La Liga stars for England?

Shkodran Mustafi, Claudio Bravo and Eric Bailly were among the Premier League’s top Spanish imports in the summer transfer window – but who could arrive from La Liga in January?

From a Real Madrid Galactico to a highly-rated Malaga youth product, Sky Sports’ Spanish football expert Terry Gibson has picked out six players who could make the move to England.

Take a look through Gibson’s Spanish selection below…

James RodriguezClub: Real MadridPosition: Attacking midfielder

He was the last Galactico signing after bursting onto the scene during the 2014 World Cup finals, but he has become a victim of not playing enough in his preferred position. Ideally, he likes to play in a free role behind the strikers, but Real Madrid don’t really use that system.

He didn’t take part in the recent Club World Cup final and he hasn’t played much at all for Madrid this season, but I think he’s a fantastic player. They paid 80 million euros to sign him from Monaco and he is still only 25, so I think they are well within their rights to look to get as much of that back as possible.

He has come out and suggested it’s time to look elsewhere, and I gather the club are not particularly happy with the timing of his comments. I thought he and Madrid might wait until the end of the season, but I think it’s a possibility he could leave in January. He could play for any of the top teams in the Premier League easily.

Steven N’ZonziClub: SevillaPosition: Central midfielder

N’Zonzi has been phenomenal since joining Sevilla, this season in particular. He’s thriving with the extra responsibility given to him by Jorge Sampaoli, who took over from Unai Emery in the summer.

At times N’Zonzi is the only orthodox midfield player in the team, so he really has to work hard. He has shown he is a good athlete and he’s really good technically as well. He’s got an eye for a pass and he’s added goals to his game this season.

We’re not just talking about a player who sits in front of the back four. He’s a multi-purpose midfielder. He could be box-to-box, he could be a holding midfielder and he could be an attacking midfielder. He’s got everything.

I knew of N’Zonzi from his time in the Premier League, but it’s really surprised me how good he has been at Sevilla. It’s going to take the (£21.5m) buy-out clause to get him. Sevilla are a selling club who like to make a …

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