The 50 transfer sagas that will define the summer window for Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal and more – Haitian Times

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The January transferwindow failed to live up to expectations for a number of different reasons.

Manchester Unitedfinally secured the signature of Bruno Fernandes and Tottenham Hotspur havereplaced Christian Eriksen with Steven Bergwijn and Gedson Fernandes, but thedifficulty numerous different Premier League clubs experienced in attempting torecruit a new forward encapsulated the difficulties of the January market.

United, Spurs,Chelsea and others had all hoped to recruit a new striker, only to struggle torecruit players with the desired profile. Gone are the days when such clubscould pick off the likes of Louis Saha from Fulham or Nicolas Anelka from BoltonWanderers. Now top-flight clubs from around Europe have little incentive tosell their star assets mid-season, particularly if worried by the prospect ofrelegation.

Much has been made ofBarcelonas struggles this window. The Spanish giants wanted to sign a newstriker to replace the injured Luis Surez and quickly began offloading theirdeadwood in order to raise the necessary funds.

Two forwards were offloaded Carlos Prez to Roma and Abel Ruiz to Braga but Barcelona failed to replace them with tentative interest in Evertons Richarlison and Arsenals Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang failing to lead anywhere. Things then went from bad to worse for Barcelona on Tuesday, when it was announced that Ousmane Dembl will miss the rest of the season with a ruptured tendon in his thigh.

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The 50 transfer sagas that will define the summer window for Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal and more - Haitian Times