Arsenal have been heavily linked with a move for Arda Turan during this window despite his age and the unlikeliness of a move to the Emirates but we can now scratch him from the long list of players the club are supposed to want.

Turkish league leaders Istanbul Basaksehir on Saturday announced they had reached an agreement to sign midfielder Arda Turan on loan from Barcelona. “Arda Turan is returning to his country wearing the orange kit (of Basaksehir). This is not just a transfer for Basaksehir, but a transfer for all of Turkey,” club president Goksel Gumusdag said in…