Despite reports of Liverpool agreeing a loan deal with West Ham United for Andy Carroll, the talismanic striker is insistent on resisting the deal and wants a move to Newcastle United instead. While Newcastle is his hometown club, I personally feel he’d be better suited at West Ham where he’d get more playing time and would better fit into that squad compared to Newcastle, where the Toon has changed its playing style quite considerably since Carroll left.

With less than three weeks to go before the season kicks off, there are plenty of transfers threatening to happen, including these major stories today: