Tottenham Agrees £12m Fee with Lyon for Hugo Lloris: The Nightly EPL

Phew! It’s been a hectic day in the transfer market. Only hours after Moussa Dembele looks set to be heading from Fulham to Tottenham Hotspur, the boys from White Hart Lane have agreed a deal with Lyon for the transfer of Hugo Lloris. With an exceptional goalkeeper competing for the starting position with Brad Friedel, all that’s left for the Lilywhites to sign is a striker to finish a very successful transfer window. Can they do it? I wouldn’t bet against them.

Here are the Premier League news headlines of the day:

• Tottenham agrees £12m fee with Lyon for Hugo Lloris — The Telegraph
• Tottenham play hardball on Rafael van der Vaart’s return to Hamburg — The Guardian
• Arsenal sell Henri Lansbury to Nottingham Forest in £1m deal — The Telegraph
  
• Stewart Downing may have to play left-back if he wants to stay at Liverpool — The Guardian
  
• Southampton has signed Zambia forward Emmanuel Mayuka from Young Boys — Sky Sports
• YouTube scores more soccer, but still misses EPL goal — Paid Content
  
• QPR are on the brink of signing Inter Milan goalkeeper Julio Cesar — Sky Sports
  
• Swansea City turn down Manchester City’s offer for Scott Sinclair — The Guardian
  
• Michael Laudrup says Scott Sinclair’s move to Man City could still materialize — Sky Sports
• Fulham have bid £6.5m for Lyon striker Bafetimbi Gomis — The Daily Mail
  
• Man United’s autocratic Fergie on brink of 1,000th league game — Sporting Intelligence
• Further discussions are set to take place with Marseille over Joey Barton transfer — Sky Sports
  
• Flashback: Warren Barton and Eric Wynalda trading cards — FOX Soccer Blog
• Capital One Cup roundup: Championship sides suffer torrid night — The Guardian
  
• Newcastle will demand huge fees for star players in final days of window — The Independent
  
• Wigan chase London 2012 and MLS star Espinoza — The Mirror
• Arsenal – Barclays League Division One review (VHS), 1989 — The Football Attic