The 20-year-old forward Charles Sagoe Jr has returned to Arsenal from a loan spell with League One side Shrewsbury Town, but that is unrelated to the current injury crisis. After Sagoe Jr made just five starts in the first half of the season, Shrewsbury opted to terminate the loan arrangement.

Few clubs, if any, are as fickle as Real Madrid, and while France midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni was in position to take the reins of their midfield this past summer, it appears he could be on his

Liverpool have reportedly made a £41m bid for the services of a Champions League winner who has been called a "one-man army in midfield" in the past.