And welcome to our Arsenal transfer deadline day blog. We kick off with 'news' that Alexis Sánchez seems to be on the verge of joining Manchester City – who have sent a delegation to Chile in anticipation of finalising a deal with the forward – and now Arsenal are scrambling around looking for a suitable replacement. Bond villain Julian Draxler is the man they fancy, even if his name suggests he poses an even greater threat to the safety of the world than Spectre, Smersh, the Janus Syndicate, the Octopus Cult, the Union, the Spangled Mob, the Union, the Graves Corporation, Auric Enterprises, Phoenix International, Quantum and Scum combined. For England, James?

A report in the Mirror claims the Paris St-Germain forward is the man to fill Sánchez's boots and the Arsenal are hoping that the Qatar government is willing to sell and recoup some of the money it splashed out on Neymar earlier in the transfer window which, as you will know, closes later today. Will PSG make some conciliatory moves with regards to FFP or not?

Arsène Wenger, though, is not pinning all of his hopes on the Germany international. The Arsenal manager, according to the report, has also made a further inquiry about Thomas Lemar, the Monaco player who has been heavily linked with a move to Liverpool, and Riyad Mahrez of Leicester City who is the past few weeks has become one of the 'wantaway' wingers you only ever hear about during transfer windows.