In less than 36 hours the transfer window will have slammed shut and it seems some Premier League clubs’ fingers are firmly hovering over the panic button.
That does, at the very least, suggest we may at last reach some form of conclusion in the interminable Saido Berahino saga.
After Tottenham blew their chance to seal the deal in the summer window, submitting deadline day bids that were to be brushed off by West Brom chairman as “antics” designed to unsettle the young forward.
Well unsettle they have and the January window has seen half the top flight linked with a striker who, prior to his brace against Peterborough on Saturday, had just four goals in 19 games.
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Leading the suitors appear to be Newcastle United, desperate to compliment the creativity of Jonjo Shelvey and Andros Townsend with a reliable striker for the first time since Papiss Cisse’s form summarily deserted him sometime in mid-2012.
Reports today suggest that they are willing to smash their transfer record, once paid for the likes of Michael Owen and Alan Shearer, to bring Berahino in.
For more on this story, and the best transfer gossip from throughout the January transfer window, scroll down to Standard Sport’s transfer hub…
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