The January transfer window is always a tempting time to strike a deal. It is a period when unhappy players plot desperate escape routes and clubs weigh up whether a new signing is likely to transform their season—or prove nothing more than a panic buy.
There were some significant transfers agreed across Europe during the last winter window as Virgil van Dijk, Philippe Coutinho, Aymeric Laporte, Alexis Sanchez and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang all made big moves.
So what should we expect from transactions being lined up for the beginning of 2019?
There are some big changes beginning to open up with Sanchez, Jerome Boateng, Cengiz Under and Aaron Ramsey among the storylines.