Ranking Most Coveted Young Players in the January Transfer Window

January is, as you will likely have been informed numerous times, a notoriously difficult month to do business in. Everyone’s buying, but nobody’s selling; the demand is present, but the supply is dry.

Play it right and you can nail it: Nemanja Matic (2014), Luis Suarez (2011) and Nemanja Vidic (2006) are all superstars who have completed big January moves. Even slightly lower-key signings, such as Ashley Young to Aston Villa or Clint Dempsey to Fulham (both 2007), can bring great dividends. 

But the cautiousness that infects a manager’s moves this month can often lead to “project” signings instead. Picking up a young player, generally speaking, they don’t want to spend …

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