January Transfers: The Best Ranking Mid-Season Transfers to Come – Part 5
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Alexis Sánchez
Alexis is a 21-year-old Chilean who plays for Udinese Calcio in the Italian Serie A.
He started his youth career with Corbeloa in 2003 and after spending a year in their academy, he progressed to the first team in 2004. He only spent a year with the club, making 47 appearances and scoring 12 goals.
In 2006 he moved to Udinese, where he has represented the club seventy seven times, netting nine goals as a winger and a forward.
After that he had two loan spells, one at Colo-Colo from 2006-07 where he scored five goals in thirty two appearances, and another spell with River Plate where he netted four goals in 22 games.
He has also been a part of the Chilean national team from 2006 onwards, and has represented his country 33 times, scoring 12 goals.
Sanchez is known for his extraordinary dribbling skills and amazing pace on the pitch. The youngster is a rising star, and has a very bright future ahead of him if he continues to perform at his current rate.
Major clubs from all over Europe have made set their sights on the young Chilean, and he has even been compared to Manchester United winger Nani. So it comes as no surprise that United are among the club vying for his signature.
One thing is for certain, whichever team Sanchez moves to in January is definitely going to get a big boost from his immense talent.
Marko Marin
Marko Marin is a 21-year-old German winger who currently plays for Werder Bremen. He passed through three youth academies from 1995-2005, before making it to the big leagues.
He finally made it into Borussia Monchengladbach's first team in 2006, and scored 11 goals in 84 appearances for the club, playing as a winger and an attacking midfielder.
In 2009 he moved to Werder Bremen and since then has played for them 42 times scoring six goals.
He has also been a part of the German national team from the under-twenty one level since 2007. Marin raced up the ranks and made it to the first team squad in 2008. Since then he has made fifteen appearances and scored once for Germany.
Marko Marin is expected to make a move in January, and most pundits believe that his preferred destination is the English Premier League.
Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspurs and Manchester United have all made it clear that they are interested in the player. Marin is a Bosnian-born German and almost all the clubs in Europe are aching to get this man in their starting squad.
Marin is expected to cost prospective buyers at least fifteen million Pounds, but the fact of the matter is that the three clubs chasing him already have very settled line-ups, and will struggle to make room for another player.
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