Global stocks sank Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with talks that are aimed at averting a trade war with China. Equities were also dented by poor eurozone economic data, and as Trump cast doubt on a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Trump (is) continuing to drive uncertainty over global trade,” said analyst Joshua Mahony at trading firm IG. “European markets are following their Asian counterparts lower, as a pessimistic tone from Trump is compounded by downbeat economic data,” he added. Markets had surged Monday after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said they had agreed to pull back from imposing threatened tariffs on billions of dollars of goods, and continue talks on a variety of trade issues. However, Trump has declared that he was “not satisfied” with the status of the talks, fuelling worries that the world’s top two economies could still slug out an economically pain...
West Brom are leading the race to sign Germany international Andre Schurrle on loan from Borussia Dortmund.
The Baggies will have to cover the 27-year-old former Chelsea player's salary of £90,000-a-week in full, report TeamTalk.
Neal Smeathers: Otamendi, Delph have been coached and become better. Other defenders purchased to replace older players and due to injuries. £50m is the going rate for top players.
Anderlecht have made a bid to re-sign striker Aleksandar Mitrovic from Newcastle.
The Magpies, though, will not let the 23-year-old Serbian leave on loan or for less than £15m, report the Chronicle.
Matt: Peter Sparks (11:21) complaining about City spending on defence. They have had to rebuild an aged and not to spec set of defenders, Kolorov, Clichy, Zabaleta, Sagna and on/off Kompany. Haters gonna hate.
Sven-Goran Eriksson has been chatting to BBC Sport and denied there were "stupid things" like team cliques when he was in charge of England.
Some of his former players in Rio Ferdinand, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard had said that club rivalries had held back the national team.
"The England national team is too big to have these kind of stupid things," Eriksson told BBC Sport.
"I didn't see any evidence of that."
Peter Sparks: So instead of actually coaching his defenders to be better, Pep is just buying anyone going. £200m on defence in two windows.
Newcastle have enquired about signing defender Eliaquim Mangala on-loan from Manchester City.
The Premier League leaders are poised to complete a deal for Athletic Bilbao centre-back Aymeric Laporte and would want the Magpies to pay the majority of his £80,000-a-week wage, report the Daily Mail.
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Brentford have signed Chiedozie Ogbene from Irish Premier Division side Limerick for an undisclosed fee.
The 20-year-old forward has agreed a three-and-a-half-year deal with the Championship club following a spell on trial with the Bees.
"We have been monitoring Chiedozie for quite a while and we like what he can bring," head coach Dean Smithsaid.
Championship leaders Wolves have made a bid to sign striker Benik Afobe on loan from Bournemouth until the end of the season.
The 24-year-old is out-of-favour at Vitality Stadium and scored 23 goals between 2014 and 2016 at Molineux, report the Express and Star.
West Brom have rejected a loan offer from Championship side Derby for winger James McClean, report Sky Sports.
Boss Alan Pardew sees the 28-year-old as a key member of the squad in their bid to avoid relegation from the Premier League.
One that is moving...
Senegal international Badou Ndiaye is hoping to arrive in England later today to complete a £15m transfer from Galatasaray to Stoke City.
But the move is subject to a work permit and a visa being granted.
This may be a stumbling block as Ndiaye hasn't played the requisite number of senior internationals for Senegal (60% over the last two years).
Personal terms have been agreed and I understand Ndiaye did not consider a move to Newcastle despite interest.
Ndiaye is a combative midfielder who only joined Galatasaray in August. He is expected to be in Senegal’s World Cup squad.
La Liga side Sevilla have signed full-back Miguel Layun on loan from Porto until the end of the season.
The former Watford player, 29, had been out of favour at the Portuguese side, making just two starts for the league leaders this season.
Celtic have had a £200,000 offer for goalkeeper Trevor Carson rejected by Motherwell.
The Scottish Premiership champions want the 29-year-old following an knee injury to number on Craig Gordon.
Crystal Palace are in talks with striker Jordan Hugill from Preston North End.
No price has yet been agreed for the 25-year-old who is under contract with the Championship side until 2019.
Not content with just completing a deal for Aymeric Laporte...
Manchester City are in advanced talks to sign midfielder Fred from Shakhtar Donetsk.
The 24-year-old Brazilian would join at the start of the summer, report the Daily Telegraph.
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