5 Bundesliga players Premier League clubs should be targeting in January

#1 Leon Goretzka (Schalke 04)

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Easily the most well-known Bundesliga player of this list, speculation of Leon Goretzka’s departure from Schalke 04 is concrete, given that his contract expires in summer 2018.

At just 22, Goretzka will be able to leave on a free transfer in the summer, should he choose not to sign an extension with the Bundesliga club and with Bayern Munich sniffing, a Premier League club will have to offer a substantial salary.

That said, Bayern are arguably the only club that can compete with a Premier League club in terms of wages, while teams such as Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United would be sited to a player of his calibre.

With four Bundesliga goals already in nine games, Goretzka is Schalke’s most influential player while almost everything good they produce on match-days come through this dynamic midfielder.

Goretzka already has 128 Schalke games to his name in all competitions, including the Champions League, while like Plattenhardt, he was part of the winning Germany squad that clinched the Confederations Cup.

While It’s hard to believe that Goretzka is just 22, it's harder to imagine him being at Schalke next season, as a number of clubs could be willing to pay a cut-price in January, so that Schalke will earn some sort of fee from his exit.