Window Watch: As Newcastle plan a spree, can Man Utd offload dead wood?

Ralf Rangnick, left, and Eddie Howe, right: Looking to build their squads over the January transfer window. Pictures: PA

There's only one thing challenging Christmas, the Covid crisis and St Stephens’s Day fixtures for column inches in Premier League football this year - and that’s the January sales.

The transfer window opens on Saturday, January 1 and closes, for all leagues across Europe, at 11pm on Monday, January 31, and despite the financial impact of the pandemic there are plenty of clubs willing to spend.