With December coming to an end, quickly oncoming is the January transfer window. Last year, we saw mayhem in the window. Mostly Chelsea’s, signing Benoit Badiashile, Noni Madueke, Malo Gusto, Andrey Santos, David Datro Fofana, João Félix on loan, and the big two; Mykhaylo Mudryk and Enzo Fernández, splashing over 300 million in JANUARY. We also saw João Cancelo loaned to Bayern, Keylor Navas loaned to Forest, Cody Gakpo join Liverpool, Anthony Gordon join Newcastle, Jorginho join Arsenal, and other big transfers. The underrated deal was Viktor Tsygankov joining Girona for 5 million euros from Dynamo Kyiv, well below his market value then and now.
It’s safe to say that probably this January window won’t be as insane as last year’s, but we’ll still see some big deals. Let me walk you through some of those deals now. What are the rumours for big deals now? Let’s see.
#1: Claudio Echeverri to Man City
Current Club: River Plate
Transfer Type: Buy & Loan back
Fee: 25m
Position: CAM
Age: 17
Probability: 9.5/10
#2: Gabriel Moscardo to PSG
Current Club: Corinthians
Transfer Type: Buy
Fee: 20m
Position: CM
Age: 18
Probability: 9.5/10
#3: Lucas Beraldo to PSG
Current Club: São Paulo
Transfer Type: Buy
Fee: 20m
Position: CB
Age: 20
Probability: 9.5/10
#4: Aleix Garcia to Barcelona
Current Club: Girona
Transfer Type: Buy (Likely)
Fee: Unknown (20m Release Clause)
Position: CM
Age: 26
Probability: 2/10
#5: Ivan Toney to Arsenal
Current Club: Brentford
Transfer Type: Buy
Fee: >50m
Position: ST
Age: 27
Probability: 4/10
#6: Dominic Solanke to Spurs
Current Club: Bournemouth
Transfer Type: Buy
Fee: 25m
Position: ST
Age: 26
Probability: 3/10
#7: Mo Salah to Al Ittihad
Current Club: Liverpool
Transfer Type: Buy
Fee: >150m
Position: RW
Age: 31
Probability: 1/10
I’d like to add something personally on this one, there’s no real rumours that Al Ittihad will try to sign Salah again this month, but I think they will. If this happens, I will look like a genius.
#8: Giovani Lo Celso to Barcelona
Current Club: Spurs
Transfer Type: Loan
Position: CAM
Age: 27
Probability: 3/10
#9: Kalvin Phillips to Newcastle, Juventus
Current Club: Man City
Transfer Type: Loan
Position: CDM
Age: 28
Probability: 7/10 (Newcastle), 2/10 (Juventus)
#10: Douglas Luiz to Barcelona
Current Club: Aston Villa
Transfer Type: Unknown
Fee: 15m
Position: CDM
Age: 25
Probability: 3/10
#11: Hugo Lloris to LAFC
Current Club: Spurs
Transfer Type: Buy
Fee: 5m
Position: GK
Age: 37
Probability: 9/10
#12: Raphael Varane to Real Madrid, Bayern
Current Club: Man Utd
Transfer Type: Buy
Fee: 25m
Position: CB
Age: 30
Probability: 2/10 (Real Madrid), 2/10 (Bayern)
#13: Joao Palhinha to Bayern, Arsenal, Liverpool
Current Club: Fulham
Transfer: Buy
Fee: 40m
Position: CDM
Age: 28
Probability: 2/10 (Bayern), 3/10 (Arsenal), 3/10 (Liverpool)
#14: Victor Osimhen to Chelsea, Arsenal
Current Club: Napoli
Transfer: Buy
Fee: 100m
Position: ST
Age: 25
Probability: 3/10 (Chelsea), 2/10 (Arsenal)
#15: Johan Bakayoko to Man Utd, West Ham, Liverpool
Current Club: PSV
Transfer: Buy
Fee: 40m
Position: RW
Age: 20
Probability: 3/10 (Man Utd), 2/10 (West Ham), 2/10 (Liverpool)
#16: Lloyd Kelly to Spurs
Current Club: Bournemouth
Transfer: Buy
Fee: >20m
Position: CB
Age: 25
Probability: 4/10
#17: Serhou Guirassy to Milan, Man Utd, Spurs
Current Club: Stuttgart
Transfer: Buy
Fee: 30m
Position: ST
Age: 28
Probability: 4/10 (Milan), 2/10 (Man Utd), 2/10 (Spurs)
#18: Donyell Malen to Man Utd
Current Club: Dortmund
Transfer: Buy
Fee: 40m
Position: RW
Age: 24
Probability: 3/10
#19: Santiago Gimenez to Chelsea
Current Club: Feyenoord
Transfer: Buy
Fee: 50m
Position: ST
Age: 22
Probability: 3/10
#20: Nico Gonzalez to Girona
Current Club: Porto
Transfer: Buy
Fee: 15m
Position: CM
Age: 21
Probability: 2/10
#21: Ronald Araujo to Bayern
Current Club: Barcelona
Transfer: Buy
Fee: >100m
Position: CB
Age: 24
Probability: 1/10
#22: Jorrel Hato to Arsenal
Current Club: Ajax
Transfer: Buy
Fee: 30m
Position: CB
Age: 17
Probability: 4/10
#23: Tajon Buchanan to Inter
Current Club: Club Brugge
Transfer: Buy
Fee: 15m
Position: RM
Age: 24
Probability: 7/10
#24: Jonathan David to Milan
Current Club: Lille
Transfer: Buy
Fee: 40m
Position: ST
Age: 23
Probability: 5/10
#25: Alphonso Davies to Real Madrid
Current Club: Bayern
Transfer: Buy
Fee: 70m
Position: LB
Age: 23
Probability: 2/10
There you go; some of the biggest moves we may see this month. I say about 12 of these will happen, but we’ll have to see. I’m Jim James, until next time.