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As the Premier League’s winter transfer window unfolds, clubs across England’s top flight are already making strategic moves to reshape their squads for the second half of the 2025/2026 Premier League season.

With the official window running from the first of January to the second of February, teams are balancing immediate performance objectives with long-term planning through a combination of confirmed signings, ongoing negotiations and influential rumours.

This Premier League data analysis article leverages current transfer data, news reporting, and club-specific needs to examine the most notable January moves in the Premier League so far, the most credible speculative links emerging in the media, and the tactical reinforcements each team might pursue.

We will quantify confirmed deals, assess rumoured targets such as defensive reinforcements for Manchester City and Liverpool’s expected quieter window, and contextualise spending patterns against broader performance metrics.

By integrating both factual transactions and probabilistic transfer rumours with club-level need profiles, this analysis aims to illuminate how mid-season transfers may impact the Premier League’s competitive balance, survival battles and title race into 2026.

Burnley hosted Manchester United in Gameweek 21 of the 2025/2026 Premier League season, and the match ended with an entertaining 2-2 draw that does not serve the Red Devils that much.

Manchester United’s sudden change of head coach and appointment of Darren Fletcher as an interim coach suggests that a lot of things are changing or will be changed during the coming games from a tactical perspective.

One of the striking changes of Fletcher was getting back to a back-four formation following Rúben Amorim’s use of the 3-4-3 formation for a long period.

For now, Manchester United are moving away from where they want to be in the league, but at the same time, they are only three points behind fourth.

Therefore, the season is not yet a complete failure, and the club needs to make the right decisions to keep the team in the race for that space and avoid unnecessary confusion for the players, which could lead to further points lost.

In this tactical analysis, the aim will be to examine Fletcher’s tactical changes and choices, identify which changes should be adopted in the future, and explain how Manchester United can build on this new start to become a more powerful team than in the previous period.

Manchester City were coming off back-to-back draws and desperate for three points to keep pace with Arsenal at the top of the table.

Brighton had been on their own bad run coming into the match.

Their win over Burnley this weekend was their first win in seven matches, as they were looking to find a way to get back into the top half of the table.

It’s been a difficult season in terms of results for Fabian Hürzeler away from home because the Seagulls only had one win in their last eight matches coming into Wednesday.

Manchester City, on the other hand, have been dominant at the Etihad this season with an 8-2-1 Premier League record and a +11.5 expected goal differential.

Brighton came from behind in the previous meeting between these two in 2025/2026 to beat Manchester City 2-1, and Wednesday proved that they continue to be one of Manchester City’s most difficult opponents.

Last season, they beat Manchester City on the south coast and drew with them at the Etihad.

Earlier this season, they came from behind to beat Manchester City once again 2-1 on the south coast.

In this tactical analysis, we will take a look at Manchester City’s build-up tactics, how Brighton took advantage of Manchester City’s high line, and the effectiveness of City’s high press.

Dominik Szoboszlai has reached an agreement in principle to extend his contract at Liverpool, turning down interest from both Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

Juventus are leading the race to sign Manchester City and Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva once his contract expires at the end of the season.

Dive back to his 2018/2019 scout report and what he can offer in Italy.

Barcelona have told Marcus Rashford’s representatives that they want to keep him beyond his current loan from Manchester United.

Take a look at our 2025/2026 scout report on the attacker and what Hansi Flick brings out of him.