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in a moment it'll be time for sportsday, but let's take a look at what else is coming up tonight on bbc news... i'll bejoined by the activist owen jones to bbc news... i'll bejoined by the activist owenjones to talk bbc news... i'll bejoined by the activist owen jones to talk about those posthumous pardons for thousands of homosexual men would have been granted by the government under the so—called turing law. and we will be talking about president trump's presidency in 100 days. at 8:15pm we will bring you live announcement of the costa book awards. now, though, it is the final day of the transfer window for january. and it is time for sportsday. tra nsfer transfer deadline and a title race, it isa transfer deadline and a title race, it is a busy night in the premier league. mps want to see lord coe again after

being accused of withholding information about how much he knew about that russian doping scandal. and four days before the start of the six nations championship and it is bad news for ireland. still plenty of time for a future tra nsfers to still plenty of time for a future transfers to go through. before that january window shops. 11pm is the deadline in england, midnight in scotland. no blockbuster moves to report yet. we can now talk through what has happened. the headline is that january is selling in the premier league has exceeded spending. premier league has exceeded ' by premier league has exceeded spending. by 32 million. that figure was correct at lunchtime. let's get the latest from our reporter, david,

who has been keeping an eye on all of those deals as they go through. good evening. talking about spending, let's start with dimitri payet. £25 million departure from west ham confirmed on sunday. one of the biggest names in the premier league. he had such an impact for west ham last season. but of late he seems to have gone on strike, almost, said he did not want play there and wanted to return to marseille. that is what he has done. his departure was possibly linked to an incoming for west ham. a big signing £10.2 million, that of robert snodgrass from hull. west ham have been particularly busy, but where else should we be looking? mamadou sakho. before the transfer window closes, will he be leaving liverpool? welcome he has not played since april. he signed a new contract in 2015. but he's been out of favour with jurgen klopp. liverpool won £20 million for his

signature. the most likely destination is crystal palace. but crystal palace want to sign him on loa n crystal palace want to sign him on loan with a view to a permanent deal. there is a good chance that will not happen. andros townsend, another player, talking of crystal palace, could be leaving the club. newcastle a re palace, could be leaving the club. newcastle are being heavily linked with him. andros townsend only joined crystal palace from newcastle for £12 million injune. he has scored just one goal in 27 appearances. but he has arrived with the crystal palace squad at bournemouth tonight, so perhaps he is staying with crystal palace after all. still a few hours to go before the deadline. we will see what happens with that one. branislav ivanovic. he has been a bit of a legend of the club. nine years he's been at chelsea. a couple of premier league titles, fa cups and a champions league winner, and 377 appearances. he joined from

locomotive moscow. he is on his way back to moscow, but this time it is with zenit st. petersburg on a free transfer. that's not been confirmed yet but we expect that to be done by the deadline. leonardo are lower, he has been outspoken in the last few days, saying he was promised a moved away —— a move away from the club of possible. —— leonardo ulloa. a last ditch is coming from sunderland. that has been rejected by leicester city. it seems that against his wishes he is going to have to stay at the club. bit of a frustrating one for both him and sunderland. let's finish with emmanuel adebayor. he, of course, is talked about so often on transfer deadline days. remember a couple of years ago when he very nearly signed for west ham from tottenham. welcome he isn't leaving a premier league club because he has been a agent since he left crystal palace last summer. but he isjoining a new club as

left crystal palace last summer. but he is joining a new club as a free agent. that is a club in turkey. they are second in the turkish top—flight. it is an 18 month contract. he was recently playing for togo at the african cup of nations. they did not qualify. he has had plenty of time to negotiate that. he's gone to turkey. emmanuel adebayor, one of the biggest names, although not one of the biggest moves, in what has been a fairly quiet transfer deadline day so far. there is still time. many thanks. not a big surprise, emmanuel adebayor likes to move in the tra nsfer adebayor likes to move in the transfer window. what is it about a january transfer window, we haven't really seen anything that gets the heart racing. it's always awkward, because you don't see the top players moving. generally the top players moving. generally the top players are at top clubs challenging the trophies in their own right. also, top clubs don't want to let them go to one of them right. it is them go to one of them right. it is the business at the bottom of the table, teams desperate to stay in the premier league because of the

money. sunderland and crystal palace have been doing a lot of business. as have leicester city. it is those clu bs, swa nsea, as have leicester city. it is those clubs, swansea, equally, that need those players, anything for survival. west ham have done a clever bit of business. dimitri payet, that made headlines come him wanting out. but snodgrass, as well... —— that made headlines, him wanting out. robert snodgrass is a great player. i watched him recently and he was outstanding. great deliverer of the ball. he can create an score. if you bring in a solid defender. dimitri payet did not want to be there any more. for whatever reason. for personal reasons he wa nts to reason. for personal reasons he wants to go back to france. he has allegedly taking a pay cut. in the end it is good business for everybody all round. some managers will point to what has happened at west ham, saying this transfer window unsettles west ham, saying this transfer window u nsettles clu bs west ham, saying this transfer window unsettles clubs and unsettled players. knowing they can get out. they have this short window.

players. knowing they can get out. they have this short windowm players. knowing they can get out. they have this short window. it used to be you could go any time up until march. now we have two specific windows in the year. you have to have transfer windows at some point. some managers would like it. when you get sackings, new owners coming, new managers coming, i think it is nice for the fans especially to have a little bit of light, a little ray of light, just a little bit of hope these new signings might get them out of it. you mentioned snodgrass leaving hull. mike phelan was sitting there. he said losing snodgrass was like hull throwing in the towel on survival. they have let a few players go. jake livermore. .. they have a new manager, unknown to many of us with his thoughts and processes . many of us with his thoughts and processes. he has that quite if you go. but he obviously has the belief that the players he has brought in and swat can stay up. clearly they are thinking about if they get relegated. —— and swapped can help

them stay up. manchester united desperately trying to get into the top four. jose mourinho has said nobody in and nobody out. wayne rooney isn't going anywhere. always speculation around wayne rooney now he has got his record goal—scoring amount. he did the same with ashley young, he said yes you can go, and then changed its mind within a couple of days. we all expected them and off —— we all expected a deal to go ahead. perhaps they were expecting a deal to happen and it didn'tand expecting a deal to happen and it didn't and now ashley young cannot go. it is like the begovic situation at chelsea. if one deal doesn't go through, sadly then everybody has to stay where they are. do you think the top four are strong enough? do you think they need to strengthen?”

think they would all like to. but it is about who you can get at this level. there has been chat of chelsea looking at mousa dembele. £40 million is the price. i think they paid £500,000 for him not that long ago. it is massively inflated prices in january and that long ago. it is massively inflated prices injanuary and that is why some of the top clubs will say, ok, our squad is probably good enough. if they can get a steel somewhere maybe. but generally the top clubs, certainly the last three, four january transfer window is, there has not been a lot of business done in the top four. premier league managers are maybe multitasking in dugouts this evening up and down the country. seven matches in the premier league. the big one at liverpool, up against chelsea, and our correspondent is at anfield. liverpool have had a terrible january. some have called the dry january. some have called the dry january at anfield. —— called it.

this poor run has coincided with the lack of saido mane, just a coincidence? he isa coincidence? he is a pivotal playerfor liverpool. he is thejoint he is a pivotal playerfor liverpool. he is the joint top scorer. in the three weeks he has been a way they have won only one game, and that was against plymouth argyle in the fa cup. and they've since been relegated from that competition. he is back. to show you how important he is for liverpool, they said a private jet to pick him up. he arrived later than expected because of red tape. but we understand he is keen to play, even though liverpool have not had enough time to assess his fitness. it has been a tough month for liverpool, a month to forget. they have lost three matches in a row at anfield. they will want that to stop. because another defeat to chelsea would probably ruined their hopes to challenge for the title. a difficult start of the year as patrick geary explains... commentator: this is unbelievable.

things have gone down the drain for liverpool. realistically liverpool's last chance of silverware gone... all i can say is sorry. it was all going so well the liverpool until this, defeat to swansea at the bottom of the premier league was followed by defeat to southampton. then a shuffled pack against a wolverhampton site riding low in the league below. we have lost three here. that feels less than average. —— wolverhampton side. but three different competitions. which is better than all in one competition. staying upbeat is key to his philosophy, even with chelsea looming. to prove they are beatable you only need to look back at sta mford you only need to look back at stamford bridge, a defining win for liverpool, so they thought, and now

jurgen klopp approaches chelsea with hope. stay positive. there is no reason for anything else. actually, in the short term, it would help a lot against chelsea, because they are not a really bad team. optimistic understatement again. chelsea dismissed brentford in the cup with effortless, —— with effortless ruthlessness. they are riding a wave that began with that trough against liverpool. after the game against liverpool, and then arsenal, we proved a lot, our performance, our identity, our confidence. we have grown a lot. and for this reason we are not top of the table. it's incredible. that was every invention that might win them the title. if liverpool are to challenge they need their own second born. otherwise the shadows will lengthen overjurgen klopp's bright side. liverpool face a tough task tonight

against the chelsea side in really good form. they've only lost once in 16 premier league matches. but the liverpool fans walking past me making their way to the stadium have beenin making their way to the stadium have been in positive boys. talking about saido mane, wanting him to play. jurgen klopp does have a very good record against the top sides in the premier league. in 14 premier league matches he's only ever lost once, to the two manchester sides, to chelsea, arsenal, to spurs, so that is one thing they can take into this match. but it will be a tough ask. this is a match they cannot afford to lose if they are to keep alive their slim hopes of challenging for their slim hopes of challenging for the title. thanks very much. spurs will be hoping for arsenal and chelsea to drop points. they are one point behind arsenal in third position. they are at sunderland tonight. guy mowbray is at the stadium of light. good evening from a damp and dismal

stadium of light, which sums up the months sunderland have had. yet to win in 2017. they've only gained one point. and they have come out of the fa cup, as well. the point came against liverpool. there is always a feeling that sunderland are the kind of tea m feeling that sunderland are the kind of team to raise themselves significantly when the bigger boys of the premier league come to town. are there any players coming into sunderland? are there any players coming into sunderland ? doesn't look like it. there have been reports of jay rodriguez and leonardo ulloa. but they've all been rejected. it looks like they will have do rely on the old everton boys.