10 big moves that some have suggested could come to fruition this month.
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Juan Cuadrado
From: Fiorentina
To: Chelsea
Price: £26m
Likelihood: 7/10
Conclusion: This deal has legs though one wonders how desperate Jose Mourinho is to make such a signing this month given his sheer strength in depth in wide-attacking roles.
Kevin Mirallas
From: Everton
To: Tottenham
Price: Cash plus Aaron Lennon
Likelihood: 7/10
Conclusion: Plausible, especially given the Belgian’s run-in with Leighton Baines when the winger decided to take penalty taking duties against West Brom.
Mats Hummels
From: Borussia Dortmund
To: Arsenal/Man United
Price: £47m
Likelihood: 4/10
Conclusion: Not going to happen in January but Louis van Gaal will certainly be making a move for the German in the summer when he may be able to offer Hummels the Champions League berth Borussia Dortmund won’t be likely to hand the centre-back.
Winston Reid
From: West Ham
To: Arsenal
Price: £6m
Likelihood: 6/10
Conclusion: Only a matter of time and West Ham may elect to cash-in on the New Zealand international this month given they will otherwise lose the centre-back on a free in the summer.
Gonzalo Higuain
From: Napoli
To: Liverpool
Price: £32m
Likelihood: 1/10
Conclusion: Simply no reason why the Argentine would leave Napoli for Liverpool and Brendan Rodgers would be loathed to spend big on another striker having forked out for three forwards over the summer.
Gerard Pique
From: Barcelona
To: Man United
Price: £15m
Likelihood: 1/10
Conclusion: Barcelona can not sign players in 2015 so the chances of selling any key personnel in that period are slim to none.
Ezequiel Lavezzi
From: PSG
To: Liverpool
Price: £8m
Likelihood: 7/10
Conclusion: The Argentine was fined and suspended for returning late from his winter break and Liverpool may well successfully lure the former Napoli man to Anfield.
Marquinhos
From: PSG
To: Man United
Price: £30m
Likelihood: 4/10
Conclusion: Louis van Gaal needs a centre-back, is that centre-back going to be this Brazilian? No, probably not.
Fabian Delph
From: Aston Villa
To: Liverpool
Price: £6m
Likelihood: 7/10
Conclusion: Out of contract in the summer and seen by Brendan Rodgers as a possible replacement for Steven Gerrard, a definite possibility.
Paul Pogba
From: Juventus
To: Man United
Price: £61m
Likelihood: 2/10
Conclusion: The chances of Pogba returning to Man United are fairly low and the chance of any such move happening this month are literally zero. A summer move to Real Madrid is our best bet.