The transfer window is set to hot up this week - following the arrival of the new reporting year under the Premier League’s financial rules.
Mail Sport understands that a number of clubs have deals on hold until they can register the spend on 2025-26’s accounts rather than 2024-25.
This year’s window has, so far, been slow-paced with relatively few high-profile moves aside from Liverpool’s £116m swoop for Florian Wirtz and Manchester United’s £62.5m capture of Wolves' Matheus Cunha.
Manchester City have been the most active, with Pep Guardiola undertaking a flurry of activity ahead of the Club World Cup as he seeks to rebuild his squad.