TRANSFER NEWS: Transfer gossips from European newspapers February 5, 2022

Italian Antonio Conte has openly questioned Tottenham Hotspur's previous transfer policy, as the club were forced to loan out as many as four players in the January transfer window. (Marca)

Tanguy Ndombele returned to Lyon, Giovani Lo Celso and Bryan Gil moved to Spain with Valencia and Villarreal respectively, while Jack Clarke signed a loan deal with Sunderland. Dele Alli also left the club on a permanent deal to Everton. (Marca)

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is excited by the club's signing of Argentina forward Julian Alvarez. The player will stay at River Plate until the end of the season and then join City in the summer. (Sport)

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was allowed to leave Arsenal on a free transfer in order to sign for Barcelona, with his 350,000 pound a week contract with the north London club being terminated, and this has left the Gunners in somewhat of a financial hole. (AS )

Arsene Wenger's departure there has been a lot of money wasted. It is been reported that 182 million pounds financial black hole of loss on a number of star players in recent times, whilst there is also the long-standing issue with the club letting players run their contract down and then having to sell with a year left. (Mirror)

Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey all left the club virtually for nothing, whilst Jack Wilshere, Bacary Sagna and Andrey Arshavin were let go after having cost 23 million pounds. (Mirror)

Manchester City are interested in signing Uruguay centre back Ronald Araujo, 22, who has halted contract renewal talks with Barcelona. (Sport – via BBC)

Manchester United are also preparing to make a summer bid for Araujo, whose Barcelona deal expires in 2023. (Marca - )

United are ready to rival Bayern Munich and Barcelona in the race to sign 22-year-old Netherlands defender Matthijs de Ligt from Juventus. (Calciomercato – via BBC)

The Red Devils are planning to overhaul their midfield in the summer with West Ham's Declan Rice, 23, his 26-year-old England team-mate Kalvin Phillips from Leeds and RB Leipzig's Mali international Amadou Haidara, 24, all on the club's extensive list of targets. (ESPN via BBC)

Chelsea failed in their latest attempt to tie Germany defender Antonio Rudiger down to a new deal despite offering the 28-year-old close to £200,000 a week amid interest from Real Madrid and Paris St-Germain. (Mail via BBC)

Barcelona are interested in signing Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta on a free transfer in the summer. The 32-year-old Spaniard's contract expires at the end of the season. (Mundo Deportivo – via BBC)

Adana Demirspor president Murat Sancak claims the club had agreed to sign Dele Alli on loan from Tottenham before the 25-year-old English midfielder joined Everton on a two-and-a-half-year deal. (Milliyet – via BBC)

Liverpool and Manchester City could move for 20-year-old England winger Bukayo Saka if Arsenal fail to qualify for next season's Champions League. (ESPN via BBC)

Atletico Madrid remain "seriously interested" in signing Aston Villa's Poland full-back Matty Cash, 24, before next season. (Fabrizio Romano via BBC)

 Leeds are still interested in signing USA attacking midfielder Brenden Aaronson, 21, despite having two bids of up to £20m rejected by Red Bull Salzburg in January. (Athletic via BBC)

 Liverpool are interested in Juventus striker Paulo Dybala. The 28-year-old Argentine is out of contract in the summer. Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal are also considering an offer. (Mirror via BBC)

Real Madrid are looking at a deal to sign William Saliba, 20, from Arsenal. The French defender, on loan at Marseille, is yet to make a senior appearance under Gunners manager Mikel Arteta. (Express via BBC)

Chicago Fire are close to signing Switzerland midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri, 30, from Lyon. (MLS Soccer via BBC)

Watford failed with an approach to sign Manchester United's English defender Phil Jones, 29, before the January transfer window shut. (Football Insider via BBC)

Manchester City have joined West Ham and Brentford in showing an interest in Sheffield Wednesday's 16-year-old English forward Bailey Cadamarteri. (Sheffield Star via BBC)

 Everton, Brentford and Watford are keeping close tabs on 18-year-old left-back Steve Ngunga, who is impressing with non-league side Rising Ballers. (Football Insider via BBC)