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Jenna Nighswonger’s loan move to Aston Villa from Arsenal was announced this morning but what is interesting is that the contract includes a deal to buy. The defender signed for the Gunners in the summer but has struggled to break into the first team.

Arsenal announced huge news in this transfer window earlier this week but it did not concern a player. The manager Renée Slegers signed a new deal which runs until 2029, a massively important bit of business for the Gunners to do:

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The big transfer news has already begun today as England international and two-time Euros winner Georgia Stanway has announced she is leaving Bayern Munich at the end of the season.

In her announcement on social media she said it was a difficult decision to leave Bayern and thanked the club and fans.