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The international break has taken centre stage this week, with the final Euro 2016 places now confirmed, but that hasn't meant that the transfer rumour mill stopped grinding, oh no. The January transfer window is starting to loom large, as Premier League sides look to get their ducks in a row before the trolley dash starts. Will Arsenal find the missing piece in their title push? Is Louis van Gaal's spending for the season done at Manchester United? Will Jurgen Klopp bring in some new faces at Liverpool? And will Chelsea throw money at their problems? All will be revealed when the transfer window opens, but until then, here's the latest gossip, rumour and myth...

Superstar Alexis Sanchez is set to give Arsenal a huge boost by pledging his future to Arsene Wenger ’s side. Sanchez and his representatives are understood to have agreed a new five-year deal in principle which will see him sign on until 2020 and with the potential to earn almost £40million in that time. The 27-year-old, who has been the subject of recent interest from Real Madrid, has been a huge success at the Emirates since joining from Barcelona on a four-year contract in 2014 for £33m. He signed a deal worth £130,000-a-week and that will now rise to around £150,000, with major incentives written in. And that will be followed up with a new deal for Mesut Ozil with - as Mirror Sport revealed in September - Arsenal moving to sort out new contracts for their top stars. Club captain Mikel Arteta says Sanchez and Ozil are the driving force behind Arsenal’s Premier League challenge. Arteta said: “They (Sanchez and Ozil) are probably the most creative players in th