What does your club need in the remainder of the January Transfer Window?
We speak to NationalWorld writers covering Premier League and Championship clubs, on which positions they believe those clubs should look to strengthen in, in the final week of January.
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00:00 Well, I think it's probably two areas for me.
00:04 I mean, we've brought in Timo Werner,
00:06 but I think as you saw at Manchester United,
00:08 we lacked a little bit of conviction in the final third.
00:11 You know, Richarlison is in form,
00:14 Brennan Johnson, you know, we're getting into these positions
00:17 and not quite finishing teams off in terms of being clinical.
00:19 So a clinical goal scorer in an ideal world, very difficult to find.
00:23 There's a dearth of number nines across Europe at the moment, isn't there?
00:26 At the moment, we've obviously got Son coming back from the
00:30 Asian Cup as well.
00:32 So, you know, a clinical forward if you're talking ideal world,
00:35 but I think probably more pressing would be a bit of a midfield general.
00:39 I don't know. Well, they won't make any permanent transfers.
00:42 I could say that pretty confidently.
00:44 Certainly any significant money spent.
00:46 I think there's a chance that a lone player will come in.
00:50 But I think that's the most that United fans can expect.
00:55 Yeah, I mean, the only business I'm really expecting City to do
00:59 is to bring in Claudio Echeverri, a young player from Argentina,
01:03 a young midfielder.
01:05 We're expecting him to come in permanent transfer.
01:07 I think it's initial fee of 14 million euros, I think, plus add-ons.
01:11 But then he's going to be loaned back to River Plate
01:15 at least for the end of this season.
01:16 Maybe a versatile defender.
01:18 Maybe someone who can play left side, centre half, stroke left back.
01:22 Or there's still some fans, there's still a climate, someone get another number six in with Tara Wendles.
01:28 Finally starts to acclimatise after a struggle in early season.
01:33 But is he one for the long term future?
01:36 Because he's 30. How long has he got in him for?
01:38 I think, yeah, a versatile defender or a left-sided defender.
01:43 Oh, sorry, or a holding midfielder.
01:45 I beg your pardon.
01:46 Yeah, it's tough, Everton, because the hands are pretty much tied with finances.
01:49 But I mean,
01:52 they've been in the market for a winger for a long time, another winger.
01:56 I mean, that's what we saw in the summer.
01:57 They did bring in Harrison and Dan Juma, but both on loan.
02:00 Midfield, again, is another topic as well that they've been looking at.
02:04 I mean, they only really have the Dries O'Gay gone.
02:06 You know, they look a little bit light in midfield.
02:08 Wolves, it's a tricky one, I think.
02:11 Maybe another striker because Goliath's going out.
02:14 Fabio Silva is well on loan.
02:16 You've only really got Mateus Kounia and Hwang Hee-chan, of course,
02:19 when he comes back from international duty.
02:22 So they're going to want another player to have a bit of depth up top.
02:25 A winger, as I was alluding to before, they're in the market for one
02:29 and they haven't got enough depth.
02:30 Very similar to Wolves, really.
02:32 They've had so many injuries or they've had players loaned out, etc.
02:35 So, yeah, they need to bring in someone else out wide.
02:38 He's brought back Kaiser Hayden from Plymouth Argyle on loan, another right back.
02:42 So that means that Matty Cash is a bit more competition
02:45 because he's not really been at it this season.
02:47 So you can see what they're trying to do there.
02:49 Central midfield, they might try and bring in some cover.
02:52 Neander Den Donker is allowed to leave.
02:54 He said that they're going to try and bring in one or two faces this month
02:57 because they've not really got the resources to do too much.
03:00 But in the summer, they're expected to spend big.
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