Five January transfer deals left - Jesse Lingard, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Denis Zakaria, Diego Carlos and Luis Diaz

With the transfer window closing on January, Premier League clubs have little chance left to assuage their desperation by chucking money at whatever problems they feel they have. Following Newcastle United’s takeover, they are of course the big spenders this winter as they attempt to sure up their Premier League status by finding the various promising, affordable players, and punting huge amounts of money in their direction.

Ad/> But that’s not all — across the table there are players and clubs who are yet to have their futures nailed down. Here’s what could still happen before midnight on Monday.

Premier LeagueAfter Martial's exit, Manchester United need to continue their clearoutYESTERDAY AT 15:00 Barcelona and Juventus make approach for Arsenal striker Aubameyang — reports PSG aim to sign Pogba this summer — reports Barcelona set to deny us the Traore wing-back experiment we all want to see — The Warm-Up Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) Lingard’s move to Newcastle appears to be nobbled by Manchester United’s understandable desire to lobby for £12.5 million in schmuck’s insurance. Nobody, after all, enjoys somebody else succeeding, and that counts for double if it is a rival.

Nevertheless, if United are faced with the choice between losing Lingard for nothing or negotiating a sensible compromise, expect United’s board to make the wrong decision, whatever it is. As for Lingard, he will presumably want his own guarantees that he can move on swiftly if he finds himself starting in the Championship next season.