Confirmed deals of the day – January 6th
1. QPR have signed Mauro Zarate on a six-month loan from West Ham
Mauro Zarate spoke to QPR’s official website about his loan move from West Ham and says he needs to play games.
“I am happy, I need to play. Queen Park Rangers give me the chance to show what I can do,” he said. “It’s very difficult when you don’t play, last year I played every game in Argentina, coming to West Ham and not playing was bad for me so I decided to come to QPR to play…I want to score some goals.”
2. Mark Schwarzer has joined Leicester City from Chelsea
The 42-year-old moves to the King Power Stadium on an 18-month deal which will keep him at the club until June 2016.
Schwarzer said that he is excited about this new chapter in his life.
3. Andrej Kramaric close to a move to Leicester
Sky sources have told us that Andrej Kramaric is currently in Leicester discussing personal terms ahead of a proposed move to the King Power Stadium.
The 23-year-old is currently with Croatian club Rijeka, for whom he has already scored 23 goals this term – but is on his way to the King Power Stadium for a medical. Chelsea were also interested in the striker.
4. Burnley defender Kevin Long has signed a new deal with the club , just days after he was ruled out of the remainder of the season with a knee injury.
He made his Premier League debut as a substitute in the 3-3 draw at Newcastle on New Year’s Day but had to be replaced himself after rupturing his cruciate ligament.
5. Bundesliga club Mainz have signed Christian Clemens on loan until the end of next season from Bundesliga rivals Schalke.
The 23-year-old winger has already arrived in Mainz for their first day of training ahead of the second half of the Bundesliga season.
Major transfer rumours of the day including Man United, Arsenal and Barcelona
1 Arsenal are set to compete with Tottenham over the signing of Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, according to the London Evening Standard.
The paper however reports that the Gunners do not expect to reach an agreement for the France international in this transfer window and are more likely to try and secure a deal over the summer.
2. Metro reports that Manchester United are set to move for Mats Hummels
Manchester United have been long-term admirers of the German centre-back and he is seen as the ideal candidate to slot into their starting eleven and shore up their defence.
3. Sky Sports reports that Crystal Palace, Aston Villa and Inter Milan are all interested in signing Manchester City midfielder Scott Sinclair
The 25-year-old has failed to secure a regular starting berth in Manchester City’s squad and the Manchester Evening News is now reporting that Villa are the favourites to secure his services in a £3million deal.
4. Barcelona legend Hristo Stoichkov claims Lionel Messi could leave Barcelona. Bulgarian – who scored 84 La Liga goals in 177 games for Barcelona said “They have not known how to look after Messi. Tell me any foreign player who has not ended up leaving Barca through the back door. Messi and Neymar are not the guilty parties, but those who gave them holidays.
“All players should be treated equally. If you give two days extra holidays, then play them and they get injured, that’s a disaster.”
Source: man-news
