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The January transfer window is only a bit more than a month away. Last January showed us that clubs are not reluctant to splash the cash in the winter transfer window as they used to be in the past.
High profile transfers like Virgin Van Dijk's move to Liverpool and Alexis Sanchez's move to Manchester United happened in the last winter transfer window. This time around, we could expect to see some big deals happening as some European giants currently have a lot of problems to address with regards to their present squads.
Without further ado, let's take a look at the top transfer rumours that made headlines on 27th November 2018.
Ousmane Dembele tells Barcelona he wants to move
As per Goal via Daily Express, Ousmane Dembele has asked the club top brass if he would be allowed to leave the club in the January transfer window amid interest from Arsenal and Liverpool.
Barcelona signed Ousmane Dembele from Borussia Dortmund for a fee of £135.5 million in the summer of 2017. He was signed as a replacement for Neymar. However, Dembele picked up an injury early in the season and did not feature for the Cules for the greater part of the campaign.
He has impressed intermittently for the club. However, he has had quite a few run ins with the club management owing to a lack of discipline. Dembele failed to report for training and did not tell the club about the same and they found out only after they sent a doctor to the youngster's house to see if anything was wrong.
Ousmane Dembele was left out of the squad as Barcelona took on Real Betis over the weekend.
Marco Asensio was the subject of a £160 million bid by Liverpool
Liverpool have had no qualms splashing the cash in the transfer market as of late and if the latest claims by Spanish journalist Eduardo Inda via The Express, they will seriously pursue Marco Asensio. Inda claims that Liverpool tabled a £160 million bid for the Blancos superstar last summer.
However, that bid was rejected by the Spanish giants. It is claimed that Liverpool are still chasing the youngster.
Inda says,
"This year, an offer of 180m euros [£160m] came to Liverpool's Real Madrid for Asensio,” Inda explained."
“The club said no because Cristiano left, but Klopp is in love with the player and will go for the player next summer."
It is a ridiculous sum of money and Real Madrid could be tempted to sell Asensio at a huge profit if Liverpool offer a similar amount.
Real Madrid will bid for Eden Hazard in January
According to OkDiario, the Real Madrid top brass is all set to hit the panic button and go all out in January. The decision comes on the back of Real Madrid's embarrassing 3-0 defeat at the hands of SD Eibar over the weekend.
The report claims that even though Florentino Perez is against the idea of doing business in January, he has decided to sanction a spending spree in January. Eden Hazard remains their top target but it is also reported that the club is considering a move for Mauro Icardi.
Hazard has also said that a move could possibly be on the cards and did very little to quell the speculation.
“I have one year left in June,” he explained.
“If I don’t extend, (a move) is possible."
Paris Saint-Germain to move for Fabinho
According to L'Equipe, Fabinho is now the subject of interest from Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain. As the two clubs get ready to go head to head in the Champions League for the second time this season, Fabinho, who arrived only in the summer to Merseyside, is being eyed by the French side as a potential signing.
Paris Saint-Germain are expected to make a bid for the Brazilian midfielder as early as January. However, it is unlikely that Liverpool will offload a player they signed in the summer before letting him complete a year at the club.
The Merseysiders signed Fabinho from AS Monaco for a sum of £43.7 million and PSG will have to table a bid that's around that figure to convince Liverpool to part with Fabinho.
Chelsea favourites to sign Christian Pulisic from Dortmund
Christian Pulisic, the Borussia Dortmund wonderkid, has said that he is open to a move as Chelsea remain in pole position to sign him, according to the Guardian.
Jadon Sancho's emergence has drastically reduced the playing time afforded to Pulisic as he now finds himself out of the starting XI and playing second fiddle to the youngster who joined from Manchester City.
Pulisic said,
“England, the Premier League, is a league where lots of kids dream of playing so there is no reason why maybe one day I won’t play here.
“As you can see, we are having a great year at Dortmund and I am enjoying every moment of that. Then when the time comes for me to talk in the breaks about my future, then that’s when those things happen.
“Like I said before, reading these articles [about me], I tend to stay away from that stuff. I know it is going to be there but it is not my priority.”
Chelsea are interested in signing the disgruntled star and if things don't change, we could expect to see the United States International quite soon.
