had slipped to third in the pecking order at Tottenham, after the arrival of Joe Hart. José Mourinho will now use 22-year-old Alfie Whiteman as his third choice. There have been a few loan outgoings today: forward Kazaiah Sterling is off to Morton on loan, and Jack Roles has joined Stevenage. Gedson Fernandes’ underwhelming loan spell at Spurs is over, with Benfica recalling the midfielder and sending him to Galatasaray. Fulham are expecting to sign Josh Maja on loan from Bordeaux before the deadline. Tick tock. As Kabak leaves Schalke, he’s replaced by Shkodran Mustafi, who has signed up after his Arsenal contract was cancelled. Mikel Arteta and Edu have done a nice job reshaping the Gunners squad this month. More details on Liverpool’s loan signing of Ozan Kabak from Schalke. The Turkey international will cost a £1.5m loan fee and Liverpool have an option to buy for an initial £18m in the summer. So £2m up front for two central defenders on deadline day, given Ben Davies was an initial £500,000 plus £1.1m in bonuses. Not bad at all. Liverpool seal loan deal for Ozan Kabak Done deal! Liverpool have completed a loan move for Schalke’s Turkish centre-back, Ozan Kabak. Harry Redknapp has arrived at Sky HQ looking a little bleary-eyed after his traffic troubles. He’s advising José Mourinho on how to get the best out of Gareth Bale: “Stick him up against someone slow in training.” “With West Brom signing an Okay [Yokuslu] and Liverpool landing an OK [Ozan Kabak], Big Sam and Normal Jürgen have certainly had an OK day in the transfer window,” writes Peter Oh Kay. Ben also informs me that Derby forward Morgan Whittaker has sealed a £700,000 move to promotion chasers Swansea. Wayne Rooney has made loan moves for Man Utd defender Teden Mengi and Stoke forward Lee Gregory, and is hoping to bring in winger Patrick Roberts, too. Elsewhere in the Championship, it wouldn’t be deadline day without Tom Ince making a move. He joins Luton on loan from Stoke; the Hatters will be the 10th club of his career. Ralph Hasenhuttl’s preference had been to bolster his full-back options but after approaches for Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Japhet Tanganga failed to come to fruition, attention has turned to forward areas, with Theo Walcott expected to be sidelined for at least a couple of weeks with a hamstring injury. Coupled with Bournemouth’s interest in Shane Long, another versatile forward option makes sense. Minamino looks to be that man ... Southampton make loan move for Minamino Southampton are in talks to sign Liverpool forward Takumi Minamino on loan. The Japanese midfielder joined Jurgen Klopp’s side from Red Bull Salzburg last January but has been on the periphery this season. A deal that will see Shane Long join Bournemouth on loan until the end of the season is thought to be close. Josh King, meanwhile, is set for Everton or Fulham, although the former are in the box seat. “Thanks for keeping us abreast of developments,” says Bill Hargreaves. “On which note: I’ve just driven through Crystal Palace and there’s not a light on in the place.” I’m down the road in Croydon, and can confirm it’s all quiet on the transfer front. Jonjoe Kenny joins Celtic on loan from Everton Jonjoe Kenny has completed his loan move from Everton to Celtic. The right-back, who spent last season on loan at Schalke, has made only eight appearances for his boyhood club this term and needs regular game time. Celtic were in need of a new right-back after Jérémie Frimpong moved to Bayer Leverkusen earlier this month. What’s the latest on Ozan Kabak, I hear you ask? Well, Sky Germany are saying the deal is done, but no official word yet. Liverpool have sealed a deal for Preston’s Ben Davies; here are Jürgen Klopp’s thoughts: “What I like about Ben is it just shows that each situation creates opportunities. I think it’s probably clear that in a normal transfer window, without any issues, we would not look at Preston. It’s not really likely. But since we saw him and since our situation got clearer, when we saw him we got really excited about it. “He’s a boy who played his whole life for Preston, is around the corner pretty much. We see [his] quality and we see the potential as well because he’s 25 and there’s a lot to come for him. I love a lot about his play. He’s a really good footballer, looks like a proper leader in this Preston team.” Sky reporting that Harry Redknapp, who was supposed to be joining them in the studio, is held up in traffic on the way to Isleworth. “Heston services, what’s he still doing there?!” Bournemouth have accepted bids from Fulham and Everton for Joshua King. It’s now likely to be up to the player where he ends up. The Cherries have moved to sign Shane Long on loan from Southampton, in the likely event King departs tonight. Bournemouth were initially reluctant to sell King, a player they rejected a £25m bid from Manchester United for 12 months ago and then a £13m bid from West Ham last summer. After a fruitless goalscoring return this season, they are now keen to cash in with the striker’s contract expiring in June. Preston have signed young Liverpool defender Sepp van den Berg on loan, as part of the deal taking Ben Davies to Anfield. A reminder that you can catch up with all today’s deals from around Europe here: “Palace fans, you can go to bed,” says Michael Bridge on Sky. It’s only 8.20pm! It does look like Palace have held off interest in Christian Benteke (West Brom) and Patrick van Aanholt (Arsenal), and Wilfried Zaha is still at Selhurst Park. So, potentially bad news for Fulham fans on Josh King, and Jacob Steinberg reports there is no guarantee their backup Josh, Bordeaux forward Josh Maja, will arrive either. I fear another batch of deal sheets at Craven Cottage tonight... Ben Fisher has an update from Bournemouth’s perspective, and it’s more good news for Everton: Everton have tabled an offer for Josh King, rivalling Fulham’s earlier bid. Bournemouth are open to selling for the right price but are yet to accept an offer. The forward is understood to favour a move to Everton, but a deal sheet may be required. Everton first in line for King Everton are now favourites to sign Josh King from Bournemouth having cleared several players off their wage bill today in order to strengthen up front. Anthony Gordon has joined Preston on loan and with Jonjoe Kenny set for Celtic, Cenk Tosun returning to Besiktas on loan plus Jonas Lossl joining Midtjylland, the club has trimmed the wage bill sufficiently to table an offer for the Norway international. Arsenal are still ploughing through the logistics that would allow Ainsley Maitland-Niles to join West Brom on loan, Joe Willock to make a similar move to Newcastle and Shkodran Mustafi to leave for Schalke. At this point no problems are anticipated and it’s just a matter of when these deals can be finalised. As a reminder, there’ll be no incomings tonight. Liverpool sign Preston defender Ben Davies Now it’s official: Liverpool have signed centre-back Ben Davies from Preston. He will cost them £500,000 up front, with another £1.5m or so in structured add-ons. “I’m obviously delighted to be here. It’s a huge opportunity,” Davies said of his surprise move. “Obviously it came as a bit of a surprise when it first came but the opportunity that is in front of me is incredible. I’d be silly to not make the most of it. “I’ve never actually been to Anfield and I haven’t actually walked out of the tunnel yet, so I’m looking forward to that,” the 25-year-old added. “Just to be in this kind of atmosphere is brilliant.” Deadline day: deals yet to be done With three hours to go, here are some of the Premier League deals we’re waiting on: Liverpool are in talks to sign Schalke defender Ozan Kabak West Brom move for Maitland-Niles, Joe Willock to Newcastle Fulham and Everton are battling to sign forward Joshua King A done deal in the Women’s Super League: West Ham have signed Napoli forward, Jacynta Galabadaarachchi, on loan. As Stelios points out on Twitter, it’s her second spell with the Hammers. She’s back to test out the shirt printers’ skills... An email from Brian Hudner: “Further to Niall Mullen’s riff on Eze coming up against his fellow palindrome Kabak (18.31), Fulham match programme compilers must have done a double-take in 2004 when, having seen John Collins leave at the end of the previous season, Collins John was promptly added to the squad.” Sky are reporting that Everton may be trying to muscle in on Fulham’s move for Bournemouth forward Josh King. Carlo Ancelotti could use some extra firepower, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin having gone off the boil. Fulham are also looking at a loan move for Josh Maja - the Cottagers taking it to the wire on deadline day, as is tradition. Preston have signed Stoke centre-back Liam Lindsay, a sign that Ben Davies’ move to Liverpool is complete. In fact, North End’s statement initially said as much - before it was hastily amended. Dele Alli isn’t going anywhere today, and his Twitter likes make for interesting reading. Will he get his apparent wish for more game time at Spurs under José Mourinho? Thanks, Luke. A couple of interesting moves went through just before the Bundesliga window closed. Bayern striker Joshua Zirkzee has joined Parma on loan, with Sami Khedira joining Hertha Berlin from Juventus on a free. Italy’s window shuts in half an hour, with France and Spain closing at 11pm GMT.

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