roman abramovich last year would mean a more frugal approach, they needn t have worried. american todd burley overseeing an unprecedented spending spree over the last two transfer windows. the supporters are thrilled. a lot of people were saying roman s millions are gone, you are going to have to be a lot more frugal, all of that. it feels like we are right back in 2003 again. we have treated the winter window like it is a summer window. sitting tenth in the table, it s very hard to stay positive and look towards the future. i think what todd is doing injanuary has restored a lot of faith in us fans. earlier this window, chelsea splashed out another £88 million on ukraine striker mykhailo mudryk. one of a host of new recruits offered an unusually long contracts to spread the cost and help the club comply with financial fair play regulations that limit losses. if you take a player that s worth let s say £100 million over the duration of say a five year contract, instead of putting out
well, chelsea have spent over half a billion pounds across the last two transfer windows, so they will have to balance the books and one man heading out of stamford bridge should help that. italian midfielderjorginho looks set to move to rivals arsenalfor £12 million. another major move has also been also confirmed this morning sees manchester city full back joao cancelojoin bayern munich on loan until the end of the season. the german club will have the option to join permanently in the summer forjust over £61 million. it is also the women s transfer deadline today. the window for domestic transfers in the wsl closes at 5.00pm. could we potentially see a world record move for alessia russo? the bbc understands manchester united have rejected a bid from arsenal which was in excess of the record £1i00,000 barcelona paid for keira walsh last year. russo s contract is up in the summer. she has turned down a renewal offer movement there is possible. don t forget you can keep across al
a billion pounds across the last two transfer windows, they are making some money back. one man who looks to be heading out of stamford bridge is italian midfielderjorginho. chelsea have agreed a £12 million deal for him to move to arsenal. keeping across all the coming and goings is ourfootball reporter simon stone. 0ne one of your busiest days of the year. it makes sense to start with chelsea. they are also being linked to the biggest move of the day, what do you make of what s happening there? it is quite amazing and we spoke about the numbers in the summer, £270 million spent, the second highest window spend on record and if the deal for enzo fernandez ghostly which will be a british record, £105 million goes through. they would then spend more injanuary then through. they would then spend more in january then they spent through. they would then spend more injanuary then they spent in the summer and thatjust about injanuary then they spent in the summer and that just about su
i mean, whenjurgen klopp came, and what they have changed at this club, they lifted the whole club, the whole. not only the team, the whole club, the city to a completely different level, and this is what has to happen here in the next transfer windows. winning a title is good, so too is getting promoted back to the big time, just as fulham did last night. they re back in the premier league came after a 3 nil victory over preston on what was a special night for theirfans and manager marco silva who was celebrating on the sidelines, he only took over last summer. 0ther supporters were out on the pitch with the players. three promotions in five years for fulham. history will be made later today at the world snooker championship in sheffield as for the first time ever a player from iran will compete at the sports biggest tournament. hossein vafaei came through two rounds of qualifying to make his debut.
across two matches. the 9 0, i m not interested. that s really something for supporters, if they want to celebrate 9 0, then they can do that, but it s not for me. we want the three points. if it would have been twice 1 0, i would feel exactly the same. and i know it will not last forever, so they will strike back, they will be there again. this club is too powerful. but in the moment, for tonight, we were too good. that s the truth. it s embarrassing. it s disappointing. it s maybe even humiliating, but yeah, we just have to accept that they are six years ahead of us now i mean, whenjurgen klopp came, and what they have changed at this club, they lifted the whole club, the whole. not only the team, the whole club, the city to a completely different level, and this is what has to happen here in the next transfer windows. strong words from the united manager.