West Brom have signed Liverpool and England striker Daniel Sturridge on loan for the rest of the season.
The Baggies’ Premier League rivals Newcastle and Serie A side Inter Milanwere also keen on the 28-year-old.
Sturridge has scored 74 Premier League goals in 114 starts and has also netted 27 times in cup competitions, but has started only five games this season.
“This is a big coup for us. He has fantastic talent,” said West Brom boss Alan Pardew.
Birmingham-born Sturridge said: “I’ve got friends here I’ve played with before. The manager spoke very well, the challenge with the team and the style of play – I just felt this was the right fit for me.”
He will be eligible to play for West Brom in their FA Cup fifth-round tie at home to Southampton.
Earlier on Monday, the Baggies signed Egypt defender Ali Gabr on loan from Zamalek until the end of the season.
21.45 hours. This is the news of the most important signings of the day.
– According to the BBC, only the signature is missing for Lucas Moura to sign for Tottenham in exchange for 25 million pounds.
– The only thing that separates Aubameyang from Arsenal is the signature. According to Bild, the clubs could have reached an agreement.
– Inter want Pastore. The Argentine midfielder has the intention of looking for minutes that will take him to the Russian World Cup.
20.38. It seems that Gerard Deulofeu could be finalising a transfer to Watford. He’s already played in the Premier League at Everton and that could be one of the reasons why he opted for the Premier League if he leaves Barcelona.
20.16. Juventus have confirmed that they are still interested in signing Emre Can from Liverpool. The German international finishes a contract next June 30 so could sign a pre-contract with the Italian’s.
19.45. According to Bild, Aubameyang to Arsenal is imminent and the transfer could be closed in a matter of hours.
19.10. Chelsea are close to sealing a deal for Roma’s Emerson Palmieri.
18.20. The legendary goalkeeper, Julio Cesar, returns to the club he began his career at; Flamengo. At 38 years old, he was without a team, and will share goalkeeping duties with Diego Alves.
17.32 Principle of agreement between Sevilla and Porto for the transfer with an option to purchase of Miguel Layun. Interestingly in the last few hours, Betis became interested.
17.00: Sky Sports gives reasons for the non-signing of Edin Dzeko by Chelsea. The player wants a salary that’s too high for the Blues. Emerson Palmieri will sign for the London club, however.
16.50: The future of Daniel Sturridge, is at West Brom. According to Sky Sports, the offer of the English team has been the one most liked by the player, who had been linked to Inter, Newcastle and Sevilla.
16.38: Yuto Nagatomo has been linked with a move to Sevilla according to Estadio Deportivo.
16.25: Sky Sports claim that Aubameyang’s deal with Arsenal is done and dusted with an agreement on 65 million euros.
16.16: Gaitan says no to Swansea according to Sky Sports.
16.05: Aymeric Laporte is on the verge of completing his move to Manchester City after the Premier League club paid his 65 million euro buy-out clause.
16.02: More moves at West Ham who now want to sign Morgan Schneiderlin from Everton.
15.51: West Brom have officially announced the arrival of Ali Gabr from Zamalek until the end of the season.
Albion welcome Egypt international defender
ALBION are delighted to confirm the arrival of Ali Gabr from Zamalek FC.
15.39: Malaga have signed Ideye after he successfully passed a medical.
15.17: Gerard Pique has signed a contract extension at Barcelona and says that he will not play for another team.
15.10: Crystal Palace are still pushing for Guaita and they are also interested in Ibrahim Amadou of Lille.
15.01: Mourinho wants Fellaini to stay saying that he is good professional and gives his all for the team.
14.52: Liverpool have ended their transfer activity in this transfer window with Klopp saying that he will not be replacing Coutinho.
14.33: Mourinho has talked about the future of Ibrahimovic saying that the player has not told him of an interest in leaving.
14.21: The final hurdle has been past ahead of Roque Mesa’s move to Sevilla with the player having his medical .
14.11: Diafra Sakho has left West Ham for Rennes, after three and half seasons where he has scored 24 goals in 71 games.
14.02 : Samu Garcia has been officially presented as a Malaga player having already turned out for the team.
13.46: Sevilla have moved in to snatch Miguel Layun away from Betis it has been confirmed by Radio MARCA.
13.25: Rafa Benitez continues his search for a striker and according to Sky Sports Newcastle are now focusing on Daniel Sturridge after Feyenoord rejected bids for Jorgensen.
13.18: Everton keep up the push for N’Zonzi. Sam Allardyce has said he will do all he can to try and bring him in as well as Brozovic.
13.09: Signing for the Betis youth team. Kaptoum, Barcelona B striker will join after rescinding his contract with the Catalan club.
13.02: West Ham want Smolov. The Russian striker could move to West Ham from Krasnodar, having also been linked to Real Madrid.
12.51: According to A Bola, Porto have arranged the loan move of Gonçalo Paciencia to Vitoria de Setubal.
12.36: Sevilla look to have missed out on Batshuayi with the Chelsea striker having flown out to Dortmund to sign for Borussia.
12.13: Giroud could be on his way out of Arsenal with the arrival of Aubameyang, and not keen on Dortmund, he could move to Chelsea.
12.05: Benitez wants to bring n Jorgensen to Newcastle and he has raised the offer to Feyenoord.
11.56: City are ready to pay the buy-out clause for Aymeric Laporte and the player will soon travel to Manchester.
11.50: It looks as though Dzeko’s move to Chelsea has broken down, according to The Independent.
11.44: Ulloa returns to Brighton. The Argentine goes on loan from Leicester, having preferred the move to going to Leganes.
11.36: Musonda is in Glasgow to arrange a loan move to Celtic from Chelsea after turning down Leganes.
11.29: Sevilla still want Batshuayi with the player himself saying that he does not know what his future is at Chelsea.
11.21: Klopp is pushing for the signing of Roma goalkeeper Alisson Becker, known as the Pele of shot-stoppers.
11.12: Will Ibrahimovic go to the MLS? According to ESPN, the signing of Alexis Sanchez will see him leave Manchester United with Los Angeles a possible destination.
11.06: Betis press to get a deal through with Marc Bartra and Layun the options they have at the moment.
10.54: Deulofeu’s future could be in the Premier League with Watford believed to be interested according to RAC 1.
10.48: Aubameyang’s move to Arsenal could be sealed today according to Sky Sports.
10.40: Deportivo have managed to pull off the signing of Krohn-Dehli from Sevilla.
10.31: Inter are pushing hard for Pastore from PSG with the player wanting more time on the pitch ahead of the World Cup.
10.28: Check out another day of football news and speculation with only a few days to go now until the transfer window closes.
