Thursday's Transfer News Round-up

As the January transfer window opens across Europe and China, clubs are beginning to seek for potential signings while others have started doing business, nigfooty.com have gathered transfer news from across the world on a Thursday as they happened, Happy New Year to all our Readers.

Transfer Windows Date
• England: January 1st - 31st
• Spain: January 2nd - 31st
• France: January 1st - 31st
• Italy: January 2nd - 31st
• Germany: January 1st - 31st
• China: January 1st - 31st

• England and Spain: Manchester United are targeting Barcelona defender Nelson Semedo. Report says United have already opened talks with Barcelona over the player. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is desperate to sign the £42m Catalan Giants defender.... Continue Reading...

• England: Manchester United have continued to chase after Leicester City midfielder James Maddison, the playmaker is seen as one of the top targets in the January transfer window for United. Another player that United is desperate to sign is Aston Villa star Jack Grealish as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is desperate to bolster his squad for the task ahead.... Continue Reading...

• England: Chelsea have shown willingness to pay up to £34m for Lyon striker Moussa Dembele. Report from Sky Sports News says Chelsea €40m for the player was rejected by Lyon on Thursday.... Continue Reading...

• England, Italy and France: Manchester United will face competition from Inter Milan, Paris-Saint Germain and Juventus to secure the service of Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Christian Eriksen, reports revealed that three other Clubs apart from United are interested in the player. The Danish is not willing to sign a new contract at Tottenham but want to take a fresh challenge elsewhere.... Continue Reading...

• England: Atletico Madrid are will to let Thomas Lemar go. The club have started working with his agents for a possible move away from Madrid. Reports says Arsenal is the possible destination for the midfielder. Another report says Tottenham Hotspur is also linked with the player..

• Spain and England: Barcelona defender Samuel Umtiti was spotted watching Arsenal beat Manchester United on Wednesday at the Emirates Stadium, he also shared a picture of the game on Instagram, what does this means? Arsenal was previously linked to Umtiti, but another report from Daily Mail says the Frenchman is unlikely to join the Gunners as he wishes to focus on La Liga and Champions League games...

• England: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has reaffirmed his commitment to Arsenal, though the Gabonese was recently linked with several European top clubs, but it seems Mikel Arteta has been able to convince the striker to stay...

• England: Juventus want just £25m for Adrien Rabiot and are ready to sell the midfielder during the January transfer window if the amount is met. This could be a good news for Arsenal who is targeting the player...

• England: Leicester City are leading Arsenal in the race to sign £21m rated Juventus centre-back. The 25-year-old has made just all season three appearances under under Maurizio Sarri.

• England: Xhaka agrees to stay at Arsenal following Arteta intervention.

By Oladele Emmanuel