A dependable striker - it is the desired item for Premier League clubs in any transfer window. There's a goal drought at the bottomThe need for goals at the foot of the Premier League is clear to see. The current average number of goals scored by the Premier League's bottom seven clubs (19.14) is the joint lowest after 22 games of a top-flight season this decade. The gulf between Championship and Premier League is large and difficult to bridge; recent history is littered with strikers who have moved from second tier to first but failed to bring goals with them. Go foreignThere are a lot of foreign clubs happy to take advantage of panicking Premier League clubs in January.

Source: BBC January 16, 2019 10:07 UTC