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Tottenham Hotspur are prepared to smash their wage structure in order to keep Luka Modric at White Hart Lane.   According to reports in the London Evening Standard, Spurs are ready to offer Modric a new long-term deal which will see him become the club's first £100,000-a-a-week player.

Stoke are thought to be at an advanced stage of negotiations for the transfer of VVV-Venlo striker Michael Ucebo, the Dutch club has revealed.   The Potters have been linked with a number of strikers and it now seems manager Tony Pulis is about to conclude a deal for the 21-year-old Nigerian.

Newcastle are the latest club to be linked with Blackburn winger Junior Hoilett just one day after Tottenham were also linked with a move for the talented youngster. Blackburn are determined to keep hold of the 21-year-old and have entered negotiations about a new contract for the midfielder.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is preparing to tussle with Catalan giants Barcelona in the January transfer window, according to talkSport, as he seeks to spend his remaining transfer funds on a strike partner for skipper Robin van Persie.   According to talkSport, Wenger will attempt to hijack Barcelona’s approach for Valencia starlet Francisco ‘Paco’ Alcacer.

Arsenal are expected to return in January with a club record bid for Lille star Eden Hazard, after narrowly missing out on deadline day.   The Gunners had been frantically scouring the market for recognised midfield talent, after selling stars Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri.

Arsenal have cancelled negotiations with Dinamo Zagreb over the proposed transfer of Mateo Kovacic after they failed to agree with the Croatian club's valuation of the playmaker. According to talkSPORT, the Gunners are long-term admirers of the teenage prospect and have been tracking his developments since he was 13-years-old.