Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger accepts getting a deal for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang pushed through ahead of the transfer deadline was always likely to prove "complicated". Giroud would fall further down the pecking order at the Emirates Stadium were Aubameyang to come in. With the German transfer window set to close at 1700 on Wednesday, significantly earlier than in England, there could yet be some last-minute negotiating between a number of parties to push the Aubameyang deal through. Premier League leaders Manchester City also moved to strengthen their squad on Tuesday with a club-record signing of defender Aymeric Laporte from Athletic Bilbao. Press Association Sport understands there is interest in Leicester playmaker Riyad Mahrez after the blow of losing Leroy Sane to injury.

Source: Irish Examiner January 31, 2018 04:30 UTC