Gonzalo Higuain joins Chelsea on loan until the end of the season

Gonzalo Higuain signs for Chelsea

Chelsea have secured the signing of Gonzalo Higuain on loan from Juventus until the rest of the season.
There is however an option to extend the loan deal for another season or to sign him permanently for £31m. Welcome to the Premier League.

Higuain's move to Chelsea has however allowed AC Milan to sign a replacement in Krzysztof Piatek from Genoa for a four-and-half year deal. Alvaro Morata will also have to pave way for Higuain at Stamford bridge by making a £4.4m loan move to Atletico Madrid with an option to buy for £43.7m at the end of the season.

The search for the missing Emiliano Sala was on yesterday and the police are yet to find a trace of him, there would however be a decision on Thursday morning to know if they will continue with the search. What a sad news to football world!!!

Real Madrid have overtaken Manchester United as the richest club in the world according to Deloitte Football Money League. United moved to third while Barcelona are second.

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino has advised the Premier League to take a delay on the introduction of VAR into the League games. He believes the VAR should not be used until there are concrete improvements.

Crystal Palace star Wilfred Zaha is reportedly being eyed by Borussia Dortmund for a £44m summer deal.

PSG are reportedly on the verge of beating Chelsea to the signing of Zenit Saint Petersburg star Leandro Paredes for £35m.

Crystal Palace goalkeeper Wayne Hennessy may be banned for five matches after being charged by the FA for making a Nazi salute.

Chelsea are ready to sell forward Michy Batshuayi with interest from Everton and Genoa for the Belgian.

Atletico Madrid and Manchester United are ready to to lock horns for a move for Inter Milan star Ivan Perisic.

Premier League sides Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United are all interested in a move for Turkish star Omer Faruk Beyaz.

Chelsea right wing back Victor Moses is reportedly on his way to Fenerbahce as he looks to complete a move.

Chelsea youngster Callum Hudson-Odoi wants to settle his move to Bayern Munich early next week following Chelsea's signing of Gonzalo Higuain.

Barcelona have completed the signing of Frenkie de Jong from Ajax for a £65m fee and will join by the end of the season. Meanwhile teammate Matthijs de Ligt has appeared to favour a Barcelona move due to de Jong.

Juventus are ready to make an offer of sending goalkeeper Emil Audero to Arsenal in an exchange to sign Aaron Ramsey this January.

Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde is reportedly not considering selling Philippe Coutinho.

Liverpool have reportedly joined Bayern Munich for the race for Chelsea youngster Callum Hudson-Odoi.

Manchester United are still very much interested in making a £25m move for PSV star Steven Bergwijn.

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino reportedly had a talk with out-of-favour PSG star Adrien Rabiot.

Arsenal are eyeing Juventus star Medhi Benatia as they look to improve their defense line.

Manchester United full back Matteo Darmian is on the verge of completing a loan move to Juventus with an option to sign him permanently for £7.1m.

After Sven Mislintat's departure away from the club, Arsenal boss Unai Emery has called for calm and patience.

Wales manager Ryan Giggs believes a move to Juventus for Aaron Ramsey will only improve him.

Arsenal target Denis Suarez may remain at Barcelona until the end of the season after talks over making a move to Arsenal fell through.

Real Madrid left-back Marcelo has told the club's chief they have to let him go if Juventus comes for him as he looks to reunite with Cristiano Ronaldo.

Watford are confident that PSG target Abdoulaye Doucoure will remain at the club until the end of the season.

Newcastle are hoping they can sign two players on loan this month and Monaco's Antonio Barreca and Atletico Madrid's Gelson Martins have been approached.

Inter Milan are reportedly interested in signing Southampton right-back Cedric Soares.

Thierry Henry may be on the verge of losing his job at Monaco after series of game loss at the club and former Monaco boss Leonardo Jardim may be coming back to replace him.

Juventus are interested in Genoa goalkeeper Alessandro Russo who has been termed the next Buffon.

In the world of Tennis....
Serena Williams has been dumped out of the Australian Open by Karolina Pliskova by 6-4 4-6 7-5 victory putting an end to the former female world No 1 targeted 24th grand slam.

World No 1 Novak Djokovic has secured a place in the semi-final of the Australian Open after Kei Nishikori withdraw due to thigh problem. Djokovic was leading 6-1 4-1 before Nishikori withdrew.