Potential January signings watch

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• By Jim Hughes
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Liverpool and Arsenal among FIVE Premier League sides chasing £12million German starlet Kevin Volland

14 Dec 2013 22:30
The left-footed Hoffenheim winger is under contract until 2017, but his talent hasn't gone unnoticed at England's top clubs

Genuine talent: Volland has impressed in the Bundesliga
Lars Baron
England's top clubs are chasing the hottest young property to emerge in Germany for years – Kevin Volland.
The 21-year-old winger, currently playing for Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga, has emerged as a genuine talent.
He is a left-footed player blessed with pace and dribbling skills and operates on the right wing for his club.
Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool have been alerted to his ability, and Tottenham have been on his case for months. The bad news for the top-flight outfits is that Bayern Munich joined the queue last week.
The youngster is rated at £12million and is under contract until 2017.
He burst on to the Bundesliga scene last season and made 30 appearances.

Scouting interest: Bilal Basacikoglu of Heerenveen is being watched by Manchester United
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He has also transferred his club promise on to the international stage and has scored seven goals in 14 appearances for the Germany Under-21 team.
Volland was developed as a teenager at Munich 1860 and there’s an increasing belief in Germany that if Volland maintains his progress he could gatecrash his nation’s bid for World Cup glory next summer.
Manchester United have also been sending a delegation of scouts to watch a promising Dutch youngster, Bilal Basacikoglu at Heerenveen.
‘Bilal’, as his coach Marco van Basten prefers to call him, has been a revelation in Dutch football since the 18-year-old made his first-team debut three weeks ago.








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[keniget]

Sign them all!

 

[King Binny]

Jonathan Northcroft ‏@JNorthcroft12m
Even before Gerrard's injury Liverpool's January priority was a midfielder (and LB) and they're looking at experienced targets with presence

 

[LeTallecWiz]

Jonathan Northcroft ‏@JNorthcroft12m
Even before Gerrard's injury Liverpool's January priority was a midfielder (and LB) and they're looking at experienced targets with presence

Translation, "35 million pound big for Pogba on the way"

 

[Hansern]

Read that we're following Caulker very closely as a long term target.
Maybe we see him as Skrtels replacement and Sakhos partner.

 

[keniget]

Read that we're following Caulker very closely as a long term target.
Maybe we see him as Skrtels replacement and Sakhos partner.

I find that very hard to believe given that he went for a couple million more than Illori in the summer. If we were that interested, we'd have signed him then.

 

[Mystic]

Spurs wouldn't sell to us anyway.

 

[Modo]

Spurs wouldn't sell to us anyway.

Erm Spurs don't own him anymore.

 

[Hansern]

I find that very hard to believe given that he went for a couple million more than Illori in the summer. If we were that interested, we'd have signed him then.

He went for twice the fee, 8 mill. We paid 4 mill for Ilori, add ons can make it 7 mill.

 

[keniget]

He went for twice the fee, 8 mill. We paid 4 mill for Ilori, add ons can make it 7 mill.

Not that it matters particularly but I thought we paid 6M for Illori.

Point is we spent our money in the summer. If we go spend another massive wedge on a CB Rodgers needs his head examining.

 

[Hansern]

Yeah, I agree. It wasnt talked about as a January signing though. More a next summer move if Agger/Skrtel are off.

 

[Stulikesdrums]

Do they still use the term "starlet"? Really?