Transfer Watch: Suitable Signings - Part 2

With the transfer market going mad in the current era of spending, and all managers scratching their heads attempting to strategically plan their teams future, WFC has taken a look at each EPL club and summarised a two-part article that outlines possible transfers that could or should occur to better each EPL team’s success. Some of the decisions are necessity based, while others are luxury based with heavy forward thinking taken into account. The listed players have decent level of suitability to each teams aspirations, table situation, positional need, playing style and transfer budget available.

The transfers may or may not occur during the January transfer window or ever for that matter, but each player outlined would bring value, and an added boost to each team’s set-up.

So, we started with Part 1 of the article, which can be viewed HERE. 

Now, we move onto Part 2; transfers involving lesser know players that would be very suitable for each club.

Arsenal

Moussa Marega
Age - 26

Nation – Mali

Position – Winger, Striker
Club/s (Appearances) – Porto (37),  Vitória Guimarães (31), CS Marítimo (34), SC Amiens (3)

Career Goals - 45

Career Assists – 22

Estimated Transfer Price - £36 m

Bournemouth

Benedikt Gimber

Age - 20

Nation – Germany

Position – Centre-back, defensive midfield

Club/s (Appearances) – Jahn Regensburg (14), Karlsruher (9), Sandhausen (0), Hoffenheim (0)

Career Goals - 1

Career Assists – 0

Estimated Transfer Price - £500 k

Brighton

Matej Vydra

Age - 25

Nation – Czech Republic

Position – Striker, winger

Club/s (Appearances) – Derby (60), Reading (36), Watford (95), West Brom (25), Club Brugge (2), Udinese (4), Banik Ostrava (14), Vysocina Jihlava (27)

Career Goals - 93

Career Assists – 29

Estimated Transfer Price - £8.5 m

Burnley

Takashi Inui

Age - 29

Nation – Japan

Position – Left Wing

Club/s (Appearances) – Eibar (77), Frankfurt (87), VfL Bochum (32), Cerezo Osaka (129), Yokohama F. Marinos (13)

Career Goals - 65

Career Assists – 62

Estimated Transfer Price - £5.75 m

Chelsea

Kwadwo Asamoah

Age - 29

Nation – Ghana

Position – Left Back, Left Midfield, Centre Midfield

Club/s (Appearances) – Juventus (140), Udinese (134), Torino (0)

Career Goals - 13

Career Assists – 30

Estimated Transfer Price - £7 m

Crystal Palace

Sebastian Prödl

Age - 30

Nation – Austria

Position – Centre Back

Club/s (Appearances) – Watford (69), Werder Bremen (176), Sturm Graz (44)

Career Goals - 21

Career Assists – 10

Estimated Transfer Price - £4 m

Everton

Patrick van Aanholt

Age - 27

Nation – Netherlands

Position – Left Back

Club/s (Appearances) – Crystal Palace (26), Sunderland (95), Vitesse (84), Wigan (4), Leicester (12), Newcastle (7), Coventry City (20), Chelsea (8)

Career Goals - 20

Career Assists – 26

Estimated Transfer Price - £ 9.5 m

Huddersfield

Karl Toko Ekambi

Age - 25

Nation – Cameroon

Position – Striker, Left/Right Wing

Club/s (Appearances) – Angers (51), FC Sochaux (79), Paris FC (66)

Career Goals - 63

Career Assists – 11

Estimated Transfer Price - £18 m

Leicester

Daryl Janmaat

Age - 28

Nation – Netherlands

Position – Right Back

Club/s (Appearances) – Watford (38), Newcastle (77), Feyenoord (74), Heerenveen (100), ADO Den Haag (27)

Career Goals - 23

Career Assists – 31

Estimated Transfer Price - £6.5 m

Liverpool

Bernd Leno

Age - 25

Nation – Germany

Position – Goalkeeper

Club/s (Appearances) – Bayer Leverkusen (212)

Career Clean Sheets - 95

Estimated Transfer Price - £16.5 m

Manchester City

Salif Sané

Age - 27

Nation – Senegal

Position – Centre Back, Defensive Midfield

Club/s (Appearances) – Hannover 96 (120), Nancy (70), Bordeaux (5)

Career Goals - 15

Career Assists – 7

Estimated Transfer Price - £18 m

Manchester United

Jorge

Age - 21

Nation – Brazil

Position – Left Back, Left Midfield

Club/s (Appearances) – Monaco (24), Flamengo (57)

Career Goals - 4

Career Assists – 6

Estimated Transfer Price - £23 m  

Newcastle

Kevin Gameiro

Age - 30

Nation – France

Position – Striker

Club/s (Appearances) – Atlético Madrid (61), Sevilla (145), PSG (77), Lorient (120), Strasbourg (66)

Career Goals - 181

Career Assists – 58

Estimated Transfer Price - £17 m

Southampton

Gustavo Scarpa

Age - 24

Nation – Brazil

Position – Attacking Midfield, Left/Right Wing

Club/s (Appearances) – Fluminense (107)

Career Goals - 14

Career Assists – 25

Estimated Transfer Price - £12 m

Stoke

Pascal Stenzel

Age - 21

Nation – Germany

Position – Right Back, Defensive Midfield

Club/s (Appearances) – Freiburg (50), Borussia Dortmund (1)

Career Goals - 2

Career Assists – 4

Estimated Transfer Price - £5.5 m

Swansea

Alejandro Gómez 

Age - 29

Nation – Argentina

Position – Left Wing, Attacking Midfield

Club/s (Appearances) – Atalanta (126), Metalist Kharkiv (24), Catania (111), San Lorenzo (57), Arsenal de Sarandí (88)

Career Goals - 76

Career Assists – 69

Estimated Transfer Price - £23 m

Tottenham

Hakim Ziyech

Age - 24

Nation – Morocco

Position – Attacking Midfield

Club/s (Appearances) – Ajax (65), Twente (76), Heerenveen (46)

Career Goals - 61

Career Assists – 69

Estimated Transfer Price - £31 m

Watford

Nicolai Jørgensen

Age - 26

Nation – Denmark

Position – Striker, Left Wing

Club/s (Appearances) – Feyenoord (60), Copenhagen (137), Kaiserslautern (5), Bayer Leverkusen (21), Akademisk Boldklub (32)

Career Goals - 93

Career Assists – 51

Estimated Transfer Price - £15 m

West Brom

Zlatko Junuzovic

Age - 30

Nation – Austria

Position – Attacking midfield

Club/s (Appearances) – Werder Bremen (182), Austria Wien (112), Austria Kärnten (58), Grazer AK (79)

Career Goals - 59

Career Assists – 110

Estimated Transfer Price - £7.5 m

West Ham

Alfredo Morelas

Position – Striker

Nation – Colombia

Age - 21

Club/s (Appearances) – Rangers (25), HJK Helsinki (62), Independiente Medellín (12)

Career Goals - 59

Career Assists – 15

Estimated Transfer Price - £25 m

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