Welcome to the Futbol Daily Transfer Roundup! We cover all the biggest trasnfer updates and rumours every day through January.

Today, we cover the rumoured move of Sporting CP's Viktor Gyökeres to Manchester United, both Kyle Walker and Marcus Rashford to Saudi Arabia, as well as Evan Ferguson potentially moving to Arsenal.

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Former England manager Gareth Southgate has been honoured with a knighthood in the King’s New Year’s honours. This has unsurprisingly ignited a debate in the English footballing community as to whether Southgate deserves this award. Here’s why it’s such a controversial topic.

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Manchester United have cut funding to the charity setup to help former players without giving them any notice. The Association of Former Manchester United Players will no longer receive the annual £40,000 payment from the club amid cost-cutting measures taken out by the club’s new part-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

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AFC Bournemouth are in dreamland under Andoni Iraola and go into the Boxing Day fixtures in a UEFA Europa League spot. Can the Cherries keep their sweet form going into 2025? We have our say on what's been an incredible end to 2024 for the south coast club.

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Liverpool great Jamie Carragher has stated that if Trent Alexander-Arnold leaves the Reds on a free transfer this summer, that he could never be considered a legend of the club. However, the former centre-back has completely missed the point. Here's why.

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The 2030 FIFA World Cup will be held across six countries spanning three continents. Here's the full list of confirmed host cities and stadiums in Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.

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Manchester City's form has been nothing short of dismal over the past few months. The Citizens have won just one of the last 11 matches in all competitions and have slipped from challenging Liverpool at the top of the Premier League to falling out of the Champions League places.

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Chelsea currently sit in second place in the Premier League table, just two points behind leaders Liverpool. Despite this, The Blues' Manager, Enzo Maresca, doesn't think that his side are in contention for the PL crown. Is this a fair assessment? We give our take in this opinion video.

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Chelsea's Mykhailo Mudryk has failed a drugs test, the Premier League club has confirmed. Here's everything we know about the incident so far and what Mudryk can expect in terms of a punishment.

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Marcus Rashford wasn't included in the squad for the Manchester Derby at the weekend, fuelling speculation that Rashford will leave Old Trafford in the near future. Is this the end for Rashford at Man United? We give our take on whether it is and where he could potentially go.

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