On the January transfer market, there are several profiles.
There are these players at the end of their contract whose future is written in dotted lines, such as Kylian Mbappé, Paul Pogba or Antonio Rüdiger.
There are these Ligue 1 clubs which will be agitated, in the direction of departures or arrivals, such as AS Saint-Étienne and its commando operation for maintenance.
Then there are these losing stars.
They shine the bench of substitutes or are, sometimes, downright sidelined from the group.
Isco
He has started 2 of Real Madrid's first 3 La Liga games this season. Since then, Isco has not tasted a tenure, and has not even walked a lawn since November 21. The Spanish attacking midfielder, at the end of his contract, will soon close his Madrid chapter, which began in 2013. But he does not believe he is finished for high-level football, according to the newspaper
AS
. He turned down the offer from a club in the United States and hopes to revive away from Real or even Spain this winter. In England, Newcastle would be "
interested in his situation
". Real would like to sell him rather than see him go free in six months. The Magpies, 19th in the Premier League, could be in a hurry to enlist him to stay in the top flight.
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Anthony Martial
His Manchester United coach, Ralf Rangnick, confirmed the rumor last week: “
He (Anthony Martial) told me he has been at Manchester United for seven years and he feels it's time for a change. , to go and play elsewhere.
The French international striker (26) is barred by competition from the Red Devils, where he has only one goal in 10 matches including 4 starts this season.
Wednesday,
Sky Sports
and the
Manchester Evening News
revealed that Sevilla FC had requested Martial's loan, paying half of his salary.
The Mancunian club refused.
He wants a dry transfer or, at worst, a paying loan with the full salary (over € 700,000 per month) taken care of.
The fact that a club like Sevilla, runner-up to Real Madrid in La Liga, launches into the Martial case illustrates the still high rating available to the former Monegasque.
His departure is very likely, in Andalusia or elsewhere.
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Christian Eriksen
Yes, he intends to play football again. Six months after his cardiac arrest at Euro 2020, Christian Eriksen terminated his contract at Inter Milan in mid-December. He now wears a defibrillator, a device that is a contraindication to playing professional football in Italy. The future of the Danish midfielder (29) will therefore be written elsewhere. "
It will not be on another continent for family reasons,
" warned his agent, Martin Schoots, at the microphone of
Sky Sports
.
Forget the United States, China or the Middle East.
The Italian press mentions two tracks.
That of Odense, his 9th training club in the Danish championship, where he was invited to train to get back in shape.
But also that of his former team, Ajax Amsterdam, where the Dutch international Daley Blind plays ... who also plays with a pacemaker.
Unless Antonio Conte, who had recruited him from Inter in 2020, opens the doors to Tottenham in England?
The blur reigns, but seeing Eriksen on the pitch again this season remains a possibility.
For the moment, he is talking in Switzerland, in Chiasso, according to information from RSI
.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
His poor performance tarnished his status, and his backstage attitude, punctuated by "
non-compliance with disciplinary rules
", made him lose the captain's armband.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been sidelined from Arsenal since early December.
It seems unlikely to see him again in the shirt of Gunners who walk on the water without him (5 matches, 5 wins, 19 goals scored).
Anyway, he will be away to play CAN (January 9 to February 6) with Gabon.
Can it be transferred during this period?
Technically, yes.
But which club will take the risk of reviving him and his salary of around € 15 million a year?
According to
ESPN
, Barça, which is already fighting financially to validate the arrival of Ferran Torres from Manchester City, is no longer in the race.
Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan are reportedly keeping an eye on the case.
Would a loan be a solution, while Aubemeyang (32) is under contract until 2023?
For now, the case of the former Stéphanois seems insoluble.
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Lucas Digne
His good performances and his consistency at Everton allowed him to anchor himself in the France team.
But nothing has been going for Lucas Digne since December 1, the date of his last match with the Toffees.
The 28-year-old left-back is on very bad terms with his coach, Rafael Benitez, who had yet entrusted him with the captain's armband during the season.
A departure, despite a contract that runs until 2025, is not taboo.
At least temporarily.
The
Guardian
says Chelsea are dabbling in asking for his loan to remedy Ben Chilwell's serious injury.
One thing is certain: Digne's situation will change.
Rabibochage with Benitez?
Dismissal of the Spanish coach?
Departure ?
This last option seems, for the moment, the most credible.
Samuel umtiti
In the Catalan press, we read everything and its opposite on Samuel Umtiti for ages. The positive in his case is that he has never been injured this year, he who used to stay in the infirmary. However, the French defender spent much of the end of last season as a replacement. And this season? Out of 22 possible matches, he spent 21 on the bench, playing only one (in full) on December 12, against Osasuna (2-2). According to the
Sport
newspaper
, Umtiti (28) still believes strongly in his chances of winning at Barça. Utopian, so much the coach Xavi relies either on the young people, or on his compatriot Clément Lenglet who finds his level, and will not touch the frame Gerard Piqué.
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A few months ago, Umtiti seemed open to a departure on condition that he did not lower his salary or play for a second-class team.
Benfica had approached him, to no avail.
Lyon opened the door for him, but it was too expensive.
Fenerbahce, 4th in the Turkish championship, would remain interested.
But on Wednesday,
Sport
wrote that "
an amicable breach of contract is the only solution for Umtiti
".
Barça leaders will soon meet his agent.
The world champion remains linked to the Blaugranas until June 2023.
