3 Rumours Circling Ahead of the January Transfer Window
Let's dive straight in to look at three rumours that have recently been circling ahead of the January 2024 football transfer window.
When does the January 2024 transfer window open?
The upcoming transfer window involving all clubs in Europe's top leagues will officially open on Monday, January 1st, 2024, and last all month. Some of the main leagues involved are the following:
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La Liga (Spain)
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The Premier League (England)
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Ligue 1 (France)
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Serie A (Italy)
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Bundesliga (Germany)
In recent years, many of the European leagues have had a relatively quiet January transfer window, except for the English Premier League.
Who were the biggest transfers in January 2023?
The top five biggest January signings in 2023 were Benoit Badiashile's £33 million move from French Ligue 1 side to English Premier League side Chelsea, Cody Gakpo's £37.20 million move from the Netherlands Eredivisie side PSV to Premier League side Liverpool.
Anthony Gordon went from Everton to Newcastle United (both Premier League teams) for a reported fee of £40 million. Chelsea also paid a staggering £63 million for Ukrainian Premier League player Mykhaylo Mudryk and a further £106.8 million to land Liga Portugal's Enzo Fernandez!
Is it possible to bet on which players might go where?
Unfortunately, you will not very often find any fully licensed and regulated iGaming sites like Mr Green with 'next club' betting market odds. In other words, we will just have to wait and see who goes where. They tend to have thousands of other popular betting markets with competitive odds, but it's hard to find this particular market.
Which players are rumoured to be switching clubs in the January 2024 transfer window?
Three of the biggest named players that are rumoured to be switching clubs in the upcoming transfer window are the following:
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Victor Osimhen – a potential move away from Italian Serie A side Napoli to English Premier League sides Manchester United or Chelsea
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Giovani Lo Celso – the Tottenham Hotspur player has been linked with two clubs, including Serie A side Juventus and Spanish La Liga side Barcelona
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Mo Salah – the Liverpool talisman has been linked with a move to any Saudi Pro League side or Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain
These are all just rumours, don't forget, and they could end up staying at their current clubs. Alternatively, they could surprise us all and move somewhere completely different.
Honourable mentions
Let's take a quick look at several other rumours that have recently swirled around the internet. Some of these transfers sound far more realistic and likely than others, but anything can happen in football.
Examples include Inter Miami's Lionel Messi returning to Barcelona, PSG's Xavi Simons to Barcelona, Bayern Munich's Jamal Musiala to Manchester City, and Arsenal's Emile Smith-Rowe to West Ham United.
Other rumours include Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma to Manchester United, RB Leipzig's Lois Openda to Chelsea, Manchester United's Jadon Sanco to Juventus, Gremio's Luis Suarez to Inter Miami, and Arsenal's Jorginho to Barcelona.
There has also been talk of Bayern Munich's Leroy Sane going to Barcelona, Feyenoord's Quinten Timber going to Arsenal or Liverpool, Athletic Bilbao's Nico Williams going to Real Madrid, and Bayern Munich's Matthijs de Ligt going to Manchester United, to name just a few.
Final note
Although many of these potential moves are just pure speculation at the moment, some are likely to come to fruition. The best thing to do would be to stay up to date with the latest football transfer news and rumours from reputable websites that are more likely to have the most accurate information.