The January transfer window offers teams a second chance.
It is time to address what went unaddressed in the summer and respond to problems that have surfaced in the opening half of the season.
The window tends to focus on clubs managing injury crises or those needing a final push for the title or European places.
However, its significance is at least as great, arguably greater, for those trying to stay up.
For teams near the bottom, recruitment is not about polish but survival and injecting hope in equal measure.
This recruitment analysis focuses on the current bottom three in the Premier League (Leeds United, Burnley, and Wolves) and proposes a signing for each that could realistically tilt their season.
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Why Leeds United Should Sign Ilan Kebbal
One Premier League win in seven has flattened the mood at Elland Road, and the home defeat to Aston Villa felt heavier than the scoreline because it chipped away at the one refuge a newly promoted side must protect.
The goalkeeping situation has not helped.
There seems to be little confidence in Lucas Perri, and the side has conceded 6.48 goals above expectation.
A keeper would be a rational fix, but January is about triage, and the quickest route to survival is adding a repeatable source of end product.
West Ham United, just one place above on the same number of points, have Jarrod Bowen’s reliability in moments that swing games.
Burnley and Wolves do not possess that kind of profile.
Leeds can, and should, go and find it.
Who Is Ilan Kebbal?
Ilan Kebbal is the right-wing profile who can raise the floor immediately.
At 27, he is in his prime, a left-footed right winger whose first thought is to receive, square a defender, and drive into central areas to change the picture.
Ilan Kebbal Pizza Chart 2025/2026
He has been at the centre of Paris FC’s ease in adjusting to Ligue 1.
In 14 league games, he has six goals and four assists.
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