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With just over a week to go until the January transfer window slams shut for another season, the race is on for clubs to get their business complete, here we look at the five biggest EFL news stories of the day........

Leeds United are closing in on the capture of Manchester City’s teenage winger Ian Carlo Poveda, according to Athletic reporter Phil Hay on Twitter.

The Championship promotion hopefuls have been battling Torino to sign the exciting England U20 wideman and it looks as though Leeds are on the verge of winning the race, after striking a deal with City for the quick, skilful and creative winger capable of playing on either flank

Barnsley head coach Gerhard Struber has confirmed that the Reds are in a 'good exchange' with his former club Wolfsberger AC regarding the transfer of experienced defender Michael Sollbauer, according to Sky Sports News (Transfer Talk January 22).

The Tykes have already raided Struber’s former club this month with the signing of experienced midfielder Marcel Ritzmaier, along with fellow Austrian Kilian Ludewig from Red Bull Salzburg.

Leeds United have agreed a major new kit deal with adidas, which will see the club wear the famous three stripes for the first time in their 100-year history,

as reported by Mail Online reporter David Coverdale via Twitter, who broke the news that the Whites have indeed agreed a deal with the German sports clothing company.

The German sportswear giants will replace Kappa as the Whites' shirt manufacturers from next season, with the value of the deal depending on whether Marcelo Bielsa's side win promotion to the Premier League.

Birmingham are willing to sell 16-year-old sensation Jude Bellingham to Manchester United, but the Championship outfit are demanding the versatile forward remains with them at St Andrews for the next 18 months on loan, according to journalist Duncan Castles, via Birmingham Live.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side have bid £25m to get Bellingham on the books at Old Trafford, with the teenager’s form for the Blues catching the attention of the Premier League’s elite clubs, including Arsenal and Chelsea.

Nottingham Forest are very close to signing Barcelona midfielder Marcus McGuane, according to a reports on Nottinghamshire Live, with the 20-year-old joining the Reds’ under-23 squad.

McGuane, formerly of Arsenal, moved to the Catalan giants in 2018 and has since been playing in the Barcelona B team, while he spent the first part of the season on loan with the Dutch side Telstar.