Who joins us in January?

johnny crossan said:
Anybody got a Mail+ sub to tell us the 7 players he has identified.
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January is not a market City usually shop in, with Aymeric Laporte the last big winter addition back in 2018. And the reason for that is it's a tricky window from a value point of view.

That said, they know work has to be done. Versatile midfielder Joshua Kimmich, out of contract at Bayern Munich in the summer, has long fancied a move to the Premier League. Mail Sport has reported that Atalanta's Brazilian Ederson has been watched by City. Adam Wharton at Crystal Palace has admirers.

While both Martin Zubimendi and Bruno Guimaraes have also been discussed, City last week moved to rule out their possible January arrivals. City also knocked down the idea of a deal for Atletico Madrid's Pablo Barrios, although they are thought to have previously debated moving for the Spain international.

There is a buyback clause in Liam Delap's contract at Ipswich Town, with Lille striker Jonathan David also linked having scored 19 goals in 28 games for club and country this term. Omar Marmoush, 25, at Eintracht Frankfurt is possibly one to watch after the Egyptian netted 18 goals in 24 appearances for the Bundesliga side so far.

Wharton's Palace team-mate Marc Guehi is well liked at centre half but is likely to be out of any Premier League club's reach in January.

Claudio Echeverri is linking up with Guardiola's squad at the end of the month after playing in the Under 20s Copa America with Argentina, having sealed a switch from River Plate. He's seen as a talent to be coached rather than immediately impacting the team.
 
RayCTID said:
Finding one in this window is near enough impossible. Face it we are cooked in winning the league and despite squad depth and our recent form we still in a decent position for the Champions League place.
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You’d think that no player has ever moved clubs in the history of the January window the way you talk. You forget that we’ve signed top players like Dzeko and Laporte in the past.

There’s lots of players available and I bet the vast majority would bite your arm off to join City.

You’re right in the sense that we are still in a decent position for CL qualification but that is more through luck than judgement. With the way we’ve performed in the last two months, we should be nowhere near 6th place.

Just look at the last few games. We lost to a shite United side, failed to beat a shite Everton side and got extremely lucky against a shite Leicester side. We simply do not finish top four without a few new additions.

Any slight overspend will also pay for itself if the players help us finish in the top 4.
 
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