Chelsea have announced that they have reached an agreement with FC Basel for Mohamed Salah.
Liverpool have been chasing a deal for the 21-year-old, who can also play in midfield, for several months, but they are set to lose out on the Egypt international.
A statement on the Blues' official website
read: "Chelsea Football Club can confirm an agreement has been reached
with FC Basel for the transfer of their 21-year-old attacking midfielder
Mohamed Salah.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted he does not expect to make a
major signing in this transfer window, after seemingly ruling out a move
for Schalke midfielder Julian Draxler.
Wenger has been persistently linked with a move for Draxler in recent weeks, with a deal for the 20-year-old Germany attacking starlet reported to be close in the first two weeks of this transfer window.
However, Wenger was firm in his conviction that Draxler will not be
joining Arsenal this month, as the Arsenal boss believes he has the
squad depth required to sustain a challenge in three competitions with
Nicklas Bendtner now fit to return after his ankle injury.
When asked whether there was any chance of Arsenal signing Draxler,
Wenger offered a firm "no", before
This is absolutely mesmerizing: Watch a match head, slowed down to 4,000 frames per second, steadily ignite and begin its (super-slow) burn.
The video was created by UltraSlo,
a production company that wants "our slow-mo footage to encourage
viewers to be aware of the world around them, to enjoy it, protect it
and learn from it."
How did they shoot the video? "There was over 2000 [watts] of light
within 4 inches (10 CM) of the match with mirrors and reflectors too,"
UltraSlo writes in the YouTube description.
"What you see in an instant will take quite a while on screen," UltraSlo founder Alan Teitel says in the video.
We like Gizmodo's colorful description of the burning match head looking like "dying alien worlds," but it's actually a chemical reaction:
"The heat generated from the phosphorus is enough to break down
potassium chlorate, and in the process, it releases oxygen. This oxygen
combines with sulfur, allowing the flame to thrive long enough for us to
light a candle or barbecue."
