Premier League clubs readying themselves for busy end to January window

The Premier League winter transfer window will shut at 11pm on Monday and there is plenty of business to be completed by top-flight clubs.

North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham are keen to offload big-money stars while another side in the capital, Brentford, are hoping to offer Christian Eriksen a fairy-tale return to football.

With Everton and Newcastle down the lower echelons of the table following a poor first half of the campaign, they are two of many near the bottom likely to be active during the next 24 hours.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has not featured for Arsenal since December 6 after a second disciplinary breach of 2021 and this latest one resulted in the forward losing the club captaincy. Boss Mikel Arteta has refused to discuss the future of the Gabon international in detail since, but a move away on the final day of the January transfer window suits all parties. Barcelona and Juventus went head-to-head for the 32-year-old and it seems a temporary switch to LaLiga will be the final result. It could leave Arsenal light on attacking options after they missed out on Dusan Vlahovic, but it will be further evidence of the backing Arteta is receiving at the Emirates following a similar exit for Mesut Ozil this time last year.

Fabio Paratici’s arrival at Tottenham as director of football in the summer was meant to make signings more straightforward for the north London club but they are still to make a single addition this month. After missing out on Adama Traore and Luis Diaz, it does seem Spurs will break their January duck, with Juventus pair Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur set to swap Serie A for the Premier League. Antonio Conte will welcome the arrivals and could also see several out-of-favour squad