The challenge with January is that it's rare to get good deals, and unless we're committing significant funds to it, we run the risk of making Nunes, Phillips type signings, where we overspend on average players. Branthwaite falls into that category for me. We don't need a young 80m left footed centre back when we've got a young 85m left footed centre back in Gvardiol.
We need specialist right and left backs. Not hybrid centre back/midfielder fullbacks. We need two high quality midfielders. We need a De Bruyne replacement, creative. We need goal scoring wingers. We probably need to make Ortega our No.1 keeper. We need an alternative striker to Haaland, a different profile that we can use if the big lump up top approach isn't working. We need a top quality Centre Back that can stay fit.
Unfortunately though, that's about £400m, and I can't imagine we'll get much out of the ones who need shifting.