It's January, and along with the never-ending avalanche of football which is going to smother us all (there's a Premier League game on every day until Friday, when we then launch into the FA Cup. It never stops.) there will also be a torrent of transfer rumours because as the window swings open, Fabrizio Romano emerges from his burrow and prepares himself to utter his terrible catchphrase.

I was looking at a list of worst January transfers (it had the usual suspects, Alexis Sanchez, Torres/Carroll, etc.) and spotted a picture of this fresh-faced young go-getter:


So yeah, happy new year, lads.