Ten centre backs that clubs are going to be falling over themselves to sign this January.
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If there was one thing that the team lineups in Manchester United’s Premier League victory at Arsenal yesterday showed, it is just how in need of defensive reinforcements some of the Premier League’s biggest clubs are.
Arsenal, United and Liverpool, as a minimum, need to sign a centre back in January if they are to move forwards – and could well be fighting over these ten:
Ezequiel Garay (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Linked clubs: Manchester United
Pepe (Real Madrid)
Linked clubs: Chelsea, Manchester United
Ron Vlaar (Aston Villa)
Linked clubs: Manchester United, Arsenal
Winston Reid (West Ham United)
Linked clubs: Arsenal
Virgil van Dijk (Celtic)
Linked clubs: Arsenal, Manchester United
Raphael Varane (Real Madrid)
Linked clubs: Chelsea
Bruno Martins Indi (FC Porto)
Linked clubs: Southampton, Manchester United
Matija Nastasic (Manchester City)
Linked clubs: Arsenal
Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao)
Linked clubs: Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool
Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)
Linked clubs: Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool