Premier League: Arsene Wenger has sly dig at Chelsea over Diego Costa issue

Arsene Wenger insists he has no problems with Alexis Sanchez, suggesting the top scorer's passion to play for Arsenal is at odds with that of Diego Costa at Chelsea.

Chile international Sanchez reacted angrily to being substituted after concluding the scoring in the Gunners' 4-0 win at Swansea City on Saturday, but Wenger suggested his Stamford Bridge counterpart Antonio Conte has far greater concerns with his own star striker.

Football: Former Crewe coach Barry Bennell pleads not guilty to child sex offences

Former football coach Barry Bennell has denied eight charges of sexual assault against a boy under 16.

Bennell, a former youth coach with English professional club Crewe Alexandra, pleaded not guilty to seven counts of indecent assault and one count of attempted buggery.

LaLiga winners and losers: Sampaolismo, Barca back on track and Valencia win!

No doubt the headlines you’ll read this morning will focus on Real Madrid’s 40-match unbeaten run coming to an end. A monumental run, one which hasn’t fully been respected across the board in my opinion, but last night was all about Sevilla and where they are as opposed to mourning Zinedine Zidane now having as many defeats as trophies. Devastating, eh?

Bottas joins Mercedes after Massa returns to Williams

Valtteri Bottas has replaced Nico Rosberg at Mercedes, after Williams confirmed the return of Felipe Massa on a one-year deal for the 2017 Formula One season.

Having finally defeated team-mate and long-term rival Lewis Hamilton to reign supreme in F1, Rosberg announced his retirement on December 2 - just five days after winning the title.

Mercedes were consequently left scrambling to find a replacement for a seat they did not expect to be left vacant and Bottas quickly emerged as favourite to fill the void left by Rosberg's departure.

 

Premier League transfer window 2017 LIVE: All the ins and outs

News from England’s second tier now, and Aston Villa left-back, and former Liverpool man Aly Cissokho has now left the club on loan. He has joined Olympiacos. Meanwhile Fulham have upped their interest in Standard Liege midfielder Ibrahima Cisse

Walter Mazarri has been eyeing up a loan move for Fiorentina striker Mauro Zarate. The Argentinian forward had a spell in the Premier League with Birmingham in 2008, before returning with West Ham between 2014-16, where he scored five goals.

And Sam Allardyce has vowed to switch his sights to Europe after being priced out of a move for English players. According to the Sun, Sevilla’s holding midfielder Vicente Iborra could be on the way to Selhurst Park for £12m.

Dimitri Payet may be facing an uncomfortable future after officials from Marseille failed to agree a deal with the Hammers for the on-strike midfielder.