Today’s tell-all is that little souvenir of a terrible year that makes our eyes feel soreTransfer interactive: Every deal from Europe’s top leaguesWith Callum Chambers sidelined for up to nine months with a ruptured cruciate ligament, Mikel Arteta has turned his gaze to the Bundesliga in search of a replacement. Arsenal’s new manager has identified Bayern Munich’s Jérôme Boateng as the ideal man to fill the Chambers-shaped hole in his squad and will be able to bring him to the Emirates if
Arsenal stump up the thick end of €15m (£12.8m). The World Cup-winning 31-year-old last played in the
Premier League for
Manchester City against Fulham in February 2011.
Surplus to requirements at
Juventus where he has featured just eight times this season, former
Liverpool midfielder Emre Can could make a surprise return to Merseyside wearing the blue of Everton. Carlo Ancelotti has identified the 26-year-old German international as a January target and Goodison Park bean-counters are preparing a bid somewhere in the region of £30m.