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MANCHESTER UNITED news is hotting up in the January transfer window and sportskicker247 is on hand to bring you all the latest from Old Trafford.                 Jose Mourinho clever move Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has been very astute with his move for Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez. Those are the thoughts of former Everton star-turned-pundit Leon Osman. Mourinho is looking to make additions to his squad, and has already lined up Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil and Bordeaux star Malcom as potential targets. And Osman thinks Mourinho should take some credit for his interest in Sanchez. “I think just by going for the player, he’s turning his head a little bit and making him think," Osman told Sky Sports’ The Debate. “He’s also potentially raising the bar and making Man City overpay. “And if all else fails, he could get Sanchez which would be a top class addition to his side." Sanchez could change mind over City move Mancheste...

Real Madrid slipped to a 1-0 loss at the Bernabeu earlier yesterday after a Pablo Fornal's strike proved to be the difference between the two sides. The reigning La Liga champions had 28 attempts on goal, but once again, lacked a clinical edge. Villarreal, meanwhile, enjoyed their first ever victory at the Bernabeu and are now just a point behind fourth-placed Real. After a run of poor performances, Marcelo has admitted it is the most challenging period of his career with Los Blancos. Speaking after the game, the Brazilian left-back said: “It is one of the worst situations I've experienced here," said Marcelo, who has been at Real for 11 years. "We're trying to play good football, to move the ball around and score goals but it's not coming off." And he reckons it must be a sorry state of affairs for those looking at the club from the outside. He added: “It is how it looks from the outside - we are sad, angry and we feel like we are ...

ARSENAL news is coming thick and fast during the January transfer window and sportskicker247 is on hand to bring you all the latest gossip from the Emirates.                 Alexis Sanchez decision Alexis Sanchez must choose which Manchester club to join. Manchester United and Manchester City have both made moves for the Arsenal player. The Gunners are resigned to losing him. And Express Sport understands Sanchez has now been given a choice: either join United for £35m this January or City for free in the summer. Both Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola were coy over their interest in the Chilean yesterday.             Mahrez wants Gunners move Riyad Mahrez is in talks with Liverpool over replacing Philippe Coutinho - but he would prefer to sign for Arsenal instead.       Insiders in Mahrez’s camp have exclusively revealed to Express Sport that terms of a transfer are being discusse...

​ Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois will commit their immediate futures to Chelsea after the former revealed the key duo will sign new contracts. In a massive double blow to alleged suitors Real Madrid, Hazard confirmed to the  ​Mirror that  both he and his club and international teammate would be putting pen to paper on fresh terms at Stamford Bridge. Hazard was in attendance at Thursday's NBA London clash between Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers - a contest Boston won 114-103 - and Hazard was nabbed by a roving reporter despite trying to remain inconspicuous. The Belgium international and Courtois have both been continuously linked with moves to the Spanish capital as Real ramped up their interest in the pair. Hazard, however, insisted that he and the goalkeeper would be signing contract extensions to continue plying their trade for the Premier League champions, and revealed which player would be penning their contract first. He briefly sai...

BARCELONA will not be able to sign reported target Arthur from Gremio because Yerry Mina has taken the last non-EU spot in Ernesto Valverde’s squad. Arthur is one of Brazilian football’s most promising prospects and has been linked with a cluster of Europe’s biggest clubs. Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi is thought to have had his head turned by the 21-year-old’s performances in his homeland. Don Balon say the Argentine had Arthur on his list of transfer targets to shore up Barca’s midfield. However, Messi will have to wait if he’s to have the Gremio midfielder alongside him after his club tied up a deal for Mina. La Liga rules dictate teams can only have three non-EU players in their squad. Barcelona already had Brazilian’s Paulinho and Philippe Coutinho among their ranks. And their final non-EU spot has been taken by Mina, who’s joining from Palmeiras. For Arthur to join, Paulinho, Coutinho or Mina must gain EU citizenship or leave Barcelona. Barcelona could ...

MANCHESTER UNITED news is coming thick and fast and sportskicker247 brings you the latest from Old Trafford.           Man Utd meet Sanchez agents Manchester United met with Alexis Sanchez’s representatives in London this week. That is according to Sky Sport Italia reporter Valentina Fass. “It’s been more than an approach really, they seem very determined to get Alexis Sanchez away from Manchester City,” Fass told Sky Sports News. “Sanchez already had a kind of agreement, general agreement with Manchester City to go there either in June, where he will be a free agent and when his contract ends, or now.  “But he hasn’t signed anything and then Manchester United steps in.  “From what we know, there have been a few meetings already between Manchester United and Sanchez’s agents, one of them even in London in the past few days.  “Manchester United seem very determined to get him, again it could be either now or ...