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The January transfer window has been relatively quiet this season. But as the transfer deadline day approaches, which clubs will take this opportunity to strengthen their squads?
Joe Devine and Jon Mackenzie are joined by The Athletic’s transfer insider David Ornstein and Serie A writer James Horncastle to dig into the biggest January transfers that could still happen.
Read the latest edition of The Transfer DealSheet here:
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6074946/2025/01/21/arsenal-manchester-united-transfer-news-latest-liverpool-real-madrid-january/
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Timestamps:
00:00 Big January transfers that could still happen, analysed
00:24 West Ham’s Bid For Jhon Duran
02:51 Why Clubs Want Jhon Duran
08:23 PL Interest In Douglas Luiz
11:37 Douglas Luiz At Juventus
14:28 Who Is Patrick Dorgu?
16:35 Manchester United’s Bid For Dorgu
18:56 Antony’s Potential Loan To Real Betis
20:01 Why Man Utd Want Dorgu
22:44 Who Is Andrea Cambiaso?
26:08 Why Did AC Milan Bring Kyle Walker In On Loan?
28:09 The World’s Oldest Derby | The Athletic FC Newsletter
28:54 What Is Going On With Marcus Rashford?
32:32 Looking Towards Deadline Day…
33:37 Is Garnacho Going To Napoli?
38:57 Join Us For Our Deadline Day Livestream
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49 Comments
£100m for Dhuran? Game's gone.
Rashford is going absolutely nowhere because no-one wants to pay over 300k/week for a plaer who doesn't really have any interest in football
I see James, I hope for Italian footballers names
Where's JJ? I ain't watchin'
I've a small sample size, my girlfriend tells me it doesn't make difference
James has such great hair
2 Legends of the game, James and David are here aswell
Forest bid 60m for Cunha
Why would John Duran move from Villa to West Ham? Surely he’d rather trade up.
i miss JJ 🙁
Jhon Duran – i'm going to be the one that goes and says it – its a purple patch and he'll never live up to the hype.
disclaimer – should he go on to bang bare goals, i'll expect a blow up.
100m for a second choice striker? Nah
Ineos will destroyed man utd
You don't like funerals 🤣
It does work subscribed for 5- years but forget to like when I listen & it reminds me.
To some a couple signing and a win ⚒️
"All the ic's, he's scratched them"
Very well played 👏🏾
26:35
i like horncastle, i think he's one of the 2 or 3 english speakers to ever take the 5 minutes to learn how to at the very least pronounce italian,
but he's just plain wrong here,
milan have had one of the best rightbacks in europe for years now in calabria davide, who is also our captain and has been crucial to milan's success as of late,
he seems to have had fallen out favour with fonseca who insisted on playing that absolute bum that is emerson (i assume that was because he brought him in and they shared a language? as the captain's performances didn't take a dip and even when they were fit (not a lot tbf) he wasn't fielding our best players in general),
the problem is that milan have 5 rightbacks now: walker and calabria who are milan level, terraciano and florenzi who are serie a level and emerson who is barely serie b level? probably our worst signing since kalinic.
tldr: we don't need walker, he might be one of the few rightbacks around that are better than calabria but i suspect the latter will bench him as well with time and we have too many rightbacks.
There's an actress called Ava Devine and I like to think that she's Joe Devine's mother.
"infamous data criminal" popped me hard
Stop saying Erling “Horland”.
25:05 quite impressive they portalled an article from the future there.
David Hornstein the guy she tells you not to worry about
Who makes ornsteins jacket? I like it
i have theory aston villa are not playing duran to keep he stat high and sell him for more if he actually play he might looks mid and loose value
The CEOs of cooking! Thanks for the content!!!
THE BIG DAWG IS BACK
Joe Divine is a proper gentleman.
Selling garnacho would be crazy
I can tell you as a Villa fan that Duran's attitude has had a remarkable turnaround. He has been training well, and has been improving his game under Emery. And as importantly he has settled in well now with the players.
On a future note, we have basically resigned ourselves to the fact that he will be a one season wonder for us. He is a rare player, theres just something explosive about him where he can score at any time. An incredibly exciting player, unpredictable and skillful. He's a real throwback, all he wants to do is play and score goals…
Well that’s added another 20 million to his price tag
Ornstein is a hack
Brilliant episode – James is great and his voice / cadence is so soothing. Joe doing Joe things as usual. No notes
If you ALWAYS overperform your xG is WRONG.
City being in for a 4th signing while none of them being a midfielder has to be the biggest surprise of the window.
Joe Devine looking slim and svelte these days. Been hitting gym💪🏻
Douglas LUIZ overrated at best lasted 4 months in Italy with his bimbo girlfriend- now he wants back in the premier league
If Duran is a £100m player then the game's gone. Isak must be £200m+
If van der SAR JOINED UNITED AT 34 I think Jordan Picked should b brought in summer to replace Onana the joker
Swap Zirkzee with Douglaz Luiz & swap Garnacho with Osimhen & I believe united will finish in top 4
Which January transfer have you got your eye on?
Check out the latest DealSheet on site, here 👉 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6074946/2025/01/21/arsenal-manchester-united-transfer-news-latest-liverpool-real-madrid-january/
100m for Aston Villa backup striker
Right, Rashford to Barcelona. Even if, and it’s a MASSIVE if Barca could afford a permanent move or a loan, where does he play in that team? For all of their financial difficulties, Barca’s forward line has enough options. Would anyone actually start Rashford over Raphina or Yamal? Come on.
Douglas Luiz was just an account operation…
“All the itches he’s scratched them” 😂
As a Chicago Fire fan he was really forgettable, I'm glad he has matured.
Why are Chelsea after another winger?
Royal is class. Hes only really broken into the team recently, they just won the super cup. I doubt walker is going to Milan on a permanent.
No one wants dougie luiz which is hilarious
1:08 Jesus Christ football is ficked
Awful title