Manchester United To Make Triple Swoop, But Where Would Trio Fit Into The Side?

The January transfer window is going to be a huge one this time round for Manchester United - it could even be make or break for David Moyes' title hopes. With the Metro reporting that the Red Devils will be moving for Leighton Baines, Ander Herrera and Ilkay Gundogan. But where would the trio fit into the side?

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Doncaster to keep the niceties in the dressing room

After finally losing striker Billy Sharp to Southampton on the very last day of the transfer window, Doncaster Rovers waited two days later to tie down two free agents to contracts until the end of the season.

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Clark's trumpet goes into overdrive

Huddersfield Town and soon to be Leeds manager Lee Clark has thrown all footballing cliches out of the window and decided just to tell the world how great he is at his job.

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Did Grayson pay for Bates’ own thrift?

At Leeds on Wednesday, with emotions still high after a thrashing in the game the night before and a lack of deadline-day arrivals, the heat turned up on Ken Bates and the frustration and anger aimed towards him cranked up to the mega-watts, Bates did what he is so often good at, he got somebody else to pay for it.

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Last minute deals are good for English youth

As the conclusion fell on Tuesday’s transfer deadline day, the importance of a few particular late night deals would have been lost on many behind a full schedule of match action in an entertaining night of football. Of course, the final hours of the transfer window may have been as dull as Andy Warhol’s 1964 Empire film, but there were pleasantries to be found in some particular eleventh hour deals.

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Midfield Frenzy over in Milan

It's hard to rival Serie A in terms of the amount of transfer activity between the top clubs. 

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A bit of a lower-league merry-go-round at Crawley

Peterborough United could have sparked a late transfer frenzy as they have lodged a double bid at the final hour for a pair of Crawley Town’s promotion chasing squad. Boss Darren Ferguson has swash-buckled in with a £1.9 million bid for striker Tyrone Barnett and central defender Kyle Mcfadzean, who have both been central to the Crawley team’s admirable FA Cup run and successful League Two campaign to date.

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Middlesbrough desperate to hold onto Williams

Fresh from offering a relatively large sum of money and being rebuffed by Crystal Palace for Wilfried Zaha, Bolton Wanderers manager Owen Coyle seems to have got wallet-happy again in his pursuit of Middlesbrough’s versatile defender Rhys Williams.

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Busy day beckoning at West Ham

Messrs David Gold and Sullivan better be prepared for gigantic phone bills and a huge trail of legal paper-work as wheeler dealer Sam Allardyce comes into his own on transfer deadline day and bursts into action like a starving puma ready to pounce on some unsuspecting soul.

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Moneybags Bournemouth to continue the spending?

Like an over-enthusiastic female on Oxford Street ready to jump from shop to shop and splash the cash, it is AFC Bournemouth who are currently jumping from club to club not to buy clothes, but players with their Russian-funded money.

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Germans are not fruity for Guti

When one looks back at the Real Madrid 'Galatico' generation, no one ever seems to put Guti in the same bracket as his compatriots, who he shared a pitch with for many a season.

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Can Bolton wrap up Zaha before the window shuts?

Ah, the mad transfer window rush, who can fail to be excited by the last day slap-dash lunacy as managers take a look at their squad and press the panic button and get onto the blower to their chairmen quick snap to fire off a move for the flavour of the month whose club may be vulnerable to a flick of the eyelashes with not much time left on the clock.

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Cardiff plan double swoop

The unoriginally named Cardiff City stadium could be set for a busy conclusion to the transfer window as boss Malky Mackay plans a double swoop to help assist the final promotion push and also the big Carling Cup final date with Liverpool at Wembley.

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Fall from grace for Smith

At the age of 31, Newcastle United's Alan Smith is by no means in the twilight of his career, but his loan move to MK Dons does signify that he may have already experienced the most successful parts of his footbaling life.

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PSG: Chelsea circa 2010/11?

It now seems that Chelsea defender Alex has finally completed his long drawn out move to Paris St. Germain, which begs the question...is Carlo Ancelotti trying to re-create his title winning side from 2011?

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