sport news Premier League club-by-club transfer guide - Tottenham need a striker and ...

sport news Premier League club-by-club transfer guide - Tottenham need a striker and ...
sport news Premier League club-by-club transfer guide - Tottenham need a striker and ...

The January transfer window is finally open and that means it's time for Premier League teams to start doing business again. 

The opportunity for managers to bolster their squads cannot come at a better time with a gruelling fixture schedule causing fatigue and injury problems in many squads - while Covid outbreaks have left a few teams particularly light. 

But what players and positions are each team looking at and who could clubs decide to cash in on? Sportsmail provides a comprehensive guide to each side's transfer targets.

Spurs boss Antonio Conte is looking to make signings in January

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp also wants to make additions this month

Premier League bosses - including Antonio Conte (L) and Jurgen Klopp (R) are looking to add to their ranks in January

Arsenal   

What they want: A forward, midfielder, right-back, goalkeeper cover.

Who do they like: Alexander Isak (R Sociedad), Jonathan David (Lille), Dejan Kulusevski (Juventus), Denis Zakaria (B M’gladbach), Renato Sanches (Lille), Arthur (Juventus), Douglas Luiz (A Villa).

Who could go: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Eddie Nketiah, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Sead Kolasinac, Mohamed Elneny, Lucas Torreira.

Window outlook: Priority is a forward who can play wide and cut in. 

Could Arsenal turn to Alexander Isak with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on his way out?

Could Arsenal turn to Alexander Isak with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on his way out?

Aston Villa 

What they want: A left-back, centre-back, attacking midfielder, right-winger.

Who do they like: Josh Doig (Hibs), Aaron Hickey (Bologna), Lucas Digne (Everton), Nicolas Tagliafico (Ajax), Florian Wirtz (Leverkusen), Denis Zakaria (M’gladbach), Glen Kamara, Ryan Kent (Rangers), Dejan Kulusevski (Juventus), James McAtee (Man City).

Who could go: Axel Tuanzebe, Wesley Moraes, Kortney Hause, Bertrand Traore, Trezeguet, Anwar El Ghazi.

Window outlook: Keen to strengthen. 

Brentford 

What they want: Goalkeeper, a right-back, attacking midfielder.

Who do they like: Jonas Lossl (Midtjylland, signed £1m), Mykhaylo Mudryk (Shakhtar Donetsk), Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest).

Who could go: Pontus Jansson.

Window outlook: Statistics will dictate their additions and manager Thomas Frank says: ‘Targets need to be a good guy who wants to work hard and be part of our culture.’ 

Brighton

What they want: A creative forward.

Who do they like: Kacper Kozlowski (Pogon Szczecin), James McAtee (Man City), Ben Brereton Diaz (Blackburn), Lyndon Dykes (QPR), Darwin Nunez (Benfica), Dante Vanzeir (Union SG).

Who could go: Aaron Connolly (on loan to Middlesbrough), Zak Sturge.

Window outlook: Hope to bolster their attacking options to provide extra goal threat. Technical director Dan Ashworth’s discussions over a role at Newcastle could complicate matters.

Brighton are looking at QPR forward Lyndon Dykes as they target a reliable goalscorer up top

Brighton are looking at QPR forward Lyndon Dykes as they target a reliable goalscorer up top

Burnley  

What they want: Striker, attacking midfielder and right-winger with pace, centre-back.

Who do they like: Lyndon Dykes (QPR), Marcus Tavernier (M’brough), Nat Phillips (L’pool), Joe Worrall (N Forest)

Who could go: James Tarkowski (but wants to see out his contract), Jay Rodriguez, Erik Pieters.

Window outlook: Loans more likely. Have a number of players out of contract so are scouring several positions but asking premium fees for Tarkowski, etc. 

Chelsea

What they want: Centre-back, cover at wing-back and a central midfielder.

Who do they like: Jules Kounde (Sevilla), Nicolas Tagliafico (Ajax), Lucas Digne (Everton), Kieran Trippier (Atletico), Sergino Dest (Barca), Aurelien Tchouameni (Monaco).

Who could go: Ross Barkley, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Malang Sarr, Lewis Baker, Charly Musonda, Andreas Christensen, Hakim Ziyech, Bryan Fiabema.

Window outlook: Injuries mean they will look at wing-backs in particular. 

Chelsea are eager to bring in centre-backs amid an injury crisis with Jules Kounde a target

Chelsea are eager to bring in centre-backs amid an injury crisis with Jules Kounde a target 

Crystal Palace 

What they want: Another attacking option.

Who do they like: Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), Borja Mayoral (Roma).

Who could go: Jean-Philippe Mateta, Jairo Riedewald, Rob Street (loan).

Window outlook: Palace are close to getting an extra forward in to help make more of their chances particularly with Wilfried Zaha, Cheikhou Kouyate and Jordan Ayew at the Africa Cup of Nations. They will then look at midfielders for the summer.

Everton

What they want: Two full-backs and a midfielder are priority plus a forward.

Who do they like: Vitaliy Mykolenko (D Kiev, signed £18m), Nathan Patterson (Rangers), Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal), Dwight McNeil (Burnley).

Who could go: Lucas Digne, Mason Holgate, Cenk Tosun, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Jonjoe Kenny.

Window outlook: Rafa Benitez wants better defenders and a midfielder who can control the game.

Everton like the look of Burnley's Dwight McNeil as Rafa Benitez targets midfield recruits

Everton like the look of Burnley's Dwight McNeil as Rafa Benitez targets midfield recruits 

Leeds United

What they want: A young left-back for U23s and a box-to-box midfielder.

Who do they like: Ross Barkley (Chelsea), Boubacar Kamara (Marseille), John Swift (Reading), Todd

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