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Super-agent key to Manchester United's summer transfers makes claim about January window
SUPER-AGENT Mino Raiola claims a number of his clients want transfers in January, with China a genuine destination.
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The transfer window opens on New Year's Day and clubs are already plotting their targets.
For the Chinese Super League this is their pre-season window, which closes in mid-March, and they are looking to splash the cash.
Last winter CSL clubs broke the Chinese transfer record four times as some of Europe's big-name players made the move east.
A lot of players have already asked me to change teams
And Raiola believes there will be more big transfers made this winter.
"We must already think of the (transfer window) in January, which for the Chinese by the way is the most important," Raiola told Italian newspaper Il Giornale.
"And I tell you one thing: a lot of players have already asked me to change teams."
Raiola looks after some of the biggest names in football, with Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Mario Balotelli, Blaise Matuidi and Romelu Lukaku all on his books.
The Italian was instrumental in Ibrahimovic and Pogba's moves to Manchester United this summer, while the Old Trafford club also signed his client Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
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Paris Saint-Germain's Matuidi was keen on a move to Juventus before last month's transfer deadline and continues to be linked with the Italian champions.
And Everton put a £75million price tag on star Lukaku's head to block a supposed move to Chelsea.