Transfer Gossip

Chelsea move on from Stones, more Pogba guff, Blackett off to Celtic, Everton to sign Blaszczykowski and more...
 Everton, Totenham, Westham and Stokes are locked in last minute battle for the signature of Victor Moses who we understand has requested for the transfer following Pedro's arrival Stamford Bridge. On a similar vein, A spainish based newspaper wrote that Barcelona have spotted Victor Moses as the perfect man to be the back up for Neymar.

Despite enquiry by Totenham for the services of Kelechi Iheanacho, Man City have shrugged that off saying t their man will remain with the citizens till the end of the season.
Arjen Robben to Manchester United for £73million (no), De Gea staying at/leaving Old Trafford, 'astonishing' £200,000-a-week wage for De Bruyne.

Barcelona look set to hold contract talks with Neymar, Kevin De Bruyne looks all set for Man City and Sunderland chase Jonathan de Guzman and Ola Toivonen.

CHELSEA MOVE ON FROM STONES
It does seem like Roberto Martinez has got his way, and that Everton will be keeping hold of John Stones. I have been insistent in my view that selling Stones for £35m would not be an admission of weakness for Everton, but instead let them reinvest the money across their thin squad. It looks as if Leandro Rodriguez and Ramiro Funes Mori could be the only incomings. That's a risk.

Anyway, Chelsea must now move on to other targets, if they are not prepared to go higher on Stones. The Daily Mail report that Jose Mourinho will switch his focus to Monaco's Tunisian defender Aymen Abdennour. Abdennour is 26, and would cost Chelsea around £15m.

Meanwhile, the Guardian believes that Chelsea are interested in Zenit St Petersburg's Ezequiel Garay, who seems to have been linked with a move to England since the beginning of time.


MORE POGBA GUFF
The papers are still pushing the line that Chelsea may sign Paul Pogba by the end of the transfer window, despite all logic disagreeing with that claim. Juventus have already lost Arturo Vidal and Andrea Pirlo from central midfield; are they really likely to let Pogba go now after rejecting bids all summer?

Anyway, the Daily Express say that Chelsea will pay £72m for Pogba, while The Sun goes big on their claim that Pogba will earn £300,000 a week when he moves to Stamford Bridge.

We're prepared to smear egg into our own faces, but just can't see the deal happening. The Sun reporting his wages as if the deal is far down the line is certainly ballsy.


BLACKETT TO CELTIC
Having got rid of Johnny Evans to West Brom (pending a medical), Manchester United have got the big for shipping out reserve defenders.

Various outlets are reporting that Tyler Blackett will join Celtic on a season-long loan deal, with the club preparing for the loss of Virgil van Dijk to the Premier League.

Blackett is 21, and impressed during his 12 appearances last season. However, with United's injury crisis abating Blackett soon dropped down the pecking order, and a loan would seem to make sense.


EVERTON TO SIGN BLASZCZYKOWSKI
This all seems a touch fanciful, but a number of outlets are reporting that Everton have serious interest in Borussia Dortmund's Jakub Blaszczykowski. Get ready for ctrl+c, ctrl+v moves aplenty.

Blaszczykowski has dropped out of the first-team picture under the new stewardship of Thomas Tuchel, and the Poland international is thought to be seeking a move to get regular football before Euro 2016. Poland currently top Group D ahead of Germany, Scotland and Ireland.

Blaszczykowski turns 30 in December, and this might be his last chance to get a move abroad. Make it happen, Roberto.

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Wanted: Yarmolenko (right) is a reported target of Arsenal

Here are all the latest Gunners stories from today's Daily Mirror - plus follow all the latest in our rolling transfer news live blog.

Neville: Arsenal don't have title winning character

Gary Neville has slammed Arsenal and claimed the Gunners don't possess the character required to win the Premier League.
Arsene Wenger's side are already five points behind top flight leaders Manchester City after just three games of the season.
Arsenal's shambolic opening day defeat to West Ham was followed up by a narrow win away to Crystal Palace before Liverpool left the Emirates unlucky not to take all three points with them on Monday night.
In his Telegraph column, Neville wrote: "The Liverpool teams of the 1970s and 80s; all the Manchester United sides of the 1990s and 2000s, the Arsenal XI of Petit and Vieira and Jose Mourinho’s first Chelsea team of Frank Lampard, Michael Essien and Claude Makelele.

"The Manchester City of Kompany, De Jong, Yaya Toure. You see power, character and a winning urge. There are no exceptions to this rule."
He added: "We cannot be blind to the hard facts of football over 30 or 40 years. Pure football has never prevailed, though I would be delighted to see it happen for Ozil, Ramsey, Sanchez, Giroud and Coquelin, who together can summon a great deal of technical ability but not much pace, power, height or strength."

Chambers set to keep place against Newcastle

Arsene Wenger insists he is ready to gamble on Calum Chambers again to solve Arsenal's centre-back crisis.
England Under-21 defender Chambers endured a torrid night against Liverpool on Monday because Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny were both out, though he helped prevent the Reds scoring in the 0-0 draw.
Manager Wenger is facing the same problem again for the Saturday lunchtime trip to Newcastle but says he will have no fears about pairing the 20-year-old with Brazilian Gabriel in central defence again.

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The Gunners' boss said of former Southampton starlet Chambers: “He showed character. The positive of the night - he did not have the best performance in the first half - was the way he recovered. He showed his mental strength.
"He has lost a bit of confidence, compared to the player he was last year. Maybe it’s through not playing too much, the Under-21 tournament [with England this summer] did not help him too much, as he did not play at all.
“I have spoken to him and he’s a strong footballer, a dedicated player who is ready to work day and night. He has the talent to be a good player.”

Gunners sign Ipswich teenager

Arsenal have signed 15-year-old striking prospect Harry Clarke from Ipswich Town, according to the Sun.
The teenager shot to prominence when he finished off this fine team move with a clinical finish while playing for one of the Tractor Boys' academy sides.
A video of the goal, which now has over one million views on YouTube, shows the young side holding onto the ball in defence while coming under increasing pressure from the opposing team.

A series of one-touch passes then helps to relieve the pressure on Ipswich's young defence and begin an explosive counter-attack.

The ball is then fed through to Gunners new boy Clarke who slots the ball past the goalkeeper and inside the far post.
Previous young Ipswich stars to go on to make a name for themselves in the Premier League include Darren Bent, Kieron Dyer and Connor Wickham.

Walcott and the Ox take on Essex cricketers

With Australia's batting order performing so poorly during the latest Ashes series, there are a lot of people in Britain who currently reckon they could play cricket at the highest level without too much of a fuss.
However, anyone overestimating their skills should consider this clip a warning. As four Arsenal players have proved, cricket is nowhere near as easy as it looks.

Theo Walcott, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, goalkeeper David Ospina and Brazilian defender Gabriel have all tried their hands at bowling here - even competing against Essex cricketers Ravi Bopara and Ryan ten Doeschate.
Their attempts are of varying quality. While Theo and the Ox bowl with relative confidence, even hitting the stumps occasionally, Gabriel throws a cricket ball like it's a ninja star while Ospina is permanently an inch away from taking someone's head off.



AND THE REST
Everton ace Seamus Coleman is targeting a shock switch to French heavyweights Paris Saint-Germain... Arsenal striker Joel Campbel could still leave the club before the transfer window closes... Everton have completed the signing of Leandro Rodriguez from River Plate Montevideo for £500,000... Stoke's Ivica Olic bid has collapsed over his wage demands after Hamburg gave a deal the green light... Cardiff have held talks with Kevin Nolan following his exit from West Ham... Ronald Koeman has denied that Tottenham target Victor Wanyama has asked to leave Southampton... Ipswich Town youngster Harry Clarke has been snapped up by Arsene Wenger and joins the club's academy... Beşiktas board member Erdan Torunogulları has travelled to England to wrap up a deal for Victor Valdes... Adrian Ramos is set to leave Borussia Dortmund for Sunderland.