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Daniel Levy.
Yesterday on rear.
It reiterated he wants to join into my land this month.
That's according to our colleagues Sky in Italy.
Erickson's agent will meet with Levy after Titans game against Norris tonight to try and find work in agreement between these two clubs.
Now remember, Head coach Josie Marino said yesterday that Erickson is in the squad tonight.
If no deal was agreed So yesterday, Marino said he's gonna play it in a player part tonight and he's played in the last few games despite his future, it being up in the air.
But this is an update for everyone that he has told Daniel Levy himself that he wants to leave the club last night on the transfer talk podcast that came out.
We are there for Britt Show Romano from Sky and Italy actually on the podcast, who said it was a matter of days before Christian Eriksen goes to into Milan za and it looks like we are finally seeing way on.
I think this is a power play for if the player himself is meeting with the club chairman, there is a massive frustration on the place, but there is absolutely no way Christian Eriksen thought he'd be lining up the top five times in January.
There's no way he thought he'd still be at the club the 22nd of January.
He wants to get out.
Yeah, he's got a deal in principle already agreed with into Milan.
Now here, this is him.
His agent, like Michael said, is gonna meet up with Daniel Levy after the Norwich game tonight.
They just want to say, Look, come on, Christian Eriksen is given so much to this football club.
It's time.
Don't drag this out any longer.
If you need some replacement, just go and do it because this player does not want to play for this football club anymore.
He wants to start his new future on the fact that you got into Milan's except a sepia Murata coming out and talking to the press and telling them that, you know, sent, even sold Skye tell you last night that he's confident that this deal will get done.
It just means that there's the only part Frustration now isn't with.
The player isn't momentum, and the frustration is with them with chocolate because they just want this done.
He wants to leave.
He wants to go to Italy will be interesting also to see how he played tonight, because he will not want to be getting into the head of this movement.
Also, Levi has said, it's one thing trying to get a player to sign a new deal if the contract is there for them.
But it's another if you think the player doesn't want to be there and he's made that quite clear.
So I'd love to be a fly on the wall in that conversation tonight.
My interest is that this is the play himself who spoke with Daniel Lee, because usually you just leave it to your agent because that's what you pay them for.
I admire this.
Look, I really admire a player that confer face to face with a no no, a chairman or a manager.
Look him in the eye and have a actual conversation, you know, stuff going through agents and second parties and various people.
It just confuses things.
I'm gonna look at Daniel, leave leaving the eye.
I'm gonna speak to him, and I'm gonna say this is how I feel.
This is what I want.
Police.
Can we get it?
sorted out, and you just might find that, actually, things might get sorted out.
You know, do it properly.
I know the agents are there and they're great for certain things.
But sometimes you just need to grab it by the scruff of the neck yourself and say, Let's get this sorted out.
Let's agree it now, me and you and then we can get this done and dusted and we can all move on because that's what needs to happen now because, like Michael said to start the show, you know, every day we talk about Christian Eriksen.
Imagine how tough that is for him, and it's quite funny because I spoke to a couple of Premier League players over the course of this window.
You were out of contract in the summer and they were saying to me, It's the most difficult time of their career.
Every time you go into training, you worry about getting injured.
Every time you go into a game, you worry about getting injured.
You just don't know where your future lies.
You don't know what you're income's gonna be.
You don't know where your home life is gonna be.
It becomes really tough, and it's a It's a mental strain as much as it is a physical one.
Well, just judging Marini.
I do now.
Is he changing his team as we speak?
He's such a detailed head coach.
You know, this is a massive game for top hot supper tonight.
He's called on him the last few games.
Some fans find it the world or in the company.
Christian Eriksen coming on again.
He did it against what foot as well.
He might start it tonight.
But does this update mean he'll be on the bench or not?
Even in the Scott Little, We shall see team used later on.
Right.
Okay, We're gonna move to Manchester United now expecting them.
Three busy between now and deadline day.
We're going to talk about Moussa Dembele.
A Bukhari summary on Jude bailing him all in a moment.
But as usual, let's bring you up to speed with Bruno Fernandez.
Mark, this is another one of those transfer saga is that just rolls on and on and on and on and on.
But there's some really interesting developments, and I think it's quite significant, actually, because his club sporting were in cup action last night, they were beaten to one, so they were knocked out of the cup of the semifinal stage.
Funny enough, the final actually happens this weekend.
Now it was interesting watching the transfer show last night with Dar Mission Carve A because they had a really interesting guest in Carlos Carver.
Li.
How?
Who was on the show on?
Obviously, he manages in Portugal at the moment.
So he gave a really nice insight into perhaps some of the workings behind this deal.
Obviously sporting in desperate need of money, desperately want to sell the player.
Ah, happy for him to go to Manchester United.
However, the reason that Carlos thinks it's dragged on so long is because they wanted him involved in these Cup matches, the semifinal last night and then potentially the final at the weekend.
Then, if they got to the final, which they didn't then he would have played in the final the weekend.
That would've been the big send off win the cup fantastic.
Everyone leaves on a high.
Andi spoke really, really glowingly about the player.
He's obviously come up against him as a manager.
His side actually beat Sporting earlier on in the season.
But he says he's like Dr Frank Land part.
He's a box to box midfielder, someone with a lot of quality.
He's a leader on the pitch, someone that can manage from within.
The pitch on someone that is so much quality is, without question, the best player in the Portuguese football League.
At the moment.
He is the one.
So what?
So it's a really interesting watching some really important insight into the play.
Yeah, keep the tweets coming.
It has to transfer talker and Jonathan asks a question that we have been saying every day in our morning meetings.
Will United ever complete the deal for Bruno Fernandez?
Right in there?
Kevin Chou says Wycombe, Manchester just sell proper and acquire Bruno.
He also sought to bring Alexis Sanchez back.
That's not possible, says that would be to fill the gap that Marcus Rashford has left and they were gonna get onto Strike is in a moment.
But in fact, actually, as we wait on that Bruno Fernandez deal, we do know that they need to strike up.
But they're also looking for another central midfielder.
Two of their targets, Anton, played each other last night they did Leon, Leon.
Leo Way should have been.
This'll be broadcasting professional.
They hate each other in the French Cup last night.
Andi Yeah, damn, but I scored gaming penalties on the United sent Scouts to that game for another check on two potential targets.
As obviously, Tommy just said, These are the positions they're looking to fill in January.
Holding midfield has been a long term target as they look for more options.
There isn't such a reliance on the likes of Tommy and Fred, and obviously we all know the need for a striker.
Samara is a fascinating was Disney because he's the kind of named de jour to you.
Some more French att The moment, isn't it?
Because somebody because you know he is this.
It's really difficult to find a young, impressive sort of naturally holding midfielder.
He's all action kind of weaken box to box.
It's so many boxy ticks for Premier League teams to get excited about, which is why he's being so money.
But the crucial thing is he come out of the week and said, I'm in the best possible place.
Lead is a great place for a young player to be.
He was.
He was in the Paras Angel.
An academy was told he was gonna make it, went to Leo and he's blossomed.
He feels loved and wanted their necessarily.
The player might not be in in a huge move in a huge hurry to move, but money talks.
We know Manchester United.
We know chancier interested.
This may run belong to the summer with him, but it be interests.
See when anybody really stepped up their efforts to sign him before the deadline.
It's no bad thing if he if he wants to stay, because he seems like someone who would be one for the future anyway.
Yeah, rather than to make Well, I mean, you didn't put right now unless there's any other five starts in the gun lot.
Clubs had a look and thought.
It's too much for punks.
This season is starting regulates playing in the Champions League.
But again, you see here has been sent off twice this season.
He still got a lot to learn unnecessarily became into the Premier League.
He was sure he'd do very well, but there's a lot of pressure good into a club trying to get into the Champions League in the Premier League like you is exactly less.
Perhaps his development would be better off staying in legal until the summer.
But that's not how the market works.
Clubs want to get ahead of the others.
There's a sniff of them being available this month.
Someone will make a move for him because he's that highly regarded.
Yeah, I know, Michael.
You think this is going to be one for the summers?
Well, rather rather than January on Sumardi.
But what about on on Moussa Dembele?
A.
Can you see why he's in such high demand?
Oh, absolutely.
I'm a big fan of most of them.
Belly.
I mean, I remember but Fulham?
I'm supposed very Kane on him then, but a few nickels, but still a very good goal scoring record.
Moved to Celtic one into one.
Garland every two games for Celtic, including a hat trick against Rangers in the Old Firm and a 51 win.
Now you say that Scotch easy, but he was fantastic there.
It's tough going to Glasgow when you're young kid as well, but show me, prove it.
Prove it very well.
There he bulked up.
He looks bigger when I've seen him For Leon, any scoring goals?
They're as well for May he be a very, very exciting signing again.
Probably possibly one for the summer.
But core they'll be interested in.
His game has developed since movements.
The only right he is stronger now.
We're squatting against boredom.
A couple weeks ago, I was watching the game and he was throwing gold and he was knocked off balance.
He still managed to keep his feet and finished.
Really well, any thinking, you know, that's the development you want to see in a young strike.
You wanna see the composure, you see the strength and he's got all that.
And he's always being a finisher.
Yeah, so I think again with him, I can see where the club, because he has taken that next step aside, Dom ish rewind here at the moment, I want to get back to sort of little just very quickly, because Josie Marina, when he was out of work looking at the French league and Lou in particular, Louise Campos is the little director of football, very, very highly regarded in world football, and I'm sure Louise Campos will be telling plenty about a ll the players that live in the moment.
We used to talk about Monaco a few years ago, then Paris in German.
But little is a very exciting team, so I think be plenty to be looking at those that side in the summer on the in terms of the tweets coming in, Simon says.
Why don't they let into her a strike about that?
Green would take on the striker role.
Other clubs using that superb teenage academy players wanna give Green with his chance.
Like Michael Owen did back in the day on Wayne Rooney as well, having a chance at the same age?
Insurance is Manchester.
I need to improve their transfer business.
Takes far too long to get deals.
Don't we're getting frustrated.
I'm fed up with ongoing transfers that never get done.
Okay, we'll warm or from Manchester.
And we know that in the summer that a policy of sandy young British bass players and that seems to be continuing with this next target.
What's happening?
Alice with Jude Bellingham, this player is very, very young indeed.
Now Sky Sports News can confirm that Manchester United are willing to pay in excessive £30 million four burning and 16 year old midfielder.
So he's very young, as we say, reporting the Sun claimed that the Chiefs had submitted a bid of over 30 million for the player.
Sky Sports news reporting on Monday that the club, we're willing to pay 25 million to sign him.
Hey remains on £145 a week because of his age, which is just absolutely crazy.
If you think we're talking about this player £30 million coming in for him.
So £145 a week, Obviously, he will be on a more lucrative first professional contract.
That's when he turned 17 on June 29.
So that £145 a week, probably on that in an hour once we get to June Thio for exactly exactly he's a box to box midfielder.
He's also attracted interest from Barcelona by Munich.
Berisha dormant and Liverpool is well.
He's been earning rave reviews 25 appearances for Birmingham so far this season.
We know that they're under pressure to raise money.
Obviously they've been doctored those nine points.
They broke the prophet and sustainability rules.
So perhaps the emergence of telling him could really actually have come quite a good time for them thinking of it financially.
I would say if there was only someone on the panel who was there when he made his debut Mom s You know, it's one of those situations.
I was lucky enough to be down on the South Coast.
It was at Portsmouth, actually in a three nil defeat that you first saw Ju Belling and take to the picture of Birmingham shirt for the first team.
And it's like the same as Harvey Elliott when he would play it play for Fulham.
He's one of those young players.
As soon as anyone under the age of 18 makes an appearance for a football league club, every single club in the Premier League is put on alert.
Every single club in Europe is on alert.
They are all watching every move he makes.
He didn't play for a couple of weeks after making his debut in the Cup, but then he got his first championship appearance.
Then he scored two goals back to back on the thing that amazed me most about Drew Bellingham, A 16 year old is a kid.
He's still a kid with greater respect.
But he handled himself like a 26 year old on the pitch.
It didn't faze him.
It got on the board.
He dictated play was comfortable.
He's composed.
He was calm.
He was shown his ability to pass.
He sat just in front of the back four.
He had good players around him that we're just talking through the game.
But he didn't need talking through the game because he knew what he was doing.
It was so impressive a really experienced head on young shoulders and to see him being linked with Manchester United doesn't surprise me.
He has got that quality.
The most important thing for him, though, is that it keeps playing games and he keeps developing.
And if that means that man united by him loaning back to Birmingham and he keeps his progression going, then that's key.
But oh wow, what a player 16 years old, a lot of really good point Tom made in the beginning which is Manchester United made a shift in.
Holland was very public about it in the summer, saying We want young British players and if you look at the England of Youth set up over the last few years has been really successful.
But with one position, you argue that haven't really seen many players.
Breakthrough is that kind of slightly deeper midfielder in lots of attacking midfielders.
Forward's good centerbacks.
We've seen coming through a swell, but that hold midfielder there aren't too many innings in Gary Sat.
It's meant that that's the position.
What's been weakness in the developmental system?
Billings.
The best of the bunch and he's younger than the rest of them.
That's why there's such a clamor for his service is as well.
And surely it would be more of a risk for Birmingham to know.
Takes a 30 million did come in.
Do not take that, given their financial difficulties at the minute, because, say Manchester United were to pay 30 million for a player that's basically basing on potential and talent, it be more of a risk for Birmingham and not to take that then for a club to spend that money.
I would say sure deal could be done that I think another season, the championship and then by the time he's 17 he will be the real deal ready for the Premier League There's nine points Doctor course last season for Birmingham for breaching those rules.
But you going there very much amount in demand.
And if they could get £30 million on an adult as well a cell on course, even better for them.
Right?
Okay.
Still.
Come on.
Good morning Transfers will assess who need to strike at the most this month on the Abraham hobbles off the pitch last night will out Chelsea sound awful all through John, we've been told about how many clubs are looking for a striker in this transfer window.
We've picked a few of them here.
Seven off them, in fact, were quickly gonna start with Chelsea.
Okay.
Why do they need a striker?
Well, Tommy Brown's they're leading striker.
He went off with an injury last night.
Don't know.
How about that is just yet.
They'll be hoping it's not bad at all.
Looks like Olivier Giroud is leaving fishy, but she is not a regular starter.
Interesting.
Moussa Dembele has gone quiet in the last couple of weeks, but they know we know they want a striker.
Tottenham are in absolute desperate need of a strike.
I'm not one fit senior striking in the squad and Liverpool fans if he picks up a program against Manchester United on Sunday.
You might have noticed when going through the last match you played against Tottenham.
Liverpool put 4660 in the formation.
Little bit cheeky, true.
Possibly it was right.
Okay, Manchester United.
Now everyone says that they didn't raise replace the Kaku in the sun.
We got so many tweets about this.
You can add Alexis Sanchez to that as well.
Marshall is being playing as a striker.
Very used to always play out on the left wing.
Rashford injured.
We know that Mason Greenwood is very young.
They needed one anyway, in according to all your tweets.
Maybe they even need to now, Yeah, going on two wars now.
And they're looking for a backup for Raoul Jimenez.
My colleague Anton that the desk is covering wolves through January and he says, noona, Espirito Santo likes working for small squad.
But the Europa League is coming back.
Yeah, now Aston Villa here they actually scored.
They've scored the most goals of anyone in the bottom half, but not many from strikers.
They've let Jonathan Kaj ago when Wesley is out for the season.
They have signed M Watsa matter this week, but they need one more because Samata replaces a their culture, but they need one more to replace the injured Wesley Crystal Palace.
They have brought in Santos in, But don't roll out another striker coming in.
Roy Hodgson, looking at players all over but some more firepower could still be on the agenda, will end with Newcastle as well.
Jolene has been struggling.
Of course, he could come good.
Gail hasn't mean featuring as much.
She would've like an Andy Carroll has got ongoing fitness issues.
They are getting plenty of goals from center back, mainly on at least Al Miran.
Miguel Salmeron is starting to find the net plane just off the striker.
But one thing's for sure.
They certainly need one this month, all right, so of all those clubs there who need a strike and there are Maura's, well, Alice, you do think needs on the most.
I think I've got to go with Bridget with Tottenham Tottenham losing Harry K.
We've talked about it a lot.
Absolutely huge, obviously.
Last season he was out for a while.
Young men sold Lucas more.
They did fill the boots.
But that was obviously under a different manager.
That was under Maurizio parts Latino, and they didn't massively struggle without him.
But the way that draws a Marino is playing now.
Losing Harry Kane is could be huge in their in their bid for a top full finish.
Really, Troy parent, they have got.
But he's 17 years old and Marino has said time and time again, he isn't quite ready.
That's not to say he won't be ready in a season or two, but he can't fill the boots of Harry Kane right now.
And even when Kane is back, obviously we know he's not gonna be back in training until around April time.
But even when he is back, he will need to be rested as well.
I mean, I went to Southampton on Monday and I did the press conference with Ralph Hassan Hotel when we talked about Danny ings and the foot, the form that he's in, and someone asked him with canes injury, and with Rashford being injured as well.
How do you stop this happening to Danny ings on?
Then you saw he was arrested last night, so these players do you need the rest.
Otherwise, they can get overworked as well.
We don't know how long Cane will be out for, but if they are challenging for a top full finished, they desperately desperately to strike a home in saunas.
Well, he's not having a great season when you compare it to last.
So yeah, there's definitely someone suggesting that the evidence should be on there as well, suggesting they should be in for Christoph Pee on Tech.
There's one here from Vernon who says that Tottenham agreeing with you need to get a striker in ASAP, or we can say good bye to Champions League football.
He actually suggests that Cavani would be a good statement of intent on Matthew.
Says the Crystal Palace is Maine probably should be a full back rather than a striker.
Okay, Mark or Anton, Anyone?
Anyone else who you think should be absolutely desperate for a strike right now, I just I just think we cannot get away from Manchester United.
I think we were saying it in the summer.
You lose a senior striker, Rama Lukaku.
You can argue they don't have a natural number nine senior number nine in that squad Mason Greenwood obviously came through the system as a striker, but I think only gonna sideshow is taking the pressure off by playing in that way.
So there isn't so much honest such a young player.
Marcus Rashford is clearly adapted to playing in the inside left position.
On that surrounds the marshal came through.
He likes playing centre forward, but it takes a strong manager to turn around and say, No, We want a number nine to build a team around a team that struggling needs a strong center forward to go.
You know what?
Even if even if we're not doing very well, just someone knows the sniff of a goal that would be vital to our team.
On Dhe, so many teams play one up front.
That's that's why its vices have more than one striker in your squad.
So I would argue it's the least with Top them.
They've got a number nine in the building.
They've got a number nine in the squad, just united.
Do they really have one at all?
A senior out one at Striker in that team?
I don't think they did.
Anton's touched on something there that riles with May now I might be a bit old fashioned.
I know I'm probably the oldest person on the sides and teams that play one up front.
It's a part of modern football and it's trying to put me off the Oh, sorry, Sorry.
The point is, I actually agree with you.
Mark it on your say so.
Basically, it really annoys me.
This one up front is fantastic when you got two fantastic winners, winners either side and it creates a really dynamic front three.
But what happened to the good old fashioned fourfourtwo?
Thank where you had one striker up front on another striker upfront, you had a big man in a little man or you had too quick men.
And suddenly, because of the changing face of football, you lose those two up front, you have one up front.
And that means that you don't need four strikers in your squad.
You need three strikers, two of which is sat on the bench.
If managers had two up front and played two up front every game, they'd have two or three on the bench.
And then when one gets injured, guess what?
I've got another two or three or four to look at.
But now, suddenly, what year is this?
The most expensive positions to buy strikers?
Why only play one?
I agree with you.
Compare way.
No, no, you don't have to play for four to that.
You could play three at the back and still fit to strikers in there into Mandy.
That very well.
I'll give you that.
However, look who plays two up front of friendly former How was like on this season?
He went there.
Good point.
Bunch of City won the Premier League twice with 442 months.
You know you should do it every single season with what is wrong that works well played, direct, getting a direct style of football.
We going way off topic.
The fact the matter is, what is wrong with technical football?
Technical football comes through.
The metal gets in good players in get some players.
Actually, now it's play football sports, just launching, getting double it down the way.
But that's not what anyone suggesting.
Anyway.
We're going T o okay, right, Chelsea, which they need a striker, but they might be in the market for a couple of positions as well.
Anton, why do they want a left, I think, to be brutally honest.
And because Frank Lampard isn't particularly convinced by the options, he has an Alonso and Emerson at left back.
We've seen Cesar Azpilicueta play there quite often on the emergence of Greece.
James has meant they can move him over to left back, but it's been a long term position.
They've been looking for Marcus Allen has been consistent linking the move back to Spain.
But that hasn't happened.
His best position is arguably a left wing Bacchus.
Well, so it's a long term position they're looking at.
But we haven't seen anyone come in here, which I think is fascinating because I think that would help.
That's offensive solidity, especially.
We've seen how frail about especially at home this season.
I like Alonzo on missing.
Left back is well, actually, but it's centerbacks a bit quiet.
Mark.
Yeah, this was one of the ones you thought might happen quite early in the January transfer window.
There was that link immediately with the buyback clause for Nathan AKI Balmer.
So everyone immediately thought Frank Lampard was gonna go and get his first signing and it would be a centre half but that obviously as we now know, is not gonna be triggered.
And that move is not gonna happen.
And there was talk of undress, Christiansen leaving Chelsea as well, which would have left them slightly light at the back.
I think potentially still, there is that position there that needs to be filled.
You look obviously, you know, one of his best mates, John Terry, who was absolutely superb for Chelsea throughout a number of years, Have they got a leader at the back?
Possibly not in, obviously the Kota Mori.
Only 15 Premier League appearances.
So much potential in a great player.
Obviously, Kurt Zouma is the most experienced.
Sends 1/2.
They have a Chelsea on.
Obviously, he's at his injury problems as well.
Is he the type of player that can lead them to titles and silverware from the back?
Possibly not.
He's got the experience, is getting the experience.
But I definitely think there was someone there that's needed that can really show how to defend on lead from behind.
The rest of the team is a young, exciting, promising team, so many great players.
But I think maybe just a little bit of experience at the back could transform their dynamic.
We've seen recently results of slided of slid.
Let's see if they could just get a little bit experience there just to help things along.
Alice haven't signed a strike yet.
Why don't you just keep your room?
Yeah, that's a really good question, and I actually don't know the answer.
He's a World Cup winner, isn't he?
You think that would be a great person to have in this Gordon to have as an option?
Obviously, we know how well Tommy Tommy Abraham is doing last season.
Aston Villa.
He did the business for them, and I think a lot of people were questioning.
Would this move up?
Be a little bit too big for him?
And he's shown it absolutely.
Isn't Mr Batra wiII?
He's wanted more game time as well, But obviously, Lamb part has been favored.
A lamb part has been favoring Abraham as his main striker, and quite rightly so.
Last season, Djourou played a massive part in the Europa League, didn't he?
But this season he's only made years.
They just made a couple of Premier League appearances to starts this season, so he probably won't be feeling too happy and unhappy player in the dressing room.
Particularly more senior players.
Well, can't be very beneficial to the scored right now.
And Lamb part clearly isn't having him in the way that he would want to be playing and having those minutes.
Thanks, Alice.
It's time for state of play now on Dhe market.
Do that?
Yeah, thanks, Tom.
Josie Marino is this.
Top will not make any knee jerk signings in January, but we do know Spurs are in the market as we've been speaking about four.
Striker A.
C Milan have made a transfer inquiry for Nottingham Forests.
Matty Cash.
Manchester City are one of a number of top European clubs considering a move for Brescia's 19 year old midfielder, Sandra Tin Ali in the summer.
Brighton have secured a work permit for midfielder Alexis Mac Allister, who's currently on loan at Bocca Juniors.
Aston Villa, Boston Smith has confirmed again he wants one more striker in this January.
Transfer window walls assigned.
Lian drove come pollen up from Ecuador ing for Barcelona S C and finally Liverpool have no plans to sign our Be Leipzig striker team overnight in the January transfer window.
Give us a.
Hashtag transfer talking half your say we'll have the latest news from the CFL.
Updates from Manchester Welcome back to good morning transfers.
Time for a look.
Now, at some of the latest news, of course, the DFL leads have signed the cave.
Oh, goalkeeper Elliot Really, On a three and 1/2 year deal.
No skin forest have signed Huddersfield.
Forward A damn idiot carby that's on loan until the end of the season.
Bristol City have approached Burnley over a permanent deal to sign Naqi Wells.
The strikers, of course alone Q p r.
But the deal contains a report option this month.
Sunderland have signed Bailey right on loan.
That's from Bristol City on Waffle.
Have signed midfielder Nathan Cheryl on loan from Fleetwood until the end of the system.
Yes, lines there from the E f l on some lines from the women's game is, well, Anton's breaking news.
Yeah, Eni Aluko.
Remember who we brought the news last week that she'd retired from the game?
She teased.
Then last week, there'll be a major announcement concerning her, and she's already back in the game.
She's been announced as Aston Villa's first ever sporting director for their women sign Aston Villa.
Absolutely flying in the championship, the top, the championship.
Big ambitions for them to get into the WSL next season.
And anyone that spent any time on any Luke or seen her up did punditry on sky or anywhere else.
Her knowledge of the game meant men's game and women's game is second to none.
Thio.
She's one of the cleverest minds in the game.
It's very interesting to see Villa snapper up so soon, and Aluko course started career at Birmingham City.
It'll be fascinating to see the faces there, but it's no surprise any Luke has been snapped up straightaway.
Villa got big game in F A Cup against Brighton WSL side at the weekend.
Interests see where they are in terms of development and what that scene needs to kick on to the next level.
And they clearly see the fact that any Leuco is someone who can help him get to where they want to go.
She was on set with me and Julian Waters on Saturday evening and she said she had some big news to come this week and we're trying to get out of a breaking news surrounding Eni Aluko right to Manchester City and didn't expect to be doing much business in January, Pep Guardiola said.
As much or all season as me, however, they have got one target.
Anton, tell us a little bit more about it.
Yeah, Sandra Tin Ali is a player.
They ever been liquid and that does not surprise me in any stretch of imagination.
I think this player is absolutely fantastic.
He is quite often likened to Andre Pierre Leaud, who is my favorite players of all time, and you can completely see why.
It is not just cause they both got kind of long, shaggy hair.
They both deep line midfield, a beautiful range of Passing Coruna game and the big thing with, you know, beautifully.
Don't you were running around on the pitch.
It bounces around my way.
There's a bottle.
Yeah, range person is absolutely wonderful and that he's still really, really young.
And it's This is first season of study ice current pressure and he's made the step up and he's just fitting absolutely, wonderfully playing behind Mario Balotelli in the team, By the way.
So you know it's it's a different type of pressure I suppose playing with him.
But you know, it's interesting to see he's been late with your rent is being little Paris in German.
I think the reason you see Manchester City like now it's because a club might have to act soon to secure his signature.
And I similar to you, talk about rebelling and maybe include a loan deal or something like that to keep pressure happy until the end of the season because clubs will not want to do what happened.
LA clubs in Italy don't want to do what this was.
Variety.
When he left, a young Gage went to Paris Sandra Man.
And then all of a sudden he's out of the Italian game and one of the best plays midfield place for generation in Italy is gone.
They do not want to see that happen with Sandra tonight.
So that's where you've seen a scramble for a signature.
That's why you see Manchester City link because he's so highly rated.
He's already broken into the police quarters well under Roberto Mancini.
So yeah, I generally think play with a huge, huge future if he was to fit into the Manchester City side.
Now I mean he was placed.
Would he take it?
It sounds like more of a gun.
The one I think gonna do.
And they bought options in the centre midfield.
They don't want to rely on just Roger I'm gonna do.
And I think naturally you could see those two playing next to each other's Rajouri and Sonali.
And then with David Silver potentially with him leaving at the end of the season, that's where you got the question mark over feel phone.
So the centre midfield at Manchester City next season could look very different and it just sounds like there's gonna be a refresh mark because everyone assumes that fold and we'll just take David Silver's place.
It looks like they're now looking at other areas where they can just refresh it.
I think yeah, Pep Guardiola is set for weeks, months, even years.
About how good Phil Photon is, however, is probably not started as many games at Manchester City as Peps praise deserved.
But there's no question about his ability as a player and he is at the right age and the right place to absolutely take to that Manchester City team when dab it still moves on in the summer.
It's quite amazing, really is still only 19 years old, he's an England under 17 World Cup winner.
He's one to Premier League trophies already an F A Cup and two league Cups and he's 19 years old.
So I think that is one position where the Manchester City boss will not have to worry because he knows he's got already right.
Made replacement who could virtually walk into any Premier League side right now.
But in the summer and for next season, he could be a mainstay of Manchester City for 10 years.
He's an absolutely top quality player, a class act on someone that could be really instrumental in them, regaining the premier.
Li exciting.
It's all the same in every position.
There's a ready made replacement that there is it, Michael.
Do you think this summer might be a summer of big changes at Manchester City, especially how far behind Liverpool they are?
You just get the feeling there's a real refresh coming really interesting quotes when he's speaking to the written press.
But after we speak to him, Michael Ben Ransom, speaking to the press comes to about transfers, doesn't seem to be much going on this January, However, I think Ben could be really busy in the summer.
Very interesting quote.
Everything is based on their performance, not their contracts.
It doesn't seem remotely bothered that if it is a play on a four year deal, but they have not lived up to his expectation this season, he will move them on.
Does it need to refresh?
Perhaps so, you know this is considered their conceded goals this season.
Why don't deem them to be a Pepper team?
You know, you look at the table at the moment, they would like to look at a league table, but the season is far from over The league.
It's a real stretch, of course, but they are in all.
The cop comes cup competitions and respects them.
Although talking about abolishing competitions, he still plays the full strength team in them.
Andi wants to win trophies, but you did get the impression it could look a little bit different and it could be a busy summer.
Remember more than you.
The body had had his press conference after the after their defeat.
It was a dramatic game, wasn't it?
And I asked about you know you could do anything in January.
No, no, no, No dismissive on.
But the summer, the summer, which makes you think they're already looking for next season.
And I think to me 34 of those players in the score right now we're vulnerable and it also goes.
So goes to say what he thinks.
The difference between January and the summer window is as well, because bringing players in in January and hoping they can get the ground running, especially given how far behind they are.
Liverpool at the minute you think that he would be thinking more long term.
And that is why I love these Cubs are waiting until summer to think further ahead.
I have to say I was very surprised on the show.
We didn't break any defender signings in the summer with Manchester City Place company?
No, absolutely.
And in hindsight, did it really look back and say to us at the end of the season, Maybe we should have done.
I mean, I heard him about Fernandina the other day.
He's one of the best professionals I've ever had.
He played anywhere, any minutes.
He's incredible.
However, they have so many games.
I mean, people say that man City needed fresh up.
My team needs a freshen up, but City will want to respond from this, and Pep will probably do some reading.
Sir Alex Ferguson's autobiography, Antoni talks about every now and again.
He had to build a new side.
Would you go as far as to say he needs to build a new side?
No, I wouldn't.
But Manchester City have only added one or two parts a year, and so sometimes you do need to cut me out.
And it's It's about a good teams.
No had to assess themselves, know, almost self scouting effectively on a player, hasn't lived up to the hype or isn't quite fitting into the next.
The next development of the team lead us, then you have to be ruthless and you see a player leave.
But I completely agree with Michael is sent back.
Is the glaring need right now was still in January.
They could go and do business now because they still got a great chance of winning the Champions League.
Get passed around Madrid a swell and then the next round they could go and do this.
But you could argue, Will they?
Will they win the Champions League with reports on one of the other centerbacks there?
Maybe not.
So you know, if actually biggest vulnerability right now, why plan?
While teams consisting looking to plan next season when there's so much on the line this season one of the latest episode of the transfer Talk podcast available Now I tuned in speaker and next on good morning transfers to love using Scottish Premiership.
Could Matty Cash on his way to Italy?
It's not a forest, Mr Versatile Matty Cash, 22 year old.
Well, that's a start season right back, and it's quickly go go on to become one of the championship best in that position.
He's a player that could do everything.
Tackle paths, triple you get assists.
Which is why a.
C Milan showing an interest and he's valued at around between 10 and £15 million we also understand that am Brighton are also interested in them.
So fifth place not before its face a decision cell now make a tidy profit on an academy graduate or keep him on a boat to get in the premier.
Li and I managed to get through an entire segment about Matty cash without making a money based upon so Matty Check it better be in the post latest transfer lines in the Scottish Premiership.
Now Celtic manager in the or Lenin has told the club's in house channel.
Tyree's Campbell is not a target.
This window, of course.
Celtic brought in Patrick tomorrow, this window to add to competition up front Now news this morning.
Jack Henry has joined Melbourne City on loan.
Let's go to Rangers now, Steven Gerrard says.
Out going to still his priority if you have gone out on loan.
But don't ever roll someone coming in at Ibrox.
But Scott does look settled.
Must be said it's gone.
Two hearts now.
Daniel Strangers made Kasabian striker Dennis average size first signing on Monday.
Standards.
Look toe.
Add another striker to help get hearts out of the relegation trouble.
Let's go to their rivals.
Hit Bernie in now.
Jack Ross end to the market.
Later on, Ryan Pretorius and Jay Jason Naysmith will be out for lengthy periods due to knee injuries.
Both were sustained in the drawer in the Scottish Cup against Dundee United on Sunday.
One Nation.
If he's on loan from Teterboro United, Scottish and Johnston Jamila Cart to see Johnson.
A pre contract is done, but the club will try and sign in now.
From Inverness Caley Thistle This window.
Let's go to Hamilton axes and they've confirmed that goalkeeper Luke Southward has returned on loan from reading for the remainder off.
The sieges have plenty going on in the Scottish Premiership.
On my Sky Sports news colleague, Charles Patterson, he looks ahead to the return off the premiership on a set is how things stand with the transfer window in full flow that is on our website.
Yeah, okay, case.
That's news from the Scottish permission.
I just want to go back.
Thio that transfer spotlight They were talking about Matty cash there and, you know, a British talent who could well be be moving abroad.
Just recap what the latest is with him.
Mark.
This, I think, shows you the quality that is within the championship when you could aside like a C.
Milan, one of the giants of European football.
Looking at players in the second tier of English football, it gives you an indication as to just how many good quality players are at that level and guess what my cash is without question, One of those, he's absolutely superb.
I watched him a few weeks ago at the Madejski Stadium.
He had a really solid game on, gets one of those stories that I absolutely love in football.
You look at where he's come from.
Through the academy Nottingham Forest, as Anton mentioned, he went alone, got his first start in the NFL, Dagenham and Red Bridge, which is always kill you.
Look at the top quality place they've all spent appeared a time on loan somewhere, and that always helps to develop and build and and prepare them for real football.
But men's football for competitive football, for football, that really means something on He went online to a diagonal red bridge, and now he's obviously one of the key members of that Nottingham Forest side valued at around £15 million.
It's my understanding that this deal happening to a C.
Milan is unlikely, but there is a really interested in this player.
I love the fact that just a few years ago he was working in a toy shop every Saturday on playing football in the week, you know, He's very humble, is very riel, is very rooted in loves.
The game on it was quite interesting.
As Anton said again, he's moved positions over the course of this season.
Generally, he's played in the past, is a winner, is even played in midfield.
He's a versatile type player, but he went in