Five of the Most Likely January Transfer Moves We'll See in 2022

Starting off with one that is very public and is set to happen as long as Manchester United get an appropriate offer, Anthony Martial is now destined to leave Old Trafford and it seems near enough impossible we will see him play for United ever again after recent comments.

It started off with his agent publically stating how he wanted to leave in January with a lack of game time pushing him closer to the door, and United's interim manager, Ralf Rangnick, recently echoed this and stated Martial has indeed asked to leave.

With this in mind, he won't play for United again unless injuries occur which force him in and it's now a case of who wants him and who is willing to pay.

As of now, Sevilla are the club seeking him more than anybody else and have had their loan offer declined due to the La Liga club only willing to pay half his wages. United want him completely off their books, hence the declined offer.

He is now 11/10 to join them, but it does seem as if this is a deal that may well go through eventually and it would be a bad look for United if they were to keep him at the club come to February.

In reality, only Jesse Lingard knows the future of his career as there are obviously offers on the table from many clubs out there like West Ham United and Newcastle United, but the Red Devils youth product seems to want to fight for his spot at the club.

It's a fight he's been losing for the best part of a decade now, as he's only really been a consistent performer for the club during a few months under Jose Mourinho back in 2018/19, and prior to that, he was in and out of the side. Now, ever since Bruno Fernandes and Donny van de Beek joined the club in 2020, Lingard's place in the starting XI has been nonexistent.

His loan move to West Ham last season proved that he should probably make the move now and give up on his career at United, as he played 16 times for the Hammers and scored nine goals, and ended up being a key figure in their Europa League-placed finish.

Lingard also got back into the England squad and should West Ham table another offer, he may just take it, unless Ralf Rangnick has promised him more game time, which is unlikely. The move to West Ham also happened in January 2021, so it seems it may happen again.

It's been a strange career for Saed Kolasniac, who at 28, is coming off the back of a poor loan stint at his former club Schalke and still is yet to play more than 80 times in the Premier League with Arsenal in a five-year stay.

The signing itself made sense back in 2017 with Nacho Monreal in and out of form, but today, Kolasniac is just another one of the many peculiar Arsene Wenger signings which never worked out, and getting rid of players like him is another step closer to Arsenal waving goodbye to those dark days.

Ahead of the January window opening, the left-back is linked with a move to Watford and it seems certain he will be departing Arsenal at the nearest opportunity. Watford themselves have Danny Rose and the club are working hard to get the deal done, with Kolasniac himself seeking the move too.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang may well have played his last game for Arsenal, and should he remain at the club, he has most definitely played his last game for them as Arsenal captain having been stripped of the armband by Mikel Arteta following another club suspension.

The striker has not played since this, and it's now two suspensions with the club inside the last year and as far as Arteta is concerned, he's just taking up another spot that a youth player could take and an extraordinary wage from the club each week.

Simply put, he has to go, and it's a case of when rather if he departs Arsenal, with it either being in January or the summer. Barcelona lead the way at 6/1 for his signature and the transfer makes sense considering Sergio Aguero's retirement has left a gap in the side up top and how Aubameyang won't cost much with Arsenal wanting him to leave at his age.

It's a sad end to what has otherwise been an incredible spell at the club, and he probably goes down as one of their best-ever Premier League talents, with only Robin van Persie, Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, Oliver Giroud, and Ian Wright scoring more than him.

The injury to Ben Chilwell earlier in the season caused great concern for him and the club with him already netting four league goals and putting in performances that started to make his £50m transfer from Leicester City look like a steal.

The England international has since been ruled out for the rest of the season and it's unlikely we will see Thomas Tuchel put complete faith in Marcos Alonso, who despite consistently performing under the German, lacks many of the qualities we expect from Premier League full-backs.

It has put Tuchel on the search for a left-back to fill the void left by Chilwell even if it's as a backup to Alonso, and reports are suggesting that Lucas Digne is Chelsea's go-to. The Everton man has been one of the league's most consistent performers in recent seasons and with trophy-laden spells at Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona seeing him play very little, his four-year stay at Everton has likely earned him a spot back amongst the heavyweights of Europe.

Digne is also keen on the move, and why wouldn't he be in the midst of the Toffees' torrid form?