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Adidas unwilling to renew Arsenal ace £22m deal

Adidas has been sponsoring Mesut Ozil since his days as a Real Madrid player from 2013 but his lucrative contract is now coming to an end.  And Bild report Adidas have no plans of offering the 31-year-old an extension, with the decision thought to centre around concerns over his public image. His relationship with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has caused controversy in the past, leading to criticism from human rights groups. Ozil was pictured alongside Erdogan prior to the 2018 World Cup, after which he retired from international football, claiming he had been made a scapegoat for Germany's failure. Last summer he also made Erdogan best man at his wedding. Since then Ozil has been embroiled in a fresh row in China after criticising the nation's treatment of Uighur Muslims. As a result China cancelled the proposed broadcast of Arsenal vs Man City, and Ozil was also removed from the Chinese version of video game Pro Evolution Soccer 2020. His position at Arsenal has also...

Premier League Restart: Amazon Prime to stream all four Premier League games free-to-air in UK

Amazon Prime will stream the four Premier League games it has the rights to free of charge when football returns.  It means no membership will be required in order to watch the matches via the website. The news means there will be a total of 33 matches on free-to-air TV, including four to be shown on the BBC and 25 on Pick TV. All 92 of the remaining matches in the Premier League will be broadcast. In total Sky have the rights to 64 of them, BT has 20, and Amazon and the BBC four each. The final fixture list is yet to be decided, with exact timings and dates set to be published at some point this week. One thing that does appear set in stone is the return of the division on June 17, with Manchester City taking on Arsenal and Aston Villa hosting Sheffield United as all four teams fulfill their games in hand. It will be intriguing to see the viewing figures of each match from now until the end of the season, with every game played behind closed doors as a result of the...

TOTTENHAM SIGN VINCENT JANSSEN FROM AZ ALKMAAR IN £18.5M DEAL

Tottenham have completed the £18.5million signing of striker AZ Alkmaar Vincent Janssen. JANSSEN The 22-year-old passed his medical on Monday night and was confirmed as a Spurs player on Tuesday morning. The White Hart Lane club have paid an initial £16.8million for the Holland international with Tottenham required to fork out a further £1.7million should Janssen meet certain targets.

Transfer stories from other newspapers and websites

Arsenal   target   Henrikh Mkhitaryan   won't be signing a new deal at Dortmund and is keen to sign for   Manchester United   . (Bild) Victor Valdes   could return to Manchester with   Man City   after being released on a free by Manchester United. (The Guardian) Former Manchester United winger   Nani   has agreed to join   Inter Milan   on a three-year deal from Fenerbahce. (Record) VfL   Wolfsburg   are one of three teams interested in signing   Liverpool   defender   MartinSkrtel . (The Express)

Leicester have offered £15million plus add-ons for Deeney

Deeney Leicester have offered £15million plus add-ons for Deeney, who performed impressively for Watford last season with 15 goals in all competitions. Troy Deeney  wants to join  Leicester  after seeing a £20million bid rejected from the champions. But the Watford striker is caught in the middle of a transfer battle with the Hornets insisting he is not for sale.

Chelsea are considering a move into the race for £31million Marseille striker Michy Batshuayi.

Batshuayi Chelsea   are considering a move into the race for £31million Marseille striker Michy Batshuayi. T he Belgium international has rejected interest from   West Ham   , insisting he wants to join a bigger club or a club in the Champions League. But   Spurs   are unwilling to be held to ransom by Marseille over Batshuayi’s valuation. The north Londoners are already in talks with AZ Alkmaar for   £12million Dutch striker Vincent Janssen   and are hopeful of concluding a deal within days.

TRANSFER BLOW TO MAN UTD: PJANIC TO JUVENTUS

Pjanic Manchester United is set to miss out on Pjanic.  Miralem Pjanic is about to sign for Juventus imminently. Jose Mourinho is reported to be a fan of the Roma playmaker but the Portuguese appears set to be disappointed as Pjanic nears a €32 million switch to the Bianconeri. The fee is short of his €38m release clause given Roma are unwilling to pay the player a 15 per cent cut of the fee, allowing Massimiliano Allegri's men to secure something of a bargain as they target Champions League victory next term. The sale of Pjanic – also a reported target of Barcelona – could have knock-on consequences in the transfer market, given Roma are likely to hold firm on their refusal to sell Radja Nainggolan to Chelsea.