Arsenal transfer news LIVE updates: Man City's £60m Sanchez bid; Benzema approach
Arsenal transfer news LIVE: Follow below for updates from the Emirates
Tuesday 15 August
Benzema approach made
08:00: Arsenal have made contact with Real Madrid over the possibility of signing Karim Benzema.
Spanish publication Don Balon claim Arsenal have made an approach to Madrid officials to see if they would be keen on signing Alexis Sanchez with Benzema moving in the opposite direction.
However, Arsenal's attempts have been knocked back with the European champions insisting Benzema is not for sale.
Zinedine Zidane believes the 29-year-old will be an important part of his plans this season and Madrid are already working on trying to tie him down to a new deal.
ICYMI transfer deadline changing?
07:00: Premier League clubs will discuss proposals to move the transfer deadline to BEFORE the start of the season in future.
The current transfer window closes in England at the end of August, meaning distraction and disruption for clubs once the domestic season starts in earnest.
Transfer sagas involving the likes of Virgil van Dijk, Gylfi Sigurdsson and Ross Barkley have dragged on this summer and could go right up untl deadline day.
But representatives from the 20 Premier League clubs are to attend ­September’s shareholders’ meeting with the majority pushing for a new transfer deadline to be introduced.
It will be proposed that the ­deadline is brought forward to the week before the start of the 2018-19 Premier League season, with almost all of the 20 clubs understood to be behind the idea.
The move would only affect buying players not selling, meaning current deals for the likes of Philippe Coutinho and Diego Costa could still go through.
Chelsea prepare Ox offer
05:30: Chelsea are reportedly ready to splash the cash on their top three targets, starting with a bid for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Antonio Conte has been vocal about his displeasure with the size of his Chelsea squad and his desperate to add more bodies.
Chelsea missed out on Romelu Lukaku to rivals Manchester United while Jose Mourinho’s side also nabbed Nemanja Matic from Stamford Bridge.
But the Daily Mirror claim Roman Abramovich is ready to back Conte in the remaining weeks of the transfer window.
The Blues have been linked with a move for Arsenal star Oxlade-Chamberlain recently but it is said Chelsea are now ready to offer £35m for the England international.