From Chelsea to Leicester - Premier League clubs set for busy January window

Leicester

With second placed Leicester flying high, Brendan Rodgers maintains nobody will be leaving despite plenty of interest in his talented squad.

Rodgers is on the lookout for fresh faces, with Juventus defender Merih Demiral and AC Milan's Hakan Calhanoglu potential targets.

Manchester City

Manchester City are trailing 11 points behind Liverpool, so a January spree might not be worthwhile for the champions.

Pep Guardiola insists City will not rush into the January market because the quality of player available is generally not as high as in the summer window.

But City did sign Aymeric Laporte in the 2018 winter market, so a surprise swoop isn't out of the question, especially if the signing can help in Guardiola's quest to win the Champions League for the first time since 2011.

Chelsea

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard is expected to be the busier of the lot after being unable to sign players in the summer window due to the club's transfer ban.

With the two-window suspension halved by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lampard needs several new recruits to help accelerate the development of his promising young team.

Armed with a reported £150 million transfer war-chest, Lampard will look to improve at left-back, where Emerson and Marcos Alonso have been too inconsistent.

The Blues have already been linked with Leicester's Ben Chilwell to fill that role, but Lampard might not be satisfied with only one signing.

Having constantly bemoaned Chelsea's lack of cutting edge against defensive opponents, the Chelsea boss needs pace on the flanks, a clinical finisher to dove-tail with Tammy Abraham and, ideally, a creative midfielder.

Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha, Leipzig striker Timo Werner and Lyon forward Moussa Dembele, who has already had a bid rejected are among Lampard's mooted targets.

Manchester United

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has revealed Manchester United are "looking at one or two" players after learning Paul Pogba will be absent for the next month.

France midfielder Pogba has been advised to undergo surgery on his ankle and that is a problem for United manager Solskjaer, who is already without Scott McTominay due to a knee injury.

Solskjaer missed out on promising striker Erling Braut Haaland, who has signed for Borussia Dortmund from Red Bull Salzburg.

Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish, Leicester duo Ricardo Pereira and James Maddison, as well as Dortmund's Jadon Sancho have all seen their names connected to Old Trafford.

Tottenham

For Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho, the future of unsettled playmaker Christian Eriksen needs resolving as the Dane nears the end of his contract.

While Eriksen is seemingly on the way out, Mourinho must focus on defensive reinforcements and Napoli's Elseid Hysaj, Marseille's Hiroki Sakai, Bournemouth's Nathan Ake and West Ham's Issa Diop are said to be on his shopping list.

Arsenal

Mikel Arteta admits Arsenal could be more active than expected after Calum Chambers had surgery on a knee injury that will rule him out for a lengthy period.

It leaves new Gunners boss Arteta short of options in defence and he will meet with technical director Edu and head of football Raul Sanllehi this week to mull over their plans.

Arteta, who must also focus on persuading Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to extend a contract which expires at the end of next season, has been linked with bids for Leicester midfielder Wilfred Ndidi, Atletico Madrid winger Thomas Lemar and Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano.