🚨 Saka out for "many weeks," Tottenham's awful December, Simeone wins award, van Dijk and Salah on deals and much more...

Plus all of the other football stories making the news on Christmas Eve...

Good morning everyone and welcome to the Christmas Eve edition of the Daily Briefing! Thanks as always for reading, and hope you enjoy :-)

Today’s top stories:

• 🎧 LISTEN: The Debrief Podcast

• Everton close to shutting up shop before takeover

• Stephen Warnock’s scathing opinion of the Marcus Rashford situation

• Plus more from Chelsea, Nottingham Forest and Real Madrid

Arsenal

• Mikel Arteta confirmed Bukayo Saka’s injury blow. “It’s not looking good. He’s going to be out for many weeks,” he said to reporters. “It’s a huge blow, but it’s going to be a big exercise for us to overcome another challenge.”