TRANSFER NEWS RECAP: All the latest deals from the Premier League and around Europe ahead of deadline day

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Fulham forward Aboubakar Kamara is in talks to join Turkish side Yeni Malatyaspor on loan until the end of the season.

Kamara had been told to train with Fulham's U23s after falling out with striker Aleksandr Mitrovic and Claudio Ranieri.

Kamara, 23, is due to have a medical on Wednesday. 

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They are certainly giving him the full treatment! 

PETE JENSON: Barcelona have unveiled former Tottenham and Portsmouth forward Kevin-Prince Boateng as their surprise January signing.

The club wanted a striker after Munir El Haddadi moved to Sevilla and a host of Premier League attackers were linked to the club. 

Instead, the club opted for a loan deal for the 31-year-old attacker, who has 15 caps and two goals for Ghana. 

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Eden Hazard has remained coy on his Chelsea future as he refuses to rule out move to Real Madrid.

Asked by France Football if a move to Real would please him, Hazard said: 'Why not? You know it very well. You're asking the question, but you know what the answer will be so you don't have to ask it.

'I've won everything in England, apart from the Community Shield, but that doesn't mean I'm leaving. I've always said that I wanted to explore something different after England but there are also things that might make me stay.

'After the World Cup, I wanted to leave, but in the end I stayed at Chelsea and I'm playing one of the best seasons so far.'

Gonzalo Higuain's reported move to Chelsea remains 'in the air', according to AC Milan assistant boss Luigi Riccio.

Higuain did not feature as Milan claimed a 2-0 Serie A win at Genoa on Monday, with Rossoneri assistant Riccio phlegmatic about the Argentina striker's absence.

Higuain, who is on loan at Milan from Juventus, is reportedly wanted at Chelsea by his ex-Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri.

'As for the transfer market we are all grown-ups, we know how to deal with these situations,' Riccio said, according to Gazzetta.

'It has been in the air for a few days. But we will work with the players at our disposal.'

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CRAIG HOPE: Stewart Downing and Middlesbrough's hierarchy will attempt to reach a compromise this week that allows him to start matches during the remainder of the season.

The former England winger is currently benched because the club do not want to trigger a one-year contract extension, which kicks in after one more start.

Downing, 34, does not want to leave his hometown club and Boro boss Tony Pulis is also keen for him to stay. He has started 22 times this season and has been a key part of Pulis's plans.

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Bayern Munich are taking a look at yet another British youngster, with the German side set to launch a £10m bid for Manchester City's Rabbi Matondo. 

The Bundesliga giants have been involved in a high-profile pursuit of Chelsea academy graduate Callum Hudson-Odoi this month, and are also reportedly keen on the Welshman.

According to The Sun, they are looking to take advantage of the 18-year-old's contract situation at The Etihad, with talks between the youngster and those in charge on going.

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Leeds are planning to make a move for Swansea's Daniel James.

The Championship leaders are looking to bolster their attacking options this month and have identified wide man James as a potential target.

According to The Mirror, Swansea are demanding £5m for James, who has broke through this season and scored once and made three assists in his 17 league games. 

Colin Daniel has signed for League One Burton on an 18-month contract.

The defender had been at Peterborough, for whom he 25 appearances since joining in the summer.

However, he has not featured since Boxing Day and has joined 13th-placed Burton.

Ashley Cole has finalised his move back to English football by joining Derby until the end of the season. 

The 38-year-old left back has put pen to paper on a six-month deal to seal a reunion with former Chelsea and England team-mate Frank Lampard. 

Cole will earn £15,000-a-week during his time at the Championship side as they aim to gain promotion to the Premier League.  

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Crystal Palace's Sullay Kaikai has joined Dutch side NAC Breda on a permanent deal.

Burnley winger Dwight McNeil has committed his long-term future to the club by signing a new contract.

The 19-year-old has agreed an improved deal to keep him at Turf Moor until June 2023, with the option of an additional 12 months.

McNeil only signed his first professional contract with the club last April but has enjoyed an impressive breakthrough season at first-team level, after making his debut for Burnley on the final day of the 2017/18 campaign.

Winger Yannick Bolasie has returned to Everton early after the player decided to cut short his loan spell at Aston Villa.

The 29-year-old was farmed out to the SkyBet Championship club by new manager Marco Silva after making just 17 appearances in the previous campaign having come back from a year out with a serious knee injury.

Bolasie played 21 times for Villa, currently 13th in the Championship, this season with nine starts and two goals.

However, the DR Congo international, who has made played just 32 times for Everton since his £25million signing from Crystal Palace in August 2016, has decided to extricate himself from the loan deal.

'Yannick Bolasie has returned to Everton Football Club today after he exercised an option in his loan agreement with Aston Villa,' said a Toffees statement.

...and it's not Martin from Wakefield. Instead it is his doppelganger Jan Siewert. See more here if you are unaware of Sunday's rather amusing events at the John Smith's Stadium.

Diego Simeone, who is on the shortlist to take over as Manchester United manager this summer, has a contract at Atletico Madrid until 2020 but according to Diario AS has agreed a deal to remain in charge at the Wanda Metropolitano for a further year with an improved financial package on top of his current £20million deak.

SIMON JONES: Tottenham are willing to sell Vincent Janssen for a knockdown £15million this month.

Despite the injuries to Harry Kane and Dele Alli, the club are also willing to offload winger Georges-Kevin Nkoudou.

Janssen, still only 24, joined from AZ Alkmaar for an initial £17million but has struggled for form and been hindered by a foot injury which curtailed his loan spell with Fenerbahce.

Now fit again, he has played three games in Premier League Two, including two in the last week where he has scored once and made two assists.

Holland international Janssen has already turned down a loan move to Sevilla as he would prefer a permanent transfer.

There has been tentative interest from China and clubs in the MLS and Janssen, who is popular with teammates, will consider all options as he looks to kickstart his career.

As Sportsmail reported at the turn of the year, Nkoudou is also available despite his contribution to Sunday's win over Fulham and the recent spate of injuries. Tottenham remain steadfast in their policy of not requiring new additions simply to cover short term problems.

Though they are open to signing players they have not followed up interest in Malcom of Barcelona or Jarrod Bowen from Hull City.

SIMON JONES: Norwich City striker Nelson Oliveira is expected at Reading for a medical.
The Portugal international has been surplus to requirements under Daniel Farke this season and has not started a game.

The 27-year-old is hoping for a fresh start under Jose Gomes and will sign on an initial loan until the end of the season.

The good news just keeps on coming right now at Manchester United, as midfielder Scott McTominay has put pen to paper over a new deal until the summer of 2023  - and that is also with an option to extend the deal for a further year.

PETE JENSON: Barcelona are close to unveiling former Tottenham and Portsmouth forward Kevin-Prince Boateng as their surprise January signing.

The club wanted a striker after Munir El Haddadi moved to Sevilla and a host of Premier League attackers were linked to the club.

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Arsenal's head of recruitment, Sven Mislintat, will leave his role next month as the club embark on another shake-up of their scouting department.

As revealed by Sportsmail last week, Mislintat's position at the club had become uncertain amid a backdrop of unrest behind the scenes at the Emirates.

The German talent-spotter was only appointed on December 1, 2017, and played a key role in the signings of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and No 1 Bernd Leno.

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He was once just a penalty shoot-out away from winning the World Cup but now Pascal Chimbonda is preparing for life in the 10th tier of English football.

The former Tottenham Hotspur and Wigan defender has signed for Ashton Town of the North West Counties League Division One North.

39-year-old Chimbonda shows no desire to hang up his boots just yet and is set to be thrown straight into the action when Ashton host Bacup Borough at their Edge Green Street ground this Saturday.

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Glen Johnson has retired from football after an impressive 16-year career that saw him win the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup.

Johnson represented West Ham, Chelsea, Portsmouth, Liverpool and Stoke and won 54 appearances for England between 2003 and 2014. He represented his country at two World Cups and a European Championship.

The 34-year-old, who was released by Stoke after they were relegated from the Premier League last season, made the announcement on talkSPORT on Monday morning.

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Chelsea flop Alvaro Morata is on the brink of completing a move to Atletico Madrid, opening the door for Gonzalo Higuain's move to Stamford Bridge.

Morata is believed to be close to joining Diego Simeone's side initially on loan after struggling in the Premier League since joining from Real Madrid in July 2017.

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CRAIG HOPE: There are 10 days of the January transfer window remaining and tens of millions of pounds more waiting to be spent on deals involving Premier League clubs.

It will, as ever, go down to the wire, especially when it comes to loan deals, and don't rule out some leftfield moves as clubs get increasingly desperate.

Sportsmail looks at 10 transfers which could still happen before the end of the month…

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Having been with the club just over 13 months, Mislintat will officially leave his position on February 8.

Arsenal pay tribute to him on their website as someone who has done a 'truly outstanding job' which makes you then wonder why they are so prepared to let him go in the first place...

SIMON JONES: Paris-Saint Germain have held further talks over a deal for Ajax midfielder Frenkie de Jong.

The French champions sent a delegation to Amsterdam's Amstel Hotel on Friday to discuss the 21-year-old's proposed summer move with is representative.

Ajax want £66million for de Jong who is also a target for Barcelona, Manchester City and Juventus. However, PSG are emerging as favourites.

Gary Neville feels there is a growing inevitability that Maurizio Sarri will get sacked at Chelsea and the former Manchester United defender believes it will be in the next 18 months.

The Italian manager is under increasing pressure at Stamford Bridge after the dismal weekend defeat to Arsenal leaves their top four position in jeopardy once more.

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Having lost his place in the Real Madrid side this season, Marcelo is exploring the opportunity of leaving the Bernabeu to join his former team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo at Juventus.

According to AS, the two have kept in close contact since Ronaldo's summer departure from Madrid and the left-back is now open to forcing a move to Turin whether that will be in January or the summer to bring an end to 12 years in the Spanish capital.

Tottenham are weighing up a surprise move for Andy Carroll after Dele Alli limped off against Fulham on Sunday to add to Mauricio Pochettino's problems in attack.

The Spurs boss is already without star man Harry Kane until March because of an ankle ligament problem, while Son Heung-min is away at the Asian Cup.

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Gonzalo Higuain is hoping to fly to London on Monday afternoon to finalise his loan move to Chelsea.

The Juventus striker, who is currently on loan at AC Milan, is now awaiting clearance from club chiefs as they close in on a £30.9million deal for Genoa's Krzysztof Piatek to replace him.

Higuain has been pushing to cut his spell at the San Siro short as he looks to reunite with his former boss, Maurizio Sarri, in the Premier League.

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Eden Hazard will try to force through his dream move to Real Madrid - but not until the summer.

The Chelsea star has been linked with the reigning European champions for some time and does still want the big-money transfer to happen at some point soon.

But, according to Spanish newspaper Marca, he won't force the issue until the summer to avoid adding further disruption to Chelsea's season.

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James Rodriguez 'will be staying at Bayern Munich until the end of the season at least' and not joining Arsenal or Napoli this month.

The Colombian playmaker, 27, who is on a two-year loan at Bayern from Real Madrid, has not played as often under Niko Kovac this season.

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Chelsea are attempting to beat Manchester City and Juventus to the signing of 16-year-old Barcelona starlet Ilaix Moriba.

According to Spanish newspaper Sport, the Blues have offered a superior contract to the talented midfielder, who has been described as the 'new Paul Pogba'.

Barca are still hopeful of keeping Moriba, but they face huge competition to tie him down to a new deal amid interest from England and Italy.

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JACK GAUGHAN and MIKE KEEGAN: Paul Scholes is expected to sign an 18-month contract to become Oldham Athletic's new manager.

The Manchester United legend has previously held talks with his boyhood club but feels the time is now right to take the management plunge.

Barring any last-minute hitches, the deal is likely to be finalised in the next 10 days.

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SIMON JONES: AC Milan are close to finalising a £30.9m deal with Genoa for Polish striker Krzysztof Piatek which will trigger Gonzalo Higuain's move to Chelsea.

Argentinian Higuain was left out of the squad for Milan’s game against Genoa on Monday.

His manager Gennaro Gattuso saying that the 31-year-old had produced 'one of the worst training sessions' he had seen.

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SIMON JONES: Tottenham have not made an enquiry for Barcelona's Malcom or Hull City midfielder Jarrod Bowen.

Spurs have a desperate need for reinforcements in the January transfer window.

Star men Harry Kane and Dele Alli are both injured, while Son Heung-min is away at the Asian Cup.

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Manchester United have yet to receive a loan proposal from Juventus for Matteo Darmian.

The 29-year-old is understood to be a target for the Italian champions though.

La Gazzetta dello Sport have claimed that 'there is an agreement' between United and the Serie A giants that will see the 29-year old arrive in Turin in the 'next days'.

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...and welcome to Sportsmail's live coverage of the January transfer window.

We'll be bringing you all the latest deals as they happen throughout the day in the Premier League, the EFL and around Europe, so stick with us.

Firstly, a few of the biggest stories from overnight...