News about Calum Chambers

As Aston Villa face a daunting challenge to see if their key defender faces another spell on the sidelines, Pau Torres will undergo a scan this week. Following an injury layoff, the Spain international was playing just his second game back after only one replacement appeared in two months due to an ankle injury. He was taken off at halftime against Nottingham Forest, who were defeated 4-2 at Villa Park on Saturday. Unai Emery, Villa's boss, Tyrone Mings, Ezri Konsa, and Diego Carlos are all missing, Villa boss Unai Emery can hardly afford for Torres to attend them. Despite being told he could leave in January, Villa ended the game with Clement Lenglet and Calum Chambers in central defense.

SIMON JONES: West Brom are among those who have inquired about the possibility of transferring Calum Chambers from Aston Villa this morning. Chambers is out of favour at Villa Park, and has yet to make a Premier League appearance this season. The former Arsenal defender has played just 31 times for Villa in less than two years, and at 29, he would make a good choice for the Baggies.

TOM COLLOMOSSE: Boss Unai Emery has not ruled out expanding his squad this winter, but he acknowledges that Villa must sell first and that they should also monitor Financial Fair Play laws. Even though Emery is reluctant to allow midfielder Leander Dendoncker to leave on a temporary basis, the Belgian international's loan offers persist, but he can still be sold in this window. Villa is open to letting forward Jhon Duran, who does not have an eye with Emery, leave on loan, but only if they are positive they will replace him, and for Ollie Watkins, who needs back-up.

Simon Jones of Mail Sport gives us a detailed rundown of who players each of the Premier League clubs should expect to bring in this January. So many actors could be on their way out during next month's transfer window as well as the actresses who may be on their way out.

As we approach Friday's 11 p.m. deadline, the Premier League clubs are likely to wrap up their transfer business. Some top-flight clubs have held off waiting until the last minute to bring players in, while others have seen changed circumstances that have brought them right back to the market, while others have said no, and some are completely done. In the last hours of the summer season, Mail Sport takes you through what each of the 20 Premier League clubs still needs.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: We'll soon be talking about Trebles and the best we've ever seen, and we'll also discuss Financial Fair Play's caveats as we have increased frequency in recent weeks. We know that an asterisk is only ever written in pencil, but 115 of them are impossible to ignore, which is why I like to write about Brighton when I reflect on the season's team. It's nicer. Cleaner. It's also relative. In fact, if the music stops, they will be sixth, so five clubs are better than Brighton, if we are to be fiddly about it. However, this is why it's helpful to see their tale in the context of food franchises and who is supposed to eat who is in the richest of leagues. Brighton, who are currently in last place for wages and have invested less than they have invested on transfers in the last two seasons, has a natural knack for playing silly buggers with our bankable formulas.

Many people questioned the wisdom of doing so when the club was clearly struggling at the back, with many asking whether it was wise to do so. However, Saliba revealed after Sunday's match against Brentford that he "feels" at home in north London, having easily slotted in at the forefront of Mikel Arteta's defense. The French defender said: "I'm at home here," the French defender said in a SkySports interview after another goal-scoring appearance in an Arsenal shirt. I like London, I like the club, and I love everything about it. "I feel right at home here."

Mikel Arteta's crew traveled to Thomas Frank's then-newly promoted Brentford team where they were given a comprehensive lesson in planning and applying. Knives, which were in some quarters, were already out of the game, and two more consecutive losses at a total score of 7-0 did not do much to stem the tide. Arsenal has improved dramatically following a slow start to that put them at the bottom of the table, with some questioning where their next victory could come from. It was only a late season blip that saw them drop out of the Champions League after coming from the canvass of their poor start to a run in the upper echelons of the sport.

Since new arrival Diego Carlos ruptured his achilles tendon in only his second game against Everton, Steven Gerrard has been keen to expand on his center-back options. Villa has lost four and won just one of their first five Premier League matches of the season, and they are yet to keep a clean sheet.

ASTON VILLA 0-1 BEST HAM SAMI MOKBEL AT VILLA PARK: When you're in the ascendancy, you're winning, but the best teams do it. Villa couldn't afford to. In comparison, West Ham did not have such a large number of people. That's why the Hammers left the Midlands with all three points intact. Yes, the winner was fortuitous - Pablo Fornals' shot off Ezri Konsa with a spectacular deflection off the wall before looping over Emi Martinez. But who will remember that? David Moyes will undoubtedly care about his team's first goal of the season, as well as their first points. With those two monkeys on their back, West Ham is putting on a certain airlift as they go into their match against Tottenham on Wednesday. You can't say the same for Villa. The boos that echoed around Villa Park at full throttle told its own tale. The tunnel disconsolate, though Gerrard, the president, trudged back. After three losses in four Premier League games so far, the Liverpool legend is feeling the strain.

After suffering a troubling injury in only his second game for Aston Villa, Steven Gerrard thinks Diego Carlos will be on the sidelines for a long time. In the 2-1 victory over Everton, the Brazilian defender, a £26 million summer capture from Sevilla, sustained ankle and Achilles damage late in the game and was taken immediately to the hospital for a scan.