The January transfer window shuts on Thursday meaning clubs have less than two days to wrap up any last minute deals. Chelsea have already signed Christian Pulisic and Gonzalo Higuain has arrived on loan, but Maurizio Sarri is keen to add a couple more players to his squad as they push for a Champions League spot and hope to secure a domestic cup. talkSPORT.com takes a look at the players who have been linked with a move to Stamford Bridge below and could make a surprise move. Blues may move for Croatia midfielder Ivan Rakitic has been a key player for Barcelona in recent seasons, but it appears his time…

Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool were denied a blatant penalty as they staggered to a 1-1 draw at home to Leicester on Wednesday night. The Reds raced into the lead through Sadio Mane but a lapse in concentration allowed Harry Maguire to equalise on the stroke of half-time. After Manchester City’s shock 2-1 defeat at Newcastle the night before, Liverpool had the chance to go seven points clear. And they were denied a potential winner when no penalty was given for Ricardo Pereira’s challenge on Naby Keita in the second-half. “I think everyone agrees it could have been a penalty but I don’t know why it was not given,” Klopp said.…

The January transfer window closes this week, meaning Premier League clubs need to get moving if they are to add to their squads for the rest of the season. Last term saw top-flight sides spend a mammoth £420million in the winter market with mega-money moves confirmed seeing Virgil van Dijk join Liverpool, Arsenal sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Aymeric Laporte arrive at Manchester City. It has already been a busy month and there is plenty of time left to do more multi-million pound deals. With several teams needing to strengthen in key areas, it promises to be another hectic few weeks before the window shuts again. talkSPORT has all the dates and times…

Gonzalo Higuain may struggle to impress for Chelsea as he is not suited to Premier League football, Liverpool legend Dietmar Hamann believes. Higuain’s long-awaited move to Stamford Bridge was confirmed earlier this week with the Argentina international joining from Juventus on loan for the remainder of the season. He was ineligible to feature in the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg defeat of Tottenham as the transfer was not completed before’s Wednesday’s 12pm deadline, but Higuain is expected to debut in Sunday’s FA Cup fourth round visit of Sheffield Wednesday – which you can listen to LIVE on talkSPORT. With Alvaro Morata being allowed to leave Chelsea, and Olivier Giroud doing…

Chelsea take on Bournemouth tonight looking to reclaim their gap to fifth-place Arsenal. The Gunners drew level on points with the Blues with their win over Cardiff last night while Manchester United remain just two points behind in sixth. Maurizio Sarri’s men, who lost to Arsenal last time out in the top-flight, need a win to make their top-four position slightly more comfortable. They take on Bournemouth, who ended a poor run of league results by beating West Ham last weekend. Chelsea have already beaten the Cherries twice this season, claiming a 2-0 league win back in September and winning their Carabao Cup clash last month. Bournemouth vs Chelsea: Team…

Paul Parker has backed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to be the next long term manager of Manchester United. Solskjaer has won seven and drawn one of his first eight matches since taking over as a caretaker in December. The impressive start has led to calls for him to be given the job on a permanent basis while it is believed the club see Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino as their number one target. Parker, who played 105 league matches for the Red Devils, told talkSPORT: “I believe he could manage Manchester United next season and beyond but I think he’s got to have a director of football or sporting director with…

Alexis Sanchez shared a brilliant parody of the ‘I Am Legend’ movie poster after his goal scoring heroics in Manchester United’s FA Cup win at Arsenal. The Chilean was instrumental in helping United progress to the fifth round, when he broke the deadlock with a well-taken finish from a tight angle after going around Petr Cech in an eventual 3-1 win. The image, which was shared on his Instagram account, depicts Sanchez as Will Smith from the hit 2007 film. Alongside him are his dogs Atom and Humber, with the caption above reading: “He came back to play the piano. They faced the music.” The 30-year-old spent four years with Arsenal…

Callum Hudson Odoi was completely excluded from the Chelsea squad at Bournemouth on Wednesday night. The 18-year-old winger has been at the centre of much transfer speculation this January with Bayern Munich making four bids to secure his services. Hudson-Odoi rejected an £85,000-per-week contract offer from the Blues before handing in a transfer request. However, Maurizio Sarri confirmed this week that the attacker will be staying put. Now, just a day after he was referred to as the “future” of Chelsea, Callum Hudson-Odoi has not even made the bench for the club’s trip to the Vitality Stadium. It’s been reported that the player is at the ground and not injured,…

Chelsea forward Alvaro Morata is set to undergo a medical on Sunday as his proposed loan move to Atletico Madrid draws closer to completion. Morata, the Spain international, has had a miserable at time at Stamford Bridge since signing in July 2017, scoring just 11 Premier League goals in his first season after netting seven times in his first eight games for the club. Morata’s game time has been even further reduced under Maurizio Sarri, who was appointed Chelsea manager last summer, and he’s started only 11 Premier League matches this term. And the path has been cleared for Morata to seal a move away from the Blues now that…

David de Gea was the hero for Manchester United in their win 1-0 win over Tottenham at Wembley and now has a permanent reminder of that performance. A Marcus Rashford goal had given United the lead just before half-time, but it was the display of their goalkeeper which turned out to be the main talking point. De Gea made a number of fine saves to keep Spurs at bay, several coming from his feet, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer continued his unbeaten start as interim manager. Man-of-the-match that day, De Gea has since had his boots framed and thanked legendary commentator Martin Tyler for the suggestion. He wrote on Twitter: “Thanks for…