The 31-year-old followed Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema in moving to the Saudi Pro League last summer, and he was Al-Hilal's marquee signing when he joined for £78m.

Ryder Cup star Hatton, who has defected to the Saudi-backed venture in a deal worth a reported $64million, joins Legion XIII alongside Caleb Surratt and Zimbabwe's Kieran Vincent.

West Ham are showing late interest in Le Havre defender Etienne Youte Kinkoue. Eintracht Frankfurt and Austrian's Red Bull Salzburg are keen on the 6ft 5in France youth international.

As a teenager at boyhood club Envigado in Colombia, Jhon Duran would bombard his coaches with requests for extra training. "Both before and after sessions," recalls Wilberth Perea with a chuckle.

A Fifa report says that a record £7.6bn was spent on international transfers by clubs globally in 2023.

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The Englishman has joined Jon Rahm’s team after defecting to the Saudi-backed breakaway series

Marcus Smith has been ruled out of England's opener Six Nations against Italy in Rome due to a calf injury. 

The 31-year-old, who made 151 appearances for the Gunners from 2016 to 2021, was most recently playing for Levante in the second tier of Spanish football.

West Ham have agreed a £15million fee for Said Benrahma with Lyon, though there is work still to be done before the deal is finalised, as revealed on the It's All Kicking Off Transfer Week podcast.

The club were sanctioned by an independent commission in November after being found to have exceeded permitted losses under the Premier League's profitability and sustainability rules.

Manchester City are set for a busy end to the women's transfer window with the club on the verge of signing three new players. Chelsea had considered making a move in the summer.

Liverpool have explored the possibility of their former sporting director Michael Edwards returning to the club in a new capacity but he has turned down the proposal.

CHRIS FOY IN GIRONA: It appears as if Smith was the victim of an innocuous training-ground mishap. Richard Wigglesworth has suggested the playmaker was just jogging when he hurt himself.

The Ligue 1 champions previously tried to tempt the Manchester United forward down to Paris in the summer of 2022, dangling a £400,000-per-week offer in front of him, reports claim.

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Tyrrell Hatton will join forces with Ryder Cup team-mate Jon Rahm in the LIV Golf League after becoming the latest high-profile name to join the Saudi-backed circuit.